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Centenary Park (Attraction) Hackett Terrace, Charters Towers, Queensland 4820, Australia
Centenary Park has the gold discovery monuments, picnic tables, gas barbecues and is always cool and shady. Centenary Park also has an interesting history tied to the park. The area was first gazetted as Reserve for Public Purposes in 1888. In 1941 the last gazette Order in Council set aside the area as a Reserve for Park Purposes and named it "Sayers Park" after Robert John Sayers.
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Charters Towers and Pioneer Cemeteries (Attraction) Cemetery Road, Charters Towers, Queensland 4820, Australia
Charters Towers Cemetery was established in 1895. It is the resting place for a number of interesting local characters including Jupiter Mosman who, as local lore has it, was one of the party that discovered gold at Charters Towers; Doctor Leonard Redmond who discovered Australian dengue fever; Fredrick Pfeiffer owner of the rich Day Dawn PC Mine and James Knenniff who was the last bushranger in Q ...
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Charters Towers Folk Museum (Attraction) Mosman Street, Charters Towers, Queensland 4820, Australia
This National Trust owned and run museum houses a large collection of photographs, equipment and other memorabilia that reflects Charters Towers golden past. Friendly volunteers and staff are only too willing to share their special stories and demonstrate some of the equipment that is housed in the historic Burns Philp building, built in 1888. Ask for a demonstration of the flying fox (the Lam ...
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Civic Club (Attraction) 36 Ryan Street, Charters Towers, Queensland 4820, Australia
Drop into the Civic Club, originally known as the Londoner's Club, (a gentlemen's club) and enjoy a drink with a local, soak up the atmosphere of this amazing historic building and have a round of billiards on one of the two 100 year old tables. Don't forget to make your booking for their famous Friday night barbecue. ...
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Dalrymple National Park (Attraction) Via Gregory Development Road (Lynd Highway), Charters Towers, Queensland 4820, Australia
Dalrymple National Park covers an area of 1640 hectares and is located 46 kilometres north or a 30 minute drive from the town of Charters Towers (90 minute drive west of the city of Townsville). The Park can be accessed via the Gregory Development Road (Lynd Highway).
Dalrymple National Park features some of the more unique features of the Charters Towers area including the la ...
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Dalrymple Sales Yards - Cattle Sales (Attraction) Flinders Highway, Charters Towers, Queensland 4820, Australia
Experience the thrill of livestock going under the hammer. Cattle Sales are held every Wednesday at the Dalrymple Sales Yards. Beef is produced on 250 commercial properties running around 600,000 head of cattle between them, making the Dalrymple Shire the biggest cattle producing local Government area in Australia. Dalrymple Sales Yards sell over 100,000 head per annum of store and prime cattle an ...
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Historic Ambulance Centre (Attraction) 157 Gill Street, Charters Towers, Queensland 4820, Australia
The Historic Ambulance Centre dates back to 1903 and was restored and reopened to the public 100 years from its first opening. The centre was the first ambulance station outside of Brisbane and houses a wonderful collection of vehicles, uniforms and an enormous number of log books recording the cases treated by ambulance officers during the past 100 years. The centre is open on Sundays and at othe ...
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Lissner Park (Attraction) Deane Street, Charters Towers, Queensland 4820, Australia
While you are out and about in Charters Towers why not have a picnic in one of their beautiful parks. Lissner Park, comprising of seven hectares, includes the Boer War Kiosk, Band Rotunda, children's playground, World War One guns, Federation Fountain, duck pond and memorials to grazier William Hann and pioneer Jupiter Mossman. Lissner Park is well lit therefore perfect for evening picnics. There ...
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Stock Exchange Arcade and Assay Mining Museum (Attraction) 76 Mosman Street, Charters Towers, Queensland 4820, Australia
The Stock Exchange Arcade was designed by Sydney architect Mark Day and built by Sandbrook Brothers of Sydney in 1888. This prestigious shop and office arcade was built for local civic leader and businessman Alexander Malcolm. Known then as the Royal Arcade, it housed the Charters Towers Stock Exchange from 1890. It was one of Australia's first few regional stock exchanges and needed to raise capi ...
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The World Theatre (Attraction) 82 - 90 Mosman Street, Charters Towers, Queensland 4820, Australia
Explore the World Theatre, a cultural complex where the unique blend of heritage architecture and state of the art technology meet. Browse at your own leisure. Check with their friendly staff for details of the live shows, movie times, morning melodies and the free local and touring exhibitions of art, sculpture, photography and more. Ask them about the 'murder on Mosman'. ...
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Towers Hill Lookout and Amphitheatre (Attraction) Black Jack Road, Charters Towers, Queensland 4820, Australia
Local lore has it that an Aboriginal boy named Jupiter first discovered gold at the foot of Towers Hill in December 1871. Since the discovery of gold, the hills' three peaks have been subject to much use, predominately as a mining site. The early telegraph route to Cardwell passed overhead, and the valley below was used for ordinance storage during World War II.
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Venus Gold Battery (Attraction) Millchester Road, Charters Towers, Queensland 4820, Australia
Located on the outskirts of town, the Venus Gold Battery offers an insight into an amazing real-life gold rush of the late 19th century. The battery is of national cultural significance as the largest surviving battery relic in Australia and the oldest surviving battery in Queensland.
Constructed in 1872, it was a public or custom mill in its heyday and became a State Battery in 1919 to provide ...
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