A postcard from Bendigo (Shane)
  • A postcard from Bendigo (Shane)
  • A postcard from Bendigo (Shane)
  • A postcard from Bendigo (Shane)

A postcard from Bendigo (Shane)

16 250Km

Date of dispatch : 2011-05-01

Country: Australia

Bendigo is one of the most significant Victorian era boomtowns in Australia. Gold was discovered in 1851 at The Rocks on Bendigo Creek and the Bendigo Valley was found to be a rich alluvial field where gold could easily be extracted. News of the finds intensified the Victorian gold rush bringing an influx of migrants to the city from around the world within a year and transforming it from a station to a major settlement in the newly proclaimed Colony of Victoria.