About: Edwina Williams

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Edwina is a journalist at the Ballarat Times News Group, and Golden Plains Times, based in Ballarat. She is a passionate art lover and photographer, who enjoys capturing the colour and life of the city in her own time. Edwina has worked as a social media management contractor, and has had previous news experience with the ABC’s flagship current affairs program, 7.30, Victoria Votes for Channel 31, and Junction Journalism. Contact her at [email protected] Twitter - @edwinawilltweet Facebook - @edwinawilliamsjourno

Posts by: Edwina Williams

June 11, 2022

Brigade marks three quarters of a century

IN January of 1947, a fire started at the Tourello Railway Station and moved south, burning the landscape through Ascot, all the way to...

June 11, 2022

Exhibit explores media and identity

STEP off Sturt Street and into the Unicorn Lane outdoor gallery, and you’ll be met not just with brand-new works by the next generation...

June 11, 2022

Fire brigade ready for rehab

SMYTHESDALE Fire Brigade has taken ownership of a new rehabilitation vehicle. Last weekend, Member for Buninyong, Michaela Settle, presented volunteers with the truck worth just...

June 10, 2022

Simple ideas to have big impact

HOW did you mark World Environment Day last Sunday? Alfredton Rotary Club and some innovative young people gathered at Rotary Place to celebrate the winners,...

June 10, 2022

Cafs appeals for Clothing Hub support

AS Cafs marks twelve months since they opened the Thread Together Clothing Hub, they’re also appealing to the community to financially support this service. Cafs...

June 9, 2022

Judges find city’s best ideas

DIGITAL feedback platform Suggest it has awarded three concepts recently submitted to their 2022 Ballarat’s Best Ideas competition. Loreto College staff member Stella Watson had...

June 9, 2022

Winning brewery on the money

THE city’s craft beer industry continues to bubble away nicely, with one local brewery recently receiving national recognition for a second year. Invermay’s Fiona and...

June 9, 2022

Shake, rattle and donate for the Salvos

THE Salvation Army Ballarat is encouraging residents and businesses to donate to this year’s Red Shield Appeal, head out to shake a bucket, or...

June 9, 2022

Hospital upgrade gets go-ahead

ST John of God Ballarat’s redevelopment will get underway next month following approval of the upgrades by the hospital’s healthcare board. Works will begin on...

June 9, 2022

Sebastopol’s morning child rises

OWNED by the local Indigenous community, new not-for-profit Sebastopol kindergarten Yirram Burron officially opened during Reconciliation Week. The centre has been established to offer families...

June 9, 2022

Inaugural Indigenous match kicks off

TWO of Ballarat’s competing junior football clubs united in celebration of a special round last weekend. The under-17 players from the East Point Junior Football...

June 6, 2022

Long-term gain from short-course comp

THE 2022 Victorian Country Short-Course Swimming Championships will be held at the Ballarat Aquatic & Lifestyle Centre throughout the last weekend of July. Hosted by...

June 5, 2022

Sharing stories that need to be told

ABOVE Lydiard Street, the Old Colonists' Club was alive with personality, live storytelling, and music last week as vibrant creative Geoffrey D’Ombrain shared his...

June 5, 2022

Women the focus of Wheeler Centre talk

FEMINIST author Wendy McCarthy is coming to the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute as part of a partnership with Melbourne’s home of literacy and ideas, The...

June 4, 2022

Bridge prepares for an art attack

AFTER a cosy, colourful and successful yarn-bombing project in 2021, the Bridge Mall Business Association is running another winter initiative to unite the creative...

June 3, 2022

Schools benefit from SpringFest boost

DESPITE the cancellation of SpringFest Market Sunday in 2021 due to COVID-safety, the Rotary Club of Ballarat has continued to support the annual event’s...

June 3, 2022

Engaging kids in the Avenue’s story

A CHILDREN’S picture book sharing the true story behind the establishment of Ballarat’s Arch of Victory and Avenue of Honour was launched last week...

June 3, 2022

Workspace open for business

THE fourth Ballarat Business Centre site was officially opened last week, based on Lowe Street. Chair Sheree Collins said the not-for-profit is now able to...

June 2, 2022

Call out for new hearing tech

WITHIN the first few weeks of their life, most babies across Victoria are put through the newborn hearing screening program. If there’s cause for concern,...

June 2, 2022

Hop-on house on four wheels

PLENTY of tour buses travel up the Hume and Pacific highways, but few are destined to become temporary housing. Alfredton Rotary Club members have driven...

June 1, 2022

Crafty creatives reawaken

CREATIVE Crafts Council of Ballarat members are collectively back in action after two interrupted years, and their upcoming annual exhibition will celebrate that. Reawakening is...

May 31, 2022

Short Aussie films to star in fest

PRODUCED by passionate cinephiles for fellow movie-lovers, Ballarat’s newest arts festival is coming soon to a theatre near you. The inaugural Poco Film Fest will...

May 30, 2022

A social space for creative Shedders

AFTER two years, hundreds of working bees, and thirteen hundred hours of hard work from members, the purpose-built Linton Men’s Shed is operational. Set off...

May 29, 2022

Reassessing art history’s Light & Shade

WORKS by Australian painter and art teacher Max Meldrum, and many of his students, are now being presented by the Art Gallery of Ballarat. Light...