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Bendigo community responds to city's anti-mosque image

DAVID MARK: The regional Victorian city of Bendigo is fighting back against opposition to its plans to build the community's first mosque. There were ugly scenes last month when protestors clashed with supporters of the mosque. Opponents failed in a ... >> view original

Bendigo tartan gets Scots nod

PURE GOLD: The blue and white are taken from Victoria's state colours and represent the water and skies and the mullock heaps from Bendigo's goldmining days, the reds are symbolic of the earth and the sun, while the green demonstrates Bendigo's ... >> view original

North Bendigo's family ties

NORTH Bendigo stalwart Keith Robertson will be a proud onlooker on Saturday as four of his grandsons strive to win the Bulldogs their first premiership for 38 years. The Bulldogs will battle Leitchville-Gunbower in the Heathcote District Football ... >> view original

History Lives: Seniors

After the launch will be short special tours, one along the Hustlers' Line, led by Bendigo Historical Society Committee member, Norm Harris, and leaving from the steps of the Visitor Information Centre, Pall Mall at 11 a.m. This will take in the sites ... >> view original

Bendigo man fights to save family's connection to Avenue of Honour while RSL ...

A Bendigo man's family connection to Victoria's First Avenue of Honour is the inspiration for his fight to save the historic trees despite council and Bendigo District RSL being united in their decision to not protect the trees from redevelopment ... >> view original

On the go | Thursday, September 10

Bendigo mosque appeal filed incorrectly: The Supreme Court rejected documents filed by objectors to Bendigo's first mosque on Friday after they did not comply with Court of Appeal procedure. More here. Special school under scrutiny: A Bendigo school is ... >> view original

On the go Bendigo | Thursday, September 10, 2015

Central Victoria opens door to refugees: Bendigo human rights activists have welcomed the federal government's decision to permanently resettle 12,000 refugees from Syria in Australia. More here. Bendigo mosque appeal filed incorrectly: The Supreme ... >> view original

Castlemaine v Bendigo in the battle for the Chiko Roll

The crowd favourite Chiko Roll is causing deep rumblings in Castlemaine – and it has nothing to do with hungry stomachs. It is the noise of a growing discontent at having missed out as being acknowledged as the home of the iconic snack. >> view original

Search for missing Strathdale woman

Police are appealing for information to help locate a woman who went missing in Strathdale on Monday. She is 165cm tall, with a solid build, an olive complexion and dark frizzy brown hair. When last seen she was wearing a school uniform and carrying a ... >> view original

New Zealand study identifies ant pest as new threat to world's honey bees

WELLINGTON, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- One of the world's most invasive ant species could be accelerating the global decline of honey bees -- and carrying a previously unknown virus that could lead to its own demise, according to a New Zealand research out ... >> view original