This is a gold nugget known as the 'Bunyip nugget'. It weighs 50 ounces (1.55 kg). It was found in the early 1970s by a farmer while ploughing near Bridgewater to the west of Bendigo in Victoria, and was purchased by the National Museum of Victoria (now Museum Victoria) in 1978 for $40,000.
Credits | Reproduced courtesy of Museum Victoria |
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Creator | Frank Coffa, photographer |
Identifiers | Museum Victoria image number MN 11426 Museum Victoria object registration number M 34546 TLF resource R6367 |
Source | Museum Victoria, http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/ |