Bendigo, Victoria
Population: 68,480 *
Latitude: -36.759
Longitude: 144.280
Dialing Code: 03 (+61 3 from overseas)
Time Zone: AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10), AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11)
Current Time: 05/10/2026 02:33:32 am
* Source for population data: 2001 census figures
Bendigo, the fourth largest city in Victoria, is located in the centre of the state. It was founded in 1851 and became a city 20 years later in 1871. Officially the city was called Sandhurst after the town in the Unied Kingdom but it was changed to Bendigo in 1891.
Previously a centre for gold mining, Bendigo once more enjoys a rapidly growing economy based on tourism, commerce, education, manufacturing, mining and agriculture.
Bendigo is twinned to three international cities/towns: Penzance in Cornwall in the United Kingdom, Los Altos in California USA and Tianshui in the People's Republic of China.
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