Golden Square, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Golden Square
city = Bendigo
state = vic


caption =
lga = City of Greater Bendigo
postcode =
est =
pop = 8170 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC24046 | name = Golden Square (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-25 | quick = on]
elevation =
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov =
fedgov =
dist1 = 147
dir1 = NW
location1 = Melbourne
dist2 = 3
dir2 = SW
location2 = Bendigo
dist3 =
location3 =
near-nw = Maiden Gully
near-n = West Bendigo
near-ne = Bendigo CBD
near-w = Lockwood
near-e = Quarry Hill
near-sw = Kangaroo Flat
near-s = Kangaroo Flat
near-se = Golden Gully

Golden Square is a suburb of Bendigo in Victoria, Australia.

History

The Post Office opened on 10 January 1863. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]

Today

Golden Square is home to The Bulldogs Football and Netball Team competing in the Bendigo Football League. Citation | last = Full Points Footy | title = Camperdown | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/Camperdown.htm | accessdate = 2008-07-25 ] , Golden Square High School, Golden Square Primary School, (Laurel St. Primary School) Maple St. Primary School and the Golden Square Shopping Centre.

The new Bendigo Police station is located on the edge of Golden Square and was opened in March 2007.

The local railway station on the Melbourne - Bendigo railway opened with the line but was closed in 1981.cite journal | year = 2006 | month = October | title = 'New Deal' for County Passengers - 25 years on | author = Scott Martin and Chris Banger | journal = Newsrail | publisher = Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) | pages = page 319 ]

Notable people

Golden Square Football Club has produced AFL stars such as Brownlow Medallist Greg Williams, Richmond stars Wayne Campbell and Nathan Brown, and former Fitzroy, Brisbane and Melbourne player Nick Carter.

Leading AFL player manager Ricky Nixon also started his playing career at Golden Square before playing VFL football with Carlton, St Kilda and Hawthorn.

Other former VFL players to hail from Golden Square include Des Dickson, Ray Byrne, Tony Southcombe and Peter McConville.

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