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

October 26, 2021

Brass is back in the band room

THE sound of brass is once more filling the Creswick air. Creswick Brass Band is back together and rehearsing in person, currently hosted by the...

October 24, 2021

Art show promotes positive mental health

BALLARAT Mental Health Collective’s annual art show is now online. Within the Mental Health Month Art Exhibition, 62 works by 24 artists have been presented....

October 24, 2021

Arts space makes for creative hub

CAMP Street’s The Lost Ones Makers Studio remains a place for artists to sit and create, although it’s constantly developing. Alex Bayley of Bay Leaf...

October 24, 2021

Students share stories of compassion

IN partnership with Compassionate Ballarat, Loreto College students Eliza McCrum and Chloe Stevens have published a book. Compassion Heroes Ballarat has been developed by the...

October 23, 2021

Green shoots in canopy project

THE City of Ballarat is two years into its urban forest project as it seeks to achieve a tree canopy cover of forty per...

October 23, 2021

Historic Steiglitz gets its close up

ARCHIVAL photographs of the small, historic mining settlement of Steiglitz will be exhibited in Meredith later this month. Curated by the Meredith History Interest Group,...

October 23, 2021

Keeping households fed and informed

BALLARAT Regional Multicultural Council has received State funding to ensure new and emerging communities and seniors are kept safe, healthy and informed. With Priority Response...

October 23, 2021

School celebrates 60 years of learning

WENDOUREE’S Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School marked their sixtieth anniversary last Friday. Opening on 15 October, 1961 with two rooms on site, the...

October 22, 2021

The show will go on… and rock you

THE full season of Ballarat Lyric Theatre’s production of We Will Rock You will be staged next year, following the show’s closure in July...

October 21, 2021

Hospital adds COVID-19 triage tent

A LARGE temporary marquee has been installed at the back of the Ballarat Base Hospital to act as a COVID-19 triage space for the...

October 21, 2021

Students demand climate action

YOUNG students and their supporters rallied for immediate government action on climate change outside Town Hall last Monday. Participant and member of the School Strike...

October 21, 2021

Gambling trial set for Ballarat

A NEW screening program that aims connect those affected by problem gambling with support and treatment will be trialled by Ballarat Community Health and...

October 21, 2021

Luxurious sanctuary Australia’s best spa

BALLARAT Sanctuary Day Spa has been named Australia’s Best Luxury Day Spa for the second time. Director Sarah Emmanuel has owned the business for 12...

October 21, 2021

One last year of card shop cheer

AFTER more than thirty-seven years of operation, the Ballarat Combined Charities Christmas Card Shop is in operation for the last time. Selling traditional, handmade and...

October 20, 2021

Weekend walk for Life’s Little Treasures

ANNUALLY in Australia, just under fifty thousand babies are born very unwell, or prematurely before thirty-seven weeks gestation. To recognise these children and their families,...

October 19, 2021

Stories of signs and sculptures

MEREDITH History Interest Group president Margaret Cooper has released a new book. The idea for Foundation Stones, Plaques, Sculptures & Signs of Meredith was born...

October 19, 2021

Feeling lucky for SpringFest’s raffle?

WHILE SpringFest Market Sunday won’t run in 2021 to ensure COVID safety, the Rotary Club of Ballarat has refocused the event for a second...

October 19, 2021

CCMA appoints new leaders

CORANGAMITE Catchment Management Authority has two new board members following the retirement of former chair and board director Alice Knight. South Purrumbete farmer and agribusiness...

October 19, 2021

Gallery seeks Next Gen exhibitors

THE Art Gallery of Ballarat is now accepting expressions of interest for their Next Gen 2022 exhibition. Secondary students in year 11 and 12 who...

October 19, 2021

Run for A Cause for the kids

THE 2021 Federation University Run for A Cause is again seeking to generate funds to assist the city’s children in need. Facilitated by the Ballarat...

October 18, 2021

School’s learners down the wishing well

MOUNT Pleasant Primary School has received a Creative Learning Partnerships grant to collaborate with artist Mairin Briody. Visual art teacher Kellie Maddaford said Briody’s work,...

October 18, 2021

ELC donates to Eureka Mums

SEBASTOPOL’S Journey Early Learning Centre community recently ran a pie drive in support of Eureka Mums. Raising $766, centre manager Melissa Kennedy said her team...

October 18, 2021

Extension for Science Award entries

THE submission deadline for the Ballarat Tech School’s Peter Doherty Science Award has been extended to Wednesday, 10 November. The competition invites curious secondary students...

October 17, 2021

Nurturing the riverside and its helpers

SEVEN years ago, the banks of the Yarrowee River at Scotchmans Lead, and surrounding paddocks, were full of gorse and blackberries. But thanks to the...