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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Extreme_weather_events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.1</span> <span>Extreme weather events</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Extreme_weather_events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Urban_structure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Urban_structure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Urban structure</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Urban_structure-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Urban structure subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Urban_structure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-City_centre" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#City_centre"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>City centre</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-City_centre-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Suburbs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Suburbs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Suburbs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Suburbs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Architectural_heritage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Architectural_heritage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Architectural heritage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Architectural_heritage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Parks_and_gardens" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parks_and_gardens"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Parks and gardens</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parks_and_gardens-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li 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class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Music</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Music-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Sport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Sport subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Sport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Cricket" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cricket"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Cricket</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cricket-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Australian_Rules" class="vector-toc-list-item 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class="vector-toc-numb">12.1</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div 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href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Бендыга – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Бендыга" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE" title="Бендиго – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бендиго" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bendigo" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Bendigo" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Bendigo" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Bendigo" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bendigo" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Bendigo" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%BF" title="Μπέντιγκο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπέντιγκο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bendigo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bendigo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%88" title="بندیگو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بندیگو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bendigo" 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data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A3%D5%B8" title="Բենդիգո – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բենդիգո" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bendigo" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE" title="Бендиго – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Бендиго" 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data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B4" title="ベンディゴ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ベンディゴ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Bendigo" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Bendigo" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%88" title="بینڈیگو – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بینڈیگو" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendago" title="Bendago – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Bendago" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Bendigo" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bendigo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE" title="Бендиго – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Бендиго" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE" title="Бендиго – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бендиго" 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Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Bendigo" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo,_Victoria" title="Bendigo, Victoria – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Bendigo, Victoria" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Bendigo" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a 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div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:270px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:270px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:270px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia_Victoria_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bendigo is located in Victoria"><img alt="Bendigo is located in Victoria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Australia_Victoria_location_map.svg/270px-Australia_Victoria_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Australia_Victoria_location_map.svg/405px-Australia_Victoria_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Australia_Victoria_location_map.svg/540px-Australia_Victoria_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1375" data-file-height="967" 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class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bendigo&params=36_45_0_S_144_16_0_E_type:city_region:AU-VIC"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°45′0″S</span> <span class="longitude">144°16′0″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.75000°S 144.26667°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-36.75000; 144.26667</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">103,034 (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population" title="List of cities in Australia by population">19th</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002358503827418232♠"></span>358.50/km<sup>2</sup> (928.52/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1851</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;"><a 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href="/wiki/UTC%2B10" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+10">UTC+10</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC11" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC11">AEST</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B11" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+11">UTC+11</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> 150 km (93 mi) NW of <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> </li><li> 423 km (263 mi) SE of <a href="/wiki/Mildura" title="Mildura">Mildura</a> </li><li> 98 km (61 mi) NE of <a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">Ballarat</a> </li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Victoria" title="Local government in Victoria">LGA(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_Bendigo" title="City of Greater Bendigo">City of Greater Bendigo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Australia" title="List of regions of Australia">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Loddon_Mallee" title="Loddon Mallee">Loddon Mallee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;"><a href="/wiki/Lands_administrative_divisions_of_Australia" title="Lands administrative divisions of Australia">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/County_of_Bendigo" title="County of Bendigo">Bendigo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;"><a href="/wiki/Electorates_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Electorates of the Australian states and territories">State electorate(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendigo East">Bendigo East</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendigo West">Bendigo West</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Federal division(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Bendigo" title="Division of Bendigo">Bendigo</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%; border: 1px #ddd solid;"> <tbody><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="background-color:#f0f0ff;border: 1px #FFF solid; text-align:center; width:33%;"><b>Mean max temp</b></td> <td style="background-color:#f0f0ff;border: 1px #FFF solid; text-align:center; width:34%;"><b>Mean min temp</b></td> <td style="background-color:#f0f0ff;border: 1px #FFF solid; text-align:center; width:33%;"><b>Annual rainfall</b></td> </tr><tr style="border: 1px #FFF solid" class="mergedrow"> <td style="padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center; width:33%;"> 21.2 °C <br />70 °F</td> <td style="padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center; width:34%;">8.0 °C <br />46 °F</td> <td style="padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center; width:33%;">510.0 mm <br />20.1 in</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bendigo</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">BEN</span>-dig-oh</i></a>) is a city in north-central <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, located in the <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Valley" title="Bendigo Valley">Bendigo Valley</a> near the geographical centre of the state<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) north-west of <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, the state capital. </p><p>As of 2022, Bendigo has a population of 103,818 making it Australia's 19th-largest <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population" title="List of cities in Australia by population">city by population</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bendigo is the fourth-largest inland city in Australia and the fourth-most populous city in <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>. </p><p>Bendigo is administered by the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_Bendigo" title="City of Greater Bendigo">City of Greater Bendigo</a>, formerly the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Bendigo" title="City of Bendigo">City of Bendigo</a>. The council area encompasses roughly 3,000 square kilometres,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the city is surrounded by smaller towns such as <a href="/wiki/Castlemaine,_Victoria" title="Castlemaine, Victoria">Castlemaine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heathcote,_Victoria" title="Heathcote, Victoria">Heathcote</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyneton" title="Kyneton">Kyneton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryborough,_Victoria" title="Maryborough, Victoria">Maryborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elmore,_Victoria" title="Elmore, Victoria">Elmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Victoria" title="Rochester, Victoria">Rochester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goornong" title="Goornong">Goornong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Axedale" title="Axedale">Axedale</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Traditional_owners" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional owners">traditional owners</a> of the area are the <a href="/wiki/Djadjawurrung" title="Djadjawurrung">Dja Dja Wurrung</a> (Djaara) people.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The discovery of gold on <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Creek" title="Bendigo Creek">Bendigo Creek</a> in 1851 transformed the area from a <a href="/wiki/Sheep_station" title="Sheep station">sheep station</a> into one of colonial Australia's largest <a href="/wiki/Boomtown" title="Boomtown">boomtowns</a>. News of the finds intensified the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_gold_rush" title="Victorian gold rush">Victorian gold rush</a>, bringing an influx of migrants from around the world, particularly Europe and China. Bendigo became Eastern Australia's largest 19th-century gold-mining economy, and the wealth generated during this period is reflected today in the city's <a href="/wiki/Victorian_architecture" title="Victorian architecture">Victorian architectural</a> heritage. From 1853 until 1891, Bendigo was officially named Sandhurst. </p><p>Bendigo's boom period lasted until the early 20th century and after a temporary decline in population and employment, renewed growth occurred from the 1930s as the city consolidated as a manufacturing and regional service centre. Although gold mining continues, recent population growth has been most heavily concentrated in suburban areas. With the completion of the <a href="/wiki/Calder_Highway" title="Calder Highway">Calder Freeway</a> linking Melbourne and Bendigo in 2009, and the region's proximity to Melbourne, Bendigo has become one of the fastest-growing regional centres in Victoria.<sup id="cite_ref-forecast.id.com.au_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forecast.id.com.au-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indigenous_history_and_European_settlement">Indigenous history and European settlement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Indigenous history and European settlement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bendigo_Creek_ST_Gill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Bendigo_Creek_ST_Gill.jpg/220px-Bendigo_Creek_ST_Gill.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Bendigo_Creek_ST_Gill.jpg/330px-Bendigo_Creek_ST_Gill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Bendigo_Creek_ST_Gill.jpg/440px-Bendigo_Creek_ST_Gill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1356" data-file-height="964" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Creek" title="Bendigo Creek">Bendigo Creek</a>, named after a local shepherd and amateur boxer who, in turn, earned the sobriquet because his fighting style resembled that of English bare-knuckle champion <a href="/wiki/William_Thompson_(boxer)" title="William Thompson (boxer)">William Abednego "Bendigo" Thompson</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The traditional owners of the <a href="/wiki/Mount_Alexander" title="Mount Alexander">Mount Alexander</a>, traditionally named Leanganook, area that includes <a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_Bendigo" title="City of Greater Bendigo">Greater Bendigo</a>, are the <a href="/wiki/Dja_Dja_Wurrung" class="mw-redirect" title="Dja Dja Wurrung">Dja Dja Wurrung</a> (Djaara) people. They exploited the rich local hunting grounds from which they were displaced by the arrival by <a href="/wiki/History_of_Australia_(1788%E2%80%931850)" title="History of Australia (1788–1850)">white settlers</a>, who established the first of many vast sheep runs in 1837. The Djadjawurrung peoples experienced two waves of settlement and dispossession: from the south from 1837 and from the north from 1845.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The marked decrease in Dja Dja Wurrung population was also due to the arrival of non-indigenous animals; they use their noses to ‘root up’ the nutritious <a href="/wiki/Microseris_scapigera" title="Microseris scapigera">moon-nar tuber</a> (yam daisy); after just a year it was noticed the plant was becoming scarce.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Squatters in the area included: Donald Campbell at Bullock Creek in <a href="/wiki/Ravenswood,_Victoria" title="Ravenswood, Victoria">Ravenswood</a>; J & R Bakewell to the north of Bendigo; Heap & Gryce to the north-west; Archibald McDougall to the west; Joseph Raleigh and James Robinson along the <a href="/wiki/Campaspe_River" title="Campaspe River">Campaspe River</a> to the south; and Thomas, Jones, and William Barnett to the east.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Ravenswood,_Victoria" title="Ravenswood, Victoria">Ravenswood</a> "Mount Alexander North run", occupied from c.1840 by Donald Campbell, was acquired by brothers Stewart and Robert Gibson in 1848, with Frederick Fenton later replacing one of the Gibson brothers. After the discovery of gold in 1851, Fenton sold provisions to the miners and agisted their horses. Becoming the sole owner of the <a href="/wiki/Ravenswood,_Victoria" title="Ravenswood, Victoria">Ravenswood</a> run in 1857, Fenton built its substantial homestead.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gold was officially discovered on Bendigo Creek at the north-eastern boundary of the <a href="/wiki/Ravenswood,_Victoria" title="Ravenswood, Victoria">Ravenswood</a> run,<sup id="cite_ref-:0a_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0a-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> earlier known as the Mount Alexander North run, in October 1851. The creek had been named "Bendigo Creek" after a local shepherd and employee of the Mount Alexander North run nicknamed for the English bare-knuckle prizefighter <a href="/wiki/William_Thompson_(boxer)" title="William Thompson (boxer)">William Abednego "Bendigo" Thompson</a>. The area was transformed in less than a year as tens of thousands of people arrived during the great gold rush in 1852. </p><p>Widespread gold mining caused environmental devastation and permanent damage in the district, decimating and displacing the Dja Dja Wurrung<sup id="cite_ref-:0b_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0b-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and destroying the infrastructure they created over generations to maximise seasonal drainage patterns; the channels and weirs they built out of timber stakes, to slow receding summer flows, were wrecked; water holes where the people gathered in smaller groups during periods of scarce rainfall and from which they transported water in skin bags when moving, were muddied, polluted and drained; the soaks they had dug between banks into sandy sediment to tap into the water table were likewise obliterated. Some of their waterholes in rock platforms of creeks that they found or enlarged, then covered with slabs to protect them from animals, may still remain, unidentified.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0b_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0b-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gold_mining_boom">Gold mining boom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gold mining boom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Victorian_gold_rush" title="Victorian gold rush">Victorian gold rush</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charing_Cross_Bendigo_1853.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Charing_Cross_Bendigo_1853.jpg/220px-Charing_Cross_Bendigo_1853.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Charing_Cross_Bendigo_1853.jpg/330px-Charing_Cross_Bendigo_1853.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Charing_Cross_Bendigo_1853.jpg/440px-Charing_Cross_Bendigo_1853.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="666" /></a><figcaption>Bendigo, 1853</figcaption></figure> <p>Gold was officially discovered in the area in October 1851,<sup id="cite_ref-:0a_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0a-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> just after the other significant goldfields in neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Castlemaine,_Victoria" title="Castlemaine, Victoria">Castlemaine</a>, from where many diggers migrated, bringing the total population to 40,000 in less than a year. Many of these diggers were Chinese and their descendants still live in the region. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Deep_Gully_Mine_Bendigo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Deep_Gully_Mine_Bendigo.jpg/170px-Deep_Gully_Mine_Bendigo.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Deep_Gully_Mine_Bendigo.jpg/255px-Deep_Gully_Mine_Bendigo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Deep_Gully_Mine_Bendigo.jpg/340px-Deep_Gully_Mine_Bendigo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1304" /></a><figcaption>Deep Gully Mine, 1857</figcaption></figure> <p>During 1852, under the direction of <a href="/wiki/Surveyor_General_of_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Surveyor General of Victoria">Surveyor General of Victoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Hoddle" title="Robert Hoddle">Robert Hoddle</a>, William Swan Urquhart was making a general survey of Mount Alexander and the surrounding ranges, and of the goldfields, and fixed the site of the township of 'Sandhurst', now Bendigo. On 13 July 1852 Hoddle passed on to Urquhart Lieutenant-Governor La Trobe's request for a plan of the Mount Alexander gold workings, and his order that he mark out a reserve at the junction of Golden Gully with Bendigo Creek, and the camp on the west side of the creek below the junction. In late August La Trobe wanted him to report urgently on the best reserves for agriculture in the district. By 26 November he had mapped Bendigo Creek and Myers Creek, and his survey of the <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Valley" title="Bendigo Valley">Bendigo Valley</a> and environs marked township reserves at Bullock Creek, Ravenswood and Happy Jack where settlement was already taking place. His plan <i>General Survey of the Bendigo Goldfields showing the proposed reserves for townships. Drawn by W.S. Urquhart, Melbourne, November 1852</i> recommended sites for national schools, churches, markets and other public purposes reserved from sale.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1853, a massive protest called The <a href="/wiki/Anti-Gold_Licence_Association" title="Anti-Gold Licence Association">Red Ribbon Rebellion</a> was held over the cost of the licence fee for prospectors, though it passed off peacefully, due to good diplomacy by police and miners' leaders. From being a tent city, the boomtown grew rapidly into a major urban centre with many grand public buildings. The municipality became a borough in 1863, officially known as <a href="/wiki/Sandhurst_(Colony_of_Victoria,_Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandhurst (Colony of Victoria, Australia)">Sandhurst</a> until 1891, but always unofficially as Bendigo. </p><p>The railway had reached Bendigo by 1862, stimulating rapid growth, with flour mills, woollen mills, tanneries, quarries, foundries, <a href="/wiki/Eucalyptus_oil" title="Eucalyptus oil">eucalyptus oil</a> production, food production industries, and timber cutting. When the alluvial gold ran out, extraction of quartz-based gold continued in <a href="/wiki/Shaft_mining" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaft mining">deep shafts</a> using industrial systems. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Selection_(Australian_history)" title="Selection (Australian history)">Selection</a> in the future <a href="/wiki/County_of_Bendigo" title="County of Bendigo">county of Bendigo</a> (created in 1869) commenced under the Land Act of 1865, with most settlement occurring around Sandhurst and <a href="/wiki/Eaglehawk,_Victoria" title="Eaglehawk, Victoria">Eaglehawk</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decline_and_regeneration">Decline and regeneration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Decline and regeneration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sandhurst_in_1884.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Sandhurst_in_1884.jpg/220px-Sandhurst_in_1884.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Sandhurst_in_1884.jpg/330px-Sandhurst_in_1884.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Sandhurst_in_1884.jpg/440px-Sandhurst_in_1884.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1360" data-file-height="973" /></a><figcaption>Bendigo from Camp Hill, 1886</figcaption></figure> <p>Bendigo was declared a city in 1871. Rapid population growth brought a water shortage, partially solved with a new viaduct that harnessed the <a href="/wiki/Coliban_River" title="Coliban River">Coliban River</a>. The architect <a href="/wiki/William_Charles_Vahland_(architect)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Charles Vahland (architect)">William Charles Vahland</a> (1828–1915) left an important mark on Bendigo during this period. He is credited with the popular cottage design known as a Vahland House. The cottage design that has vastly been customised shares a common theme of a central door, a sash window either side, a central hallway that runs the entire length of the house and <a href="/wiki/Verandah" class="mw-redirect" title="Verandah">verandahs</a> ordained in iron lace, a style that was soon adopted across the state of Victoria. Vahland also designed more than 80 buildings, including the <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Fountain" title="Alexandra Fountain">Alexandra Fountain</a>, arguably the most prominent monument in Bendigo, with its granite dolphins, unicorns, nymphs and allegorical figures. A <a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Bendigo" title="Trams in Bendigo">tram network</a> was established by 1890, some of which is still in operation as a tourism service currently. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bendigo_Streetscape.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Bendigo_Streetscape.jpg/220px-Bendigo_Streetscape.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Bendigo_Streetscape.jpg/330px-Bendigo_Streetscape.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Bendigo_Streetscape.jpg/440px-Bendigo_Streetscape.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1528" data-file-height="886" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Fountain" title="Alexandra Fountain">Alexandra Fountain</a> in <a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_(Bendigo)" title="Charing Cross (Bendigo)">Charing Cross</a>, c. 1920s, now listed along with the surrounding buildings on the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Heritage_Register" title="Victorian Heritage Register">Victorian Heritage Register</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Chinese_woman_wearing_traditional_qipao_standing_in_the_bushland_with_two_borzoi_dogs_in_the_bushland_of_Bendigo,_Victoria,_Australia,_1930.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/A_Chinese_woman_wearing_traditional_qipao_standing_in_the_bushland_with_two_borzoi_dogs_in_the_bushland_of_Bendigo%2C_Victoria%2C_Australia%2C_1930.png/220px-A_Chinese_woman_wearing_traditional_qipao_standing_in_the_bushland_with_two_borzoi_dogs_in_the_bushland_of_Bendigo%2C_Victoria%2C_Australia%2C_1930.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="336" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/A_Chinese_woman_wearing_traditional_qipao_standing_in_the_bushland_with_two_borzoi_dogs_in_the_bushland_of_Bendigo%2C_Victoria%2C_Australia%2C_1930.png/330px-A_Chinese_woman_wearing_traditional_qipao_standing_in_the_bushland_with_two_borzoi_dogs_in_the_bushland_of_Bendigo%2C_Victoria%2C_Australia%2C_1930.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/A_Chinese_woman_wearing_traditional_qipao_standing_in_the_bushland_with_two_borzoi_dogs_in_the_bushland_of_Bendigo%2C_Victoria%2C_Australia%2C_1930.png/440px-A_Chinese_woman_wearing_traditional_qipao_standing_in_the_bushland_with_two_borzoi_dogs_in_the_bushland_of_Bendigo%2C_Victoria%2C_Australia%2C_1930.png 2x" data-file-width="956" data-file-height="1458" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Australians" title="Chinese Australians">Chinese Australian</a> woman wearing traditional <a href="/wiki/Cheongsam" title="Cheongsam">qipao</a> standing in the bushland with two <a href="/wiki/Borzoi" title="Borzoi">borzoi</a> dogs in the bushland of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1930s</figcaption></figure> <p>After a temporary drop in population, renewed growth occurred from the 1930s, as the city consolidated as a manufacturing and regional service centre, though gold mining continues.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Recent growth has been most heavily concentrated in areas such as Epsom, Kangaroo Flat, Strathdale, and Strathfieldsaye.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 28 March 2013, the <a href="/wiki/Djadjawurrung" title="Djadjawurrung">Dja Dja Wurrung</a> people were formally recognised as the <a href="/wiki/Traditional_owner" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional owner">traditional owners</a> for part of Central Victoria, including the land on which the City of Greater Bendigo sits. </p><p>In 1994, under municipal reforms of Victoria's <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Kennett" title="Jeff Kennett">Kennett government</a>, the City of Bendigo was abolished and merged with the Borough of Eaglehawk, the Huntly and Strathfieldsaye shires, and the Rural City of Marong to form the larger City of Greater Bendigo. The population of the city increased from around 78,000 in 1991 to about 100,617 in 2012. Bendigo is currently one of the fastest-growing regional centres in Victoria.<sup id="cite_ref-forecast.id.com.au_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forecast.id.com.au-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city is surrounded by components of the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Bendigo_National_Park" title="Greater Bendigo National Park">Greater Bendigo National Park</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Box-Ironbark_Region" title="Bendigo Box-Ironbark Region">Bendigo Box-Ironbark Region</a> <a href="/wiki/Important_Bird_Area" title="Important Bird Area">Important Bird Area</a>, identified as such by <a href="/wiki/BirdLife_International" title="BirdLife International">BirdLife International</a> because of its importance for <a href="/wiki/Swift_parrot" title="Swift parrot">swift parrots</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Woodland" title="Woodland">woodland</a> birds.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A dozen species of insect-eating bats and the pollinating grey-headed flying fox inhabit the area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bendigo has a relatively dry <a href="/wiki/Temperate_climate" title="Temperate climate">temperate climate</a> with warm, variable summers and cool winters. Under the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen-Geiger_climate_classification_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen-Geiger climate classification system">Köppen-Geiger classification</a>, it lies on a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical</a>/<a href="/wiki/Cold_semi-arid_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Cold semi-arid climate">cold semi-arid</a> transitional climate zone (<i>Cfa/BSk</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> due to its location being on the boundary of the hot, sultry inland areas to the north and the cool, damp <a href="/wiki/Southern_Ocean" title="Southern Ocean">Southern Ocean</a> to the south.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bendigo gets 109.9 clear days annually.<sup id="cite_ref-latrobe_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latrobe-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The mean minimum temperature in January is 14.4 °C (57.9 °F) and the maximum 30.3 °C (86.5 °F), although temperatures above 35 °C (95.0 °F) are commonly reached.<sup id="cite_ref-latrobe_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latrobe-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highest temperature officially recorded was 45.4 °C (113.7 °F), during the <a href="/wiki/2009_southeastern_Australia_heat_wave" title="2009 southeastern Australia heat wave">2009 southeastern Australia heat wave</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also a disputed recording of 47.4 °C (117.3 °F) (on 14 January 1862).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Summers are also subject to cold weather: on 2 February 2005, the maximum temperature did not exceed 11.5 °C (52.7 °F) all day. </p><p>The mean minimum temperature in July is 2.7 °C (36.9 °F) and winter minima below 0 °C (32 °F) are recorded on 26.1 nights per year on average. Mean maximum winter temperatures in July are 12.7 °C (54.9 °F). Most of the city's annual rainfall of 510.0 millimetres (20.08 in) falls between June and September as cold fronts. Snowfalls are rare; however, <a href="/wiki/Rain_and_snow_mixed" title="Rain and snow mixed">sleet</a> occurs and rain commonly falls at temperatures below 5 °C (41 °F) on account of the city's exposed location. <a href="/wiki/Frost" title="Frost">Frosts</a> are a common occurrence during the winter and spring, though hampered by the frequent cloud cover. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Airport_(Victoria)" title="Bendigo Airport (Victoria)">Bendigo Airport</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Airport_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendigo Airport (Australia)">YBDG</a>) (1991–2023); 209 m AMSL; 36.74° S, 144.33° E </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #C20000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45.9<br />(114.6) </td> <td style="background: #C90000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45.4<br />(113.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF0F00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.3<br />(102.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.3<br />(93.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.4<br />(79.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(91.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.5<br />(95.9) </td> <td style="background: #F90000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.9<br />(107.4) </td> <td style="background: #D10000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">44.8<br />(112.6) </td> <td style="background: #C20000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">45.9<br />(114.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(86.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br />(85.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(79.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(70.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.6<br />(61.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(56.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7<br />(54.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC79; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.2<br />(57.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.0<br />(62.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(76.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.4<br />(57.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.3<br />(57.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9<br />(53.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1<br />(46.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br />(38.5) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(36.9) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.9<br />(37.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFEFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6<br />(40.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9<br />(44.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9<br />(49.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3<br />(37.9) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(39.2) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.3<br />(36.1) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.3<br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.6<br />(23.7) </td> <td style="background: #CACAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.3<br />(22.5) </td> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.1<br />(22.8) </td> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.0<br />(23.0) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.5<br />(22.1) </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.5<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.2<br />(31.6) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9<br />(35.4) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−5.5<br />(22.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #CAFFCA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.4<br />(1.39) </td> <td style="background: #D0FFD0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(1.12) </td> <td style="background: #CFFFCF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.1<br />(1.26) </td> <td style="background: #C8FFC8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.6<br />(1.40) </td> <td style="background: #B9FFB9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.9<br />(1.85) </td> <td style="background: #B0FFB0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.7<br />(2.00) </td> <td style="background: #AFFFAF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.3<br />(2.10) </td> <td style="background: #B0FFB0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.6<br />(2.07) </td> <td style="background: #ADFFAD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.9<br />(2.08) </td> <td style="background: #B9FFB9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.7<br />(1.84) </td> <td style="background: #B8FFB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.9<br />(1.81) </td> <td style="background: #C6FFC6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.9<br />(1.49) </td> <td style="background: #BEFFBE; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">510.0<br />(20.08) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.2 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1 </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0 </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8 </td> <td style="background: #6C6CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9 </td> <td style="background: #5050FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.7 </td> <td style="background: #3939FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.0 </td> <td style="background: #5151FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.1 </td> <td style="background: #6767FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9 </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8 </td> <td style="background: #8686FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">114.6 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average afternoon <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #D0FFD0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30 </td> <td style="background: #CDFFCD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32 </td> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35 </td> <td style="background: #BFFFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41 </td> <td style="background: #AAFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55 </td> <td style="background: #9AFF9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65 </td> <td style="background: #9AFF9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65 </td> <td style="background: #A7FFA7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57 </td> <td style="background: #B0FFB0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51 </td> <td style="background: #BFFFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41 </td> <td style="background: #C7FFC7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36 </td> <td style="background: #CFFFCF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31 </td> <td style="background: #B9FFB9; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">45 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/Australian_Bureau_of_Meteorology" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Bureau of Meteorology">Australian Bureau of Meteorology</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Extreme_weather_events">Extreme weather events</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Extreme weather events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A series of great floods occurred in Bendigo in 1859.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Substantial flooding also occurred in 1903.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bendigo_Fires_07022009_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Bendigo_Fires_07022009_1.jpg/220px-Bendigo_Fires_07022009_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Bendigo_Fires_07022009_1.jpg/330px-Bendigo_Fires_07022009_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Bendigo_Fires_07022009_1.jpg/440px-Bendigo_Fires_07022009_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4672" data-file-height="3104" /></a><figcaption>Fire threatening houses in Long Gully, west of Bendigo, during the 2009 <a href="/wiki/Black_Saturday_bushfires" title="Black Saturday bushfires">Black Saturday bushfires</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Tornadoes have been seen around the area of Bendigo, and although rare, the <a href="/wiki/2003_Bendigo_tornado" title="2003 Bendigo tornado">2003 Bendigo tornado</a> passed through Eaglehawk and other parts of the city, causing major damage to homes and businesses.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bendigo was in severe drought from 2006 to 2010, and during this time, the city had some of the harshest <a href="/wiki/Water_restrictions" class="mw-redirect" title="Water restrictions">water restrictions</a> in Australia, with no watering outside the household. Heavy rains from the middle to later months of 2010 filled most reservoirs to capacity and only wasteful water use (e.g. hosing down footpaths) is currently banned.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bendigo was affected by the <a href="/wiki/Black_Saturday_bushfires" title="Black Saturday bushfires">Black Saturday bushfires</a> in 2009. A fire to the west of the city burned out 500 hectares (1,200 acres).<sup id="cite_ref-abc_bendigo_meeting_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc_bendigo_meeting-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fire broke out at about 4.30 pm on the afternoon of 7 February, and burned through Long Gully and Eaglehawk, coming within 2 km (1.2 mi) of central Bendigo, before it was brought under control late on 8 February.<sup id="cite_ref-abc_bendigo_meeting_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc_bendigo_meeting-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It destroyed about 58 houses in Bendigo's western suburbs, and damaged an electricity transmission line, resulting in blackouts to substantial parts of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-herald-sun_man_on_fire_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herald-sun_man_on_fire-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One fatality from the fire occurred. </p><p>Flash floods occurred across Bendigo during 2010, the first in March<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the most severe at the beginning of September.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The region also has had flooding events in October of 2022 and January of 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bendigo_Cathedral.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Bendigo_Cathedral.jpg/220px-Bendigo_Cathedral.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Bendigo_Cathedral.jpg/330px-Bendigo_Cathedral.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Bendigo_Cathedral.jpg/440px-Bendigo_Cathedral.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2640" data-file-height="1760" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Heart_Cathedral,_Bendigo" title="Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo">Sacred Heart Cathedral</a>, Australia's third tallest church building</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2016_Australian_census" title="2016 Australian census">2016 census</a> of population, 92,379 people were in Bendigo Urban Centre. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander">Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander</a> people made up 1.8% of the population.</li> <li>84.6% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 1.6%, India 0.7%, New Zealand 0.6%, Myanmar 0.5%, and Thailand 0.4%.</li> <li>88.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Karen 0.9%, Mandarin 0.5%, Malayalam 0.2%, Punjabi 0.2%, and Hindi 0.2%.</li> <li>The most common responses for religion were No Religion 36.2%, Catholic 22.0%, and Anglican 12.9%.<sup id="cite_ref-census_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>According to the City of Greater Bendigo Community Profile, the population estimate for 2019 for this area was 118,093 (0.39 persons per <a href="/wiki/Hectare" title="Hectare">hectare</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-profile_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 19th century, Catholicism was the predominant Christian tradition in Bendigo. Catholic priest and pioneer <a href="/wiki/George_Henry_Backhaus" class="mw-redirect" title="George Henry Backhaus">George Henry Backhaus</a> established a site in 1852 for the first Masses at Golden Square and, by the end of the year, he was camping at the site of Bendigo's first church, St Kilian's Church, completed in 1858. A wealthy man, Backhaus left his estate for the benefit of the church which, in 1897, enabled the construction of <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Heart_Cathedral,_Bendigo" title="Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo">Sacred Heart Cathedral</a>. Completed in 1977, it is the largest church building in provincial Australia. As of 2016, Catholicism is still practised by 22% of the population. In the 2016 census, 36.2% reported having "no religion".<sup id="cite_ref-census_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Sandhurst Methodist Circuit (1854) serviced five Wesleyan churches which had been built in previous years. There were several church schools, but they were attended by one-fifteenth of Bendigo's school children.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Chinese, who in the mid-19th century constituted 20% of Bendigo's population, built the heritage-listed Bendigo Joss House Temple dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Guan_Yu" title="Guan Yu">Kwan Tai or Lord Guan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where they practised <a href="/wiki/Chinese_folk_religion" title="Chinese folk religion">syncretic</a> beliefs involving <a href="/wiki/Ancestor_veneration_in_China" title="Ancestor veneration in China">ancestor worship</a> and the three main religions of China: <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taoism" title="Taoism">Taoism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Confucianism" title="Confucianism">Confucianism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bendigo is also home to the largest <a href="/wiki/St%C5%ABpa" class="mw-redirect" title="Stūpa">stūpa</a> in the Western world, the <a href="/wiki/Great_Stupa_of_Universal_Compassion" title="Great Stupa of Universal Compassion">Great Stupa of Universal Compassion</a>, which houses the <a href="/wiki/Jade_Buddha_for_Universal_Peace" title="Jade Buddha for Universal Peace">Jade Buddha for Universal Peace</a>, the world's largest gem-quality <a href="/wiki/Jade" title="Jade">jade</a> <a href="/wiki/Buddharupa" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddharupa">Buddha</a> statue. As of 2016<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Buddhism was followed by 1.4% of Bendigo people,<sup id="cite_ref-profile_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> by about 0.5%.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019,<sup id="cite_ref-romensky_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-romensky-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> despite <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_mosque_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendigo mosque protests">protests</a> by several far-right and <a href="/wiki/Islamophobia" title="Islamophobia">anti-Islam</a> organisations,<sup id="cite_ref-Hatch_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hatch-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> construction began on Bendigo's first mosque and Islamic community centre.<sup id="cite_ref-romensky_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-romensky-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Urban_structure">Urban structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Urban structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="City_centre">City centre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: City centre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hargreaves_mall_bendigo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hargreaves_mall_bendigo.jpg/220px-Hargreaves_mall_bendigo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hargreaves_mall_bendigo.jpg/330px-Hargreaves_mall_bendigo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hargreaves_mall_bendigo.jpg/440px-Hargreaves_mall_bendigo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="669" /></a><figcaption>Hargreaves Mall, Bendigo's main shopping area</figcaption></figure> <p>The central area (CBD) of Bendigo consists of around 20 blocks of mixed-use area. The <a href="/wiki/Main_street" class="mw-redirect" title="Main street">main street</a> is the Midland Highway, the section running through the CBD is also known as <a href="/wiki/Pall_Mall_(Bendigo)" title="Pall Mall (Bendigo)">Pall Mall</a>, while the main shopping area is centred around Hargreaves Mall. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Suburbs">Suburbs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Suburbs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The contiguous urban area of Bendigo covers roughly 82 km<sup>2</sup> of the local government area's 3048 km<sup>2</sup>. Generally the suburbs occupy the catchment of the <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Creek" title="Bendigo Creek">Bendigo Creek</a> and its tributaries. </p><p>Bendigo has several suburbs, some of which (such as Eaglehawk) were once independent satellite townships and many that extend into the surrounding bushland. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Population (2016) </th> <th>Population (2021) </th> <th scope="col">Postcode </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ascot,_Bendigo" title="Ascot, Bendigo">Ascot</a> </td> <td>1,968 </td> <td>2,571 </td> <td>3551 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bendigo_(suburb)" title="Bendigo (suburb)">Bendigo</a> </td> <td>6,143 </td> <td>5,652 </td> <td>3550 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Hill_(City_of_Greater_Bendigo)" title="Big Hill (City of Greater Bendigo)">Big Hill</a> </td> <td>261 </td> <td>281 </td> <td>3555 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/California_Gully" title="California Gully">California Gully</a> </td> <td>4,363 </td> <td>4,476 </td> <td>3556 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eaglehawk,_Victoria" title="Eaglehawk, Victoria">Eaglehawk</a> </td> <td>5,691 </td> <td>5,538 </td> <td>3556 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eaglehawk_North" title="Eaglehawk North">Eaglehawk North</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>3556 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Bendigo" title="East Bendigo">East Bendigo</a> </td> <td>2,092 </td> <td>2,246 </td> <td>3550 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Epsom,_Victoria" title="Epsom, Victoria">Epsom</a> </td> <td>4,325 </td> <td>5,014 </td> <td>3551 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Flora_Hill" title="Flora Hill">Flora Hill</a> </td> <td>3,955 </td> <td>3,989 </td> <td>3550 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Gully" title="Golden Gully">Golden Gully</a> </td> <td>211 </td> <td>213 </td> <td>3551 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Square,_Victoria" title="Golden Square, Victoria">Golden Square</a> </td> <td>8,820 </td> <td>9,220 </td> <td>3555 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Huntly,_Victoria" title="Huntly, Victoria">Huntly</a> </td> <td>2,379 </td> <td>3,585 </td> <td>3551 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ironbark,_Victoria" title="Ironbark, Victoria">Ironbark</a> </td> <td>1,095 </td> <td>1,163 </td> <td>3550 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jackass_Flat" title="Jackass Flat">Jackass Flat</a> </td> <td>1,141 </td> <td>1,907 </td> <td>3551 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Junortoun,_Victoria" title="Junortoun, Victoria">Junortoun</a> </td> <td>3,201 </td> <td>3,862 </td> <td>3551 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_Flat,_Victoria" title="Kangaroo Flat, Victoria">Kangaroo Flat</a> </td> <td>9,492 </td> <td>11,328 </td> <td>3555 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kennington,_Victoria" title="Kennington, Victoria">Kennington</a> </td> <td>5,649 </td> <td>5,880 </td> <td>3550 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_Gully" title="Long Gully">Long Gully</a> </td> <td>3,383 </td> <td>3,420 </td> <td>3550 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maiden_Gully" title="Maiden Gully">Maiden Gully</a> </td> <td>4,992 </td> <td>5,407 </td> <td>3551 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Bendigo" title="North Bendigo">North Bendigo</a> </td> <td>3,953 </td> <td>4,277 </td> <td>3550 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Quarry_Hill,_Victoria" title="Quarry Hill, Victoria">Quarry Hill</a> </td> <td>2,339 </td> <td>2,365 </td> <td>3550 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sailors_Gully" title="Sailors Gully">Sailors Gully</a> </td> <td>711 </td> <td>743 </td> <td>3556 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Spring_Gully,_Victoria" title="Spring Gully, Victoria">Spring Gully</a> </td> <td>3,000 </td> <td>3,092 </td> <td>3550 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Strathdale" title="Strathdale">Strathdale</a> </td> <td>5,663 </td> <td>5,756 </td> <td>3550 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Strathfieldsaye,_Victoria" title="Strathfieldsaye, Victoria">Strathfieldsaye</a> </td> <td>5,428 </td> <td>6,850 </td> <td>3551 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Bendigo" title="West Bendigo">West Bendigo</a> </td> <td>375 </td> <td>378 </td> <td>3550 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/White_Hills,_Victoria" title="White Hills, Victoria">White Hills</a> </td> <td>3,275 </td> <td>3,620 </td> <td>3550 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architectural_heritage">Architectural heritage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Architectural heritage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bendigo_Building_main_street-01%2B_(573049668).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Bendigo_Building_main_street-01%2B_%28573049668%29.jpg/220px-Bendigo_Building_main_street-01%2B_%28573049668%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Bendigo_Building_main_street-01%2B_%28573049668%29.jpg/330px-Bendigo_Building_main_street-01%2B_%28573049668%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Bendigo_Building_main_street-01%2B_%28573049668%29.jpg/440px-Bendigo_Building_main_street-01%2B_%28573049668%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1238" /></a><figcaption>Established in 1854, <a href="/wiki/Shamrock_Hotel,_Bendigo" title="Shamrock Hotel, Bendigo">Shamrock Hotel</a> was rebuilt in 1897.</figcaption></figure> <p>As a legacy of the gold boom, Bendigo has many ornate buildings built in a late <a href="/wiki/Victorian_architecture" title="Victorian architecture">Victorian</a> colonial style. Many buildings are on the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Heritage_Register" title="Victorian Heritage Register">Victorian Heritage Register</a> and registered by the <a href="/wiki/National_Trust_of_Australia" title="National Trust of Australia">National Trust of Australia</a>. Prominent buildings include the <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Town_Hall" title="Bendigo Town Hall">Bendigo Town Hall</a> (1859, 1883–85), the <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Post_Office" title="Bendigo Post Office">Old Post Office</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Law_Courts" title="Bendigo Law Courts">Bendigo Law Courts</a> (1892–96), the <a href="/wiki/Shamrock_Hotel,_Bendigo" title="Shamrock Hotel, Bendigo">Shamrock Hotel</a> (1897), the Institute of Technology, and the Memorial Military Museum (1921), all in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Empire_(architecture)" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Empire (architecture)">Second Empire</a> style. </p><p>The architect <a href="/wiki/William_Charles_Vahland_(architect)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Charles Vahland (architect)">William Vahland</a> encouraged European artisans to emigrate to the <a href="/wiki/Sandhurst_(Colony_of_Victoria,_Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandhurst (Colony of Victoria, Australia)">Sandhurst</a> goldfields and so create a "Vienna of the South".<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bendigo's <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Heart_Cathedral,_Bendigo" title="Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo">Sacred Heart Cathedral</a>, a large sandstone church, is the third-largest cathedral in Australia and one of the largest cathedrals in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Hemisphere" title="Southern Hemisphere">Southern Hemisphere</a>. The main building was completed between 1896 and 1908 and the spire between 1954 and 1977. </p><p>Fortuna Villa is a large surviving Victorian mansion, built for Christopher Ballerstedt and later owned by George Lansell. 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 <a href="/wiki/Chinese_temple_architecture" title="Chinese temple architecture">Joss House</a>, 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. The historic Bendigo Tram Sheds and Power Station (1903) now house <a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Bendigo" title="Trams in Bendigo">Bendigo's tramway museum</a>. The Queen Elizabeth Oval still retains its ornate 1901 grandstand. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parks_and_gardens">Parks and gardens</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Parks and gardens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bendigo_rosalind.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Bendigo_rosalind.jpg/220px-Bendigo_rosalind.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Bendigo_rosalind.jpg/330px-Bendigo_rosalind.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Bendigo_rosalind.jpg/440px-Bendigo_rosalind.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Park" title="Rosalind Park">Rosalind Park</a> featuring statuary and flanked by ornate Second Empire-style buildings</figcaption></figure> <p>The central city is skirted by <a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Park" title="Rosalind Park">Rosalind Park</a>, a Victorian-style garden featuring statuary and a large <a href="/wiki/Basalt" title="Basalt">blue stone</a> <a href="/wiki/Viaduct" title="Viaduct">viaduct</a>. The main entrance corner of the park is on the intersection known as <a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_(Bendigo)" title="Charing Cross (Bendigo)">Charing Cross</a>, formerly the intersection of two main tram lines (now only one). It features a large statue of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>. </p><p>The Charing Cross junction features the large and ornate <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Fountain" title="Alexandra Fountain">Alexandra Fountain</a> (1881) and is built on top of a wide bridge that spans the <a href="/wiki/Viaduct" title="Viaduct">viaduct</a>. The park elevates toward Camp Hill, which features a historic school and a lookout – a former mine <a href="/wiki/Shaft_mining" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaft mining">poppet head</a>. </p><p>Further from the city is <a href="/wiki/Lake_Weroona" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Weroona">Lake Weeroona</a>, a large, ornamental lake adjacent to the Bendigo Creek. The <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Botanic_Gardens" title="Bendigo Botanic Gardens">Bendigo Botanic Gardens</a>, which opened in 1869, are further downstream. Major redevelopment of the gardens has taken place in recent years. </p><p>The gardens are home to many native species of animals, including brushtailed and ring-tailed possums, ducks, coots, purple swamp hens, microbats (small insect-eating bats), several species of lizards, owls, the tawny frogmouth, and though not native to the area,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a colony of endangered grey-headed flying foxes (<a href="/wiki/Grey-headed_flying_fox" title="Grey-headed flying fox">Pteropus poliocephalus</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture_and_events">Culture and events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Culture and events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BendigoCapitalTheatre.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/BendigoCapitalTheatre.JPG/220px-BendigoCapitalTheatre.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/BendigoCapitalTheatre.JPG/330px-BendigoCapitalTheatre.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/BendigoCapitalTheatre.JPG/440px-BendigoCapitalTheatre.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3108" data-file-height="2560" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Capital_Theatre_(Bendigo)" title="Capital Theatre (Bendigo)">Capital Theatre</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SunLoong.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/SunLoong.jpg/220px-SunLoong.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/SunLoong.jpg/330px-SunLoong.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/SunLoong.jpg/440px-SunLoong.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="415" /></a><figcaption>Bendigo is home to <a href="/wiki/Sun_Loong" title="Sun Loong">Sun Loong</a>, the world's longest <a href="/wiki/Dragon_dance" title="Dragon dance">imperial dragon</a>, a symbol of the city's Chinese heritage and a major drawcard of Bendigo's Easter Festival procession. For the remainder of the year, it is on display in the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Dragon_Museum" title="Golden Dragon Museum">Golden Dragon Museum</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Art_Gallery" title="Bendigo Art Gallery">Bendigo Art Gallery</a> is one of Australia's oldest and largest regional art galleries. In March 2012, it hosted a royal visit from <a href="/wiki/Charlene,_Princess_of_Monaco" title="Charlene, Princess of Monaco">Princess Charlene</a> of Monaco at the opening of an exhibition about <a href="/wiki/Grace_Kelly" title="Grace Kelly">Grace Kelly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Capital_Theatre_(Bendigo)" title="Capital Theatre (Bendigo)">Capital Theatre</a>, originally the Masonic temple, is located next to the art gallery in View Street and hosts <a href="/wiki/Performing_arts" title="Performing arts">performing arts</a> and live music. It also hosts the annual Bendigo Writers Festival which was founded in 2012. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ulumbarra_Theatre" title="Ulumbarra Theatre">Ulumbarra Theatre</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was opened on 16 April 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was originally the Sandhurst/Old Bendigo Gaol. The new theatre which seats nearly 1,000 people sits within the walls and structure of the gaol and retains some original architectural features of the gaol.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The venue hosts performing arts and live music. It also acts as a ceremonial and teaching space for local secondary schools and universities. </p><p>The city hosts the Bendigo National <a href="/wiki/Flea_market" title="Flea market">Swap Meet</a> for car parts every year in early November. It is regarded<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (April 2011)">by whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> as the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere and attracts people from all over Australia and the world. </p><p>The city hosts the Victorian leg of the annual <a href="/wiki/Groovin%27_the_Moo" title="Groovin' the Moo">Groovin' the Moo</a> music festival. It is held at the Bendigo Showgrounds and is usually held in late April or early May. The festival regularly sells out and brings many Australian and international acts to the city. It also attracts thousands of people from around Victoria to the city for the weekend. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Blues_and_Roots_Music_Festival" title="Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival">Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival</a> has been taking place each November since 2011. With over 80 artists from all over Australia, the not-for-profit festival is hosted in many of the venues around Bendigo, and is headlined by a large, family-friendly, free concert held in <a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Park" title="Rosalind Park">Rosalind Park</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Easter_Festival" title="Bendigo Easter Festival">Bendigo Easter Festival</a> 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. </p><p>The Bendigo Queer Film Festival (BQFF) is one of Australia's few regional annual festivals celebrating the <a href="/wiki/Queer" title="Queer">Queer</a> film genre. The BQFF started in 2004 and takes place in the second half of April. </p><p>The Festival of Light is a multicultural celebration of peace and harmony inspired by the Buddha's birthday held in May each year since 2013 at the Great Stupa. The festival's program includes dancing and musical acts followed by a fireworks display at night. </p><p>In November 2019 Bendigo was recognised as a United Nations' City of Gastronomy. </p><p>Bendigo is home to a number of amateur theatre groups including the Bendigo Theatre Company, Tribe Youth Theatre and Nexus Youth Theatre. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bendigo is served by two newspapers: the <i><a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Advertiser" title="Bendigo Advertiser">Bendigo Advertiser</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Weekly" title="Bendigo Weekly">Bendigo Weekly</a></i>, although in October 2019 the <i>Bendigo Weekly</i> was incorporated into the <i>Bendigo Advertiser</i> and now features as an insert in the Saturday edition of the <i>Advertiser</i>. </p><p>Eight locally-based radio stations are active; 105.1 Life FM, Gold 1071am and 98.3FM, <a href="/wiki/Hit91.9_Bendigo" title="Hit91.9 Bendigo">Hit 91.9</a>, <a href="/wiki/3BO_FM" class="mw-redirect" title="3BO FM">3BO FM</a> (broadcasting as Triple M) and <a href="/wiki/ABC_Central_Victoria" title="ABC Central Victoria">ABC Central Victoria</a> located on Napier Street, as well as the community radio stations Radio KLFM 96.5, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_FM_(Central_Victoria)" title="Phoenix FM (Central Victoria)">Phoenix FM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fresh_FM_(Bendigo)" title="Fresh FM (Bendigo)">Fresh FM</a> and Vision Australia Radio 3BPH Bendigo 88.7 FM. </p><p>Network television is broadcast in the Bendigo region by the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven Network</a>, <a href="/wiki/WIN_Television" title="WIN Television">WIN Television</a> (affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Nine_Network" title="Nine Network">Nine Network</a>), <a href="/wiki/10_(Southern_Cross_Austereo)" title="10 (Southern Cross Austereo)">10 Regional</a> (affiliated with <a href="/wiki/Network_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Network Ten">Network Ten</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Australian Broadcasting Corporation">Australian Broadcasting Corporation</a> (ABC) and the <a href="/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service" title="Special Broadcasting Service">Special Broadcasting Service</a> (SBS). </p><p>Of the three commercial networks, WIN Television airs a half-hour <i><a href="/wiki/WIN_News" title="WIN News">WIN News</a></i> bulletin each weeknight at 5.30 pm, produced from a newsroom in the city and broadcast from studios in <a href="/wiki/Wollongong" title="Wollongong">Wollongong</a>. </p><p>Short local news updates and weather updates are broadcast by 10 Regional throughout the day, produced and broadcast from its <a href="/wiki/Hobart" title="Hobart">Hobart</a> studios. The Seven Network airs short local news and weather updates throughout the day, produced and broadcast from its <a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a> studios. </p><p>On 5 May 2011, analogue television transmissions ceased in most areas of regional Victoria and some border regions including Bendigo and surrounding areas. All local free-to-air television services are now being broadcast in digital transmission only. This was done as part of the federal government's plan for <a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television_in_Australia" title="Digital terrestrial television in Australia">digital terrestrial television in Australia</a>, where all analogue television transmission were being gradually switched off and replaced with <a href="/wiki/DVB-T" title="DVB-T">DVB-T</a> transmission. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BendigoTownHall2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BendigoTownHall2.JPG/170px-BendigoTownHall2.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BendigoTownHall2.JPG/255px-BendigoTownHall2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BendigoTownHall2.JPG/340px-BendigoTownHall2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2272" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Town_Hall" title="Bendigo Town Hall">Bendigo Town Hall</a>, a popular venue for music concerts</figcaption></figure> <p>A number of live music venues offer local independent bands and artists performing on a regular basis. The <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Town_Hall" title="Bendigo Town Hall">Bendigo Town Hall</a> also hosts music concerts and is a primary venue for the Bendigo Chamber Music Festival. Several adult choirs and the Bendigo Youth Choir often perform overseas; the <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Bendigo Symphony Orchestra">Bendigo Symphony Orchestra</a>, the Bendigo Symphonic Band, the Bendigo and District Concert Band, several brass bands and three pipe bands perform as well.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Musicians originally from Bendigo include <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Savage_(composer/musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick Savage (composer/musician)">Patrick Savage</a> – film composer <sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and former principal first violin of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Royal Philharmonic Orchestra">Royal Philharmonic Orchestra</a> in London. <i>Australian Idol</i> winner <a href="/wiki/Kate_DeAraugo" title="Kate DeAraugo">Kate DeAraugo</a> grew up in Bendigo where her family still live.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cricket">Cricket</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Cricket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Queen_Elizabeth_Oval_Bendigo_VIC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Queen_Elizabeth_Oval_Bendigo_VIC.jpg/220px-Queen_Elizabeth_Oval_Bendigo_VIC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Queen_Elizabeth_Oval_Bendigo_VIC.jpg/330px-Queen_Elizabeth_Oval_Bendigo_VIC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Queen_Elizabeth_Oval_Bendigo_VIC.jpg/440px-Queen_Elizabeth_Oval_Bendigo_VIC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>Queen Elizabeth Oval's 19th-century grandstand</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules football</a> are the most popular sports in Bendigo. The <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Oval" title="Queen Elizabeth Oval">Queen Elizabeth Oval</a> (referred to locally as the QEO) hosts both sports. The Bendigo and District Cricket Association is the controlling body for 10 senior cricket clubs within the Bendigo area. The Emu Valley Cricket Association organises matches for 13 clubs around the Bendigo district, from Marong in the north to Heathcote in the south. Bendigo is a regional hub for state level sport, hosting numerous Australian Rules Football, Cricket, and other sports competitions annually. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australian_Rules">Australian Rules</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Australian Rules"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In terms of Australian rules, <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Gold" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendigo Gold">Bendigo Gold</a> were a semi-professional team which competed in the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Football_League" title="Victorian Football League">Victorian Football League</a> until 2014. The Bendigo region is also home to the historic <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendigo Football League">Bendigo Football League</a>, a strong Australian rules competition featuring 10 teams from throughout the region. One of the league's founding member clubs, the Bendigo-based <a href="/wiki/Sandhurst_Football_Netball_Club" title="Sandhurst Football Netball Club">Sandhurst Football Club</a>, was founded in 1861, making it one of the world's <a href="/wiki/Oldest_football_club" class="mw-redirect" title="Oldest football club">oldest football clubs</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_Sport">Other Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Other Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Cup" title="Bendigo Cup">Bendigo Cup</a> is a prominent <a href="/wiki/Horse-racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Horse-racing">horse-racing</a> event. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Stadium" title="Bendigo Stadium">Bendigo Stadium</a> hosted basketball games during the <a href="/wiki/2006_Commonwealth_Games" title="2006 Commonwealth Games">2006 Commonwealth Games</a>. Bendigo's men's team is called the <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Braves" title="Bendigo Braves">Bendigo Braves</a> and the women's team is called <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Spirit" title="Bendigo Spirit">Bendigo Spirit</a>. In both 2013 and 2014, the women's team won the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_League" title="Women's National Basketball League">Women's National Basketball League</a> championship. The city co-hosted the <a href="/wiki/2003_FIBA_Oceania_Championship" title="2003 FIBA Oceania Championship">2003 FIBA Oceania Championship</a>. </p><p>Bendigo was the host to the second <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Youth_Games" title="Commonwealth Youth Games">Commonwealth Youth Games</a>, held from 30 November to 3 December 2004 and will also be one of the hosts for the <a href="/wiki/2026_Commonwealth_Games" title="2026 Commonwealth Games">2026 Commonwealth Games</a> to be held in regional Victoria. </p><p>Bendigo Internastional Raceway, which existed on the Showgrounds, opened as the Golden City International raceway in 1971 and held racing for classes including saloons and stock cars. The venue also hosted <a href="/wiki/Motorcycle_speedway" title="Motorcycle speedway">motorcycle speedway</a> and hosted the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Individual_Speedway_Championship" title="Victorian Individual Speedway Championship">Victorian Individual Speedway Championship</a> in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bendigo is a large and growing service economy. The major industries are health, finance (headquarters of the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank – Australia's fifth largest bank), tourism, commerce, education, food processing, and primary industries, with some significant engineering industries (see below under "Manufacturing"). </p><p>Bendigo's growth has stimulated growth in small surrounding rural towns (such as <a href="/wiki/Elmore,_Victoria" title="Elmore, Victoria">Elmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heathcote,_Victoria" title="Heathcote, Victoria">Heathcote</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Victoria" title="Rochester, Victoria">Rochester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_Victoria" title="Inglewood, Victoria">Inglewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dunolly,_Victoria" title="Dunolly, Victoria">Dunolly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_on_Loddon,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Bridgewater on Loddon, Victoria">Bridgewater</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bendigo_talking_tram.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Bendigo_talking_tram.jpg/220px-Bendigo_talking_tram.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Bendigo_talking_tram.jpg/330px-Bendigo_talking_tram.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Bendigo_talking_tram.jpg/440px-Bendigo_talking_tram.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2016" data-file-height="1553" /></a><figcaption>Tourist tram passing the <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Post_Office" title="Bendigo Post Office">Bendigo Post Office</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Tourism is a major component of the Bendigo economy, generating over A$364 million in 2008/09.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bendigo is popular with <a href="/wiki/Heritage_tourism" title="Heritage tourism">heritage tourists</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cultural_tourism" title="Cultural tourism">cultural tourists</a> with the focus of tourism on the city's gold rush history. Prominent attractions include the <a href="/wiki/Central_Deborah_Mine" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Deborah Mine">Central Deborah Gold Mine</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Bendigo" title="Trams in Bendigo">Bendigo Tramways</a> (both of which are managed by the Bendigo Trust, a council-intertwined organisation dedicated to preserving Bendigo's heritage), the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Dragon_Museum" title="Golden Dragon Museum">Golden Dragon Museum</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo_Pottery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bendigo Pottery (page does not exist)">Bendigo Pottery</a>, and the Great Stupa. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commerce">Commerce</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Commerce"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bendigo_offices_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Bendigo_offices_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Bendigo_offices_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Bendigo_offices_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Bendigo_offices_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Bendigo_offices_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Bendigo_offices_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>Bendigo Bank (left)</figcaption></figure> <p>The main retail centre of Bendigo is the central business district, with the suburbs of Eaglehawk, Kangaroo Flat, Golden Square, Strathdale, and Epsom also having shopping districts. </p><p>The city was home to one of Australia's few provincial <a href="/wiki/Stock_exchanges" class="mw-redirect" title="Stock exchanges">stock exchanges</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Stock_Exchange" title="Bendigo Stock Exchange">Bendigo Stock Exchange</a> (BSX), founded in the 1860s. </p><p>The city is the home of the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendigo Bank">Bendigo Bank</a>, established in 1858 as a building society. It is now a large retail bank with community bank branches throughout Australia. The bank is headquartered in Bendigo and is a major employer in the city (it also has a regional office at <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Docklands" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Docklands">Melbourne Docklands</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manufacturing">Manufacturing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Manufacturing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The City of Greater Bendigo Community Profile indicated that about 10.2% of the workforce were employed in manufacturing in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_gold_rush" title="Victorian gold rush">Victorian gold rush</a>, the introduction of deep quartz mining in Bendigo caused the development of a heavy manufacturing industry. Little of that now remains, but a large foundry (Keech Castings) makes mining, train, and other steel parts and a rubber factory remains (Motherson Elastomers, formerly Empire Rubber). <a href="/wiki/Thales_Australia" title="Thales Australia">Thales Australia</a> (formerly ADI Limited) is an important heavy engineering company. Australia Defence Apparel is another key defence industry participant making military and police uniforms and bulletproof vests. <a href="/wiki/Intervet" class="mw-redirect" title="Intervet">Intervet</a> (formerly Ausvac) is an important biotechnology company, producing vaccines for animals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bendigo_School_of_Mines.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Bendigo_School_of_Mines.jpg/170px-Bendigo_School_of_Mines.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Bendigo_School_of_Mines.jpg/255px-Bendigo_School_of_Mines.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Bendigo_School_of_Mines.jpg/340px-Bendigo_School_of_Mines.jpg 2x" data-file-width="916" data-file-height="1100" /></a><figcaption>Bendigo School of Mines</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Senior_Secondary_College" title="Bendigo Senior Secondary College">Bendigo Senior Secondary College</a> is the largest VCE provider in the state. <a href="/wiki/Catherine_McAuley_College" title="Catherine McAuley College">Catherine McAuley College</a> follows close after, which ranges from years 7–9 at the Coolock campus and 10–12 at the St Mary's campus. <a href="/wiki/Girton_Grammar_School" title="Girton Grammar School">Girton Grammar School</a>, an independent school, provides education to students from years Prep-12. The Bendigo campus of <a href="/wiki/La_Trobe_University" title="La Trobe University">La Trobe University</a> is also a large and growing educational institution with nearly 5,000 undergraduates and postgraduates. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Farming_and_agriculture">Farming and agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Farming and agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The surrounding area, or "gold country", is quite harsh, rocky land with scrubby regrowth vegetation. The <a href="/wiki/Box-ironbark_forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Box-ironbark forest">box-ironbark forest</a> is used for timber (mainly sleepers and firewood) and beekeeping. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Canola" class="mw-redirect" title="Canola">canola</a> are grown. The area produces premium wines, including <a href="/wiki/Shiraz_grape" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiraz grape">Shiraz</a>, from a growing <a href="/wiki/Viticulture" title="Viticulture">viticulture</a> industry. <a href="/wiki/Salinity" title="Salinity">Salinity</a> is a problem in many valleys,<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but is under control.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A relatively small <a href="/wiki/Eucalyptus" title="Eucalyptus">eucalyptus</a> oil industry operates there.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bendigo provides services (including a large livestock exchange) to a large agricultural and grazing area on the Murray plains to its north. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gold_mining">Gold mining</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Gold mining"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the major revolutions in gold mining (during the Victorian gold rush) came when fields such as Bendigo, but also <a href="/wiki/Ballarat,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballarat, Victoria">Ballarat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ararat,_Victoria" title="Ararat, Victoria">Ararat</a> and the goldfields close to Mount Alexander, turned out to have large gold deposits below the superficial alluvial deposits that had been (partially) mined out. Gold at Bendigo was found in quartz reef systems, hosted within highly deformed mudstones and sandstones or were washed away into channels of ancient rivers. Tunnels as deep as 900 m (3000 ft) (<a href="/wiki/Stawell,_Victoria" title="Stawell, Victoria">Stawell</a>) were possible.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until overtaken in the 1890s by the Western Australia goldfields, Bendigo was the most productive Australian gold area, with a total production over 622 tonnes (20 million ounces).<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over the 100-odd year period from 1851 to 1954, the 3,600-hectare area that made up the Bendigo gold field yielded 777 tonnes (25 million ounces) of gold.<sup id="cite_ref-post_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-post-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A large amount of gold remains 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.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transport">Transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bendigo_Tourist_Tram.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Bendigo_Tourist_Tram.jpg/220px-Bendigo_Tourist_Tram.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Bendigo_Tourist_Tram.jpg/330px-Bendigo_Tourist_Tram.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Bendigo_Tourist_Tram.jpg/440px-Bendigo_Tourist_Tram.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Tram on <a href="/wiki/Pall_Mall_(Bendigo)" title="Pall Mall (Bendigo)">Pall Mall</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Vline_train_at_Bendigo_station_.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/A_Vline_train_at_Bendigo_station_.jpg/220px-A_Vline_train_at_Bendigo_station_.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/A_Vline_train_at_Bendigo_station_.jpg/330px-A_Vline_train_at_Bendigo_station_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/A_Vline_train_at_Bendigo_station_.jpg/440px-A_Vline_train_at_Bendigo_station_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1017" data-file-height="678" /></a><figcaption>A Vline train at <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_railway_station" title="Bendigo railway station">Bendigo railway station</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Bendigo is connected via the <a href="/wiki/Calder_Freeway" class="mw-redirect" title="Calder Freeway">Calder Freeway</a> to Melbourne, which is fewer than two hours by car.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remaining section of highway nearest Bendigo has been upgraded to dual carriageway standard ensuring that motorists can travel up to speeds of 110 km/h (68 mph) for most of the journey. Many other regional centres are also connected to Melbourne via Bendigo, making it a gateway city in the transport of produce and materials from northern Victoria and the Murray to the Port of Melbourne and beyond. </p><p>Bendigo acts as a major rail hub for northern Victoria, being at the junction of several lines including the <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendigo railway line">Bendigo line</a> which runs south to <a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross_railway_station" title="Southern Cross railway station">Melbourne</a> and lines running north including the <a href="/wiki/Yungera_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Yungera railway line">Swan Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deniliquin_railway_line" title="Deniliquin railway line">Echuca</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eaglehawk%E2%80%93Inglewood_railway_line" title="Eaglehawk–Inglewood railway line">Eaglehawk–Inglewood</a> lines. <a href="/wiki/V/Line" title="V/Line">V/Line</a> operates regular <a href="/wiki/V/Line_VLocity" title="V/Line VLocity">VLocity</a> passenger rail services to Melbourne with the shortest peak journeys taking approximately 91 minutes from <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_railway_station" title="Bendigo railway station">Bendigo railway station</a>, generally however services take two hours or longer. While there are several rail stations in the urban area, only three other stations currently operated for passengers: <a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_Flat_railway_station" title="Kangaroo Flat railway station">Kangaroo Flat railway station</a> on the Bendigo Line, <a href="/wiki/Epsom_railway_station,_Victoria" title="Epsom railway station, Victoria">Epsom Railway Station</a> on the Echuca railway line, and <a href="/wiki/Eaglehawk_railway_station" title="Eaglehawk railway station">Eaglehawk railway station</a> on the Swan Hill railway line. There are also additional train services to and from <a href="/wiki/Swan_Hill_railway_station" title="Swan Hill railway station">Swan Hill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Echuca_railway_station" title="Echuca railway station">Echuca</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Regional_Rail_Revival" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Rail Revival">Regional rail revival</a> project will upgrade the Swan Hill and Echuca lines and build three new stations. On the Echuca line, Huntly station (for the outer suburb of Huntly), Goornong Station (A town in greater Bendigo) and on the Swan Hill line Raywood station (A town in greater Bendigo) All set to open between 2021 and 2022. Residents celebrated the opening of the new Goornong Railway Station at a community event on the weekend of 11–12 December 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Victoria's electronic ticketing system, <a href="/wiki/Myki" title="Myki">Myki</a>, was implemented on rail services between Eaglehawk and Melbourne on 17 July 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bendigo is also served by an extensive bus network that radiates mostly from the CBD with the main terminus at the railway station towards the suburbs. The city is also served by several taxi services. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Bendigo" title="Trams in Bendigo">Trams in Bendigo</a> have historically operated an extensive network as a form of public transport, but the remains of the network were reduced to a tourist service in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Short trials of commuter tram services were held in 2008 and 2009 with little ridership. The second, "Take a Tram", proved more successful, running twice as long as the previous trial. By the end of the "Take a Tram" program, ridership had increased and was increasing. However, due to lack of government subsidy or backing, the program ended.<sup id="cite_ref-results_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bendigo is served by the <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Airport_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendigo Airport (Australia)">Bendigo Airport</a>, which is located to the north of the city on the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Highway_(Victoria)" title="Midland Highway (Victoria)">Midland Highway</a>. The Bendigo Airport Strategic Plan was approved in 2010 for proposed infrastructure upgrades including runway extension and buildings to facilitate larger planes and the possibility of regular passenger services from major cities in other states. In 2016, Bendigo Airport was upgraded with a new taxiway system, new lighting, and a new 1.6-km north–south runway. On 10 December 2018, <a href="/wiki/Qantas" title="Qantas">Qantas</a> announced that they would fly between Sydney and Bendigo six times a week, the first of which commenced on 31 March 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health">Health</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Base_Hospital" title="Bendigo Base Hospital">Bendigo Base Hospital</a> now known as Bendigo Health is the city's largest hospital, only public hospital, and a major regional hospital. St John of God is the largest private hospital. Bendigo is also served by a privately owned smaller surgical facility, the Bendigo Day Surgery.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Utilities">Utilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Utilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bendigo is entitled to a portion of the water in <a href="/wiki/Lake_Eppalock" title="Lake Eppalock">Lake Eppalock</a>, an irrigation reservoir on the <a href="/wiki/Campaspe_River" title="Campaspe River">Campaspe River</a>. Developments have led to the building of a pipeline from <a href="/wiki/Waranga_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Waranga Basin">Waranga</a> to Lake Eppalock and thence to Bendigo in 2007. In 1858 Bendigo water works hired <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Brady_(engineer)" title="Joseph Brady (engineer)">Joseph Brady</a> as an engineer and he designed nine reservoirs and a channel system called the <a href="/wiki/Coliban_Water" title="Coliban Water">Coliban main channel</a> which provides water from the <a href="/wiki/Malmsbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Malmsbury">Malmsbury</a> reservoir to customers in central Victoria. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Penzance" title="Penzance">Penzance</a>, Cornwall, United Kingdom<sup id="cite_ref-:0_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Los_Altos,_California" title="Los Altos, California">Los Altos</a>, California, United States<sup id="cite_ref-:0_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tianshui" title="Tianshui">Tianshui</a>, Gansu, China</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_residents">Notable residents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bendigo&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Notable residents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Arts and entertainment</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Desbrowe-Annear" title="Harold Desbrowe-Annear">Harold Desbrowe Annear</a>, architect</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunney_Brooke" title="Bunney Brooke">Bunney Brooke</a>, TV actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amy_Castles" class="mw-redirect" title="Amy Castles">Amy Castles</a>, singer<sup id="cite_ref-Advocate_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Advocate-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ola_Cohn" title="Ola Cohn">Ola Cohn</a>, sculptor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_DeAraugo" title="Kate DeAraugo">Kate DeAraugo</a>, 2005 <i>Australian Idol</i> winner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colleen_Hewett" title="Colleen Hewett">Colleen Hewett</a>, singer and actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Jack" title="Russell Jack">Russell Jack</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Dragon_Museum" title="Golden Dragon Museum">Golden Dragon Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Jinks" title="Sam Jinks">Sam Jinks</a>, sculptor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Kemp" title="Roger Kemp">Roger Kemp</a>, artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Kennedy" title="Victor Kennedy">Victor Kennedy</a>, writer and journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Lamb_(musician)" title="Keith Lamb (musician)">Keith Lamb</a>, lead singer of <a href="/wiki/Hush_(band)" title="Hush (band)">Hush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_McKenzie" title="Sarah McKenzie">Sarah McKenzie</a>, jazz singer, pianist, and composer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Moffitt" title="Ernest Moffitt">Ernest Moffitt</a>, artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Moore_(critic)" title="William Moore (critic)">William Moore</a>, art and drama critic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_David_Murdoch" class="mw-redirect" title="William David Murdoch">William David Murdoch</a>, concert pianist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bernard_O%27Hara" title="John Bernard O'Hara">John Bernard O'Hara</a>, poet and schoolmaster</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Henry_O%27Keeffe" title="Alfred Henry O'Keeffe">Alfred Henry O'Keeffe</a>, artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pollyfilla" title="Pollyfilla">Pollyfilla</a>, drag performer and costume designer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Rilen" title="Ian Rilen">Ian Rilen</a>, bass guitarist with <a href="/wiki/Rose_Tattoo" title="Rose Tattoo">Rose Tattoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Trioli" title="Virginia Trioli">Virginia Trioli</a>, journalist and television host</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Waller" title="Christian Waller">Christian Waller</a>, artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Younes" title="Lincoln Younes">Lincoln Younes</a>, actor</li></ul> <p><b>Business</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Brookes" title="Herbert Brookes">Herbert Robinson Brookes</a>, businessman, pastoralist, public official and philanthropist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fletcher_Jones_(Australian_entrepreneur)" title="Fletcher Jones (Australian entrepreneur)">Fletcher Jones</a>, Australian entrepreneur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McEncroe" title="Frank McEncroe">Frank McEncroe</a>, inventor of the <a href="/wiki/Chiko_Roll" title="Chiko Roll">Chiko Roll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Myer" title="Sidney Myer">Sidney Myer</a>, philanthropist and founder of the Myer chain of department stores</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Flanagan_(prospector)" title="Thomas Flanagan (prospector)">Thomas Flanagan</a>, co-founder of <a href="/wiki/Kalgoorlie" title="Kalgoorlie">Kalgoorlie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> in June 1893</li></ul> <p><b>Military</b> </p> <ul><li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Dyett" title="Gilbert Dyett">Gilbert Dyett</a>, long-serving president of the <a href="/wiki/Returned_and_Services_League_of_Australia" title="Returned and Services League of Australia">Returned and Services League of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Jess" title="Carl Jess">Carl Jess</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Campbell_Ross" class="mw-redirect" title="John Campbell Ross">John Campbell Ross</a>, last Australian World War I veteran</li></ul> <p><b>Politics</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacinta_Allan" title="Jacinta Allan">Jacinta Allan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Labor_Party" title="Victorian Labor Party">Labor</a> <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Victoria" title="Premier of Victoria">Premier of Victoria</a>, 2023<span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bannon" title="John Bannon">John Bannon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_South_Australia" title="Premier of South Australia">Premier of South Australia</a>, 1982–1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Beaton" title="Noel Beaton">Noel Beaton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> Federal Member for Bendigo 1960–69, Shadow Minister for Primary Industries 1967–69</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Brennan_(Australian_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Brennan (Australian politician)">Frank Brennan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Federal_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Federal Government">Federal</a> <a href="/wiki/Attorney-General_of_Australia" title="Attorney-General of Australia">Attorney-General</a>, 1929–31</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Brennan_(politician)" title="Tom Brennan (politician)">Tom Brennan</a>, older brother of Frank and Federal <a href="/wiki/United_Australia_Party" title="United Australia Party">UAP</a> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Senator</a>, 1931–37</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Brumby" title="John Brumby">John Brumby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Victoria" title="Premier of Victoria">Premier of Victoria</a>, 2007–2010</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daryl_McClure" title="Daryl McClure">Daryl McClure</a> (1947–2015) was <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> member for Bendigo in the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Victorian Legislative Assembly">Victorian Legislative Assembly</a>, 1972–1982</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Fyffe" title="Rod Fyffe">Rod Fyffe</a> (1949-2024), former mayor of Bendigo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gunn_(Australian_politician)" title="John Gunn (Australian politician)">John Gunn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_South_Australia" title="Premier of South Australia">Premier of South Australia</a>, 1924–26</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Heitmann" title="Edward Heitmann">Edward Heitmann</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Federal_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Federal Government">Federal</a> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> politician, 1917–1919</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lutey" title="John Lutey">John Lutey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor Party</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Western Australian Legislative Assembly">West Australian</a> parliament, 1917–1932</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Quick_(politician)" title="John Quick (politician)">John Quick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Protectionist_Party" title="Protectionist Party">Protectionist Party</a> MP for Bendigo, 1901–1913. Knighted on 1 January 1901 for his contribution to Federation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stanistreet" title="John Stanistreet">John Stanistreet</a> (1913–1971) was <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Country_Party" title="Liberal Country Party">Liberal Country Party</a> <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Victorian Legislative Assembly">Victorian Legislative Assembly</a> Member for Bendigo 1955–1958</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Turner_(politician)" title="Max Turner (politician)">Maxwell John "Max" Turner</a> (born 12 February 1947) is a former Member for Bendigo West (1992–1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Reid_(politician)" title="Bruce Reid (politician)">Nicholas Bruce Reid</a> (30 July 1935 – 24 May 2020) was an Australian politician.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ryan_(politician)" title="Peter Ryan (politician)">Peter Ryan</a>, former leader of the <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Politics of Victoria (Australia)">Victorian</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">National Party</a></li></ul> <p><b>Religion</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_James_Kirkby" class="mw-redirect" title="Sydney James Kirkby">Sydney James Kirkby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_Australia" title="Anglican Church of Australia">Anglican</a> bishop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cahill_(bishop)" title="Thomas Cahill (bishop)">Thomas Cahill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a> bishop</li></ul> <p><b>Science</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Durward_Farquharson" title="Martha Durward Farquharson">Martha Durward Farquharson</a>, hospital matron</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Irvine_Hunter" title="John Irvine Hunter">John Irvine Hunter</a>, professor of <a href="/wiki/Anatomy" title="Anatomy">anatomy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Milne" title="Frank Milne">Frank Milne</a>, professor of economics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Struan_Sutherland" title="Struan Sutherland">Struan Sutherland</a>, antivenom researcher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Watson" title="Geoffrey Watson">Geoffrey Watson</a>, professor of statistics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirby_White_(physician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirby White (physician)">Kirby White</a>, general practitioner</li></ul> <p><b>Sport</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League" title="Australian Football League">Australian Football League</a> players: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Mooring" title="Jim Mooring">Jim Mooring</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Brown_(Australian_footballer,_born_1978)" title="Nathan Brown (Australian footballer, born 1978)">Nathan Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Campbell" title="Wayne Campbell">Wayne Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Dal_Santo" title="Nick Dal Santo">Nick Dal Santo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jake_Stringer" title="Jake Stringer">Jake Stringer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Fleming_(footballer)" title="Eric Fleming (footballer)">Eric Fleming</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Keogh" title="Trevor Keogh">Trevor Keogh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Mulcair" title="Barry Mulcair">Barry Mulcair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Troy_Selwood" title="Troy Selwood">Troy Selwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adam_Selwood" title="Adam Selwood">Adam Selwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joel_Selwood" title="Joel Selwood">Joel Selwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Selwood" title="Scott Selwood">Scott Selwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Southby" title="Geoff Southby">Geoff Southby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colin_Sylvia" title="Colin Sylvia">Colin Sylvia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Walsh_(footballer_born_1951)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brian Walsh (footballer born 1951)">Brian Walsh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Williams_(Australian_footballer)" title="Greg Williams (Australian footballer)">Greg Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Hunt_(basketball)" title="Ben Hunt (basketball)">Ben Hunt</a>, NCAA and NBL basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Murdoch" title="Billy Murdoch">Billy Murdoch</a>, Australian <a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test cricket</a> captain</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hamilton_(cyclist)" title="Chris Hamilton (cyclist)">Chris Hamilton</a>, professional cyclist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christine_Envall" title="Christine Envall">Christine Envall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Professional_bodybuilder" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional bodybuilder">professional bodybuilder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_White" title="Craig White">Craig White</a>, English cricket player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Blackie" title="Don Blackie">Don Blackie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test cricketer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyson_Daniels" title="Dyson Daniels">Dyson Daniels</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a> basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faith_Leech" title="Faith Leech">Faith Leech</a>, Olympic swimming champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Saville" title="Glen Saville">Glen Saville</a>, Australian and NBL basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Every-Hall" title="Hannah Every-Hall">Hannah Every-Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rower" class="mw-redirect" title="Rower">rower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kristi_Harrower" title="Kristi Harrower">Kristi Harrower</a>, Olympic basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisle_Nagel" title="Lisle Nagel">Lisle Nagel</a>, Australian <a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test cricketer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhein_Gibson" title="Rhein Gibson">Rhein Gibson</a>, PGA Tour Golfer and Guinness World Record holder for lowest golf round ever (55)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nixon" title="Ricky Nixon">Ricky Nixon</a>, sports agent and former AFL footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Irwin-Hill" title="Sam Irwin-Hill">Sam Irwin-Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> <a href="/wiki/Punter_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punter (football)">punter</a></li> <li><a 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title="Argyle, Victoria">Argyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avonmore,_Victoria" title="Avonmore, Victoria">Avonmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axe_Creek" title="Axe Creek">Axe Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagshot,_Victoria" title="Bagshot, Victoria">Bagshot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagshot_North" title="Bagshot North">Bagshot North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnadown" title="Barnadown">Barnadown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costerfield" title="Costerfield">Costerfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrinal" title="Derrinal">Derrinal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drummartin" title="Drummartin">Drummartin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaglehawk_North" title="Eaglehawk North">Eaglehawk North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emu_Creek,_Victoria" title="Emu Creek, Victoria">Emu Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eppalock" title="Eppalock">Eppalock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fosterville,_Victoria" title="Fosterville, Victoria">Fosterville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harcourt_North" 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