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	Eaglehawk Ward Profile Eaglehawk Cultural & Heritage Precinct WARD COUNCILLOR – Cr. Peter Cox SIZE OF WARD: 38.8 (km2) LOCALITIES WITHIN WARD: Eaglehawk, Eaglehawk North, Sailors Gully, California Gully and Long Gully HOUSING STYLES: Eaglehawk Ward has some of the finest heritage homes and buildings to be found in Greater Bendigo. It has a range of housing from all eras starting with the miners cottages to grand mine manager houses, Victorian and Federation homes, Californian bungalows, 1940 – 1960’s cream brick houses, to new contemporary style homes, town houses and units. HISTORIC FEATURES AND INTERESTING LANDMARKS: Brassey Square precinct which takes in the Eaglehawk Town Hall, former Post Office, Mechanics Institute and former Court House. Canterbury Park, Eaglehawk Fire Station, RSL Hall, Eaglehawk Railway Station, MUIOOF Hall, Caradon House, Historic shopping precinct, Hotels, Churches, Halls, California Gully Mechanics Institute, Eaglehawk Cemetery & Crematorium and the Eaglehawk Landfill & Recycling Centre. RECREATION, SPORTING, COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL FACILITIES: Canterbury Park Oval, Canterbury Park Gardens, Bowling & Croquet facilities, Bendigo Leisure Centre YMCA which incorporates an Indoor Heated Pool, Roy Bateson Tennis complex, Albert Roy Reserve (Baseball), Badminton & Table Tennis Stadium, BMX Track, Neangar Park Golf Club, Eaglehawk Golf Club, Neangar Pony Reserve, California Gully Oval, Truscott Reserve (Soccer), Long Gully Reserve. Eaglehawk Band Room, Senior Citizens Rooms, Masonic Lodge Hall. Community Health Centre & Day Hospital – Eaglehawk, St Laurence Court Aged Care facility, Dahlia & Arts Festival held in March each year. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FEATURES: Whipstick Regional Park, Lake Neangar, Lake Tom Thumb, Jobs Gully Bushland Reserve, California Gully Creek, Mulga Bill Bicycle Trail, Sparrowhawk Gully Bushland Reserve, Long Gully Forestry Project, Long Gully Creek EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES: Eaglehawk Secondary College, Eaglehawk Primary School, Eaglehawk North Primary School, California Gully Primary School, St. Liborius Primary School,Comet Hill Primary School SIGNFICANT INDUSTRIES: Food Manufacturing (Tip Top Bakery) Long Gully Industrial Estate Landfill and Recovery Yard Eaglehawk Enterprise Park Manufacturing Baldock Court Industrial precinct Retailing RETAIL AREAS: Eaglehawk CBD   Links Download Files Heritage Trade & Services Directory External Web Links Bendigo Heritage Heritage Victoria National Trust - Victoria Burra Charter
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Date Printed: 23/11/2009 © City of Greater Bendigo  2009 Source: http://www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/
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