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Australia’s Largest Nuggets

Name Weight (ounces) Year State Place Finder
1 The Welcome Stranger 2316 1869, Feb 5

VIC Bulldog Gully, Moliagul John Deason & Richard Oates
2 The Welcome 2218 1858, June 15 VIC Bakery Hill, Ballarat Red Hill Mining Co
3 The Blanche Barkly 1743 1857 VIC Kingower Unknown
4 The Precious 1717 1871 VIC Catto’s Paddock, Berlin Ah Chang & party
5 The Canadian 1619 1853, 31 Jan VIC Canadian Gully, Ballarat John and Daniel Evans &
William Poulton Green
6 Unnamed 1286 1858 NSW Burrandong, near Orange Unknown
7 The Lady Hotham 1177 1854, 8 Sept VIC Dalton’s Flat, Ballarat Unknown
8 The Sarah Sands 1177 1853, 20 Jan VIC Canadian Gully, Ballarat Unknown
9 The Golden Eagle 1,136 1931, Aug WA Larkinville 16 year old Jim (or Jack) Larcombe
10 Viscount Canterbury 1114 1870 VIC John’s Paddock, Kangederaar Schlossman & Davis
11 Unnamed 1034 1855 VIC Blackman’s Lead, Maryborough Unknown
12 Unnamed

1011 1854, 18 June VIC Canadian Gully, Ballarat Koh I Noor
13 The Heron 1008 1855 VIC Mt Alexander Goldfield,
Fryerstown		 group of unnamed miners
14 The Curtis 906 1867, 30 Dec QLD Gympie Alex Meyer
15 Hand of Faith 845 1980, 26 Sept VIC Kingower, behind the State School (with MD) Kevin Hillier (with MD)
16 Unnamed 850 1894 WA Londonderry Unknown
17 The Normandy 819 1995 WA Kalgoorlie Unknown
18 Unnamed 800 1894 WA Coolgardie Unknown
19 Unnamed 804 QLD Gympie Unknown
20 The Ausrox 748 2010 WA Eastern Goldfields (with MD) Ausrox Gold client (with MD)
21 The Latrobe 717 1853 VIC Mount Ivor
22 Lady Loch 617 1887, 23 Aug VIC Sulky Gully, Ascot Midas Mining Company
23 The Schlemm 538 1872, 11 Nov VIC Dunolly at "The Shoots", near Wilson’s Lead Henry Davey
24 Evening Star 520 Unknown WA Unknown Unknown
25 The Maitland Bar 350 1887 NSW near Hargraves Unnamed
26 Bobby Dazzler 413 Unknown WA Klondyke area, SE Marble Bar Unknown
27 Unnamed 400 1860 NSW Snowy River, Kiandra Unnamed
28 The Little Hero 338 1890 WA Coongan River, Pilbara Unknown
29 General Gordon 332 Unknown WA Klondyke area, SE Marble Bar Unknown
30 Unnamed 317 1995 VIC near Inglewood 2 prospectors
31 Pride of Australia 256 1981, June VIC Mosquito Gully, near Wedderburn (with MD) Unnamed finder (with MD); bought
by the State Bank of VIC
32 The Little Jack 252 1907, 4th Feb

VIC Poseidon Lead, Tarnagulla Jackson and Hughes
33 Unnamed 243 1883, 23 Jan TAS Golden Ridge, 1km west of Long
Plains, near Savage River		 J. McGinty, D. Neil, and T.
Richards
34 Golden Aussie 200 Unknown WA Unknown Unknown
35 Unnamed 158 2003 VIC central goldfields Unnamed
36 The Spondulix 155 1872, Nov VIC Eureka Gully, Jordan’s gold
field, between Berlin and Wehla		 Wilton and party
37 Unnamed 143 1883 TAS Rocky River Unknown
38 Golden Camel 124.6 2010 WA Widgiemootha (with MD) Ausrox Gold client (with MD)
39 Slugget 110 2006, 16 Dec VIC Maryborough Unnamed
40 Unnamed 102 1873, 3 Nov VIC Timor, near Maryborough John Hawkins
41 Unnamed 102 2009 WA Coolgardie area (with MD) Ausrox Gold client (with MD)
42 Unnamed 100 1893, 17 June WA Kalgoorlie Flanagan, Hannan & Shea