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The City of Greater Bendigo is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi) and, in June 2021, had a population of 123,632.[3] It includes the city of Bendigo and the towns of Axedale, Elmore, Heathcote, Marong, Raywood and Strathfieldsaye. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the former City of Bendigo with the Borough of Eaglehawk, Shire of Strathfieldsaye, Shire of Huntly, Rural City of Marong and parts of the Shire of McIvor.[2] It is the state’s third largest economy base and is considered a service and infrastructure centre for north central Victoria. The city is surrounded by 40,000 hectares of regional, state and national parkland.[4]

City of Greater Bendigo Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	121,470 (2021)[1]
• Density	40/km2 (105/sq mi)
Established	1994
Gazetted	7 April 1994[2]
Area	3,000 km2 (1,158.3 sq mi)[3]
Mayor	Andrea Metcalf
Council seat	Bendigo
Region	Loddon Mallee
State electorate(s)	Bendigo East Bendigo West Euroa
Federal division(s)	Bendigo
Website	City of Greater Bendigo
LGAs around City of Greater Bendigo: Loddon Campaspe Campaspe Loddon City of Greater Bendigo Strathbogie Mount Alexander Mount Alexander Mitchell

The city is governed and administered by the Greater Bendigo City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Bendigo, it also has service centres located in Heathcote, Huntly, Marong and a couple of other locations within Bendigo. The city is named after the main urban settlement lying in the centre-west of the LGA, that is Bendigo, which is also the LGA's most populous urban area with a population of 99,122.[5]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.[6] The most recent election was held in October 2020.

The current council (elected in 2020) [7]

Ward	Party		Councillor	Notes
Eppalock		Independent	Margaret O'Rouke
		Independent	Gregory Penna
		Liberal	Matthew Evans	Deputy Mayor
Lockwood		Independent	Rod Fyffe
		Independent	Jennifer Alden
		Independent	Vaughan Williams
Whipstick		Independent	Andrea Metcalf	Mayor
		Independent	David Fagg
		Animal Justice Party[8]	Julie Sloan

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Bendigo Town Hall offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre on Lyttleton Terrace in Bendigo and its service centres in Heathcote, Huntly and Marong and also on Hopetoun Street and St Andrews Avenue in Bendigo.

See also

• List of localities (Victoria)

References

External links

• Greater Bendigo City Council official website
• Bendigo information and community site
• Metlink local public transport profile
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps

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[de] Greater Bendigo City

-36.75144.26666666667 Die City of Greater Bendigo ist ein lokales Verwaltungsgebiet (LGA) im australischen Bundesstaat Victoria um die Stadt Bendigo. Das Gebiet ist 2979 km² groß und hat etwa 110.000 Einwohner.

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