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Town in Victoria, Australia
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With just under a thousand residents, Dunolly, located in the Central Goldfields region of Victoria, is not a large town. However, the town was of significant importance during the Victorian Gold Rush and played host to its greatest discovery. Just under 15 km north-west of the town, in the village of Moliagul, the largest gold nugget in the world was discovered by Cornish prospectors in 1869. The Welcome Stranger gold nugget, as it came to be known, weighed more than 71 kg and measured 61 by 31 cm. Amazingly, it was located only 3 cm below the surface, and is a testament to the high amounts of gold present throughout the region.
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The town is about 2 and a half hours from Melbourne by road, heading north on the Calder Freeway and taking the left turn-off at Fogartys Gap Rd through Maldon.
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