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and Robert & James Ambrose. It was, at the time, the largest gold nugget ever discovered and remains the third-largest discovered. The nugget measured 2'4" (71 cm) long, 10" (25 cm) wide and varied from 1" to 2" (2.5 – 5 cm) in thickness and was valued at between £8,000 and £10,000
24:, named for the daughter of the governor of the colony at the time. Weighing 1743 oz (49.4 kg), it was discovered on August 27, 1857 at a depth of 13 feet (3.96 m) by 200: 91: 195: 190: 25: 121: 185: 205: 99: 42: 180: 151: 30: 21: 29:
at the time of its discovery. Sam Napier reported that it was taken to England and displayed at
34: 174: 65: 146: 33:, that the British Museum made a replica, and that it was ultimately bought by the 41:(equivalent to £1,659,607 in 2023) and melted down to make around 10000 8: 54: 92:"The Biggest Gold Nugget in the World" 70:Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal 60: 58: 7: 96:Technology Industry of Gold Mining 14: 201:History of Australia (1851–1900) 155:. November 12, 1902. p. 3 1: 196:History of Victoria (state) 26:Samuel & Charles Napier 20:was a gold nugget found in 222: 191:Mining in Victoria (state) 122:"Blanche Barkly Nugget" 66:"Blanche Barkly Nugget" 186:Australian gold rushes 147:"A GOLD FINDERS END" 102:on November 7, 2017 72:. September 8, 1858 126:Monument Australia 31:The Crystal Palace 22:Kingower, Victoria 206:1857 in Australia 213: 165: 164: 162: 160: 143: 137: 136: 134: 132: 118: 112: 111: 109: 107: 98:. Archived from 88: 82: 81: 79: 77: 62: 40: 221: 220: 216: 215: 214: 212: 211: 210: 171: 170: 169: 168: 158: 156: 145: 144: 140: 130: 128: 120: 119: 115: 105: 103: 90: 89: 85: 75: 73: 64: 63: 56: 51: 38: 35:Bank of England 12: 11: 5: 219: 217: 209: 208: 203: 198: 193: 188: 183: 173: 172: 167: 166: 138: 113: 83: 53: 52: 50: 47: 18:Blanche Barkly 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 218: 207: 204: 202: 199: 197: 194: 192: 189: 187: 184: 182: 179: 178: 176: 154: 153: 148: 142: 139: 127: 123: 117: 114: 101: 97: 93: 87: 84: 71: 67: 61: 59: 55: 48: 46: 44: 36: 32: 27: 23: 19: 181:Gold nuggets 157:. Retrieved 150: 141: 129:. Retrieved 125: 116: 104:. Retrieved 100:the original 95: 86: 74:. Retrieved 69: 17: 15: 159:November 5, 152:The Mercury 131:November 2, 106:November 2, 76:November 2, 37:for around 175:Categories 49:References 43:sovereigns 39:£12,000 161:2017 133:2017 108:2017 78:2017 16:The 177:: 149:. 124:. 94:. 68:. 57:^ 45:. 163:. 135:. 110:. 80:.

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Kingower, Victoria
Samuel & Charles Napier
The Crystal Palace
Bank of England
sovereigns


"Blanche Barkly Nugget"
"The Biggest Gold Nugget in the World"
the original
"Blanche Barkly Nugget"
"A GOLD FINDERS END"
The Mercury
Categories
Gold nuggets
Australian gold rushes
Mining in Victoria (state)
History of Victoria (state)
History of Australia (1851–1900)
1857 in Australia

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