On This Day February 5

The "Welcome Stranger" was the name given to the largest gold nugget ever found in the world with a calculated refined weight of 2,315 oz (72kg). It was discovered by John Deason and Richard Oates at Moliagul, Victoria, Australia on February 5, 1869 about 9 miles north-west of Dunolly. The nugget was found only three centimeters below the surface, near a root of a tree on a slope leading to what was then known as Bulldog Gully.

A wood engraving of the Welcome Stranger published in The Illustrated Australian News 

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