Moliagul
Sign in to saveAlso known as Moliagul, Victoria, Moliagul, Victoria, Australia
Moliagul is a locality in the Shire of Central Goldfields and Shire of Loddon, Victoria, Australia, located northwest of Melbourne and west of Bendigo. The area is notable for the discovery of a number of gold nuggets. These finds include the world's largest, the Welcome Stranger, which was discovered in 1869 by John Deason and Richard Oates. At the , Moliagul had a population of 80.
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Notable people
- References
- Notes
- External links
Moliagul is a locality in the Shire of Central Goldfields and Shire of Loddon, Victoria, Australia, located northwest of Melbourne and west of Bendigo. The area is notable for the discovery of a number of gold nuggets. These finds include the world's largest, the Welcome Stranger, which was discovered in 1869 by John Deason and Richard Oates. At the , Moliagul had a population of 80.
Moliagul is composed of scattered rural dwellings and small farms, a hotel (now closed), museum, the old school (now a hall) and former church.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moliagul” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
3 mapped locations