Keywords: StateLibQld 1 258426 Day Dawn Block and Wyndham Mine, Charters Towers, 1904.jpg en Day Dawn Block and Wyndham Mine Charters Towers 1904 <br /> Due to the Gold 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 Today the main industries are mining and beef cattle There are also several world class boarding schools in the area This is a photograph taken from a small album of hand coloured photographs about Charters Towers including some mines published by T Willmett Son Charters Towers in 1904 1904 handle 10462/deriv/34131 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland Contributor s T Willmett Son PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Mines in Charters Towers Men's clothing of Australia 1904 in Queensland Australia on photochrome prints |