However, the Liberals decided to oppose him and nominated William Court Gully who had been an MP for only nine years and had been a relatively quiet presence.

Enfiladed on the left from Ottoman machine guns in Gully Ravine, they could neither advance nor withdraw and still had no sight of the Ottoman positions.

By 1867 the settlement was known variously as Tea Tree Gully or Steventon, but Steventon had dropped from common usage by 1900.

At the 2006 Census, Ferntree Gully had a population of 24, 724.

The protection of the Gully was both crucial and timely as the surrounding waters had witnessed considerable growth in oil and gas exploration and development.

At the 2011 Census, Smiths Gully had a population of 391.

Gabriel Read, an Australian prospector who had hunted gold in both California and Victoria, Australia, discovered gold in a creek bed at Gabriel's Gully, close to the banks of the Tuapeka River near Lawrence on 20 May 1861.

" The Jive Five had a hit called " Hully Gully Callin ' Time "; Ike & Tina Turner had a song in their repertoire known as " If You Can Hully Gully ( I Can Hully Gully Too ).

Speedway previously had competed on Epsom Showgrounds, Blanford Park on the old cycling track around the soccer field ( now under the Grafton Gully motorway ) and Olympic Park ( Saraway Park ) in Newmarket.

Gully was twice married and had twelve children by each wife.

He had no faith in the homeopathic medicines Gully gave him three times a day but took them obediently.

Later that year he wrote to Fox about the credulity of his " beloved Dr Gully " who when his daughter was ill, had her treated her with a clairvoyant girl to report on internal changes, a mesmerist to put her to sleep, John Chapman as homeopathist and himself as hydropathist, after which Gully's daughter recovered.

When Darwin's own young daughter Annie had persistent indigestion, he confidently took her to Gully on 24 March 1851 and after a week, left her there to take the cure but a fortnight later was recalled by Dr. Gully as Annie had bilious fever.

His condition was much as when Darwin had first seen Gully, and Dr. Lane later wrote, " I cannot recall any where the pain was as poignant as his.

Famous patients of Gully included Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Thomas Carlyle, Florence Nightingale, Lord Tennyson and Samuel Wilberforce.

Gully erosion occurs when runoff water accumulates, and then rapidly flows in narrow channels during or immediately after heavy rains or melting snow, removing soil to a considerable depth.

The 103 km² park was declared in 2004 when Otway National Park, Angahook-Lorne State Park, Carlisle State Park, Melba Gully State Park, areas of the Otway State Forest and a number of Crown Land reserves were combined into one park.

Chinamans Dam, with an initial capacity of over when it was in railway use, is situated at a very small place called Pitstone on Sawpit Gully.

In the years that followed dozens of gold towns-Day Dawn, Nannine, Peak Hill, Garden Gully, Dead Finish, Pinnicles, Austin Island and Austin Mainland-flourished only to be abandoned when the seams were exhausted and the gold fever moved on.

The division finally saw successful fighting at Helles during the Battle of Gully Ravine on 28 June when the 86th Brigade managed to advance along Gully Spur.

It was renamed Ferntree Gully South in 1967 when Ferntree Gully Lower office ( open since 1948 ) was renamed Ferntree Gully.

Ferntree Gully Road is a main route that residents take when travelling to Belgrave to have a ride on Puffing Billy.

The station was formerly one of the stations on the Upper Ferntree Gully – Gembrook narrow gauge line, one of the narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways until 1962 when the line as far as Belgrave was converted to Broad Gauge.

The station was formerly one of the stations on the Upper Ferntree Gully – Gembrook narrow gauge line, one of the narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways, until 1962 when the line as far as Belgrave was converted to Broad Gauge.

The station was formerly one of the stations on the Upper Ferntree Gully – Gembrook narrow gauge line — one of the narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways — until 1958 when the line as far as Belgrave was converted to Broad Gauge, reopening in 1962.

From the left when viewed from below the principal fissures are South East Gully, Central Gully and Cust's Gully ( see below ).

Timbergetting was the major source of employment and this industry received a considerable boost when the narrow-gauge railway from Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook was completed in 1900.

The government chose to retain control over portions of Waterfall Gully until 1884, when they agreed to place the land under the auspices of the City of Burnside.

The gully itself was discovered soon after the establishment of Adelaide, and Colonel William Light, the first Surveyor General of South Australia, was said to have " decided on the site for Adelaide when viewing the plains from the hills near Waterfall Gully ".

The club was renamed to Green Gully SC when it moved to its current home ground at Green Gully Reserve, in the West of Melbourne suburb of Keilor Downs.

The 1860s saw rapid commercial expansion after Gabriel Read discovered gold at Gabriel's Gully near Lawrence, and the Central Otago goldrush ensued.

Over the years Waterfall Gully has been extensively logged, and early agricultural interests saw the cultivation of a variety of introduced species as crops, along with the development of local market gardens and nurseries.

Places where 1 Provost Company saw action included: Campobasso, Torello, Motto Montecorvino, San Leonardo, The Gully, and Ortono in 1943 ; San Nicola, San Tomasso, Cassino II, the Gustav Line, the Liri Valley, the Hitler Line, and Got Lamone Crossing in 1944 ; and Misano Ridge, Rimimi Line, San Martino, San Lorenzo, and Fossa Vechio in 1945.

Their rollercoaster recent history however saw them relegated the next season, until they found themselves back in the VPL once more in 2005, and finishing runners up to Green Gully.

As the news of this goldfield in Gabriel's Gully spread, prospectors engaged in the area, and Janet opened up her home, cooked meals and tended to the miners, as they passed through.

After reading a pamphlet by Doctor James Wilson, who operated a hydropathic establishment with James Manby Gully at Malvern, he stayed there for " some nine or ten weeks ", after which he " continued the system some seven weeks longer under Doctor Weiss, at Petersham ", then again at " Doctor Schmidt's magnificent hydropathic establishment at Boppart " ( at the former Marienberg Convent at Boppard ), after developing a cold and fever upon his return home.

This was followed by ' The Wreck of the Derry Castle ' and then ' Golden Gully.

The label was distributed by Cameo-Parkway Records, which at the time was the hottest label for teenage dance crazes (" The Twist ", " Limbo Rock ", "( Do ) The Bird ", " Wah-Watusi ", " Mashed Potato Time ", " Gravy ( For My Mashed Potatoes )", " Hully Gully Baby ", " Bristol Stomp ", "( Do the ) New Continental ").

On a party-line vote Gully was chosen by 285 to 274.

The first major gold deposits in Otago were discovered around the Tuapeka River at Gabriel's Gully by Gabriel Read in 1861, and the following year large amounts of the precious metal were discovered close to the site of modern Cromwell.

On the west was Gully Ravine which was separated from the Aegean shore by Gully Spur.

of the Liberal Party of Australia and the State Lower House seat of Ferntree Gully which is held by Nick Wakeling, Nick Wakeling M. P.

Ferntree Gully, initially known as Fern Tree Gully ( and also formerly referred to as Lower Gully by locals decades ago ), home to the Wurundjeri Aboriginal tribe prior to European settlement, is named after the gully which runs from One Tree Hill to the Upper Ferntree Gully township.

W. Kennedy-Ross, a Scot, secured the title to the triangular section bounded by Ferntree Gully Road, Scoresby Road and Burwood Highway, in 1872.

The Wallaby Track Drive Tour visits various sites associated with Lawson including the old Eurundee Public School, the Henry Lawson memorial, the Budgee Budgee Inn, Sapling Gully, Golden Gully and the Albury Pub which was owned by Lawson's grandfather.

" by the heavy metal band Slough Feg which appeared on their 2007 album Hardworlder, the cover of which depicts Gully Foyle.

Ferny Creek is home to a popular attraction known as " The Thousand Steps "-a bushwalking track built by Australian Army Engineers that runs through the Ferntree Gully National Park and provides a fitness challenge to those who attempt it.

The Gully Creeper dance, for which Bryan created a song, was danced by Usain Bolt at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after winning the gold medal and breaking a world record in the 200 meter sprint.

Springvale is linked to Melbourne's CBD by Monash Freeway via the Ferntree Gully Road exit to the suburb's northwest.

The swampland with its dense growth of swamp tea-tree and other vegetation was covered for the most part by the waters from the Dandenong, Eumemmerring, and other smaller creeks, with a total catchment area of approximately 430 km², with the present townships of Langwarrin, Cranbourne, Berwick, Belgrave, Ferntree Gully, Olinda, Lilydale, Croydon and Ringwood forming its perimeter.

After the ascent of the eastern escarpment by the Main Western Railway was deviated for the second time in 1913 to its current route via Glenbrook Gorge, the Great Western Road was also deviated at this point for a second time in 1926 by the then Main Roads Board, which rerouted it via the disused 1867 stone arch railway viaduct across Knapsack Gully and around the southern side of Lapstone Hill to gain the first plateau in the ascent of the Blue Mountains.

Whilst the Green Gully Cavaliers are backed by the Maltese community.

The suburb of Glen Waverley is generally bounded by Dandenong Creek to the east, Ferntree Gully Road to the south, Blackburn Road to the west and Highbury Road to the north.