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Welcome Stranger
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The Welcome Stranger was 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 Dunoll
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).
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
The text on the commemorative obelisk in pillared railings
The text on the commemorative obelisk in pillared railings
Miners and their wives posing with the finders of the nugget, Richard Oates, John Deason and his wife
Miners and their wives posing with the finders of the nugget, Richard Oates, John Deason and his wife
Statue in Redruth, Cornwall, England, celebrating the find.
Statue in Redruth, Cornwall, England, celebrating the find.
Welcome Nugget
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The Welcome Nugget was a large gold nugget, weighing 2,217 troy ounces 16 pennyweight., that was discovered by a group of twenty-two Cornish miners at the Red Hill Mining Company site at Bakery Hill i
The "Welcome Nugget" replica at the Harvard Mineralogical Museum, USA.
The "Welcome Nugget" replica at the Harvard Mineralogical Museum, USA.
Replica of Welcome Nugget at Museums Victoria
Replica of Welcome Nugget at Museums Victoria