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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

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April 16, 2022

Small build offers big future

WITH power tools in-hand, seventeen of Phoenix College’s female students were recently tasked with building a little house as they took part in a...

April 10, 2022

River talks to flow at BMI

THE Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is inviting the community to dive into its Twilight Talks series which will return to the Humffray Room from next...

April 9, 2022

A launch pad for local leaders

THE Committee for Ballarat’s 2022 community leadership program is underway and is aiming to support its latest cohort in shaping the city’s future. Future Shapers...

April 9, 2022

High Tea to benefit hospital house

PUT on your Sunday best for the Begonia City High Tea at St Patrick’s Cathedral Hall next month. Alfredton Rotary Club is leading the afternoon,...

April 7, 2022

Students meet their healthcare heroes

THE Meredith Primary School playground was full of doctors, nurses, paramedics, police officers, vets, and firefighters on Monday morning. Pupils, and neighbouring kindergarteners, dressed up...

April 7, 2022

Batesford gets back to nature

FOLLOWING the completion of the Riverstone Estate, the Ramsey Property Group has handed the Moorabool River Reserve over to the Golden Plains Shire. As of...

April 6, 2022

Music quiz to rock Civic Hall

FOR more than a decade, new episodes of music quiz show RocKwiz tested and entertained Australian television viewers. Presented by Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis,...

April 5, 2022

Sunday groovers singing for joy

SUNDAYS are a groovin’ good time at Saint Peter and Paul's Church in Buninyong. Community members who love to sing are invited to a monthly...

April 5, 2022

For the love of reading

IN a month’s time, Clunes will be at its bookish best as the historic town’s famous literary festival returns. The iconic Fraser Street will be...

April 4, 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 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 1, 2022

Rhymers are readers at the library

YOUNG families are invited to the Bannockburn Library for mornings of learning and connection. Library coordinator Laura Pugliese said the early literacy sessions for babies,...

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...

April 1, 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...

April 1, 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

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,...

March 31, 2022

Ideas sought on climate adaption

WORKSHOPS are being run across Golden Plains to survey residents as part of the Shire’s climate emergency plan consultation. The completed Golden Plains Climate Emergency...

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 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

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...

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