Uniting Church, ghost town of Tarnagulla
Originally a sheep run of a Scotsman (1845), it was completely overrun by diggers seeking their fortune seven years later. The site of the town actually marks a spot were a later rush in 1856 began when 30,000 people flooded into the area. Together with Moliagul and Tarangull, Dunolly forms the Golden Triangle - a tract which produced more nuggets than any other Australian goldfield. The biggest of them all was the Welcome Stranger which was unearthed at Bulldog Gully in February 1869 by John Deason and Richard Oates. Containing 70kg of pure gold, the Welcome Stranger certainly changed the lives of Deason and Oates who were refused a bag of flour on credit a week before the strike. The anvil on which the huge nugget was cut stands outside the Goldfields Historical Museum, which is open at weekends and on public holidays. The Goldrush Festival is held on the Melbourne Cup weekend.
Location: 178 km north west of Melbourne; 23 km north of Maryborough.
Points of Interest: Bealiba Ranges; Historical Museum; Tarnagulla ghost town (13 km north east); town of Bealiba (21 km north west); historic buildings - former London Chartered Bank (1867); former Anglican Vicarage (1864-65); St Mary's Catholic Church (1869-71); St John's Anglican Church (1866-69); Court House (1862)