AKIPRESS.COM - The discovery of the world's largest gold nugget is being remembered 150 years on, BBC reports.

Two Cornish miners found the huge nugget dubbed the Welcome Stranger while prospecting in the gold fields of Victoria, Australia on 5 February 1869.

It weighed 11 stone (72kg) and was 61cm long (24 inches) when it was found buried just below the surface.

Descendants of John Deason and Richard Oates who were paid just under £10,000, are gathering at the spot it was found.

As part of the celebrations is a themed play in full period costume, and a photo taken at the time has been recreated using the relatives of the two men.

Nowadays it is largely a farming community, no shop, no hotel and a handful of houses, but gold speculators are still drawn to the area, known as the Golden Triangle.