Charters Towers 8050821.3 clock tower

Charters Towers

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August 5th 2021
During the gold rush era of the 1870’s it was said that you could buy anything you wanted inChartersTowers. A large outcrop of gold was found after a flash of lightning by a young indigenous boy, Jupiter Mosman, in 1871. Fortunes were made and lost during the ensuing years but the town continued to prosper. Today quite a few of the grand buildings of the era still stand with heritage li ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more