Moliagul
Tiny and historically significant gold mining town
Moliagul is a tiny old goldmining village that is now, to all intents and purposes, a ghost town. It is located at one corner of a district known as the Golden Triangle which has produced more gold nuggets than any other in Australia (the other corners are formed by Tarnagulla and Dunolly).
Moliagul is 202 km north-west of Melbourne via Marong and 193 km via Dunolly (a more complicated route) which is 15 km to the south-east. The town's name is thought to derive from the Aboriginal word 'moliagulk' meaning 'wooded hill'.
Although there are very few houses in Moliagul itself, about 200 people are scattered about in the bush. The Mt Moliagul Hotel offers budget accommodation and meals
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