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The Beehive Building, also known for a time as the Sandhurst Mining Exchange, is a 19th-century building located on the historic thoroughfare of Pall Mall in the centre of Bendigo, a regional city in the Australian state of Victoria. Bendigo was called Sandhurst, after the famous British military academy, until the gold mining town's name was ...
Bendigo (/ ˈ b ɛ n d ɪ ɡ oʊ / BEN-dig-oh) is a city in north-central Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state [4] and approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) north-west of Melbourne, the state capital.
Kangaroo Flat is home to the Kangaroos Football and Netball team in the Bendigo Football League, and a number of educational institutions; Crusoe Secondary College, Kangaroo Flat Primary School, St. Monica's Primary School, the Bendigo campus of Glenvale Primary School and Bendigo Special Development School.
The City of Bendigo was a local government area covering the central area and inner western suburbs of the regional city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of 32.53 square kilometres (12.6 sq mi), and existed from 1855 to 1994.
Bendigo Senior Secondary College (BSSC) [a] is an Australian government-funded co-educational secondary school for Year 11 and Year 12 students located in the centre of Bendigo, Victoria. It is the largest provider of VCE , VCE Vocational Major and VET in the state of Victoria.
Bendigo was officially named "Sandhurst" from 1853 to 1891. [5] In 1861, to "retain an association with Pall Mall and Charing Cross", [ 6 ] there was even a proposal to give the name St James's Park to what became the adjacent Rosalind Park , as St James's Park in London is also in the immediate proximity of Charing Cross and Pall Mall .
Bendigo is a ground level premium station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 21 October 1862, with the current station provided in 1965. Initially opened as Sandhurst, the station was given its current name of Bendigo on 1 September 1891. [1] The disused station at Golden Square is located between Bendigo and Kangaroo Flat.
The Bendigo Creek forms a geographic spine through the city and suburbs of Bendigo. The valley is notable as a major tourist destination and is the location of one of the world's largest and longest-lived gold production areas. Bendigo Valley is broadly surrounded by the Greater Bendigo National Park and other state forests. The 17,020-hectare ...