City of Greater Bendigo
<h2 data-block-key="yx4wv">About the City of Greater Bendigo</h2><p data-block-key="c2lq2"><b>The City of Greater Bendigo is Victoria's third-largest urban economy and a magnificent regional service centre, strategically located just 150 kilometres north-west of the Melbourne CBD, connected by high-speed rail and freeway.</b></p><p data-block-key="etehv">Bendigo is defined by the extraordinary wealth of the 1850s Gold Rush, which left a stunning legacy of preserved Victorian-era architecture, grand streetscapes, and cultural institutions like the Bendigo Art Gallery, blending this heritage with a modern focus on health care, education (La Trobe University), and finance (home to the Bendigo Bank headquarters). Today, it offers a vibrant, sophisticated regional lifestyle with a burgeoning food and wine scene (recognised as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy) and is surrounded by vast parklands and nature reserves.</p><p data-block-key="f4i7t">The Traditional Owners and true sovereigns of the land now known as Greater Bendigo are the Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Peoples of the Kulin Nation.</p><p data-block-key="5pqu2">The City of Greater Bendigo is the local council for the municipality; visit the Greater Bendigo City Council website to learn more about the latest news, extensive community services, and its commitment to fostering the region's strong economic and cultural life.</p><p data-block-key="2f4p9"><b>Ready to discover what each unique area in the City of Greater Bendigo has to offer? Explore our suburb and town profiles below to learn more about each locality, including median prices for sale and rent.</b></p>