Mandurang, is a locality in the
City of Greater Bendigo
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 and, in June 2021, had a population of 123,632. It includes the city of Bendigo and the towns of Axeda ...
, in the
Australian state of
Victoria
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* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
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. It grew and developed as a goldfield settlement and logging locality, though today mostly consists of small farms and wineries. Mandurang Primary School was opened in 1877 and closed in 1994. The name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning black cicada.
It is south of
Bendigo
Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital.
As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, maki ...
and is reputed by the
government mapping agency, to be the
geographic centre of
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seyche ...
at 36° 51' 15"
S, 144° 16' 52"
E. Mandurang is adjacent to the
Greater Bendigo National Park and was in the Victorian
Electorate
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* The people who are eligible to vote in an election, especially their number e.g. the term ''size of (the) electorate''
* The dominion of a Prince-elector in the Holy Roman Empire until 1806
* An electoral district
An ...
of
Sandhurst, now known as
Bendigo East
Bendigo East is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It covers an area of covering the part of the city of Bendigo east of the Yungera railway line and surrounding rural areas to the north, ...
.
References
Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Bendigo
Suburbs of Bendigo
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