Museum Victoria has an extensive gold collection. The majority of the specimens are from the Victorian and Western Australia goldfields although representative samples from many localities are present. Victoria was famous for the large gold nuggets which were prolific on some of the alluvial goldfields. Unfortunately most of the large nuggets have been melted down, although the Museum has a selection of models of historical and recent nugget finds. Here is a selection of gold specimens in the collection.
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| Gold1 | Gold2 | Gold3 | Gold4 |
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| Gold5 | Gold6 | Gold7 | Gold8 |
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| Gold9 | Gold10 | Gold11 |