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| | Bendigo, Victoria |
 | | The area was originally known as Bendigo's Creek, named for an employee on a local property who was nicknamed "Bendigo" after the famous English prize fighter William Thompson (boxer)William "Bendigo" Thompson. |
 | | Bendigo Bank is Bendigo-based (perhaps based on the wealth accumulated in the early 20th century) is now a large "second-tier" bank with branches throughout Victoria, Tasmania and elsewhere including New South WalesNSW. |
 | | Despite the relative lack of industry Bendigo is growing rapidly, probably partly at the expense of small surrounding rural towns (such as Elmore, VictoriaElmore, Rochester, VictoriaRochester, Inglewood, VictoriaInglewood, Dunolly, VictoriaDunolly) which are in steep decline. |
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