World Youth Day ~ overseas pilgrims
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Wilkommen!
This page contains info & links to help overseas pilgrims get an idea of our country. More info will come in, so bookmark the site, and come back soon.
Bendigo
Bendigo is a city of about 90,000 people in central Victoria, a state in the southeast corner of Australia. The town grew very rapidly in the 1800s, around one of the world's richest gold fields. Today the city has industries in light manufacturing, agriculture, mining, education and health. The wealth of the gold fields has left many beautiful buildings and tree-lined streets. In addition, there are many cultural and sporting events.
Google map of central Bendigo (opens in a new tab/window)
Download a booklet of Bendigo (very large pdf - 3Mb, opens in a new tab/window)
The Cross in Bendigo: watch a movie of the event:
The Cross crosses the Murray River: watch a movie of the event:
Bendigo's name comes from a famous boxer from the 1800s (true!). Officials tried to rename it Sandhurst, which is why we are in the diocese of Sandhurst. But now it is only called Bendigo.
Wikipedia entry on Bendigo
The Catholic Church in Bendigo has a strong connection to Paderborn. The Reverend George Henry Backhaus came from Paderborn, and did a lot to establish the church here, and can take much of the credit for our beautiful cathedral.
Bendigo and Victoria Links
Sandhurst Youth Ministry (Bendigo connection to WYD)
Bendigo Tourism
City of Greater Bendigo (local government)
Bendigo Backstage (Arts web site)
Bendigo Advertiser (local newspaper)
Sydney
Sydney is the largest city of Australia, and the capital of the state of New South Wales (the federal capital is Canberra).
World Youth Day site www.wyd2008.org
Sydney Tourism
