White Hills is a suburb of the city 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, makin ...

in central

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. It is located four kilometres immediately north-east of the city centre between

North Bendigo North Bendigo is a suburb of the city of Bendigo in central Victoria, Australia. North Bendigo is 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 t ...

and

East Bendigo East Bendigo is an suburb of the regional city of Bendigo in north central Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British ...

. "The White Hills" were named for the colour of the clay exposed by gold miners at that part of the Bendigo diggings in the 1850s. The

Bendigo Creek Bendigo Creek is a seasonal stream, or creek, in North Central Victoria, Australia. The city of Bendigo is named for the creek and valley in which it was founded in 1851. Gold was officially discovered on Bendigo Creek in late October 1851, transf ...

, the site of the area's first gold find, runs through White Hills. At the , White Hills had a population of 3,275.

Facilities

White Hills Post Office opened on 21 August 1857 during the gold rush. The Bendigo Jockey Club, a horse racing club, is based at the Bendigo racecourse in White Hills and the Bendigo Cup is run there in mid-November. White Hills is the home of the White Hills Cricket Club; there is also a public swimming pool.

Weeroona College Bendigo Weeroona College Bendigo is an Australian co-educational secondary school, catering for students in years 7 to 10, located in White Hills, a suburb of Bendigo, Victoria. The school was formed in 1999 with the merger of White Hills Secondary Col ...

, formerly known as White Hills Technical School, is a co-educational secondary college catering for students in years 7 to 10, is located in the suburb. The

Bendigo Botanic Gardens The Bendigo Botanic Gardens, formerly known as the White Hills Botanical Garden, are Australian botanic gardens in the Bendigo suburb of White Hills, Victoria. The gardens are one of regional Victoria's earliest botanic gardens. The Bendigo Bot ...

, formerly known as the White Hills Botanical Gardens, are located in the area.

Notable people

Alfred Hampson Alfred John Hampson (15 September 1864 – 19 May 1924) was an Australian politician. Born in White Hills, a suburb of Bendigo, Victoria, Hampson received a primary education before becoming a eucalyptus and soap manufacturer. In 1911, he was ...

(1864–1924)

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MLA for

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, ...

and MHR for

was born in White Hills * Thomas Flanagan (1832-1899), who found the first gold in Kalgoorlie in 1893 with his companions

Paddy Hannan Patrick Hannan (baptised 26 April 1840 – 4 November 1925) was a gold prospector whose lucrative discovery on 14 June 1893 set off a major gold rush in the area now known as Kalgoorlie-Boulder in Western Australia. The resulting goldfield has ...

and Daniel Shea, is buried in the White Hills cemetery *

Michael John Flannigan Michael John Flannigan (13 August 1862 – 21 April 1901) was the first District Surveyor of King Island (Tasmania), Australia. His work was singled out for praise by the Surveyor-General, Albert Edward Counsel, at a time when professional stand ...

(1862-1901), nephew of Thomas Flanigan (above), after whom King Island's Lake Flannigan is named

References

External links

City of Greater Bendigo

White Hills Botanical Gardens

White Hills Public Cemetery

Gallery

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