During the Australian gold rush, the world’s largest nugget was found by miners originating from the UK. On 5 February 1869, ...

When Cornish miners John Deason and Richard Oates unearthed the Welcome Stranger nugget at Moliagul ... the locality in which the largest nugget of gold was found, has been taken away by Moliagul ...

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even though the gold rush has been long gone, people still happen to find nuggets. We tell you the story about the biggest nugget ever found in Australia and his lucky founder.

More than 99 ounces (nearly 3kg) of gold to be precise - the single largest nugget ever to be mined in New Zealand. And then the Royal family lost it. What became known as the ‘Roddy Nugget ...