The City of Greater Bendigo is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the north_western part of the state. It has an area of 3,048 square kilometres. In 2001 it had a population of 87,000.
Bendigo is a regional city in central Victoria (Australia), located in the City of GreaterBendigo.
The area was settled in 1851, proclaimed a municipality in 1855, a borough in 1863 and a city in 1871.
BRIT (Bendigo Regional Institute of Tertiary and Further Education) and the Bendigo campus of La Trobe University are large and growing educational institutions.
The area was originally known as Bendigo's Creek, named for an employee on a local property who was nicknamed "Bendigo" after the famous English prize fighter William "Bendigo" Thompson.
There is a medium security gaol which is projected to close in late 2005.
Bendigo is about 140 km (about 105 miles) or two hours drive by car from Melbourne with most of the journey being on freeway style roads.
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