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| View Original: | StateLibQld 1 258434 Hand coloured photograph of the Queen Cross Reef gold mine, Charters Towers, 1904.jpg (1000x694) | |||
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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 258434 Hand coloured photograph of the Queen Cross Reef gold mine, Charters Towers, 1904.jpg en Hand coloured photograph of the Queen Cross Reef gold 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/34137 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland Contributor s T Willmett Son PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Gold mines in Queensland Mines in Charters Towers 1904 in Queensland Australia on photochrome prints | ||||
