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Hi all.
I am in the proccess of building a website about the goldfields with picture emphasis on the buildings/structers that are left over from the gold rushes, even the tumbled down ones.
Names for the website I have thought of are.
Relicsofgold
Goldrelics
oldgoldtowns
My fave is.
Builtongold
Opinions wanted.
Better names anyone?
Al :)
Your fave is my fave too! :p :p :p
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builtonbullion
a pictorial history of the victorian goldfields
Yeah the first one is not too bad..Quote:
Originally Posted by Shedhand
The second is too long.
I thought about long titles, and no one would want to type them in, I know I wouldnt.
Also, with the second one, it limits the website to Vic, there are some stunning building Oz wide from gold.
I also dont want to lock in an era, say the 1850's as the gold in Vic didnt really stop until the 1940's.
Where as in WA, it is still going.
Keep em coming.
Al :)
Not a name but a trivia thought for yor web site, about the goldfield town of Ballarat whos most famous occasional resident was Charles Manson and "Family" and also where Billy and Wyat from Easy Rider took one last look at time before throwing away their watches, and i think it was also featured in the movie Point Break. A bloke George Riggins from the other Ballarat gave it its name:)
What other Ballarat?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lignum
Al :confused:
Ones here the other is in Death Valley California. Its a facinating story
Sure is, I am re-reading Gold At Ballarat by HJ Stackpoole.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lignum
I have read somewhere that Ballarat is a bastardisation of a Coorie name for the area.
Edit: look here http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/apr/s.../ballarat.html
The USA Ballarat, was born in 1896, long after the gold in the Vic Ballarat had been won out.
That makes sense now.
Al :)
Fieldsofgold
Oh.Ok. I misunderstood (or misread) I thought your website was about Vic goldfields. Sorry. The second line is meant to be a descriptive subtitle, not a website name per se.Quote:
Originally Posted by ozwinner
I like Lignum's FieldsofGold.
Cheers
PS: My early forebears (Chinese maternal great-great grandfather)settled in Ballarat and in all the old letters and stuff I've seen it was spelt - Ballaraat.
Thats how the original Ballarat was spelt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shedhand
Do you have any letters you can scan and email to me, assuming they are not in Chinese of course? :p
Al :)
Sorry Al, I can't lay my hands on them at the moment. All my genealogy stuff is packed away until our reno's are complete.Quote:
Originally Posted by ozwinner
Cheers
one of those names has made my putter go a bit silly:eek: pop-ups galore:(
hope the yougsters don't click on that one.:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lignum