Charters Towers

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Charters Towers is a historic gold-mining city in northern Queensland, Australia, known for its well-preserved heritage architecture and role in the late 19th-century gold rush.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
locality
climate tropical savanna climate
country Australia
countrySubdivision Queensland
currentEconomy beef cattle industry
mining
tourism
demographicFeature regional centre for surrounding rural areas
distanceToTownsville approximately 130 kilometres
economicHistory gold mining
pastoralism
hasAttraction Charters Towers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Charters Towers Ghosts of Gold heritage trail

Towers Hill Lookout
Venus Gold Battery
hasEducationalInstitution All Souls St Gabriels School
Blackheath and Thornburgh College
Charters Towers State High School
Columba Catholic College
hasHeritageBuilding City Hall
Pioneer Cemetery
Post Office
Stock Exchange Arcade
Towers Hill mining sites
World Theatre
hasHeritageStatus significant historic town
heritageListingLevel state heritage significance
historicalEra early 20th century
late 19th century
knownFor gold mining history
heritage architecture
late 19th-century gold rush
well-preserved historic buildings
language English
localGovernmentArea Charters Towers Regional Council
locatedIn Charters Towers Region
locatedNear Townsville
locatedOnContinent Australia
primaryIndustryHistorical gold mining
region North Queensland
surface form: Northern Queensland
state Queensland
timezone AEST
tourismTheme gold rush history
heritage architecture tours
traditionalOwners Gudjal people NERFINISHED
transport Flinders Highway NERFINISHED
Great Northern Railway
urbanForm historic town centre with grid street pattern
utcOffset +10:00

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Traeger includesCommunity Charters Towers
Kennedy includesTown Charters Towers
subject surface form: Division of Kennedy
North Queensland contains Charters Towers
Australian Survivor filmingLocationsInclude Charters Towers
this entity surface form: Charters Towers, Queensland
Charters Towers hasAttraction Charters Towers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Charters Towers Ghosts of Gold heritage trail