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	Charters Towers, Queensland - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Charters Towers is a city and Local Government Area in northern Queensland, Australia.
		Although quite a few still exist in Charters Towers, many of the distinctive miner's cottages were dismantled after the boom times and relocated to Townsville and other places, where large numbers of these galvanised iron dwellings are still in use.
		Charters Towers is now a centre for the beef industry and is particularly known for the number of boarding schools which cater for remote rural families.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Charters_Towers%2C_Queensland (575 words)

	Charters Towers, Queensland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Charters Towers is a town in Queensland, Australia, 135 Kilometers inland from Townsville.
		Founded in the 1870s based on gold mining; at its peak it was second in population only to Brisbane in Queensland, but the mines are now closed and the population has sunk to about 10,000.
		Charters Towers is now a centre of the beef industry and also contains a number of boarding schools.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/c/ch/charters_towers__queensland.html (89 words)

	2004 Queensland Election - Details for Charters Towers
		History/Trivia Charters Towers was created by the 1991 redistribution, reviving the name of a district that had been abolished in 1960.
		Charters Towers replaced the old electorate of Flinders at the 1992 election, which had been held by Bob Katter Jnr, now Federal MHR for the local seat of Kennedy.
		Charters Towers was held by Anderson Dawson 1893-1901, who served as Premier between the 1st and 7th of December 1899, the head of the first Labor government anywhere in the world.
	www.abc.net.au /elections/qld/2004/background/char.htm (449 words)

	Charters Towers North Queensland Lower Gulf of Carpentaria
		Charters Towers Community Guide Forums are provided as a service for people who live and work in the local Charters Towers community.
		Gold was discovered at Towers Hill by a young aboriginal boy named Jupiter Mossman and it wasn't long before the news of the find attracted men from everywhere, all keen for a share in a new found wealth.
		Charters Towers is a perfect example of the real Australia, with brilliantly coloured sunsets, and cattle stations.
	www.ctah.com.au /links2/charters-towers/charters-towers.html (699 words)

	Charters Towers And Kennedy And Federation - The Centenary of Federation
		The electorate of Charters Towers was centred on the town itself.
		Charter’s Towers, more than any other electorate in north Queensland, was the electorate that had to be won.
		Charters Towers returned a 75% yes vote and here the anti-federalist took heart in the knowledge that it was the lowest Yes vote from a mining electorate in all of Queensland.
	www.abc.net.au /queensland/federation/stories/s270966.htm (276 words)

	Queensland's mining heritage - EPA/QPWS
		Charters Towers' gold rush was one of the most important in Queensland's history.
		At the height of the Charters Towers gold rush in 1873, Queensland's richest alluvial gold deposits were found near the Palmer River in the far north.
		While Charters Towers and Etheridge gold rushes were still at their height, James Mulligan discovered Queensland's richest source of alluvial gold in the Palmer River in 1873.
	www.epa.qld.gov.au /cultural_heritage/places_and_meanings/queenslands_mining_heritage (1193 words)

	Charters Towers City Council
		Charters Towers has developed a new logo for the City [read more]
		From a chance discovery of gold in 1871, Charters Towers was soon turned into a bustling metropolis, which in its heyday, boasted being the second largest city in Queensland.
		Today, the pace is a little less hectic, with locals able to take advantage of the rich heritage of Charters Towers, whilst enjoying a modern, affordable lifestyle through housing, health, education, sport and recreation.
	www.charterstowers.qld.gov.au (120 words)

	Charters Towers - Queensland - Australia - Travel - theage.com.au
		Charters Towers is arguably the most beautiful inland city in Queensland.
		In recent times Charters Towers achieved a brush with fame when it became the subject of one of the songs on John Williamson's hugely successful Warragul album.
		It was one of the first permanent batteries on the Charters Towers goldfields, being established in 1872, when it was a public mill, becoming a state battery from 1919 until its closure in 1973.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Queensland/Charters-Towers/2005/02/17/1108500202239.html (2163 words)

	Driving into Charters Towers History : Tales from the Lost Luggage Tales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Charters Towers, then the second-largest city in Queensland, became known as The World.
		Approaching Charters Towers, turn off at Mingela and drive to the historic gold-mining town of Ravenswood, the centre of a gold rush which began in the late 1860s.
		From Charters Towers, drive west on the Flinders Highway to Hughenden and Mount Isa, or, on the Great Inland Way, south to Clermont and the gem fields or north to the Undara Volcanic National Park, known for its Undara Lava Tubes.
	www.lostluggagetales.com /tales/charters-towers-history.shtml (374 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Charters Towers is a centre for the beef industry and is particularly known for the number of boarding schools which cater for remote rural families.
		In the boom years, between 1872 and 1899, Charters Towers operated the only Stock Exchange in Australia outside of a capital city.
		Charters Towers currently has four high schools in the area, these four are: Columba Catholic Collge, Blackheath and Thornborough College, All Souls Saint Gabriels School and Charters Towers State High School.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Charters_Towers,_Queensland (798 words)

	Walkabout - Charters Towers
		It was a sign of the extent of local business activity that one of Australia's few regional stock exchanges was established at Charters Towers in 1890 to raise capital for the area's deep reef mines.
		The Charters Towers Tourist Information Map (produced by the local Development Bureau) and A Guide to Charters Towers and The Dalrymple Shire are available at the Visitor Information Centre at 74 Mosman Street.
		No visit to Charters Towers would be complete without a guided tour through the old Venus Gold Battery (drive east on Gill Street-Millchester Road five kilometres from the Post Office and follow the signs).
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/QLDChartersTowers.shtml (2215 words)

	AusEmade: Charters Towers Information and Attractions, Queensland (QLD), Australia
		Charters Towers is also home to the largest amateur Country Music Festival in Australia (May Day Weekend) and the Goldfield Ashes, which is the largest amateur cricket carnival in the Southern Hemisphere.
		Charters Towers City Council • This city is outstanding among Queensland towns for its historic character and appeal and for its collections of 19th and early 20th century buildings and streetscapes.
		Charters Towers, once dubbed “The World” due to its cosmopolitan nature, today boasts many modern facilities including a magnificent theatre hosting live performances and two cinemas, great restaurants, a range of tours and accommodation options.
	www.ausemade.com.au /qld/destination/c/charters-towers-attractions.htm (1005 words)

	Charters Towers Community Homepage Nth Qld
		Charters Towers is a pastoral, educational plus a gold mining centre 140 km south west, a short 90 minute drive from the coastal town of Townsville QLD.
		Charters Towers local people and local businesses find the Northern Miner newspaper very important to the local community as a source of local news, that attracts significant interest from the local and regional community.
		Charters Towers is a centre for the beef industry and is particularly known in its restaurants and hotels for fine steaks.
	www.charters-towers.com (962 words)

	Charters Towers is The World - The Centenary of Federation
		The town of Charters Towers typifies the rapid changes that occurred as a result of the discovery of gold in Queensland.
		Charters Towers became the goldfield of the north and drew people and capital to north Queensland.
		For many years Charters Towers was the second city of Queensland and the engine room of much of the development of the north.
	www.abc.net.au /queensland/federation/stories/s326585.htm (260 words)

	321gold: Charters Towers Gold Mining - Buying "World" Gold stocks Bob Moriarty
		Located in north Queensland, Charters Towers -- one of the largest goldfields in Australia -- produced over 6.6 million ounces of gold between its discovery in 1872 and 1917, averaging just over one ounce per ton of gold (34 g/t).
		Charters Towers Gold believe they have a gold resource POTENTIAL of 15 million ounces and have come up with a mining plan to produce 250, 000 ounces per year at a cash cost of US $115.
		Charters Towers Gold would enter into up to 5 separate joint ventures within their 100%-owned mining district of Charters Towers and produce gold ore from five different mines.
	www.321gold.com /editorials/moriarty/moriarty101402.html (1250 words)

	Charters Towers Heritage Lodge, Charters Towers Queensland Australia
		The Heritage Lodge Motel is the newest motel in Charters Towers with accommodation of 17 rooms including self contained apartments, it is close to the City center of Charters Towers for you to enjoy what our Australian outback township has to offer.
		Charters Towers is a heritage township that has savoured their heritage and architecture.
		Rob and Tracey Hughes and their staff will be sure to make your stay in Charters Towers an enjoyable one.
	www.wheretostay.com.au /listing/41001110 (174 words)

	Queensland travel guide - Wikitravel
		Queensland is one of the six states in Australia and probably the most famous because of its association with several major world heritage sites including the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rain Forest.
		Queensland has a subtropical climate, and it's a popular wintertime tourist attraction.
		Much of Queensland has a wet and dry season due to its latitude, and this is more notable further north you travel.
	wikitravel.org /en/Queensland (205 words)

	Lawrence J. Hickey
		That one was taken at Charters Towers 30 September 1942.
		Charters Towers, Queensland, on 20 December 1942, when it ran into bad weather.
		RE: your request for the crewmen lost aboard B-25D 41-29706 of the 90/3 on 20 Dec 42 in a crash while enroute to Port Moresby from Charters Towers, Queensland.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/lhickey.htm (534 words)

	Charters Towers, Australia, climate, Information, Hotel, rainfall, Map
		The inland town of Charters Towers is 90 minutes drive south west of Townsville.
		Charters Towers was once the second largest city in Queensland and it was originally founded on the discovery of large gold deposits in the area.
		Charters Towers has a fascinating 'Ghosts of Gold' Heritage Trail to celebrate the city’s golden heritage.
	www.auinfo.com /Charters-Towers.html (279 words)

	Charters Towers School of Distance Education - index
		Charters Towers is in North Queensland, just 135 km inland from Townsville, 1647km from Brisbane.
		Our school was the first Distance Education school to open in Queensland in 1985 and still leads in the use of technology to enable communication with our students and their tutors.
		We use traditional means of communication like mail and telephone as well as audio-teleconferencing, video, television and the Internet to cross the barriers of distance and create the bonds of a school community.
	www.chartowesde.qld.edu.au (244 words)

	Welcome to Charters Towers
		Once the second largest city in Queensland at the height of the city's gold rush, Charters Towers is now renowned for its historic character and appeal, and for its collection of beautifully preserved 19th and early 20th century buildings and streetscapes.
		Access routes to Charters Towers via Hughenden to the west, Greenvale to the north and Clermont to the south are sealed bitumen roads.
		Charters Towers is best experienced during the months of March until October.
	www.charterstowers.qld.gov.au /visitor/index.html (176 words)

	Charters Towers - "The Worlde" North Queensland
		Where Outback life meets the tropics, Charters Towers is the perfect example of the real Australia - brilliantly coloured sunsets, cattle stations, a friendly atmosphere and heritage streetscape all adding to its unique appeal.
		Charters Towers' wonderful heritage architecture is complemented by many modern facilities including a magnificent theatre hosting live performances, two cinemas, great restaurants and a range of tours.
		At the height of the gold rush during the late 1880's, Charters Towers was once the second largest city in Queensland.
	www.holidaynq.com.au /charters_towers.html (407 words)

	Charters Towers Personals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Place an ad prompted by Mr McGrady's expulsion of Nationals MP for Charters Towers Shane Knuth on Thursday for repeated interjection The Townsville Bulletin, the North's own paper.
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	match.thesupertoplist.com /kc-matchmaker/Charters-Towers-personals.html (256 words)

	3rd Bombardment Group
		They had been shipped from the United States in crates to Brisbane, where they were assembled and then flown to Charters Towers after flight testing in Brisbane.
		After assembly, they were flown to Charters Towers, but the first 3 aircraft to land were damaged in landing incidents.
		Charters Towers loaded with evacuees after their raid.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/3lbg.htm (2185 words)

	Charters Towers Visitor Information Centre - Travel Downunder - Discover the real Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Charters Towers Visitor Information Centre occupies a beautifully restored heritage building.
		It was originally constructed for the Queensland National Bank in 1880 on the land now occupied by the present day City Hall.
		When the National Bank required larger premises they sold the wooden one story building to the Union bank who moved it to the neighbouring block of land.
	www.traveldownunder.com.au /Queensland/Townsville/Charters_Towers_Visitor_Information_Centre.asp (384 words)

	Charters Towers, Queensland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		'''Charters Towers''' is a town in Queensland, Australia.
		It is located 135 kilometers inland from Townsville.
		However, the mines have now closed, and the population has sunk to about 10,000.
	www.keywordmage.net /ch/charters-towers,-queensland.html (107 words)

	Charters Towers - Places To Visit - Townsville - Queensland Holidays
		Charters Towers is located 135 kilometres southwest of Townsville and has an altitude of 336 metres which ensures an excellent climate with comfortably cool nights.
		Known mostly for its heritage and gold mining history, this city once had a population of 27,000 and had one of the first regional Stock Exchanges in Australia which took three calls a day, six days a week.
		Here, gold was processed from 1872 until 1972 and a guided tour relates the innovation and hard work, which were part of the golden days of Charters.
	www.queenslandholidays.com.au /destinations/townsville/places-to-visit/charters-towers (251 words)

	Google Earth Community: Charters Towers
		Due to the Gold boom between 1872 and 1899, Charters Towers opened the only Stock Exchange outside of a capital city.
		During this period, the population was approximately 27,000, this made Charters Towers Queensland's largest City outside of Brisbane.
		Charters Towers is the most beautiful inland city in Queensland.
	bbs.keyhole.com /ubb/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Board=EarthTourism&Number=335484&Searchpage=1&Main=335484&Words=+thuringowarocks&topic=&Search=true (183 words)

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