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German Gully

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Etymology

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German+gully. From being a gully being worked by German-speakers. The naming date from the Victoria Gold Rush, when an influx of non-British immigrants resulted in communities that worked gullies to find gold, where those gullies were named after those ethnicities.

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German Gully

  1. A gully in Victoria, Australia; Any of several such gullies which were worked as goldfields during the Gold Rush.