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Charters Towers - tribute to gold mining
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Built in 1887-88 as arcade of shops
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Stock Exchange once had 3 calls a day
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Australian Bank of Commerce - 1891
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Even Post Office built to impress - 1892
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Gill Street - heart of commercial centre
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Fomer Bank of New South Wales - 1880
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Absolutely THE BEST thing to see there
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Did you make enough to pay for trip?
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Notice ornate iron balustrade work
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Gill Street originally called Miner St
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Built in 1886 on Hodginson Street
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Originally Excelsior Hotel built 1887
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First Police Station built here in 1910
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See this? You KNOW you are in QSLD
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Me and Graham at top of Towers Hill
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Looking over town to the Outback.
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Towers Hill is crammed with HEAPS
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Venus Battery - 1872 to 1972
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Reduced using mercury and cyanide
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Gold fields peaked in production in 1899
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Converted from steam in 1946
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1934 Chevrolet Bus - run until 1960's
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Anyone need to go??
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Gov't gave grant in 1998 for restoration
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This photo does not do it justice
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Lights sparkle like small gold nuggets
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CT is a world-class tourist destination
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This is known as a poppet head
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Darn - forgot gold pan at the cottage !!
