City of Bendigo

The City of Bendigo was a local government area covering the central area and inner western suburbs of the regional city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of, and existed from 1855 to 1994.

History

The City of Bendigo was first incorporated as the Sandhurst Municipality on 24 April 1855. It became a borough on 11 September 1863, and a city on 21 July 1871. It was renamed as the City of Bendigo on 8 May 1891.
On 7 April 1994, the City of Bendigo was abolished, and along with the Borough of Eaglehawk, the Rural City of Marong and the Shires of Huntly and Strathfieldsaye, was merged into the newly created City of Greater Bendigo.

The City of Bendigo was divided into three wards, each of which elected three councillors:

#	Name	Term
1	William Hopkins	1856
2	George Avery Fletcher	1856–1875
3	Dugald Macdougall	1875–1879
4	William Dixon Campbell Denovan	1879–1892
5	William Honeybone	1892–1923
6	Henry Chapman Ingleton	1924–1933
7	Frederick Thomas Amer	1933–1957
8	A. J. "Jack" Watts	1957–1977
9	C. Keith Beamish	1977–1984
10	Ray J. Burton	1984–1994

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