Bendigo - Bendigo (English spelling)

A city in the state of Victoria in the southeast of Australia. It is located 158 km (by road) northwest of the state capital, Melbourne. Its population was 59,936 (1996), and the population of Greater Bendigo, which includes Bendigo, was 86,068 (2001). It is the centre of the agricultural region and has one of the country's largest livestock markets, as well as a variety of factories producing machinery, food processing and clothing. With the discovery of gold in 1851, it became a representative gold mining city alongside Ballarat, and later developed into a regional centre. Buildings and tree-lined streets from its days as a gold mining town remain. It was previously called Sandhurst, but was renamed in 1891. The name comes from the name of a British boxer.

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オーストラリア南東部、ビクトリア州の都市。州都メルボルンの北西158キロメートル（道路距離）にある。人口5万9936（1996）、ベンディゴを含む大ベンディゴGreater Bendigo市の人口8万6068（2001）。農牧地帯の中心地で同国有数の家畜市場があるほか、機械、食品加工、衣料品などの各種工場がある。1851年の金鉱発見によりバララトと並ぶ代表的な金鉱都市として、のちには地方中心都市として発展した。金鉱都市時代の建物や並木が残る。旧称サンドハーストSandhurstを1891年に改称。名称はイギリスのボクシング選手名に由来。

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