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Photograph, Welcome Gold Nugget [2195 oz] found at Ballarat, Australia, by nine miners from St Just in Penwith in 1862(AD966/2)

Most miners hoped to strike gold and return wealthy men. Nine miners from St Just found the 62kg ‘Welcome Nugget’ at Ballarat, Australia in 1862 (AD966/2).

Yth esa govenek dhe’n brassa rann a dus val a gavos owr ha dehweles avel tus rych. Naw den bal dhyworth Lannust a gavas an ‘Welcome Nugget’, 62kg y boos, yn Ballarat, Ostrali, yn 1862 (AD966/2).

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Photograph, Welcome Gold Nugget [2195 oz] found at Ballarat, Australia, by nine miners from St Just in Penwith in 1862(AD966/2)

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