Bendigo Victoria
Bendigo's "talking tram" in the main street
Population:	81,939 (2006)[1]  (20th)
• Density:	31. Trams have operated in the city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia since 1890 and continue to operate today as a tourist attraction In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology This list of Australian cities by population briefly explains the three different population figures given for Australian cities and provides rankings for each Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 3/km² (81. 1/sq mi)
Established:	1851
Postcode:	3550
Elevation:	225 m (738 ft)
Area:	2998. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Postcodes are used in Australia for the purposes of sorting and directing Mail. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 97 km² (1157. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 9 sq mi)
Time zone:  • Summer (DST)	AEST (UTC+10) AEST (UTC+11)
LGA:	City of Greater Bendigo
County:	Bendigo
Federal Division:	Division of Bendigo

Bendigo is a regional city in central Victoria, Australia, located in the City of Greater Bendigo. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Daylight saving time ( DST The UTC+10 Time zone covers the following locations Australia (AEST&mdash Australian Eastern Standard Time) Australian The UTC+10 Time zone covers the following locations Australia (AEST&mdash Australian Eastern Standard Time) Australian UTC+11 is the Time zone for the following locations As standard (non-DST time Federated States of Micronesia UTC+11 is the Time zone for the following locations As standard (non-DST time Federated States of Micronesia Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled The City of Greater Bendigo is a Local Government Area in Victoria. Cadastral divisions of Australia (also called Land administrative divisions) refers to the parts of Australia which are divided into the cadastral units The County of Bendigo is one of the 37 Counties of Victoria which are part of the Cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Division of Bendigo is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The City of Greater Bendigo is a Local Government Area in Victoria. The Greater Bendigo municipality is home to around 140,000 while the city has a steadily growing urban population of about 100,000 people which places it as the third largest regional centre in Victoria after Geelong and Melbourne. MCite/Citephp.--> Geelong (dʒəˈlɔŋ is the second largest city in the state Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Residents of Bendigo are called Bendigonians.

Originally known as Sandhurst, the city grew quickly out of the Victorian gold rush and became established as a major provincial hub and minor financial centre, being home to Australia's only provincially headquartered retail bank, the Bendigo Bank and the Bendigo Stock Exchange (BSX). The Victorian Gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s Bendigo Bank ( operates some 350 branches primarily in Victoria and Queensland. Bendigo Stock Exchange (BSX is a small Stock exchange based in Australia.

Bendigo is notable for its Victorian architectural heritage and gold mining. The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of Architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. "Gold mine" redirects here See Goldmine for other uses of the term

Contents 1 History 2 Features 2.1 Architectural heritage 2.2 Parks and gardens 3 Industry 3.1 Tourism 3.2 Commerce 3.3 Manufacturing 3.4 Human Services 3.5 Education 3.6 Farming & agriculture 3.7 Gold Mining 4 Transport 5 Culture and events 5.1 Media 5.2 Music 5.3 Sports 6 Climate 7 Sister cities 8 Notable people 9 References 10 See also 11 External links

History

In 1851 Mrs Margaret Kennedy and Mrs Farrell, wives of two farmhands from the Ravenswood sheep run, found gold in the Bendigo creek. Word of the discovery spread quickly and soon after the township of Sandhurst was established, a Post Office opening on July 1, 1852 as Bendigo Creek (renamed Sandhurst on January 1, 1854 and Bendigo June, 1891). "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events in June Madaraka Day June 1 to commemorate when Kenya gained internal self-rule Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common ^[2]

Official town planning commenced in 1854 and by 1857, Sandhurst was connected by telegraph to Melbourne. The grand Town Hall was commissioned in 1859 and the Melbourne to Sandhurst railway commenced operations in 1862. The Bendigo railway line is a regional railway in Victoria, Australia. Less than a decade later, in 1871, Sandhurst was proclaimed a City. By the 1880s, the city was considered the richest in the world due to the size of the local goldfields,^[3] with a start made on the local tram network made in 1890. Trams have operated in the city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia since 1890 and continue to operate today as a tourist attraction ^[4]

It was not until 1891 that the city's name was changed to Bendigo, in honour of the bare knuckled boxer, William "Abednego" Thompson, whose name had been lent to the creek where gold was first discovered.

Features

Architectural heritage

As a legacy of the gold boom Bendigo has many magnificent ornate buildings built in a late Victorian colonial style, contributing to a picturesque "French" cityscape. The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of Architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. Many buildings are on the Victorian Heritage Register and registered by the National Trust of Australia. The Victorian Heritage Register lists places of cultural heritage significance to the State of Victoria The Australian Council of National Trusts (ACNT is a community-based non-government organisation committed to promoting and conserving Australia's indigenous natural and historic heritage Prominent buildings include the Bendigo Town Hall (1859, 1883-85), Post Office, Law Courts (1892-96), Shamrock Hotel (1897), Institute of Technology and Memorial Military Museum (1921) all in the Second Empire-style. This article is about the Second Empire architectural style For France during the reign of Napoleon III of France, see Second French Empire

Architect Vahland, encouraged European artisans to emigrate to the Sandhurst gold fields and so create the Vienna(Wien) of the south.

Bendigo's Sacred Heart Cathedral, a large sandstone church, is the third largest cathedral in Australia and one of the largest cathedrals in the Southern Hemisphere. Sacred Heart Cathedral Bendigo is a Catholic Cathedral located in the provincial city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Southern Hemisphere is the half of a Planet that is South of the Equator —the word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' The main building was completed between 1896-1908 and the soaring spire between 1954 and 1977.

Fortuna is a large surviving Victorian mansion, built for mine owner 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 Joss house, a historic temple, was built in the 1860s by Chinese miners and is the only surviving building of its kind in regional Victoria which continues to be used as a place of worship. Joss house or Miu ( Chinese 廟 is a place for worshiping a variety of indigenous Chinese deities, Saints and Supernatural beings from A temple (from the Latin word Templum) is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities such as prayer and sacrifice or analogous rites China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National

The historic Bendigo Tram Sheds and Power Station (1903) now house Bendigo's tramway museum. Trams have operated in the city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia since 1890 and continue to operate today as a tourist attraction

The Queen Elizabeth Oval still retains its ornate 1901 grandstand.

Sacred Heart Cathedral	Interior of the Sacred Heart Cathedral	Bendigo Post Office	Bendigo Court House
Shamrock Hotel	A diverse range of pre-war building styles at Charing Cross

Parks and gardens

The central city is skirted by Rosalind Park, a Victorian style garden featuring statuary and a large blue stone viaduct. Sacred Heart Cathedral Bendigo is a Catholic Cathedral located in the provincial city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Basalt (bəˈsɔːlt ˈbeisɔːlt ˈbæsɔːlt is a common Extrusive Volcanic rock. A viaduct is a Bridge composed of several small spans The term viaduct is derived from the Latin via for road and ducere to The main entrance corner of the park is on the intersection known as the Charing Cross, formerly the intersection of two main tram lines (now only one). It features a large statue of Queen Victoria. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Charing Cross road junction features the large ornate Alexandra fountain (1881) and is built on top of a wide bridge which spans the viaduct. A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source ( Latin fons) fills a basin of some kind and is drained away The park elevates toward Camp Hill, which features a historic school and former mine poppet head. Shaft mining or Shaft sinking refers to the method of excavating a vertical or near-vertical tunnel from the top down where there is initially no access to the bottom

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

Industry

Bendigo is growing rapidly whilst small surrounding rural towns (such as Elmore, Rochester, Inglewood, Dunolly and Bridgewater) are in steep decline. Elmore is a small Town in Victoria north-east of Bendigo on the Campaspe River. Rochester is a small town in country Victoria, Australia. It is located 180km north of Melbourne with a mixture of rural and semi-rural communities on the Inglewood is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Calder Highway, in the Shire of Loddon. Dunolly is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Dunolly - Maryborough Road in the Shire of Central Goldfields. The 2005 Bendigo Council Annual Report indicated about 13% of the workforce are employed in manufacturing.

Tourism

Tourism, based on the old gold industry, is important and includes prominent attractions such as the Central Deborah Goldmine, Discovery Science and Technology Centre and the Bendigo Tramways (all three of which make up the Bendigo Trust, a council-intertwined organisation dedicated to preserving Bendigo's heritage). Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel Trams have operated in the city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia since 1890 and continue to operate today as a tourist attraction

Bendigo history was heavily influenced by its prominent Chinese community. The Golden Dragon Museum showcases a living history of the Chinese people in Bendigo from the goldrush of the 1850s to the present day. The Golden Dragon Museum is an award winning certified museum Having become the hub of Chinese cultural activity in Australia, the museum allows visitors to experience first hand Chinese arts and crafts with visiting artisans and tradespeople.

Commerce

The main retail centre of Bendigo is the central business district, with the suburbs of Eaglehawk, Kangaroo Flat and Strathdale also having shopping districts.

The city is home to Australia's only provincial stock exchange, the Bendigo Stock Exchange (BSX), founded in the 1860s. A stock exchange, share market or bourse is a Corporation or Mutual organization which provides "trading" facilities for Stock Bendigo Stock Exchange (BSX is a small Stock exchange based in Australia.

The city is the home of the headquarters of Bendigo Bank; established in 1858 as a building society it is now a large retail bank with community bank branches throughout Australia. Bendigo Bank ( operates some 350 branches primarily in Victoria and Queensland. The bank is headquartered in Bendigo, which is a major employer in the city (it also has a regional office at Melbourne Docklands). Melbourne Docklands is a Coastal area within Melbourne, Australia.

Telecommunications provider AAPT has its call-centre based here^[5], as is the home of Bendigo Community Telco (founding subsidiary of Community Telco Australia). AAPT is Australia's third largest land line Telecommunications company and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom New Zealand.

Manufacturing

After the Victorian gold rush Bendigo developed a manufacturing industry. The Victorian Gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s Little of that now remains but there is a large foundry which makes train and vehicle parts and there is also a rubber factory. The Thales Australia (formerly ADI Limited) is an important heavy engineering company. Thales Australia ( formerly ADI Limited) was the primary defence contractor for the Australian Defence Force. Australia Defence Apparel is another key defence industry particpant making military and police uniforms and bullet proof vests. Intervet (formerly Ausvac) is an important biotechnology company, producing vaccines for animals. Schering-Plough Corporation ( is a Pharmaceutical company founded in 1851 by Ernst Schering as Schering AG in Germany. Ausvac Pty Ltd located in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia was started in 1987 and subsequently sold to Intervet, a subsidiary of Akzo Nobel

Human Services

The major industry in Bendigo is now health, with a Base Hospital, and a large old people's/rehabilitation home (The Anne Caudle centre) with about 600 beds. Psychiatric services are notably inadequate. Psychiatry is a medical specialty which exists to study, prevent, and treat Mental disorders in Humans Psychiatric The medium security gaol HM Prison Bendigo was located in the city until closure in mid January of 2006.

Education

Bendigo Senior Secondary College is the largest VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) provider in the State. Bendigo Senior Secondary College (BSSC is an Australian state school for Year 11 and Year 12 students in Bendigo Victoria. Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE. Catholic College Bendigo follows close after, which ranges from years 7-9 at the first campus and 10-12 at the second campus. Catholic College Bendigo' is a Catholic secondary school in the city of Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. Girton Grammar School is Bendigo's only private school. The Bendigo campus of La Trobe University is also a large and growing educational institution. La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia.

Farming & agriculture

The surrounding area, or "gold country", is quite harsh rocky land with scrubby regrowth vegetation. This "box-ironbark forest" is used for timber (mainly sleepers and firewood) and beekeeping.

Sheep and cattle are grazed in the cleared areas. Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated Ungulates a member of the Subfamily Bovinae of the family There are some large poultry and pig farms. Poultry is the category of Domesticated Birds which some humans keep for the purpose of collecting their eggs, or kill for their Meat and/or Pigs, also called hogs or' swine', are Ungulates which have been domesticated as sources of food leather and similar products since ancient times Some relatively fertile areas are present along the rivers and creeks, where wheat and other crops such as canola are grown. Wheat ( Triticum spp is a worldwide cultivated grass from the Levant area of the Middle East. Canola is a type of Edible oil derived from plants initially bred in Canada by Keith Downey and Baldur Stefansson in the 1970s The area produces premium wines, including shiraz, from a growing viticulture industry. Syrah is a dark-skinned variety of Grape used in Wine. Syrah is grown in many countries and is primarily used to produce powerful Red wines which enjoy Viticulture (from the Latin word for Vine) is the Science, production and study of Grapes which deals with the series of Salinity is a problem in many valleys, but is under control. Salinity is the Saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of Water. There is a relatively small eucalyptus oil industry. Eucalyptus (From Greek ευκάλυπτος meaning "well covered" is a diverse Genus of Trees (and a few shrubs the members of which

Gold Mining

One of the major revolutions in gold mining (during the Victorian gold rush) came when fields like Bendigo but also Ballarat, Ararat, Victoria, and the gold fields close to Mount Alexander turn out to have large gold deposits below the superficial alluvial deposits that were previously (partially) mined out. The Victorian Gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s Ballarat (formerly spelt "Ballaarat" is a city in Victoria, Australia, and one of the country's largest inland cities Ararat is a city in south-west Victoria, Australia, approximately 205 kilometres west of Melbourne on the Western Highway. Transmission facilities The mountain has a number of transmission sites including Gold was found in these basaltic deposits called "blue stone", or were washed away into channels of ancient rivers. Tunnels as deep as 2000 or even 3000 feet (Stawell) were possible. There are a number of settlements named Stawell: Stawell Somerset, in England Stawell Victoria, in Australia ^[6]

Until overtaken in the 1880s by the Western Australia goldfields, Bendigo was the most productive Australian gold area, with a total production of over 20 million ounces (622t). Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. There is a large amount of gold still in the Bendigo goldfields, estimated to be at least as much again as what has been removed. The decline in mining was partly due to the depth of mines and the presence of water in the deep mines. With modern technology, Bendigo Mining NL has resumed mining and will likely be a large producer within 10 years.

Transport

Bendigo is about 150 km (93 miles) or less than two hours drive by car from Melbourne on the Calder Freeway. Calder Freeway is a Freeway linking Melbourne to Kyneton in Victoria, Australia, superseding stretches of the Calder Highway The residual dual carriageway roads (currently about 100 km) are progressively being replaced by freeway.

Regular rail services to Melbourne operate over the Bendigo railway line that was upgraded as part of the Regional Fast Rail project completed in 2006. The Bendigo railway line is a regional railway in Victoria, Australia. The Regional Fast Rail project was a State Government initiative in Victoria, Australia, to decrease travel times on parts of the Victorian regional There are also additional train services to and from Swan Hill, and Echuca. Swan Hill is a city in the north west of Victoria Australia. It is located on the Murray Valley Highway, on the south bank of the Murray River Echuca is a town located on the banks of the Murray River in Victoria, Australia.

Bendigo is serviced by Bendigo Airport, which is just north of the city. For the airport in the United States see Bendigo Airport (Tower City.

As a regional city Bendigo also includes the following suburbs and localities: Ascot, Big Hill, California Gully, Deborah Triangle, Eaglehawk, Eaglehawk North, Epsom, Flora Hill, Golden Square, Ironbark, Jackass Flat, Junortoun, Kangaroo Flat, Kennington, Huntly, Maiden Gully, Mandurang, North Bendigo, Quarry Hill, Sailor's Gully, Spring Gully, Strathdale, Strathfieldsaye, West Bendigo and White Hills that are served by buses. Golden Square is a suburb of Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. History The Post Office opened on 10 January 1863

Culture and events

Bendigo Art Gallery is one of Australia’s oldest and largest regional art galleries. The collections of Bendigo Art Gallery include Australian Art from the 1850s to the present day, a special collection of art from the Bendigo goldfields and 19th century European and British paintings, sculptures and decorative arts.

Each year Bendigo Art Gallery presents an exciting program of exhibitions and events. This includes guided tours, workshops, talks by arts professionals, films and much more.

Bendigo Art Gallery's collection is constantly growing and the Gallery enjoys the support of an enthusiastic Friends of the Bendigo Gallery membership, the City of Greater Bendigo and Arts Victoria. The Bendigo Art Gallery hosts Australia's richest painting prize, the Arthur Guy Memorial Prize, worth $50,000, which was launched in 2003. ^[7]

The Capital Theatre is located next to the art gallery in View Street and hosts performing arts and live music. The performing arts are those forms of Art which differ from the Plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own Body, Face and presence

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

The Bendigo Easter Festival is held each year and attracts tens of thousands of tourists to the city over the Easter long weekend. Every year the Bendigo Easter Festival sees the city buzzing with activity and excitement Attractions include parades, exhibitions, and a street carnival.

Media

Bendigo is served by three newspapers: The Advertiser, The Bendigo Miner and The Bendigo Weekly, five locally-based radio stations: Star FM, 3BO FM, ABC Local Radio, two national radio stations Triple J and ABC Radio National and the community stations The Fresh 895 and KLFM and five television stations: WIN, Prime, Southern Cross Ten, ABC and SBS. Bendigo is a regional city in central Victoria Australia, located in the City of Greater Bendigo. The Advertiser is the daily (Monday-Saturday newspaper for Bendigo and is published by Rural Press Limited. ABC Local Radio is a network of publicly owned Radio stations in Australia, operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Triple J is a nationally-networked government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation) mainly aimed ABC Radio National is an Australia-wide Radio network broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with many various programs involving News and KLFM (929 FM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Classic Hits format WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales Australia Southern Cross Ten is an Australian Television channel broadcast by the Macquarie Media Group in Queensland, New South Wales, The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster. The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS is one of two government-funded Australian Public broadcasting radio and television networks, the other being the Prime and Ten maintain sales offices in the region, but do not produce any local programs.

Music

Through great demand, live music venues such as The Newmarket, The Pub, and The Golden Vine, independent music promoters like Bendigo Bands, Bendigo Events Guide, and Launch! Bendigo, the City has eventually created a vibrant and exciting music scene. With Independent music artists like Bang!Bang!Aids!, Cement Pig, The Monotones, The Peter Hunters and Jordan Allen, Bendigo has built up a reputation of housing exciting and promising new music. In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous Bendigo is a regional city in central Victoria Australia, located in the City of Greater Bendigo. Australian Idol Winner Kate DeAraugo grew up in Bendigo where her family still live. Katherine "Kate" Jenna DeAraugo ( November 5 1985) is an Australian singer, who was the winner of the third season of

There also several adult choirs and a notable children's choir which often performs overseas, a community Symphony Orchestra, several brass bands and two pipe bands.

Sports

Cricket and Australian rules football are the most popular sports in Bendigo. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players The Queen Elizabeth Oval hosts both sports. Queen Elizabeth Oval is an Australian rules football Stadium located in Bendigo, Australia. The Bendigo Bombers are a semi-professional Australian Rules team that competes in the Victorian Football League. The Bendigo Bombers are an Australian rules football club based in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia playing in the Victorian Football League History The Victorian Football Association (VFA was founded in 1877 on 17 May. The Bendigo region is also home to the historic Bendigo Football League, a strong local Australian rules football competition. The Bendigo Football League is an Australian rules football Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players The Bendigo Cup is a famous horse racing event. This article is about the sport For other uses see Horserace (drinking game or Horse race (politics. The Bendigo and District Cricket Association is the controlling body for ten senior cricket clubs within the Bendigo area. The Bendigo and District Cricket Association (BDCA is the controlling body for ten combined senior and junior cricket clubs within the Bendigo region The Bendigo Madison is a large prestigious cycling event, attracting international calibre cyclists.

Bendigo hosts the richest prorunning 400m in the world called the Black Opal. It is held early in the year and usually sees thousands of people at the venue with professional running races as well as cycling events over a 3 day carnival. The Bendigo Madison is held over this period.

Tennis is popular in Bendigo with the Bendigo Tennis Association (BTA) hosting local and national tournaments at its many court locations throughout the city. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) The Bendigo Indoor Sports & Leisure Centre (BISLC) (5 synthetic hard courts) in Strathdale is the only indoor tennis complex in the region, and the huge 30 synthetic hard court Coca-Cola Tennis Complex, next to Lake Weeroona, being one of the largest in the southern hemisphere. The Bendigo Lawn Tennis Club also boasts 16 natural grass courts, one of the largest in the region.

Basketball is popular in Bendigo, the city is home to the Schweppes Centre, home of the Bendigo Braves. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m The Schweppes Centre (Also known as Bendigo Stadium) is a sports and entertainment centre in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Current roster The stadiums hosted basketball during the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006 The city is also home to the Bendigo Basketball Association. Bendigo also has a team in the WNBL, the premier national female basketball competition, The Bendigo Spirit.

Bendigo was the host to the second Commonwealth Youth Games, held from 30 November to 3 December 2004. The Commonwealth Youth Games are a Mini version of the Commonwealth Games aiming at children and young people Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French

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

Rugby Union - The Bendigo Fighting Miners are the only team in Bendigo, it completes in the Victorian Country Rugby Union Competition and has won the premiership for the last four years in a row. Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short

Hockey - The CVHA Blazers represent Bendigo at State level in both male and female competitions. Hockey is any of a family of Sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a Ball, or a hard round rubber or heavy plastic disc called a puck Bendigo Raiders Ice Hockey Team competes at both junior and senior levels within the Victorian Ice Hockey Association and is the only team to play that is located outside Melbourne. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 The ice rink in Bendigo is one of only two running in Victoria and is currently under renovation by volunteers of the Bendigo ice sports and ice users groups. An Ice rink is a frozen body of Water where people can Ice skate or play winter sports The aim is to sustain use at this stadium for a period of 4 -5 years while a new ice sports development is built to ensure that Bendigo becomes the heart of Victorian Ice Sports. Bendigo also has a very active figure skating club, the Ice Skating Club of Bendigo which is instrumental in organising regional and state skating competition. Skaters are coached from tiny tots through to senior levels through the skate development program of Aussie Skate. Affiliated organisations are Ice Sports Victoria and Ice Skating Australia. [1]

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

Judo/ JuJutsu

Baseball - There are 5 running clubs in the Bendigo area: Eaglehawk Falcons, Bendigo East, Maiden Gully Scots, Bendigo BLS Bushrangers and Strathfieldsaye Dodgers. meaning "gentle way" is a modern Japanese martial art ( Gendai budō) and Combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late literally meaning the " art of softness " or "way of yielding" is a collective name for Japanese martial art styles consisting of grappling Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Strathfieldsaye is a suburb of the City of Greater Bendigo in Victoria Australia. All of these clubs have been struggling for players for the past 5 years in both senior and junior sides. Bendigo participates in the annual VPBL state championships held across the state. This year Bendigo has won the U/18 event held in Wangaratta, and the U/12s came 2nd in Mildura. Wangaratta is a cathedral city of about 15685 people in the northeast of Victoria Australia, about 230 km (150 mi from Melbourne along the Mildura is a regional city in northwestern Victoria, Australia, part of the Rural City of Mildura.

Orienteering – Bendigo hosted the 1985 World Orienteering Championships (September 4-6, 1985). Orienteering is a family of Sports that require Navigational skills using a Map and Compass, usually in combination with Point to point racing The World Orienteering Championships were first held in 1966 They were held biennially up to 2003 (with the exception of 1977 and 1978

Climate

The climate in Bendigo is typically dry and mild temperate with cold winters. The mean minimum temperature in January is 14. 3 Celsius (57. 7 degrees F) and the maximum 28. 7 Celsius (83. 7 F), although temperatures above 35 Celsius (95 F) commonly are reached, and the highest temperature ever recorded was 47. 4 degrees Celsius (117. 4 F) in January 1862. The mean minimum temperature in July is 3. 5 Celsius (38. 3 F), and winter minima of below zero Celsius (32 F) have been recorded frequently. Mean maximum winter temperatures in July are 12. 1 C (53. 8 F). Most of the city's annual rainfall of 582. 1 mm falls during the winter half of the year. Snowfalls are virtually unknown, however frosts can be a common occurrence during the winter months.

The dryness of the area, drought and population continually puts pressure on the local water supply and the city has had some of the harshest water restrictions in Australia, with no watering outside the household, though two hours of watering are now allowed (December 07). Local water storages have fallen to the lowest levels ever recorded and this is forcing the Victorian state government to build a "superpipe" which will connect Bendigo and Ballarat to a larger supply of water before the town runs out of water. Ballarat (formerly spelt "Ballaarat" is a city in Victoria, Australia, and one of the country's largest inland cities The superpipe was delivering water by September 2007 and work on the Ballarat section of the pipeline is due to be completed in June 2008.

Tornadoes have been seen around the area of Bendigo and, although rare, the 2003 Bendigo tornado passed though Eaglehawk and other parts of the city causing major damage to homes and businesses. The 2003 Bendigo tornado was a Fujita scale category F2 Tornado which hit the city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia about

Climate Table

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C) (1961-1990)	28. 7	28. 8	25. 5	20. 8	16. 1	13. 1	12. 1	13. 8	16. 4	20. 0	23. 5	26. 5	20. 4
Mean daily minimum temperature (°C) (1961-1990)	14. 3	14. 9	12. 8	9. 4	6. 7	4. 3	3. 5	4. 6	6. 0	8. 2	10. 6	12. 7	9. 0
Mean total rainfall (mm) (1961-1990)	37. 2	26. 4	36. 4	47. 9	59. 9	52. 4	62. 5	70. 1	58. 1	55. 9	35. 2	40. 1	582. 1
9am Prevailing Wind (1991-2008)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE
3pm Prevailing Wind (1991-2008)	SSW	SSE	SSW	SSW	NW	NNW	NNW	WNW	WNW	W	SSW	WSW	WSW
Source: Bureau of Meteorology

Sister cities

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

Notable people

• AFL players - Nick Dal Santo, Nathan Brown, Wayne Campbell, Troy Selwood, Adam Selwood, Colin Sylvia, Joel Selwood
• John Bannon, Labor Premier of South Australia
• Don Blackie, Test cricketer
• Frank Brennan, Federal Attorney-General, 1929-31
• Bunney Brooke, TV actress
• Kate DeAraugo, 2005 Australian Idol winner
• John Gunn, Labor Premier of South Australia, 1924-26
• Kristi Harrower, national basketballer
• Edward Heitmann, Federal Labor politician
• Colleen Hewett, singer and actress
• John Irvine Hunter, Professor of Anatomy
• Stephen Huss, 2005 Wimbledon men's doubles champion
• Carl Jess, Australian Army Lieutenant General
• Sydney James Kirkby, Anglican bishop
• Keith Lamb, lead singer of Hush
• Faith Leech, Olympic swimming champion
• John Lutey, Labor Party member of the West Australian parliament
• Ernest Moffitt, artist
• William Moore, art and drama critic
• Billy Murdoch, Australian Test cricket captain
• William David Murdoch, concert pianist
• Lisle Nagel, Australian Test cricketer
• John Bernard O'Hara, poet and schoolmaster
• Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, artist
• Ian Rilen, bass guitarist with Rose Tattoo
• Peter Ryan, leader of the Victorian National Party
• Glen Saville, Australian and NBL basketballer
• Struan Sutherland, antivenin researcher
• Geoffrey Watson, Professor Emeritus of Statistics
• Craig White, English cricket player

References

Notes

General References

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

See also

• List of Mayors of Bendigo
• Bendigo Easter Festival
• HM Prison Bendigo
• Bendigo Senior Secondary College
• Flora Hill Secondary College
• Golden Square Secondary College
• Catholic College Bendigo
• 2003 Bendigo tornado

External links

• Bendigo Local and Visitor Information
• City of Greater Bendigo
• Bendigo Visitor Information and Interpretive Centre
• Bendigo Tramways

This is a list of the Mayors of the City of Bendigo, a Local Government Area and the fourth largest city in Victoria, Australia. Every year the Bendigo Easter Festival sees the city buzzing with activity and excitement Bendigo Senior Secondary College (BSSC is an Australian state school for Year 11 and Year 12 students in Bendigo Victoria. Flora Hill Secondary College is a co-educational secondary college catering for students in years 7 to 10 located in Flora Hill, a suburb of Bendigo, Victoria Golden Square High School in Australia was established in temporary accommodation at Camp Hill Primary School in 1960 Catholic College Bendigo' is a Catholic secondary school in the city of Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. The 2003 Bendigo tornado was a Fujita scale category F2 Tornado which hit the city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia about

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