Editing Bendigo (section)

===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.