Welcome Stranger
by Joan-Violet Stretch
Title
Welcome Stranger
Artist
Joan-Violet Stretch
Medium
Photograph - Photography/design
Description
Welcome Stranger the name of a very large gold nugget. This nugget is the largest known to date in Victoria and was found on the 5th of February 1869, approximately 15 kilometres to the northwest of Dunolly, near a mining town called Moliagul. The finder, John Deason, and a companion Richard Oates located the nugget 3 centimetres below the surface within the roots of a stringybark tree. The nugget weighed 2316 troy ounces* (about 72 kg) and at the time of discovery was the largest known gold nugget in the world, measuring 60 by 45 by 19 centimetres. The site of discovery is marked by a stone monument. The nugget fetched £10.000 in those days worth about $4 million today. My own photo of a replica of this nugget in a museum of gems near Fort William in Scotland. Can be used as a lucky welcome card or poster to welcome someone to your home, or an icon of Australian history to bring prosperity to your home. I created and designed this picture of old discovered treasure, an inspiration with added showers of gold
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March 28th, 2016
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