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| View Original: | StateLibQld 1 255807 Working a mine in the Charters Towers region, ca. 1890.jpg (1000x672) | |||
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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 255807 Working a mine in the Charters Towers region, ca. 1890.jpg en Working a mine in the Charters Towers region ca 1890 <br /> Due to the gold mining boom between 1872 and 1899 Charters Towers operated the only Stock Exchange outside of a capital city During this period the population was approximately 27 000 making Charters Towers Queensland's largest city outside of Brisbane The decline of mining following World War I saw the population shrink and the town become the supply centre of the Dalrymple Shire as well as the educational centre for students from all over North Queensland circa 1890 handle 10462/deriv/41078 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Miners from Australia Mines in Charters Towers 19th-century photographs of Queensland | ||||
