Bendigo is a city in 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 Edmund Percival Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. From 1985 to 1988 he served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and concurrently as Ambassador to Nepal.
The Canterbury Museum is a museum located in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand, in the city's Cultural Precinct. The museum was established in 1867 with Julius von Haast – whose collection formed its core – as its first director. The building is registered as a "Historic Place – Category I " by Heritage New Zealand.
Harry Graham was an Australian cricket player – a right-handed batsman, who played six Tests for Australia, and also played cricket for New Zealand – and an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Harrington Clare Lees was the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne from 1921 until his death.
Lieutenant General Sir Carl Herman Jess, was an Australian Army officer who served in the First and Second World Wars.
The Anglican Diocese of Bendigo is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia. It is situated in the Bendigo region of the state of Victoria, Australia. Its geographic remit extends from that part of Victoria that lies north of the Great Dividing Range and west of the Goulburn River to the border with the state of South Australia. The diocesan cathedral is St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo. The diocese was separated from the Diocese of Melbourne in 1902, with Henry Archdall Langley installed as the first bishop. The current bishop, Matt Brain, was installed on 17 February 2018.
Edgar Wikner Percival was a noted Australian aircraft designer and pilot whose aircraft were distinguished by speed and grace. Percival went on to set up the Percival Aircraft Company, a British aircraft company in his own name.
Gottlieb Frederick Henry Schuler, who has been referred to authoritatively as G. Frederick H. Schuler or Schüler, was an Australian journalist, editor of The Age for 26 years from 1900.
Percy James Clarey was an Australian trade union leader and politician. He served as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 1943 to 1949 and represented the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the Victorian Legislative Council (1937−1949) and Australian House of Representatives (1949−1960).
Hugh Julian Boyd was a dental surgeon, and a former Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He served in the First AIF, and was awarded a Military Cross in 1917.
Maldwyn Leslie Williams, known as "Mal" as a VFL footballer, mostly known as "Les" — and sometimes as "Billy" — was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League. A graduate (M.B.B.S.) of Melbourne University, Lieutenant-Colonel Williams, serving as a medical officer in the First AIF, died as a result of wounds received in action, in France.
Launcelot Jefferson Percival KVCO was an Anglican priest who in addition to various parish posts served in the Ecclesiastical Households of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V, King Edward VIII and King George VI.
William Charles Sadlier was the 4th Anglican bishop of Nelson whose Episcopate spanned a 22-year period in the first half of the 20th century.
The Rt Rev Percival William Stephenson was the 6th Anglican bishop of Nelson whose episcopate spanned a 14-year period in the mid-20th century.
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.
Elizabeth Alfred was an Anglican Deaconess and priest in Melbourne, Australia. She was the first woman to be ordained as a priest in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, in 1992.
Donald Haultain was an Anglican priest in the first half of the twentieth century.
Nigel Denzil Herring (187–1972) was an Anglican priest in the first two-thirds of the 20th century.
John Christian MacCullagh (1832–1917) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th century.
