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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December 11, 2020

Being active is better together

THE City of Ballarat’s new Active Women and Girls’ ambassadors have been appointed and their purpose it encourage and support female participation in activity...

December 11, 2020

School’s coffee van brews up work skills

SENIOR Damascus College students will be expert baristas in 2021, following the launch of a new teaching and learning asset; the Café DMAC coffee...

December 11, 2020

Milestone for McCallum and MaxiTRANS

MAXITRANS and McCallum Disability Services celebrated two years of collaboration on last Thursday’s International Day of People with Disability. Since December 2018 the road transport...

December 10, 2020

Hospital revamp re-energised

TO ensure a backup power supply is easily accessible at the Ballarat Base Hospital, the facility’s upcoming redevelopment will now include the installation of...

December 10, 2020

New hotel at station opened

QUEST Apartment Hotels opened their new Ballarat Station location on Monday morning, with seventy-seven rooms set to welcome visitors. The accommodation, and the ongoing surrounding...

December 10, 2020

Grass to be greener at Dana Street

BALLARAT’S oldest State primary school, Dana Street, is receiving upgrades to their outdoor sports and play space, which is currently an open field of...

December 10, 2020

Attractions to shine on Summer Sundays

SUMMER Sundays, the City’s outdoor concert series is returning this season, but will be held across varying iconic Ballarat attractions rather than the Gardens. Over...

December 9, 2020

Gifts, tunes and cuppas at festive emporium

OVER the next two Friday nights, the one-hundred block of Sturt Street has your Christmas shopping sorted. With gifts, live music, coffee and baked goods,...

December 9, 2020

Kids’ clinic boosts Club and confidence

WITH two sessions remaining, Sebastopol Cycling Club’s free junior cycling clinics have been skilling-up riders and improving their comfort on two wheels. Accredited...

December 8, 2020

Golden Plains Shire groups get grants

SEVENTEEN community groups are the latest beneficiaries of the Golden Plains Shire’s Community Strengthening Grants program. Under the Healthy Active Living category, Maude Recreation Reserve...

December 7, 2020

Volta energised at in-venue gig

ELECTRONIC music acts will breathe life back into Volta over two shows this month. Three-piece synth-pop group, Esoteric will play their first ever headline shows,...

December 6, 2020

What once was Lost in 16mm is found

TEN hours-worth of historical sixteen-millimetre film showcasing Ballarat and Melbourne in the 1970s is set to be digitised, and you could help make it...

December 6, 2020

Drama League rewards local actors

THREE performers from Ballarat National Theatre’s acting company have been recognised in the recent Victorian Drama League Monologue Competition. In the youth category, Amelia Pawsey...

December 5, 2020

Brewery invites you to Duck in for beer – Eat Drink West

IN 2005, Scott and Vanessa Wilson-Browne spotted a red-chested duck and its ducklings on Lake Purrumbete, near Camperdown. That feathered freshwater family was the inspiration...

December 5, 2020

Student’s spirited Anzac artwork shines

SIXTEEN-year-old Ollie Warwick was one of twelve Victorian finalists in the 2020 Premier’s Spirit of Anzac Prize this week. The Ballarat Grammar year 10 was...

December 5, 2020

Student care packs support families

LORETO College’s year 10 students have created and donated eighty packs of essential supplies to Child and Family Services. As part of their community service...

December 5, 2020

Uniting strikes golden support

BALLARAT Gold Mine has donated $1000 to crisis support agency, Uniting which will benefit emergency relief and Breezeway meals programs, and housing and homelessness...

December 4, 2020

Young number-cruncher nationally recognised

YOUNG accountant Carry Fungsi was recently shortlisted in Accountants Daily’s 30 Under 30 national awards program for 2020. A member of the Chris Packer &...

December 4, 2020

Striking gold history in Canadian

AS a teenager, Colin Holmes would search creeks for gold, hoping to generate a bit of pocket money. Decades later, the Friends of Sparrow Ground...

December 3, 2020

City marks Eureka anniversary

THE bloody battle at the Eureka Stockade was fought one hundred and sixty-six years ago today on Sunday, 3 December. Annually this date, when government...

December 3, 2020

School upgrade gets the all-Clear

THREE cheers filled the air at Cape Clear Primary School on Monday as staff and students heard they would receive funding to upgrade teaching...

December 3, 2020

Morning Star rises for freedom

THE West Papuan flag, the Morning Star, was raised at 11am on Tuesday at Ballarat Trades Hall. It’s an annual movement by the Free West...

December 3, 2020

Wearne’s new book heads on Tour

FORMER screenwriter Olivia Wearne has harnessed a love of novel writing to produce The Grand Tour, her new book released yesterday. The title is set...

December 2, 2020

Gather round for reads and eats

PICNIC and pick up some summer reading at Minerva’s Books’ riverside sale this Saturday, 5 December. From 11am to 2pm, booksellers Amy Tsilemanis and Julian...