Sailors Gully is a suburb of the regional city of
Bendigo
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in north central
Victoria
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, Australia, north west of the Bendigo city centre. At the , Sailors Gully had a population of 743.
History
Gold was first discovered in Sailors Gully in 1852, allegedly by a sailor or group of sailors who had abandoned their ships and headed to the goldfields.
On 13 August 1855, a
Church of England
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school was opened in Sailors Gully by Hugh Morrow.
The following year, another building was built, serving as a church and a school.
This second school (No. 570) was officially opened on 1 July 1874.
References
Towns in Victoria (state)
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