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

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June 26, 2021

100 Faces to meet this winter

A NEW set of colourful and diverse miniature portraits will feature in Playing in the Attic’s second 100 Faces exhibition. The art show in the...

June 26, 2021

BMA supports multicultural parents

PARENTS from diverse cultural backgrounds raising young families locally are invited to a workshop hosted by the Ballarat Malayalee Association. Facilitated in partnership with the...

June 26, 2021

Photo studio releases negatives

FROM milestone occasions to passport photos, Thornton Richards Camera House has captured special moments since 1872. Between 1967 and the turn of the 21st century,...

June 25, 2021

Shop for supplies, increase independence

DROPPING into the local pet shop for a few supplies could help Guide Dogs Australia train two puppies to support people with low vision...

June 25, 2021

Winter Market at Welcome Centre

THIS Friday, 25 June the Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council’s Winter Market will bring warmth to the chilly city. Hosted at BRMC’s Ballarat Welcome Centre within...

June 25, 2021

Student engineer receives Sutton Award

JEREMY Lucey is the latest recipient of Federation University’s Henry Sutton Award for the best innovative project in Engineering. Mr Lucey has been commended for...

June 24, 2021

150 social houses for Ballarat

UNDER the State Government’s Big Housing Build, Ballarat will see one-hundred and fifty fresh social houses constructed from next year. A section of the Delacombe...

June 24, 2021

Public’s best business ideas backed

FEEDBACK platform Suggest it has found Ballarat’s Best Ideas following a competition to crowd-source visions for local businesses and organisations. Judged by experts in economics...

June 24, 2021

Paper bags to plant seeds of difference

FOUR Ballarat Grammar students have won Alfredton Rotary Club’s inaugural environmental challenge. Designing a seed-embedded, biodegradable paper bag to replace single use plastics still in...

June 24, 2021

Stagecraft catalogue best in show

THE catalogue for the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s David Noonan: Stagecraft exhibition has won two Museums Australasia Multimedia and Publication Design Awards. Designed by Ben...

June 24, 2021

Review set to pave Way Forward

FOLLOWING the January release of Susan Halliday’s municipal Governance and Culture Review and sixteen-point action plan, the City of Ballarat is addressing the issues...

June 22, 2021

Wendouree Pals make their winter debut

LOCAL designer and illustrator Liv Lorkin will release a heart-warming yet chilly children’s book next month. Winter in Ballarat is Lorkin’s debut book, bringing three...

June 21, 2021

African Association achieving goals

IN their work to rebrand the identity of Africans in regional Victoria, and strengthen the skills, passions, talents and offerings of their community, the...

June 20, 2021

Couple’s café dream realised

THE Hills Hoist was invented in 1940s Adelaide. Eight decades later, with inspiration from this backyard icon, Greg and Kayleen Faull have invented Bakery Hill’s...

June 19, 2021

Sensory space to support wellbeing

THE development of Loreto College’s wellbeing precinct is set to include the construction of a sensory garden pupils and staff can retreat to. Director of...

June 18, 2021

Boarders’ soup sales boost the bus

A GROUP of year eleven boarders from Ballarat Grammar have raised four thousand dollars for The SoupBus. Since establishing a relationship with the organisation as...

June 18, 2021

Push-ups for physical and mental health

FEDERATION University is pushing for better nationwide mental health this month, as students, staff members, sport leaders and alumni take part in the Push-Up...

June 17, 2021

Eureka guide’s graphic storytelling awarded

THE Eureka Centre’s new visitor guide has won the information brochure category of the 2021 Museums Australasia Multimedia and Publications Design Awards. Designed and illustrated...

June 17, 2021

Former athlete leading Academy

THE Federation University WestVic Academy of Sport has appointed Shenae Keleher as their new executive officer. Ms Keleher was a young member of the Academy...

June 15, 2021

Students speak the ideals of legacy

ST Patrick’s College will host the 2021 Legacy Junior Public Speaking Competition regional final in July. Ballarat Legacy’s Allan Mckinnon said the 33-year-old contest for...

June 15, 2021

Sharing Shed ready and set to grow

MEREDITH Sharing Shed founder Linda Wong said her recent appointment as Runway’s managing director will boost opportunity at the community centre. “Being local in Meredith,...

June 14, 2021

A new home for Neighbourhood House

BALLARAT East Neighbourhood House’s office and some activities are now based at BGT-run community hub, Barkly Square. BENH manager Sarah Greenwood-Smith said her small part-time...

June 13, 2021

Heart of Dementia Alliance honoured

THE late Edie Mayhew was diagnosed with younger onset dementia at fifty-nine. As former teachers, Edie and her partner Anne Tudor decided the diagnosis was...

June 13, 2021

A passion to ensure Ballarat thrives

ROBERT Hook’s desire to serve was sparked as a young man while coaching junior basketballers. He played basketball and cricket for decades, becoming a Golden...