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Bendigo Art Gallery

Established in 1887, Bendigo Art Gallery is the largest regional gallery in Australia, presenting a dynamic temporary exhibition program alongside highlights from its extensive permanent collection. The Gallery has experienced monumental changes in recent decades, with major redevelopments providing generous contemporary spaces for exhibitions of national and international significance, and an array of balanced and inclusive public programs, events and educational opportunities for visitors of all ages.

The city of Bendigo is firmly positioned within Australian history as a major area of gold mining activity during the early 1850s. It was due in no small part to this period of wealth and prosperity that the Gallery was founded, encouraged by a groundswell of public

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