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ID: 7001927
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001927
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bendigo (inhabited place)  Bendigo (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 36 45 29 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -36.7582  decimal degrees
Long: 144 16 49 E  degrees minutes   Long: 144.2802  decimal degrees

Note: Was founded as a sheep run in 1840; expanded rapidly after alluvial gold was discovered nearby in 1851; modern industries include iron foundries, potteries & livestock markets.

Names:
Bendigo (preferred,C,V)  ............ named in 1891 to honor a local prizefighter, who compared himself to English fighter Bendigo
Sandhurst (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Australia (nation)  ........  Australia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Victoria (state)  ............  Victoria (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Bendigo (inhabited place)  ................  Bendigo (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 1840
city (C)
mining center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Bendigo..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 91
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 25
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 135
Sandhurst..........  [VP]
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 135
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 91
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1558533
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 25
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 135
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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