What were some of the biggest nuggets found around Ballarat?
A. The Largest Gold Nuggets Found Near Ballarat Weight Name of Nugget Locality Date Found 2,520 The Welcome Stranger Black Lead, Moliagul 5.2.69 2,217 The Welcome Nugget Bakery Hill, Ballarat 9.6.58 1,619 The Canadian Canadian Gully, Ballarat 31.1.53 1,177 The Lady Hotham Daltons Flat, Ballarat 8.9.54 1,117 The Sarah Sands Canadian Gully, Ballarat 20.1.53 1,011 Unnamed Canadian Gully, Ballarat 22.1.53 834 The Koh-i-noor Ballarat August, 60 627 Unnamed Kittys Gully Ballarat 15.2.71 625 The Lady Barkly Eureka Lead, Ballarat 7.2.54 606 The Lady Don Ballarat 12.11.66 571 Unnamed Bakery Hill, Ballarat 6.3.55 540 Nil Desperandum Native Youth Flat, Black Hill, Ballarat 29.11.57 Numerous other nuggets were found during the 1850s; however, the exact number will never be known. Owing to the conditions of life on the early gold-fields, many diggers concealed their good fortune to avoid attracting thieves. It could be safely assumed that less than half of all nuggets found were recorded. Large nug
