City of Bendigo

City of Bendigo Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population:	30890 (1992)[1]
Established:	1855
Area:	32.53 km² (12.6 sq mi)
Council Seat:	Bendigo
County:	Bendigo
LGAs around City of Bendigo: Eaglehawk Marong Huntly Marong City of Bendigo Strathfieldsaye Marong Strathfieldsaye Strathfieldsaye

Town hall

The City of Bendigo was a Local Government Area which covered the central area and inner western suburbs of the regional city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 32.53 square kilometres (12.6 sq mi), and existed from 1855 until 1994.

History

The City of Bendigo was first incorporated as the Sandhurst Municipality on 24 April 1855, and became a borough on 11 September 1863 and a City on 21 July 1871. It was renamed from Sandhurst to Bendigo on 8 May 1891.^[2]

On 7 April 1994, the City was abolished—one of the first to disappear under the Kennett Liberal government's statewide local government restructuring program—and merged with the Borough of Eaglehawk, the Shires of Huntly and Strathfieldsaye and the Rural City of Marong to form the City of Greater Bendigo.^[3][4]

Wards

Bendigo was divided into three wards, each of which elected three councillors:

• Barkly Ward
• Darling Ward
• Sutton Ward

Suburbs

• Bendigo
• Golden Square
• Ironbark
• Long Gully
• North Bendigo
• Quarry Hill
• West Bendigo
• White Hills

Population

Year	Population
1954	28,726
1958	30,700*
1961	30,195
1966	30,792
1971	32,007
1976	32,573
1981	31,841
1986	30,704
1991	30,134

* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.

References

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office (1994). Victorian Year Book. p. 52. ISSN 0067-1223. 
2. ^ Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 308–309.  Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
3. ^ Municipal Association of Victoria (2006). "Greater Bendigo City Council". http://www.mav.asn.au/guide.nsf/Council/Greater+Bendigo+City+Council?OpenDocument. Retrieved 2008-01-08.  Date cross-checked with the Records Division, Greater Bendigo City Council.
4. ^ Taylor, Thomas (6 April 1994). "Marong to fall in line on super council". The Age: p. 6.  Accessed via Factiva online.

Coordinates: 36°45′S 144°16′E / 36.75°S 144.267°E / -36.75; 144.267