"Ballarat, or, more properly, Ballaarat, is a native name, signifying a camping or resting place, balla meaning elbow, or reclining on the elbow"
- William Withers' "The history of Ballarat, from the first pastoral settlement to the present time - 1887"
If you want to promote a local business, art event, market or service, drop us a line via the page "Message" function, or via email to: ballara
[email protected]
We are always happy to promote local business as they keep our community employed and thriving, but we ask that you respect our decision to not advertise chain store/multi national organisations, or businesses 50km beyond Ballarat. ADVERTISING AND SPAM
Unsolicited advertising on this page will be removed and repeat offenders blocked from contributing. Again, please contact us to discuss options, we're here to promote our community and want to help. THIS PAGE IS FOR EVERYBODY
The 'Ballarat page' is open to everybody from the ages of 13 and upwards. We prefer to keep this page family friendly and inclusive for everybody who wishes to participate. We ask that vulgar and offensive language that may offend others be kept to yourself. Repeat offenders will have their ability to post removed. We also reserve the right to remove any comments we or others may find objectionable or inappropriate without notice. POLITICAL BIAS
This page is for promoting the community of Ballarat as a whole, we do not promote politically biased content such as Political events, posts from other pages, or indeed biased commentary. NO PERSONAL ATTACKS
Comment on content, not on other contributors. Personal attacks do not help make a point; they only harm our online community and may deter users from being active or also drive them away. Comments that personally attack other contributors may be removed. Repeated personal attacks may lead to offenders being blocked from posting. POSTCODE WARS
This page shows little tolerance for 'postcode wars', also known as dumping criticism upon others from suburbs you see as being disadvantaged, or otherwise not to your liking. Repeat offenders will be blocked from contributing. We're all Ballarat, we need to ensure that everybody feels welcome by putting an end to baseless attacks upon others. SUBMITTING IMAGES FOR PUBLICATION
We are happy to receive your photographs for publication on this page and prefer them to be sent via email as an attachment. If you choose to watermark your photographs, please ensure your watermark is placed at the bottom left or right corner of the image and does not interrupt the subject of the image in any way. We do aim to credit all photographers where possible for their contributions. Please ensure you are only sending in your own work, or have the permission of the photographer. Please note that it may be some time before your image is posted due to publication backlogs. Send your photographs to: [email protected]
CONTENT SHARING
Contributors to this page deserve and are entitled to recognition for their efforts and their work. When sharing content such as images from this page, it is recommended to use the Facebook 'share' feature to share content rather than downloading the image and re-uploading to another page. Using the Facebook share feature ensures the original contributor maintains credit for their work and is not discouraged from contributing further. It may also be a breach of copyright law to download images and re-upload them without giving credit to the original contributor, or otherwise claiming their work as your own. DISCLAIMER
All users of this page are welcome and encouraged to express thought, opinion and ideas and take full responsibility for their own textual, verbal and physical expression. No liability is accepted by page administrators. Comments posted by visitors do not necessarily reflect the thoughts and opinions of page administrators. We provide information herein as a public service and strive to achieve the highest standards in content accuracy on this page. Admin makes no claims, promises or guarantees about the absolute accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the contents of this page and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in the contents of this page. No warranty of any kind--implied, expressed or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, and freedom from computer virus is given with respect to the contents of this page or its hyperlinks to other internet resources. Neither admin nor its content providers shall be liable for any damages of any kind. Errors or omissions should be reported to page administrators using the message tab on the page. Visitors to the page may see links to Internet resources outside of the Facebook website: all are provided solely for the convenience of our page visitors. By providing such links, we should not be considered as endorsing and/or being associated with any or all of the outside sites linked from our main page. Accessing this page constitutes the user’s acknowledgement of and agreement to the terms and conditions set forth above. We reserve the right to update and modify these guidelines without notice and at any time. It is your responsibility to be aware of these guidelines and we encourage you to check this page often to become familiar with community expectations and standards of behaviour. While we try to maintain this online community within the guidelines above, some breaches may slip past our attention. If there is something on our page which you feel should be brought to our attention we encourage you to email us with your concerns at:
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