Ben'digo, a county of the Loddon district, Victoria, has the river Loddon on its W. boundary, and the Campaspe on the E. Area, 1949 sq. m.; pop. 52,756. The chief town, Bendigo, formerly known as Sandhurst (q.v.), is often reputed as only second in importance to the capital of the colony. Near it rich alluvial deposits of gold were discovered in 1851; now quartz-mining operations in the district employ about 6000 persons. The county is traversed by the main line of railway between Melbourne and Echuca.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 70
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