Editing Bendigo (section)

==Urban structure==
===City centre===
[[File:Hargreaves mall bendigo.jpg|thumb|Hargreaves Mall, one of Bendigo's main shopping areas]]
The central area (CBD) of Bendigo consists of around 20 blocks of mixed-use area. The [[main street]] is the Midland Highway, the section running through the CBD is also known as [[Pall Mall (Bendigo)|Pall Mall]]. Hargeaves Mall, named after the gold prospector [[Edward Hargraves]], is one of the city centre's main shopping areas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-24 |title=Bendigo mall named after lazy 'charlatan' who betrayed his friends |url=https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/8900109/bendigo-mall-named-after-lazy-charlatan-who-betrayed-colleagues/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au |language=en-au}}</ref>

===Suburbs===
The contiguous urban area of Bendigo covers roughly 82&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> of the local government area's 3048&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. Generally the suburbs occupy the catchment of the [[Bendigo Creek]] and its tributaries.

Bendigo has many suburbs, some of which (such as Eaglehawk) were once independent satellite townships and many that extend into the surrounding bushland.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope=col | Name
! scope=col | Population (2016)
!Population (2021)
! scope="col" | Postcode

|-
| [[Ascot, Bendigo|Ascot]]
| 1,968
|2,571
| 3551
|-
| [[Bendigo (suburb)|Bendigo]]
| 6,143
|5,652
| 3550
|-
|[[Big Hill (City of Greater Bendigo)|Big Hill]]
|261
|281
|3555
|-
| [[California Gully]]
| 4,363
|4,476
| 3556
|-
| [[Eaglehawk, Victoria|Eaglehawk]]
| 5,691
|5,538
| 3556
|-
| [[Eaglehawk North]]
| 5
|0
| 3556
|-
| [[East Bendigo]]
| 2,092
|2,246
| 3550
|-
| [[Epsom, Victoria|Epsom]]
| 4,325
|5,014
| 3551
|-
| [[Flora Hill]]
| 3,955
|3,989
| 3550
|-
| [[Golden Gully]]
| 211
|213
| 3551
|-
| [[Golden Square, Victoria|Golden Square]]
| 8,820
|9,220
| 3555
|-
|[[Huntly, Victoria|Huntly]]
|2,379
|3,585
|3551
|-
| [[Ironbark, Victoria|Ironbark]]
| 1,095
|1,163
| 3550
|-
| [[Jackass Flat]]
| 1,141
|1,907
| 3551
|-
| [[Junortoun, Victoria|Junortoun]]
| 3,201
|3,862
| 3551
|-
| [[Kangaroo Flat, Victoria|Kangaroo Flat]]
| 9,492
|11,328
| 3555
|-
| [[Kennington, Victoria|Kennington]]
| 5,649
|5,880
| 3550
|-
| [[Long Gully]]
| 3,383
|3,420
| 3550
|-
| [[Maiden Gully]]
| 4,992
|5,407
| 3551
|-
| [[North Bendigo]]
| 3,953
|4,277
| 3550
|-
| [[Quarry Hill, Victoria|Quarry Hill]]
| 2,339
|2,365
| 3550
|-
| [[Sailors Gully]]
| 711
|743
| 3556
|-
| [[Spring Gully, Victoria|Spring Gully]]
| 3,000
|3,092
| 3550
|-
| [[Strathdale]]
| 5,663
|5,756
| 3550
|-
| [[Strathfieldsaye, Victoria|Strathfieldsaye]]
| 5,428
|6,850
| 3551
|-
| [[West Bendigo]]
| 375
|378
| 3550
|-
| [[White Hills, Victoria|White Hills]]
| 3,275
|3,620
| 3550
|}

===Architectural heritage===
[[File:Bendigo Building main street-01+ (573049668).jpg|thumb|left|Established in 1854, [[Shamrock Hotel, Bendigo|Shamrock Hotel]] was rebuilt in 1897.]]
As a legacy of the gold boom, Bendigo has many buildings built in a late [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] colonial style. Many buildings are on the [[Victorian Heritage Register]] and registered by the [[National Trust of Australia]]. Prominent buildings include the [[Bendigo Town Hall]] (1859, 1883–85), the [[Bendigo Post Office|Old Post Office]], the [[Bendigo Law Courts]] (1892–96), the [[Shamrock Hotel, Bendigo|Shamrock Hotel]] (1897), the Institute of Technology, and the Memorial Military Museum (1921), all in the [[Second Empire (architecture)|Second Empire]] style.

The architect [[William Charles Vahland (architect)|William Vahland]] encouraged European artisans to emigrate to the [[Sandhurst (Colony of Victoria, Australia)|Sandhurst]] goldfields and so create a "Vienna of the South".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110823065406/http://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/icons_shamrock.htm "Vienna Of The South" (Bendigo), Vic] Australia for Everyone</ref> Bendigo's [[Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo|Sacred Heart Cathedral]], a large sandstone church, is the third-largest cathedral in Australia and one of the largest cathedrals in the [[Southern Hemisphere]]. The main building was completed between 1896 and 1908 and the spire between 1954 and 1977.

Fortuna Villa is a large surviving Victorian mansion, built for Christopher Ballerstedt and later owned by George Lansell. Many other examples of Bendigo's classical architecture include the Colonial Bank building (1887) and the former Masonic Hall (1873–74), which is now a performing-arts centre. Bendigo's [[Chinese temple architecture|Joss House]], a historic temple, was built in the 1860s by Chinese miners and is the only surviving building of its kind in regional Victoria, which continues to be used as a place of worship. The historic Bendigo Tram Sheds and Power Station (1903) now house [[Trams in Bendigo|Bendigo's tramway museum]]. The Queen Elizabeth Oval still retains its ornate 1901 grandstand.

===Parks and gardens===
[[File:Bendigo rosalind.jpg|thumb|[[Rosalind Park]] featuring statuary and flanked by ornate Second Empire-style buildings]]

The central city is skirted by [[Rosalind Park]], a Victorian-style garden featuring statuary and a large [[basalt|blue stone]] [[viaduct]]. The main entrance corner of the park is on the intersection known as [[Charing Cross (Bendigo)|Charing Cross]], formerly the intersection of two main tram lines (now only one). It features a large statue of [[Queen Victoria]].

The Charing Cross junction features the large and ornate [[Alexandra Fountain]] (1881) and is built on top of a wide bridge that spans the [[viaduct]]. The park elevates toward Camp Hill, which features a historic school and a lookout – a former mine [[Shaft mining|poppet head]].

Further from the city is [[Lake Weroona|Lake Weeroona]], a large, ornamental lake adjacent to the Bendigo Creek. The [[Bendigo Botanic Gardens]], which opened in 1869, are further downstream. Major redevelopment of the gardens has taken place in recent years.

The gardens are home to many native species of animals, including brushtailed and ring-tailed possums, ducks, coots, purple swamp hens, microbats (small insect-eating bats), several species of lizards, owls, the tawny frogmouth, and though not native to the area,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pallin|first1=Nancy|last2=McDonald|first2=Tein|date=January 2013|title=On-ground habitat restoration: Interview with Nancy Pallin|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12029|journal=Ecological Management & Restoration|volume=14|issue=1|pages=11–19|doi=10.1111/emr.12029|bibcode=2013EcoMR..14...11P |issn=1442-7001}}</ref> a colony of endangered grey-headed flying foxes ([[Grey-headed flying fox|Pteropus poliocephalus]]).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Roberts|first1=Billie J.|last2=Mo|first2=Matthew|last3=Roache|first3=Mike|last4=Eby|first4=Peggy|date=2020|title=Review of dispersal attempts at flying-fox camps in Australia|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo20043|journal=Australian Journal of Zoology|volume=68|issue=6|pages=254|doi=10.1071/zo20043|issn=0004-959X}}</ref>