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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

April 3, 2022

Music scene movin’ on up

A NEW studio space in the centre of the city is set to nurture music production, and creative connections. Upstairs Music has been founded by...

April 3, 2022

Resilient, energised and excited for life

TANYA Butterworth’s youngest child Mackenzie is an energetic four-year-old who loves playing at the park, jumping in muddy puddles, going to the carnival, and...

April 2, 2022

The human stories of Ballarat’s Anzacs

THE Ballarat Anzacs exhibition will be presented in the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute’s Heritage Reading Room in April. Opening this Monday, Arch of Victory-Avenue of Honour...

April 2, 2022

Renewing a 100-year-old connection

THE long-awaited centenary celebration of the 1921 Mannibadar Soldier Settlement was held last Sunday afternoon. Hundreds of people including children and descendants of original settlers,...

April 1, 2022

STEM experiments a sweet success

BALLARAT Tech School's 2022 Girls in STEM program got underway this week, empowering secondary students to consider a career in science, technology, engineering, and...

April 1, 2022

A-League to Morshead Park

BALLARAT Regional Soccer Facility at Morshead Park will host its first ever A-League Men match. The contest between Western United and Wellington Phoenix will be...

March 31, 2022

Plans for hub at Royal Park

AS the election approaches, Royal Park stakeholders and the City of Ballarat are lobbying the State Government for funds to establish the Buninyong Community...

March 31, 2022

New vision for Eureka Mums

A NEW strategic direction has been announced for family support charity Eureka Mums. CEO Ruth Holdaway said the organisation has reviewed their Eureka, St Kilda,...

March 31, 2022

Dark, gothic play rises at Phoenix

GOTHIC Australian theatre will enthral audiences in Phoenix College’s auditorium from this weekend. A cast of seven Ballarat National Theatre performers are staging Angela Betzien’s...

March 31, 2022

CresFest sounding awesome!

MUSIC, performance, and dancing will bring Creswick to life from tomorrow as the inaugural CresFest gets underway. The contemporary folk and world music festival will...

March 31, 2022

Seeking voices of the now generation

THE City of Ballarat is surveying young residents, their parents, and guardians as part of the development of their new five-year Youth Strategy. Three surveys...

March 30, 2022

Art auction supports flood affected

A CREATIVE fundraising effort from Ballarat Grammar’s art and design department is seeking to benefit the Red Cross’ flood appeal in Queensland and New...

March 29, 2022

Family fun at new community fairs

ALL the fun of the fair is coming to the Shire in April. With funding from the State, and a Federal Government disaster recovery grant,...

March 26, 2022

Sweet innovation at chocolate factory

THE fictional story of Charlie Bucket has sparked the curiosity of generations of children, introducing them to a chocolate factory that’s a ‘world of...

March 26, 2022

Sprinkling love wherever she goes

LIVING in Zimbabwe and South Africa as a young person, Jenny Hamilton Browne was a child of war. “At boarding school, we were taught to...

March 25, 2022

Stop the spread of fruit flies

AGRICULTURE Victoria is asking vegetable and fruit home-growers to share left over produce with friends and neighbours as to not attract Queensland fruit flies,...

March 24, 2022

Promoting pupils’ pedal power

WHAT’s your preferred way to travel to work or school every morning? Alfredton Primary School is one of many groups encouraging the community to get...

March 24, 2022

Bridging a divide in Scotchmans Lead

EIGHTEEN months after its completion, the two-lane Franklin Bridge between Napoleons and Buninyong got its pandemic-delayed official opening last week. The upgraded 40-metre structure runs...

March 24, 2022

Stories shared to prevent suicide

HEADSPACE Ballarat and Western Victoria Primary Health Network have produced a new book, encouraging people living with mental health challenges to seek help and...

March 24, 2022

Peaceful journey connects faiths on-foot

BALLARAT Interfaith Network’s annual Walk for Peace travelled through the city on Sunday afternoon. Starting with a smoking ceremony at Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative’s...

March 24, 2022

Girls’ night gives thousands to great cause

THE Ballarat Trotting Club welcomed just over two hundred women to their annual Girls Night Out last Thursday. A fundraiser for youth bullying and suicide...

March 23, 2022

Celebrating a centenary soldier settlers

A POSTPONED centenary celebration of the 1921 Mannibadar Soldier Settlement will be held this Sunday, 27 March. About 275 people including adult children and descendants...

March 22, 2022

Project locates platypus populations

THE results of a regionwide platypus survey by citizen scientists have been released. Geelong Landcare Network participated in the exercise which aimed to gather current...

March 22, 2022

Exploring a tapestry of forgotten fungi

ECOLOGIST and environmental photographer Alison Pouliot wants to introduce the community to some of its natural “unruly renegades.” Ms Pouliot will explore the fungi of...