| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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"Bendigo" is a common misspelling or typo for: Binding, Bending, Benign, Bandage, Bondage, Banding, Benito, Bend go, Bandito. |
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Date "Bendigo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1837. (references) |
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| Literature | Bendigo A rough fur cap, named from a noted pugilist, William Thompson; so nicknamed from his birthplace in Australia. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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| Bendigo Bank | Bendigo Bank operates some 300 branches, primarily in Victoria and Queensland. This includes 150+ Community Bank® branches. (references) | ||
| Bendigo Easter Festival | In 1893 reports in The Weekly Advertiser describe a parade held that included a large and colourful Chinese section that delighted crowds. Since then the Chinese community has supported and been part of the Festival. In 2005 the Gala Parade was held on Easter Monday. (references) | ||
| Bendigo railway line, Victoria | The Bendigo railway line is a regional railway in Victoria, Australia. It continues from the Sunbury greater-metropolitan line. It has 11 stations. (references) | ||
| Bendigo Stock Exchange | Bendigo Stock Exchange (BSX) is a small stock exchange based in Bendigo, Australia. (references) | ||
| City of Greater Bendigo | The City of Greater Bendigo is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the north-western part of the state. It has an area of 3,048 square kilometres. In 2001 it had a population of 87,000. (references) | ||
| Division of Bendigo | The Division of Bendigo is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1901 and is named for the city of Bendigo. In the early years of federation the seat consisted of little more than Bendigo itself, but on later boundaries the seat has included towns such as Echuca, Castlemaine, Maryborough and Seymour. Today it includes Bendigo, Castlemaine, Maldon and Maryborough. Bendigo has always been a marginal seat, changing hands regularly between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties. Bendigo has had 15 members, the equal-highest number (with Denison) of any federal electorate. Its most notable members have been its first member, Sir John Quick, who was a leading federalist, and Prime Minister Billy Hughes, who although from Sydney represented Bendigo for two terms at a time when the federal Parliament met in Melbourne. John Brumby, who held the seat from 1983 to 1990, is now Treasurer in the Victorian Government. (references) | ||
| HM Prison Bendigo | HM Prison Bendigo is a medium security prison facility located in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. (references) | ||
| HMAS Bendigo | Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name Bendigo, for a city in Victoria. (references) | ||
| HMAS Bendigo (corvette) | The first HMAS Bendigo (J-187/B-237/A-111) was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company at Sydney in New South Wales on 12 August 1940, launched on 1 March 1941 by Dame Mary Hughes, wife of the Minister for the Navy, and commissioned on 10 May 1941. HMAS Bendigo paid off on 27 September 1946, was sold to the Ta Hing Company of Hong Kong as a seagoing vessel and renamed Cheung Hing. The ship was later acquired by the Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and re-armed for naval service under the name Loyang. (references) | ||
| HMAS Bendigo (patrol boat) | The second HMAS Bendigo (P-211) is a Fremantle class patrol boat laid down by the North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns in Queensland on 21 September 1981, launched on 9 March 1983 and commissioned on 28 May 1983. (references) | ||
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