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Rheola 150 GoldPrint Page 
A monument commemorates the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the first gold find in Victoria in 1851. It lists information about the gold nuggets found in the Rheola District.
Gold was discovered at Rheola in 1858. The gold field was named Smiths Gully, and renamed Byrr Lynn by the discoverer of a fresh field in 1868. (There are other versions of this name, however). The name in a few years was reduced to Berlin, and in 1876 was changed to Rheola.
Location
| Address: | Inglewood - Rheola Road, Pioneers Memorial Park, Rheola, 3517 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -36.649248 Long: 143.702622 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Technology |
| Sub-Theme: | Industry |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1851 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 2001 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Wednesday 17th October, 2001 |
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Rheola 150 Gold
Unveiled on 17.10.2001
To mark the 150th anniversary of the first gold find in Victoria.
In this Rheola ( formerly Berlin) District twenty alluvial gold
nuggets exceeding 450 ounces were unearthed.
This was one third of all the nuggets
larger than this size officially recorded in Victoria
They included:
Name Weight Year Found
The Precious 1621ozs 1871
Viscount Canterbury 1114ozs 1870
Viscountess Canterbury 912ozs 1870
The McEvoy 810ozs 1857
The Kum Tow 796 ozs 1871
