Found in either 1857 or 1858 by Nicholas McAvoy and Walter Palmer, in the Rheola locality in Victoria. It was melted down but a replica forms part of the Mineralogy Collections at Museums Victoria. Found by Chinese prospector Loo Ching in April 1871 at Catto’s Paddock, Berlin (now Rheola), in Victoria. America's third largest true gold nugget found at Magalia, California in 1859, and is variously known as the Dogtown, Willard or Magalia nugget. The fifth biggest nugget found during Brazil's Serra Pelada Gold Rush in the early 1980s, is on display at the Banco Central Museum in Brazil.ĭogtown Nugget: 711oz. Found in August 1887 at Sulky Gully, in Ballarat, Victoria by the Midas Mining Company, and named in honour of the then-Governor of Victoria's wife.Ĭanaã 5 Nugget: 646oz.
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