White Hills is a suburb of the City of Bendigo in central Victoria, Australia. It is located 4 kilometres north-west of the city centre. Its name came about from the colour of the clay which was exposed by gold miners at that part of the Bendigo diggings. The Bendigo Creek, the site of the first gold find, runs upstream through White Hills. At the, White Hills had a population of 3,275.
White Hills is home of the White Hills Cricket Club; there is a public swimming pool. Weeroona College Bendigo, a co-educational secondary college catering for students in years 7 to 10, is located in the suburb. The White Hills Cemetery was officially opened in 1854, but had been in use well before that. The Bendigo WSweb site notes that
The White Hills Public Cemetery is regarded as significant because it is a substantially intact example of a mid nineteenth century gold-fields cemetery. The cemetery lies in a picturesque setting of curved pathways and has a number of significant and rare plantings."
Notable people
LaborMLA for Bendigo East and MHR for Bendigo was born in White Hills. Thomas Flanagan who found the first gold in Kalgoorlie in 1893, with his companions Paddy Hannan and Daniel Shea, is buried in the White Hills cemetery. So is his nephew, Michael John Flannigan, after whom King Island's Lake Flannigan is named. William Kain from Mortlake Victoria, of the White Hills Football and Netball Club, kicked 6 goals in three forward line quarters of Australian rules football in the Heathcote District Football Netball league grand final in 2019. He also completed his accolades by earning best on ground that day. "Toad" as he is known to his friends, is also a part of the real faithful.
Gallery
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