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Welcome Stranger is the name of the largest alluvial gold nugget ever discovered. It was unearthed by Cornish miners John Deason and Richard Oates on 5 February 1869 in Moliagul , 9 miles north-west of Dunolly in Victoria, Australia .
In July 1855, gold was found at Little Hill and a second gold rush occurred in the Moliagul area. In 1855 it is estimated there were 16,000 people living in the immediate area during the peak of the Victorian gold rush period. In 1856 the Mount Moliagul Hotel was opened. [4] Moliagul Post Office opened on 15 November 1858 and closed in 1971. [5]
The Hand of Faith is the world's largest gold nugget found by using a metal detector. A wood engraving of the Welcome Stranger published in The Illustrated Australian News for Home Reader on 1 March 1869. The scale bar across the bottom represents 12 inches (30 cm). Gold nuggets of various sizes have been found throughout the world.
A treasure hunter struggling with faulty equipment has unearthed a gold nugget believed to be the largest ever found in England. Man finds ‘England’s largest’ gold nugget, despite metal ...
A massive gold nugget was reported stolen Thursday from the Long Beach Convention Center, prompting an offer of a $10,000 reward. Bob Campbell, the owner of a coin shop in Salt Lake City, said he ...
1869 – The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia. [ 11 ] 1885 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
The Welcome Stranger is sometimes confused with the similarly named Welcome Nugget, which was found in June 1858 at Bakery Hill, Ballarat, Australia by the Red Hill Mining Company. The Welcome weighed 2,218 troy ounces (69.0 kg; 152.1 lb). It was melted down in London in November 1859. [8]
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