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gully-rakernoun Australian / NZ historical1A person who steals unbranded livestock: with heifers at that price, it was worthwhile to be a gully-raker...- A gully raker had been rounding up 20 to 30 stray cows with their calves.
- It was these early gully rakers who set the mark of what a stockman must aspire to.
- A cattle duffer or cattle shaker or gully-raker steals cattle, just as a rustler does, but in a significantly different cultural context.
2A person who searches for surface gold: many were simply gully-rakers, prepared just to scratch out enough gold to maintain the barest of livings...- I am a late-comer into this field, a gully-raker in the historical detritus of a rich lode of stories.
- The "tin-scratcher" or "gully-raker" is the man who works up on the surface.
- On all goldfields the hatter, the fossicker and the gully raker were a feature.
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