Bendigo is a city in north-central Victoria,Australia,located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) north-west of Melbourne,the state capital.
Sir John Quick was an Australian lawyer,politician and judge. He played a prominent role in the movement for Federation and the drafting of the Australian constitution,later writing several works on Australian constitutional law. He began his political career in the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1880–1889) and later won election to the House of Representatives at the first federal election in 1901. He served as Postmaster-General in the third Deakin Government (1909–1910). He lost his seat in 1913 and ended his public service as deputy president of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (1922–1930).
The Bendigo Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Bendigo region of Victoria.
Barclay 'Titch' Shrapnell Bailes,sometimes known as "Bark" Bailes,was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFA) in 1904,for Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1905 to 1909,and for Brighton in the Victorian Football Association (VFA),from 1910 to 1915.
Ephraim Laman (Lamen) Zox was an Australian financier and politician.
Sir John McIntyre was a Scottish-born Australian politician and businessman. After emigrating to Australia during the Victorian gold rush,McIntyre became heavily involved in the mining industry around Bendigo in Victoria. Later as he began to rise in prominence he became involved in local politics,eventually becoming the first mayor of Bendigo,a post he held for five years before resigning. In the years following he became heavily involved in community work,serving as a territorial magistrate and children's guardian for the Bendigo district. In 1877 he was elected to the Victorian Parliament as the Member for Sandhurst. Although he later lost this seat in 1880,he re-entered parliament in 1881 after winning the seat of Maldon in a by-election. He held this seat until 1902,serving as a minister during James Patterson's premiership and as Leader of the Opposition from 1895 to 1898. In December 1903 he stood for the Australian Senate but narrowly failed to win a seat. Suffering from ill health,he died shortly afterwards.
During the Australian gold rushes,starting in 1851,significant numbers of workers moved from elsewhere in Australia and overseas to where gold had been discovered. Gold had been found several times before,but the colonial government of New South Wales had suppressed the news out of the fear that it would reduce the workforce and destabilise the economy.
Horwood Bagshaw Ltd. is an Australian agricultural machinery manufacturer and dealership chain whose origins date from the late 1800s.
Walter Alfred Hamilton was an Australian politician. He was a public accountant,auditor and general manager before entering politics.
Henry Archdall Langley was an influential Irish-born Anglican priest,of considerable physical strength,who migrated to Australia in 1853,and became the first Bishop of Bendigo from 1902 until his death in 1906.
Edward Nucella Emmett was an English born Australian entrepreneur and politician,and briefly a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.
Sandhurst was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1904. It was based on the towns of Sandhurst (now Bendigo) and Lockwood.
Robert Burrowes was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia),a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Angus Mackay was a founder of the radical Constitutional Association in 1848 before becoming a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia),as a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Hyman Herman was a geologist and engineer,and was described as the 'father of Yallourn'. He was director of the Victorian Department of Mines and chair of the Government Brown Coal Advisory Committee. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Victorian State Electricity Commission taking a role as engineer for brown coal.
Ernest Albert Bailes was an Australian rules footballer. He played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL);and,having been dropped by Collingwood,he transferred mid-season to the Brighton Football Club in the VFA,where he played from 1909 to 1915.
John Boyd Watson,was a Scottish-born Australian mining magnate and investor.
Emanuel Cohen was businessman in South Australia,and was responsible for the erection of several of Adelaide's premier buildings.
Richard Hamilton was a mine manager at Boulder,Western Australia.
Alfred Shrapnell Bailes was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1886 to 1894 and from 1897 to 1907. He also served as mayor of Bendigo from 1883 to 1884.
