Bendigo Victoria
Population: • Density:	81,939(ABS Census 2006 [2]) (20th) 31.3/km²
Established:	1851
Elevation:	225 m
Area:	2,998.97 km²
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County:	Bendigo

Bendigo is a regional city in central Victoria, Australia, located in the City of Greater Bendigo. It has a steadily growing urban population of about 100,000 people which places it as the third largest regional centre in Victoria after Geelong and Melbourne. Most of the Western and Central parts of Australia were never divided into counties;  No counties  Has been subdivided into counties Cadastral divisions of Australia refers to the parts of Australia which are divided into the cadastral units of counties, parishes, hundreds, and other divisions for the purposes of land... Location within Victoria The County of Bendigo is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th)  - Land 227,416 km²  - Water 10,213 km² (4. ... The City of Greater Bendigo is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... Moorabool St, Geelongs main street, during Christmas. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ...

The municipality covers an area of 3000 square kilometres and includes Bendigo, Quarry Hill, Golden Square, Kangaroo Flat, Eaglehawk, Marong, Lockwood, Lockwood South, Ravenswood, Sebastian, Elmore, Heathcote, Maiden Gully, Spring Gully, Strathfieldsaye, Lake Eppalock, Axedale, Goornong, Raywood and Huntly, which encompasses a total population of almost 140,000. Golden Square (36°46′S 144°15′E) is a suburb of Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. ... Marong is a small town in Victoria, Australia. ... Elmore is a rather small town, supporting around 600 residents, many falling into the senior citizens demographic. ... Heathcote is a town in central Victoria, Australia, situated on the Northern Highway 110km north of Melbourne and 40km south-east of Bendigo via the McIvor Highway. ... Lake Eppalock is a man-made lake located in North Central Victoria, Australia. ... Axedale is a small town in Victoria, Australia. ...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst (Bendigo's past name), however, has around 220,000 inhabitatants. A Roman Catholic Diocese in Victoria, Australia. ...

History

In 1851, Mrs Margaret Kennedy and Mrs Farrell, wives of two farmhands from the Ravenswood sheep run, found gold in the Bendigo creek. Word of the discovery spread quickly and soon after the township of Sandhurst was established. Official town planning commenced in 1854 and by 1857, Sandhurst was connected by telegraph to Melbourne. The grand Town Hall was commissioned in 1859 and the Melbourne to Sandhurst railway commenced operations in 1862. Less than a decade later, in 1871, Sandhurst was proclaimed a City. By the 1880s, the city was considered the richest in the world due to the size of the local goldfields^[1]. It was not until 1891 that the city's name was changed to Bendigo, in honour of the bare knuckled boxer, William "Abednego" Thompson, whose name had been lent to the creek where gold was first discovered. Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele = far away and grapho = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally over wire. ...

Features

Rosalind Park featuring statuary and flanked by ornate Second Empire style buildings.

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Architectural heritage

As a legacy of the gold boom Bendigo has many magnificent ornate buildings built in a late Victorian colonial style, contributing to a picturesque "French" cityscape. Many buildings are on the Victorian Heritage Register and registered by the National Trust of Australia. Prominent buildings include the Bendigo Town Hall (1859, 1883-85), Post Office, Law Courts (1892-96), Shamrock Hotel (1897), Institute of Technology and Memorial Military Museum (1921) all in the Second Empire style. Manchester Town Hall is an example of Victorian architecture found in Manchester, UK. The Carson Mansion is an example of a Victorian home in Eureka, California, USA The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. ... The Victorian Heritage Register is maintained by Heritage Victoria, part of the Department of Sustainability and Environment a department of the Government of Victoria, Australia. ... The National Trust of Australia is a community-based, non-government organisation, committed to promoting and conserving Australias indigenous, natural and historic heritage through its advocacy work and its custodianship of heritage places and objects. ... The canonical example of Second Empire style is the Opéra Garnier, in which Neo-Baroque meets Neo-Renaissance. ...

Bendigo's Sacred Heart Cathedral, a large sandstone church, is the third largest cathedral in Australia and one of the largest cathedrals in the Southern Hemisphere. The main building was completed between 1896-1908 and the soaring spire between 1954 and 1977. Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo is a Catholic cathedral located in the provincial city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. ... southern hemisphere highlighted in yellow (Antarctica not depicted). ...

Fortuna is a large surviving Victorian mansion.

Many other examples of Bendigo's classical architecture rank amongst the finest classical commercial buildings in Australia and include the Colonial Bank building (1887) and the former Masonic Hall (1873-74) which is now a performing arts centre.

Bendigo's Joss House, a historic temple, was built in the 1860s by Chinese miners and is the only surviving building of its kind in regional Victoria which continues to be used as a place of worship. Temple of Hephaestus, an Doric Greek temple in Athens with the original entrance facing east, 449 BC (western face depicted) For other uses, see Temple (disambiguation). ...

The historic Bendigo Tram Sheds and Power Station (1903) now house Bendigo's tramway museum.

The Queen Elizabeth Oval still retains its ornate 1901 grandstand, built by Peter Hunt Building Incorporated.

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Parks and gardens

Bendigo Courthouse from Rosalind Park

Central bendigo from Rosalind Park

The central city is skirted by Rosalind Park, a Victorian style garden featuring statuary and a large blue stone viaduct. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 1773 KB) Summary Bendigo Courts behind a garden taken on 9 October 2005. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 1773 KB) Summary Bendigo Courts behind a garden taken on 9 October 2005. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1521, 913 KB) Historical central Bendigo from the lookout in the Botanic Gardens. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1521, 913 KB) Historical central Bendigo from the lookout in the Botanic Gardens. ... Basalt Basalt (IPA: ) is a common gray to black extrusive volcanic rock. ... Torontos Bloor Street Viaduct bridges the Don valley; road traffic uses the upper deck, rail traffic uses the lower deck. ...

The main entrance corner of the park is on the intersection known as the Charing Cross, formerly the intersection of two main tram lines (now only one). It features a large statue of Queen Victoria. The Charing Cross road junction features the large ornate Alexandria fountain (1881) and is built on top of a wide bridge which spans the viaduct. The park elevates toward Camp Hill, which features a historic school and former mine poppet head. Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819–22 January 1901) was a Queen of the United Kingdom, reigning from 20 June 1837 until her death. ... The worlds highest fountain: King Fahds Fountain in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Three traditional fountain features: a low jet, a pair of raised basins, and sculpture with a water theme, here hippocamps (Villa Borghese, Rome) A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source (Latin fons... Camp Hill is a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Abandoned mine shafts in Marl, Germany. ...

Further from the city is Lake Weroona, a large ornamental lake, adjacent to the Bendigo Botanical Gardens.

Industry

Bendigo is growing rapidly, whilst small surrounding rural towns (such as Elmore, Rochester, Inglewood, Dunolly) are in steep decline. The 2005 Bendigo Council Annual Report indicated about 13% of the workforce are employed in manufacturing. Elmore is a rather small town, supporting around 600 residents, many falling into the senior citizens demographic. ... Rochester is a small town in country Victoria, Australia. ... Inglewood is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Calder Highway, in the Loddon Shire. ... Dunolly is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Dunolly - Maryborough Road, in the Central Goldfields Shire. ...

Tourism

Tourism, based on the old gold industry, is important and includes prominent attractions such as the Central Deborah Goldmine , Discovery Science and Technology Centre and the Bendigo tramways (all three of which make up the Bendigo Trust, a council-intertwined organisation dedicated to preserving Bendigo's heritage). There have been several plans to enhance tourism in the area, including a themepark and extensions of the tourist tram around Lake Weeroona. “Tourist” redirects here. ... This article refers to public transport vehicles running on rails. ...

Bendigo "talking tram". It is a tourist tram rather than regular public transport

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Commerce

Bendigo Bank is Bendigo-based (perhaps based on the wealth accumulated in the early 20th century) and is now a large bank with branches throughout Australia. Telecommunications provider AAPT has its call-centre based here, as is the home of Bendigo Community Telco (founding subsidiary of Community Telco Australia). Community Branch at Braidwood, New South Wales Bendigo Bank (ASX: BEN) operates some 300 branches, primarily in Victoria and Queensland. ... AAPT is Australias 3rd largest land line telecommunications company and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom New Zealand. ...

Manufacturing

After the gold rush Bendigo developed a manufacturing industry. Little of that now remains but there is a large foundry which makes train and vehicle parts and there is also a rubber factory. The Thales Australia (formerly ADI Limited) is an important heavy engineering company. Australia Defence Apparel is another key defence industry particpant making military and police uniforms and bullet proof vests. Intervet (formerly Ausvac) is an important biotechnology company, producing vaccines for animals. For other meanings, see Gold rush (disambiguation) A California Gold Rush handbill A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of gold. ... Thales Australia (formerly ADI Limited) was the primary defence contractor for the Australian Defence Force. ... Akzo Nobel is a multinational company active in the fields of healthcare products, coating and chemicals. ... Ausvac Pty Ltd located in Bendigo was started in 1987 and subsequently sold to Intervet, a subsidary of Akzo Nobel in 1998. ...

Human Services

The major industry in Bendigo is now health, with a Base Hospital, and a very large old people's and rehabilitation home (The Anne Caudle centre) with about 600 beds. Psychiatric services are notably inadequate. There is a medium security gaol which closed in mid January of 2006. Psychiatry is a branch of medicine dealing with the prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of the mind and mental illness. ... HM Prison Bendigo was a medium security prison facility located in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. ...

Education

Bendigo Senior Secondary College is the largest VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) provider in the State. Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE and the Bendigo campus of La Trobe University are large and growing educational institutions. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. ...

Farming & agriculture

The surrounding area, or "gold country", is quite harsh rocky land with scrubby regrowth vegetation. This "box-ironbark forest" is used for timber (mainly sleepers and firewood) and beekeeping. It is proposed to divert it to ecotourism, but there is considerable scepticism about its potential in this respect.^{[citation needed]}Sheep and cattle are grazed in the cleared areas. There are some large poultry and pig farms. Some relatively fertile areas are present along the rivers and creeks, where wheat and other crops such as canola are grown. The area produces premium wines, including shiraz, from a growing viticulture industry. Salinity is a problem in many valleys, but is under control. There is a relatively small eucalyptus oil industry. Ecotourism means ecological tourism, where ecological has both environmental and social connotations. ... Species See text. ... For general information about the genus, including other species of cattle, see Bos. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Pig (disambiguation). ... Species T. aestivum T. boeoticum T. compactum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum T. timopheevii References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 For the indie rock group see: Wheat (band). ... In agriculture, Canola is a trademarked cultivar of genetically engineered rapeseed variants from which rapeseed oil is obtained. ... Shiraz grapes have a characteristicly deep purple color that is reflected in their wine. ... wine grapes Viticulture (from the Latin word for vine) is the science, production and study of grapes which deals with the series of events that occur in the vineyard. ... Annual mean sea surface salinity for the World Ocean. ... natural range Species About 700; see the List of Eucalyptus species Eucalyptus (From Greek, ευκάλυπτος = Well covered) is a diverse genus of trees (and a few shrubs), the members of which dominate the tree flora of Australia. ...

Mining

One of the major revolutions in gold mining came when fields like Bendigo but also Ballarat, Ararat, Victoria, and the gold fields close to Mount Alexander turn out to have large gold deposits below the superficial alluvial deposits that were previously (partially) mined out. Gold was found in these basaltic deposits called "blue stone", or were washed away into channels of ancient rivers. Tunnels as deep as 2000 or even 3000 feet (Stawell) were possible. ^[2] Ballarat is a city in regional Victoria, Australia, approximately 120 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, with a population of 84,000 people. ... Location of Ararat in Victoria (red) Ararat () is a regional town in south-west Victoria, Australia. ... Mount Alexander is a prominent hill, located approximately 100 km north-west of Melbourne, near the small town of Harcourt. ... There are a number of settlements named Stawell: Stawell, Somerset, in England Stawell, Victoria, in Australia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Until overtaken in the 1980s by the Western Australia goldfields, Bendigo was the most productive Australian gold area, with a total production of over 20 million ounces (622 t). There is a large amount of gold still in the Bendigo goldfields, estimated to be at least as much again as what has been removed. The decline in mining was partly due to the depth of mines and the presence of water in the deep mines. With modern technology, Bendigo Mining NL has resumed mining and will likely be a large producer within 10 years. Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $100,900 (4th)  - Product per capita  $50,355/person...

Transport

Bendigo is about 150 km (93 miles) or less than two hours drive by car from Melbourne on the Calder Freeway. The residual dual carriageway roads (currently about 100 km) are slowly but steadily being replaced by freeway. There is a super-fast rail service to Melbourne on the Bendigo line with several services being operated each day of the week. There is also a daily train service to and from Swan Hill, and Echuca. Calder Freeway M79 is freeway linking Melbourne to Bendigo. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Victorias regional railway lines  Albury-Wodonga line  Ballarat line  Ararat line  Bendigo line  Echuca line  Geelong line  Shepparton line  Swan Hill line  Traralgon line  Bairnsdale line  Warrnambool line railway in Victoria, Australia. ... Town Hall Swan Hill ( ) is a city in the north west of Victoria, Australia. ...

As a regional city Bendigo also includes the following suburbs and localities: California Gully, Eaglehawk, Epsom, Flora Hill, Golden Square, Junortoun, Kangaroo Flat, Kennington, Huntly, Maiden Gully, Mandurang, Quarry Hill, Spring Gully, Strathdale, Strathfieldsaye and White Hills. The main retail centres are in the central business district, Eaglehawk, Kangaroo Flat and Strathdale. Golden Square (36°46′S 144°15′E) is a suburb of Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. ...

Buses service these suburbs.

Culture and events

The Bendigo Art Gallery was founded in 1887 and is one of Australia's largest regional art galleries, many of the 19th century paintings depicting life in the goldfields. The Bendigo Art Gallery hosts Australia's richest painting prize, the Arthur Guy Memorial Prize, worth $50,000, which was launched in 2003.

The Capital Theatre is located next to the art gallery in View Street and hosts performing arts and live music. The performing arts are those forms of art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artists own body, face and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some...

The city hosts the Bendigo National Swap Meet every year in early November. A must for all car enthusiasts, it is regarded as the biggest in the southern hemisphere, and attracts people from all over Australia and the world

The Bendigo Easter Festival is held each year and attracts tens of thousands of tourists to the city over the Easter long weekend. Attractions include parades, exhibitions, and a street carnival. The First Bendigo Easter Fair The first Bendigo Easter Fair was instigated by Burnside and Aspinal to raise funds for the Sandhurst Benevolent Asylum and Hospital. ...

Media

Bendigo is served by two newspapers: The Advertiser and The Bendigo Weekly, five locally-based radio stations: Star FM, 3BO FM, ABC Local Radio, two national radio stations Triple J and ABC National and the community stations The Fresh 895 and KLFM and five television stations: WIN, Prime, Southern Cross Ten, ABC and SBS. Ten maintain sales offices in the region, as well as some news bites during the day, produced in Canberra. Bendigo is a large regional town in central Victoria, Australia, located in the City of Greater Bendigo. ... The Advertiser is the daily (Monday-Saturday) newspaper for Bendigo and is published by Rural Press. ... ABC Local Radio is a network of publicly-owned radio stations in Australia, operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ... For other uses, see JJJ. Triple J is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). ... WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, Australia. ... Prime can refer to: Prime element Prime ideal Prime lens Prime number Prime rate Prime Television, a television network in Australia Prime, a cable channel in Canada Prime, the ′ mark Prime, a ribose structure Prime computer Prime, a liturgical office (service or ceremony) Prime, a comics character the point... Southern Cross Ten are a network of Network Ten affiliates in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia. ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ... SBS may refer to: Broadcasting: SBS Broadcasting Group, originally Scandinavian, now also operating in various other European countries Special Broadcasting Service, an Australian multilingual and multicultural radio and television service Seoul Broadcasting System, a South Korean television network Shizuoka Broadcasting System, a Japanese radio and TV broadcasting station in Shizuoka... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ...

Sport

Cricket and Australian rules football are the most popular sports in Bendigo. The Queen Elizabeth Oval hosts both sports. Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... High marking is a key skill and spectacular attribute of Australian rules football Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Australian rules football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of... Queen Elizabeth Oval is an Australian Rules Football stadium located in Bendigo, Australia. ...

The Bendigo Bombers compete in the Victorian Football League. Bendigo Bombers Logo The Bendigo Bombers are an Australian rules football club based in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia playing in the Victorian Football League (VFL). ... For other uses, see VFL (disambiguation). ...

The Bendigo region is also home to the historic Bendigo Football League, a strong local Australian rules football competition. The Bendigo Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bendigo region of Victoria, Australia. ... High marking is a key skill and spectacular attribute of Australian rules football Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Australian rules football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of...

The Bendigo Cup is a famous horse racing event. Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...

The Bendigo and District Cricket Association is the controlling body for ten senior cricket clubs within the Bendigo area. The Bendigo and District Cricket Association (BDCA) is the controlling body for ten combined senior and junior cricket clubs within the Bendigo region. ...

The Bendigo Madison is a large prestigious cycling event, attracting international calibre cyclists.

Basketball is popular in Bendigo, the city is home to the Schweppes Centre, home of the Bendigo Braves. The stadiums hosted basketball during the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The city is also home to the Bendigo Basketball Association. This article is about the sport. ... The Bendigo Braves play in the South Conference of the SEABL in the ABA. Current roster External links Basketball website SEABL Webpage ABA website Categories: | ... The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Australia between March 15 and March 26, 2006. ...

Bendigo was the host to the second Commonwealth Youth Games, held from 30 November to 3 December 2004. The Commonwealth Youth Games are a mini version of the Commonwealth Games aimed at children and young people. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bendigo Amateur Soccer League organises and manages soccer for over 2000 juniors and seniors in Central Victoria.

Rugby Union - The Bendigo Fighnting Miners are the only team in bendigo, it completes in the Victorian Country Rugby Union Competition and has won the premiership for the last four years in a row For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ...

Hockey - The CVHA Blazers represent Bendigo at State level in both male and female competitions. Bendigo Raiders Ice Hockey Team competes at both junior and senior levels within the Victorian Ice Hockey Association and is the only team to play that is located outside Melbourne. The ice rink in Bendigo is one of only two running in Victoria. Bendigo also has a Figure skating club called the Ice Skating Club of Bendigo which includes both beginner and national skaters. Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponents net or goal, using a hockey stick. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... Rockefeller Centre ice rink An ice rink is a frozen body of water where people can ice skate or play winter sports. ...

Curling - Bendigo will host the Australian national curling championships on July 22-23 2007. Curling is a team sport with similarities to bowls and bocce, played on a rectangular sheet of carefully prepared ice by two teams of four players each. ...

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Baseball - There are 5 running clubs in the Bendigo area: Eaglehawk Falcons, Bendigo East, Maiden Gully Scots, Bendigo BLS Bushrangers and Strathfieldsaye Dodgers. All of these clubs have been struggling for players for the past 5 years in both senior and junior sides. Bendigo participates in the annual VPBL state championships held across the state. This year Bendigo has won the U/18 event held in Wangaratta, and the U/12s came 2nd in Mildura. This article is about the sport. ... Strathfieldsaye is a suburb of the city of Greater Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. ... Wangaratta is a medium sized town of about 26,000 people in the north east of Victoria, Australia, about 230 km from Melbourne along the Hume Highway, with Benalla approximately 45 kilometres to the south-west, and Albury-Wodonga 72 kilometres to the northeast. ... Mildura is a city in Victoria, Australia. ...

Climate

The climate in Bendigo is typically dry and mild temperate with cold winters. The mean minimum and maximum temperatures in January are 13-29 degrees Celsius. The mean minimum and maximum temperatures in July are 2-12 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature ever recorded was 43 degrees Celsius, and winter minimums of -5 degrees have been recorded frequently. The area surrounding the city can receive infrequent light snowfalls in winter.
The dryness of the area, drought and population continually puts pressure on the local water supply and the city has some of the harshest water restrictions in Australia, with no watering outside the household. Local water storages have fallen to the lowest levels ever recorded and this is forcing the Victorian state government to build a "superpipe" which will connect Bendigo and Ballarat to a larger supply of water before the town runs out of water. The superpipe is to be completed by September 2007 which is when the water storages are set to dry up. Tornadoes have been seen around the area of Bendigo and, although rare, one passed though Eaglehawk and other parts of Bendigo in 2004 causing some damage. Ballarat is a city in regional Victoria, Australia, approximately 120 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, with a population of 84,000 people. ... Eaglehawk may refer to: A suburb of Bendigo, Victoria, itself a part of the City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Eaglehawk Neck, an isthmus connecting the Tasman Peninsula to the Forestier Peninsula in Tasmania, Australia. ...

Sister cities

• Penzance, United Kingdom
• Los Altos, California, United States of America
• Tianshui, China

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Notable people

• Kate DeAraugo - 2005 Australian Idol winner
• AFL players: Nick Dal Santo, Nathan Brown, Wayne Campbell, Troy Selwood, Adam Selwood, Colin Sylvia, Joel Selwood
• Alfred Henry O'Keeffe - New Zealand artist
• Craig White - English cricket player
• Colleen Hewett - singer and actress

Katherine Kate Jenna DeAraugo (November 5, 1985), is an Australian singer, and was the winner of the third season of Australian Idol in 2005. ... Nick Dal Santo (born February 22, 1984) is an Australian rules footballer in the AFL with the St Kilda Football Club. ... Nathan Brown was an American missionary and Bible translator, born in 1807. ... Waynes World is a 1992 comedy film starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as hosts of a cable access television show from Aurora, Illinois. ... Troy Selwood (born May 1, 1984) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. ... Adam Selwood (born 1 May 1984) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Coast Eagles in the AFL. Selwood was recruited from Bendigo Pioneers as the Eagles third pick, and number 53 overall in the 2002 AFL Draft. ... Colin Sylvia (born November 8, 1985) is an Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Melbourne Football Club. ... Joel Selwood (born May 26, 1988 in Bendigo) is an Australian rules footballer who plays with Geelong in the AFL. His older twin brothers, Adam and Troy, both play AFL for West Coast and Brisbane respectively. ... Alfred Henry OKeeffe (21 July 1858 - 27 July 1941), New Zealand artist and art teacher. ... Craig White (born December 16, 1969, Morley Hall, Yorkshire) is a cricketer. ... Colleen Hewett (born 16 April 1950) is an Australian actress and popular singer. ...

References

Notes

General References

• City of Greater Bendigo: Bendigo's Heritage
• City of Greater Bendigo Annual Report 2005
• Victorian Heritage Register (1999), Heritage Victoria

See also

• List of Mayors of Bendigo
• Bendigo Easter Festival
• HM Prison Bendigo
• Bendigo Senior Secondary College
• Flora Hill Secondary College
• Golden Square Secondary College
• Catholic College Bendigo
• Girton Grammar School

This is a list of the Mayors of the City of Bendigo, a Local Government Area and the fourth largest city in Victoria, Australia. ... The First Bendigo Easter Fair The first Bendigo Easter Fair was instigated by Burnside and Aspinal to raise funds for the Sandhurst Benevolent Asylum and Hospital. ... HM Prison Bendigo was a medium security prison facility located in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Flora Hill Secondary College General Information Flora Hill Secondary College is a small college located in Florahill, Bendigo it is ruled with an iron fist by its Principal Ernest Fleming. ... Golden Square High School was established in temporary accommodation at Camp Hill Primary School in 1960. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

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Coordinates: 36°45′S, 144°16′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...