tinpan
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History
BEFORE THE "WELCOME STRANGER"
Two good friends who were to go on and have their names inscribedin the history books were for a short period residents of the Long Gully St Just Point area. They were John Deason and Richard Oates, the discoverers of "The Welcome Stranger Nugget", the world's largest alluvial gold nugget.
While John Deason was to survive to the ripe old age of 85, he died at Moliagul September 13, 1915, some 53 years after he left Long Gully. The Long Gully chapter of his life would have been the saddest.
John was to lose his first wife Marget nee Davey and their 3 children; he married a second time and lost their son three months before leaving for Moliagul.
Over the years Deason and Oates to remain the best of friends ,this can be seen by the fact that when Deason's second wife Katherine gave birth to a girl in 1872 she named Grace Oates Deason.
Contarty to what some historians have written. Richard Oates was born at St Just Point , Cornwell UK. It is the location from which our St Just Point gets its name. When he died on October 29 1906 aged 75 he was buried at Marong Cemetery, and the man who has his name written the pages of the world s's history laid in an unmarked grave for 92 years, until his grand daughter Joan Burridge nee Oates and her son placed a Memorial Stone on the grave.
This evening i went to where the First Oates and Deason gold claim was in Long Gully This claim was the place where the Weclome stranger wasn,t found. They mined here first before moving to Moliagul.
the picture tell the rest of the story. I believe i will keep and treasure the gold and silver threepence i found. I my opinion history in gold mining doesn,t get any better than this. If anyone has any questions i will gladly give you more info. Many pics
tinpan
link to cornish mining here
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~bendcorn/miners_in_bendigo.html
History
BEFORE THE "WELCOME STRANGER"
Two good friends who were to go on and have their names inscribedin the history books were for a short period residents of the Long Gully St Just Point area. They were John Deason and Richard Oates, the discoverers of "The Welcome Stranger Nugget", the world's largest alluvial gold nugget.
While John Deason was to survive to the ripe old age of 85, he died at Moliagul September 13, 1915, some 53 years after he left Long Gully. The Long Gully chapter of his life would have been the saddest.
John was to lose his first wife Marget nee Davey and their 3 children; he married a second time and lost their son three months before leaving for Moliagul.
Over the years Deason and Oates to remain the best of friends ,this can be seen by the fact that when Deason's second wife Katherine gave birth to a girl in 1872 she named Grace Oates Deason.
Contarty to what some historians have written. Richard Oates was born at St Just Point , Cornwell UK. It is the location from which our St Just Point gets its name. When he died on October 29 1906 aged 75 he was buried at Marong Cemetery, and the man who has his name written the pages of the world s's history laid in an unmarked grave for 92 years, until his grand daughter Joan Burridge nee Oates and her son placed a Memorial Stone on the grave.
This evening i went to where the First Oates and Deason gold claim was in Long Gully This claim was the place where the Weclome stranger wasn,t found. They mined here first before moving to Moliagul.
the picture tell the rest of the story. I believe i will keep and treasure the gold and silver threepence i found. I my opinion history in gold mining doesn,t get any better than this. If anyone has any questions i will gladly give you more info. Many pics
tinpan
link to cornish mining here
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~bendcorn/miners_in_bendigo.html
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