Where was the Welcome Stranger nugget found?

Answer 1

The Welcome Stranger gold nugget was discovered at the Australian town of Moliagul, Victoria, in February 1869. Moliagul is about halfway between Maryborough and St Arnaud in western Victoria.

Answer 2

No. It was the Welcome Nugget that was found in Ballarat. The "Welcome Stranger" was the name given to the largest gold nugget ever found and recorded. It measured 61 cm by 31 cm and was discovered by John Deason and Richard Oates at Moliagul, western Victoria, Australia on 5 February 1869 about 9 miles north-west of Dunolly and half-way between Maryborough and St Arnaud. It was found only 5cm below the surface on a slope leading to what was then known as Bulldog Gully and it weighed 2316 troy ounces or 72.04 kg.

Answer 3

The "Welcome Stranger" was the name given to a largest gold nugget ever found and recorded. Found at Moliagul, western Victoria in 1869, it measured 61 cm by 31 cm and weighed 2316 troy ounces or 72.04 kg. The finders were paid £19,068.

However, larger than this is the Beyers and Holtermann nugget, the largest single piece of reef gold ever discovered in the world. The Beyers and Holtermann nugget was, strictly speaking, not a nugget, but what is called a matrix. Weighing in around 286 kilograms(about 630 pounds), it measured 150cm by 66cm, and was worth at least £12,000 at the time it was discovered, in October 1872.