| 1836 |
The explorer Major Thomas Mitchell passes through
the region. |
| 1851 |
Mrs John Kennedy and Mrs Patrick Farrell find gold at ‘The
Rocks’, now) Golden Square. |
| 1853 |
Red Ribbon agitation of the miners against the amount of
the License fee. |
| 1854 |
Township survey and first Sandhurst land sales. First crushing
battery set up. |
| 1857 |
Connection by telegraph to Melbourne. |
| 1858 |
Joseph Brady designs eight reservoirs along the Bendigo
Valley for the Bendigo Waterworks Co. |
| 1859 |
George Avery Fletcher designs Town Hall. |
| 1860 |
Bendigonians travel to Barnadown to farewell Burke and Wills
Expedition. |
| 1862 |
Melbourne to Sandhurst Railway opened. |
| 1871 |
Sandhurst proclaimed a City. First Bendigo Easter Fair. |
| 1877 |
Coliban River water finally comes to Bendigo. |
| 1881 |
Alexandra Fountain opened by the Princes Albert and George. |
| 1887 |
Bendigo Art Gallery established. A destructive fire in the
Chinese Camp. |
| 1890 |
First trams commence operation. |
| 1891 |
Name changed from Sandhurst back to Bendigo after a poll
by ratepayers. |
| 1896 |
Law Courts in Pall Mall opened. Sacred Heart Cathedral construction
begins. |
| 1904 |
Mechanics’ Institute and School of Mines amalgamated. |
| 1910 |
Scheme for the sewering of the central portion of city proposed. |
| 1917 |
Gold yield and dividend the lowest in Bendigo’s history. |
| 1926 |
Teachers’ Training College opened. |
| 1931 |
Lookout Tower in Rosalind Park opened. |
| 1936 |
Mining at Golden Gully, scene of the first gold rush in
Bendigo, ceases. |
| 1941 |
Announcement of Ordnance Factory to be built in Bendigo. |
| 1949 |
Bendigo’s first municipal library established. |
| 1950 |
The Northern District School of Nursing, the first of its
kind, opens in Bendigo. |
| 1954 |
Announcement: “not one mine working”. |
| 1964 |
Eppalock Dam opened. |
| 1969 |
New dragon bought by the Loong 100 committee. |
| 1970 |
Flora Hill campus of the Bendigo Institute of Technology
opens. |
| 1971 |
Central Deborah Gold Mine opened to the general public. |
| 1972 |
Public tramway system closes. Talking Tram tours commence
in December. |
| 1977 |
Sacred Heart Cathedral completed. |
| 1981 |
Shamrock Hotel re-opened. |
| 1984 |
Bendigo Library complex opened. |
| 1987 |
Killian’s Walk arcade destroyed by fire. |
| 1991 |
Capital Theatre re-opened after restoration.
Golden Dragon Museum opens. |
| 1994 |
City of Greater Bendigo formed by amalgamation with surrounding
councils. |
| 1997 |
Bendigo Mining NL announces 12 million ounce gold resource
potential beneath central Bendigo. |
| 2001 |
Sesquicentenary celebration of discovery of gold and establishment
of Bendigo. |
| 2003 |
Bendigo Hospital and Bendigo Advertiser celebrate 150 years
in the community. |
