Marcus Michels of West Melbourne, Fla.

MSN: 'He started tearing up. I started tearing up.'

Mrs Meagher's body was found in a shallow grave by a dirt road about 30 miles north west of Melbourne, a week after she went missing.

BBC: Jill Meagher's mother thanks Melbourne public for support

The body of the 29-year-old, originally from Drogheda, County Louth, was found in a shallow grave by a dirt road about 30 miles north west of Melbourne.

BBC: Jill Meagher murder: Man appears in Melbourne court

The man, described as an amateur explorer who wants to remain anonymous, unearthed a 5.5 kilogram golden nugget 60 centimeters in the ground outside Ballarat, a city about an hour and a half drive west of Melbourne.

CNN: Gold nugget worth $300,000 discovered in Australia

In 1970, Australia's West Gate Bridge, being built over Melbourne's Yarra River, collapsed, killing 34 workmen.

CNN: Tuesday,

The all-rounder hit a match-winning 161 to put Australia 1-0 in front in Melbourne two weeks ago and immediately returned to his hometown of Ipswich, west of Brisbane, to see the destruction caused by the floods.

BBC: Australia's Shane Watson set for Brisbane return