There is a town in Victoria, Australia called "Bendigo", formerly "Bendigo's Creek". Bendigo's Creek was named after "Bendigo's Hut", the hut of a shepherd with the nickname of "Bendigo" who had resided at the creek during the 1840s. The shepherd was nicknamed after the Nottingham bare-knuckled boxing prize-fighter William Abednego Thompson, generally known as "Bendigo Thompson".
― Anonymous User 6/4/2014
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Nicknames: Abedne, Ben, Bene, Bengo, Bednego, or Nego.