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  1. City in Victoria, Australia, about
  2. 120 km/75 mi NNW of Melbourne; population
  3. (1986) 62,400. Founded 1851 at the start of a
  4. gold rush, the town takes its name from the
  5. pugilist William Thompson (1811-89), known as
  6. `Bendigo'.
  7.