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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Natasha May

Australian man finds gold nugget worth $250,000 in Victoria

A man has unearthed a gold nugget worth almost $250,000 in Victoria’s goldfields.
A man has unearthed a gold nugget worth almost $250,000 in Victoria’s goldfields. The 4.6kg rock contained 83 ounces of interconnected gold. Photograph: Supplied

More than 170 years since Australia’s gold rush ended, one man has unearthed a nugget worth almost $250,000 in Victoria’s goldfields.

The man found the 4.6kg gold rock using an amateur metal detector in Victoria’s “golden triangle” between Bendigo, Ballarat and St Arnaud.

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