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The railway has a line running west to Kerang and until 1958 was also the junction for the line from Heathcote to Bendigo.<\/p>\n
The railway junction made it a convenient transport point for livestock shipped to the Bendigo saleyards in Charleston Street.<\/p>\n
The saleyards had an adjacent council abattoir and the Victorian Co-op meat freezing works (1922) in Strickland Street.<\/p>\n
There were other industrial activities like the Charleston Street sawmill, the Bendigo flourmill (1912), a hardware supplies yard and a council road-making depot.<\/p>\n
There was also the Newmarket hotel at the Nolan Street corner and the Fleece Inn at the Lloyd Street corner.<\/p>\n
The increased population led to a primary school opening in Strickland Road in 1916.<\/p>\n
After World War I a progress association was formed which helped to get a swimming pool built in 1931, made of red gum sides and a sand base, near the saleyards.<\/p>\n
After World War II the East Bendigo bowling club (1946) opened next door.<\/p>\n
All the major industrial activities have departed, the saleyards were relocated to Maiden Gully, west of Bendigo, the abattoirs closed in the 1970s; the railway workshops, which employed over 400 workers making and repairing locomotives and rolling stock in the 1980s, were downsized in the 1990s and strangled into closure in 2002.<\/p>\n
CoreLogic data indicates that the predominant age group in East Bendigo is 20-29 years with households in East Bendigo being primarily childless couples and are likely to be repaying $1000 – $1399 per month on mortgages. In general, people in East Bendigo work in a professional occupation.<\/p>\n
In 2011, 64.1 per cent of the homes in East Bendigo were owner-occupied compared with 61.2 per cent in 2016.<\/p>\n
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