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CHARTERS TOWERS

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 953 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARTERS TOWERS  , a

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mining
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town of
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Devonport
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county,
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Queensland,
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Australia, 82 m. by
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rail S.W. of
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Townsville and 82o m.
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direct N.N.W. of
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Brisbane . It is the centre of an important
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gold-
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field, the reefs of which improve at the
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lower depths, the deepest
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shaft on the field being 2558 ft. below the
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surface-level . The gold is of a very
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fine quality . An abundant
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water-
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supply is obtained from the Burdekin
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river, some 8 m. distant . The
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population of the town in 1901 was 5523; but within a 5 M.
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radius it was 20,976 . Charters Towers became a
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municipality in 1877 .

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