Golden Square railway station

Golden Square High School in the city of Bendigo in the state of Victoria, Australia, was established in temporary accommodation at Camp Hill Primary School in central Bendigo in 1960. With the completion of the new school's buildings, it moved to 50 MacDougall Road in the Bendigo suburb of Golden Square in 1962, providing for forms 1 to 6, now known as years 7 to 12. In 1978 it became a 7–10 school and was one of the original feeder schools to Bendigo Senior High School. In 1986, a Hearing Impaired Unit was established and in 1990 it underwent a name change to become Golden Square Secondary College. The college catered for students from a range of backgrounds, drawn from around 30 urban and rural primary schools. Former students of the school include Bendigo West MP Bob Cameron; AFL and Richmond footballer Wayne Campbell; VFL and Carlton footballer Rod Ashman; First Lady of East Timor Kirsty Sword Gusmão; Australian Armed Forces Brigadier James Simpson; Software Developer Brendan Sheehan (student 2006 to 2008); journalist Adrian Lowe of the Melbourne daily newspaper The Age; Anglican Bishop of Bendigo Andrew Curnow (2003–2017); water skiing champion Kaye Thurlow; and Pete Miller, inventor of the "Bed Beer". The Golden Square Secondary College campus closed on 28 November 2008. It merged with Kangaroo Flat and Flora Hill secondary colleges as part of the implementation of the Bendigo Education Plan. Its buildings were demolished. In 2022 it was announced by the Victorian State Government that the site would be officially handed over to the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation to begin building the Dja Dja Wurrung Corporate and Community Centre.

St John of God Bendigo Hospital is a 167-bed private hospital located in central Victoria.St John of God Health Care acquired Mt Alvernia Mercy Hospital in February 2005, renaming it St John of God Bendigo Hospital. The private hospital services the City of Bendigo and Central Victoria. St John of God Bendigo Hospital is a division of St John of God Health Care, a Catholic not-for-profit health care group, serving communities with hospitals, home nursing, and social outreach services throughout Australia, New Zealand and the wider Asia-Pacific region. Currently the hospital is partially non-functional, and struggles to be viable. An entire ward is unused and the hospital is on unsure footing financially.

Golden Square is a suburb of Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. Its local government area is the City of Greater Bendigo. At the 2021 census, Golden Square had a population of 9,220.

Violet Street is the first tram stop in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, on the Vintage "Talking" Tram network, which is operated by Bendigo Tramways, under the supervision of The Bendigo Trust.

The Central Deborah Gold Mine is a non-active gold mine and tourist attraction in Bendigo, Australia. It was listed on the Victorian Heritage Register on 18 November 1999.The mine was opened in 1939 by the Central Deborah Gold Mining Company during a 1930s revival of the gold industry, extending an existing 108 ft shaft from many years earlier with new machinery. It was one of the last mines to open on the Bendigo goldfields and one of the few to stay open during World War II. It was expanded during 1945–46, with extensions and new machinery. It reached its maximum depth (now recorded as 412m) during the 1940s. It closed in November 1954, having produced 29,865 ounces of gold in its lifetime; the closure of the North Deborah Mine two weeks later marked the last mine in Bendigo to close.It was reopened in 1986 as a tourist attraction for underground tours, with its shaft being widened to allow for larger lifts. It was preserved and restored by a local heritage organisation, the Bendigo Trust, which also restored the city's tramways. It still retains its original buildings and much of its fittings and mining machinery.The Violet Street tram stop of the Bendigo Tramways route connects the mine to Lake Weeroona, the Bendigo Joss House Temple and other local tourist attractions, with the route's western end terminating at the mine.

Girton Grammar School is an Australian private co-educational school from Prep to Year 12 located in Bendigo, Victoria.

Golden Gully is a suburb in the City of Greater Bendigo.

Ironbark is a suburb of the regional city of Bendigo in north central Victoria, Australia, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north west of the Bendigo city centre. Ironbark was named after the Ironbark Valley. Ironbark was part of Long Gully until 1999 when it became a separate suburb. At the 2021 census, Ironbark had a population of 1,163.

Bendigo Stadium (also known as Red Energy Arena under naming rights) is an Australian sports and entertainment centre in Bendigo, Victoria. The stadium is home to the Bendigo Braves (NBL1) and Bendigo Spirit (WNBL). It hosted basketball matches during the 2006 Commonwealth Games and will host netball during the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The stadium's facilities include ten indoor sports courts, major exhibition and function areas, a licensed clubroom and associated administration facilities. The stadium has the flexibility to be used for major sporting, cultural and entertainment events and has held such events as The Young Divas, Vanessa Amorosi, international basketball, netball, snooker and volleyball. The largest recorded attendance at the venue was on 3 March 2013 when Bendigo Spirit defeated the Townsville Fire 71–57 in the 2012-13 WNBL Grand Final. In May 2018, the venue was re-opened after a $23 million redevelopment was completed which upgraded the facilities and increased the venue's capacity.The stadium hosted its first Suncorp Super Netball match on 25 May 2019, when Collingwood Magpies played West Coast Fever in a 2019 Suncorp Super Netball Round 5 match. It was part of a double header that also featured Tasmanian Magpies play Western Sting in an Australian Netball League fixture.The facility co-hosted the 2003 FIBA Oceania Championship where the Australian national basketball team won the gold medal. Bendigo also hosted Group 3 of The International Volleyball Women's Grand Prix in June 2016 over 3 days of which Australia competed against Cuba Columbia and Croatia The Arena has also hosted Australian National Basketball League Games for Melbourne United during the 2020–21 NBL season, Including Throwdown V against the South East Melbourne Phoenix. It also hosted a Round 11 Match where the New Zealand Breakers played Melbourne United in a Breakers Home Game. On 21 March 2022, it was announced that Bendigo Stadium would also host 2 further New Zealand Breakers Home Games during the 2021-22 NBL season, due to COVID-19 Protocols restricting the Breakers from returning to New Zealand. They played the South East Melbourne Phoenix on 10 April 2022 and the Sydney Kings on 12 April 2022, with the Breakers losing both Games.

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo, is the Roman Catholic cathedral church of the Diocese of Sandhurst and seat of Bishop Shane Mackinlay. The cathedral is located in the provincial city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. It was designed in the Gothic Revival style in 1895 by an architect of the firm Reed, Barnes and Tappin. The cathedral was listed on the Victorian Heritage Register on 4 September 1997.

West Bendigo is a suburb of the regional city of Bendigo in north central Victoria, Australia, 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) west of the Bendigo city centre. At the 2016 census, West Bendigo had a population of 375.

Alexandra Fountain is a fountain in the Australian city of Bendigo, Victoria. It is regarded as one of the city's most prominent landmarks and monuments.The fountain is located in Bendigo's Charing Cross area at the intersection of View Street and Pall Mall. Charing Cross effectively stands at the centre of the city and is one of Bendigo's busiest and most prominent intersections. The fountain stands opposite the main entrance of Rosalind Park. Alexandra Fountain was funded from the proceeds of the Bendigo Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1879), a £500 gift from George Lansell and a further £700 from the Sandhurst City Council (now the City of Greater Bendigo). The fountain was designed by William Vahland (1828–1915), a local architect responsible for some of the city's most prominent buildings. The fountain was named in honour of Alexandra, Princess of Wales. Its grand opening on 5 July 1881 was attended by her sons Prince Albert and Prince George.Other than the Exhibition Fountain, built in 1880 and located in the Melbourne's Carlton Gardens, the Alexandra Fountain is the largest and most ornate municipal fountain in Victoria. The fountain stands 28 feet (8.5 m) high and sits in a 50 feet (15 m) diameter circular pool which itself is 2 feet (0.61 m) deep. It is made from 20 tonnes (22 tons) of Harcourt granite, cast iron and painted stone. Decoratively the fountain includes lion head spouts, four allegorical female figures, spouted bronzed mer-horses and dolphins, medallions of seashells, dolphins and tridents also decorate the fountain. The pool is bordered by a decorative cast-iron fence and lit with four cast-iron lamps.Historically the fountain is a monument to the success of the goldfields and the Bendigo region. Aesthetically the fountain is fairly typical of late Victorian monumental design but is unusual in that few fountains were built according to this theme.In 2017, a AU$350,000 refurbishment project was undertaken. The restoration project included repairs and repainting of the balustrade and masonry, including repainting and re-rendering the plaster work as well as plumbing and electrical work.