Sailors Gully

Sailors Gully is a suburb of the regional city of Bendigo in north central Victoria, 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 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 was officially opened on 1 July 1874.