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Charters Towers is a town in northern Queensland, Australia. [1]

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AC/DC

AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young.

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Alabama Hill, Queensland

Alabama Hill is a suburb of Charters Towers in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Aldborough, Charters Towers

Aldborough is a heritage-listed villa at 25 Deane Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Ambulance Building, Charters Towers

Ambulance Building is a heritage-listed former ambulance station and now museum at 157 Gill Street, Charters Towers City, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Anderson Dawson

Andrew Dawson (16 July 1863 – 20 July 1910), usually known as Anderson Dawson, was an Australian politician, the Premier of Queensland for one week (1–7 December) in 1899.

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Andrew Symonds

Andrew Symonds (born 9 June 1975) is a former Australian international cricketer, who played all three formats as an batting all-rounder.

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Assay office

Assay offices are institutions set up to assay (test the purity of) precious metals, in order to protect consumers.

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Australian Bank of Commerce, Charters Towers

Australian Bank of Commerce is a heritage-listed former bank building at 86 Mosman Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Ay Ot Lookout

Ay Ot Lookout is a heritage-listed villa at 63 Hodgkinson Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Bank of New South Wales building, Charters Towers

Bank of New South Wales is a heritage-listed former bank building at 34-36 Gill Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Bartlam's Store

Bartlam's Store is a heritage-listed former pair of shops and now museum at Mosman Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Blackheath and Thornburgh College

Blackheath and Thornburgh College is primary and secondary (K-12) school with boarding facilities at 55 King Street, Richmond Hill, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Bob Katter

Robert Carl Katter (born 22 May 1945) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1993.

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Boer War Veterans Memorial Kiosk and Lissner Park

Boer War Veterans Memorial Kiosk and Lissner Park is a heritage-listed memorial at Bridge Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Bore Sight Range and Compass Swinging Platform at Charters Towers Airfield

The Bore Sight Range and Compass Swinging Platform are a heritage-listed pair of aircraft testing facilities at Charters Towers Airport, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Breaker Morant

Harry "Breaker" Harbord Morant (9 December 1864 – 27 February 1902) was an Anglo-Australian drover, horseman, bush poet, military officer and convicted war criminal.

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Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia.

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Burdekin River

The Burdekin River is a river located in North and Far North Queensland, Australia.

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Cairns

Cairns is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Cecil Aynsley

Cecil "The Red Flyer" Aynsley (1902–1975) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s.

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Charters Towers Central State School

Charters Towers Central State School is a heritage-listed state school at 39-47 High Street, Charters Towers City, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Charters Towers City, Queensland

Charters Towers City is the central suburb of the town of Charters Towers in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Charters Towers Courthouse

Charters Towers Courthouse is a heritage-listed courthouse at 28 Hodgkinson Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Charters Towers Excelsior Library

Charters Towers Excelsior Library is the local library in Charters Towers in North Queensland, Australia.

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Charters Towers Masonic Lodge

Charters Towers Masonic Lodge is a heritage-listed masonic temple at 20 Ryan Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Charters Towers mine shafts

Charters Towers mine shafts are a heritage-listed group of mine shafts and ruins at Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Charters Towers Police Station

Charters Towers Police Station is a heritage-listed police station at 49 Gill Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Charters Towers Region

The Charters Towers Region is a local government area in North Queensland, Australia southwest of, and inland from the city of Townsville, based in Charters Towers.

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Charters Towers School of Mines

Charters Towers School of Mines is a heritage-listed school of mines at 24 - 26 Hodgkinson Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Charters Towers State High School

Charters Towers State High School (CTSHS) is a high school in Charters Towers in northern Queensland, Australia.

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Charters Towers Stock Exchange Arcade

Charters Towers Stock Exchange Arcade is a heritage-listed shopping arcade at 76 Mosman Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Church of Christ, Charters Towers

Church of Christ is a heritage-listed church at Anne Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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City of Charters Towers

The City of Charters Towers was a local government area in North Queensland, Australia, consisting of the centre and suburbs of the town of Charters Towers.

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Civic Club, Charters Towers

Civic Club is a heritage-listed club house at 36 Ryan Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Columba Catholic College

Columba Catholic College is a private, co-educational, Catholic, day and boarding school located in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia.

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Columbia, Queensland

Columbia is a locality of Charters Towers in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Daisy Bates (Australian author)

Daisy May Bates, CBE (born Margaret Dwyer; 16 October 1859 – 18 April 1951) was an Irish-Australian journalist, welfare worker and lifelong student of Australian Aboriginal culture and society.

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Dave Evans (singer)

Dave Evans (born 20 July 1953) is a Welsh-born Australian singer.

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Day Dawn mine remains, Charters Towers

Day Dawn mine remains is a heritage-listed mine ruins at Paull Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Department of Education and Training (Queensland)

The Department of Education is a department of the Queensland Government.

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Division of Kennedy

The Division of Kennedy is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Doré bar

A doré bar is a semi-pure alloy of gold and silver, usually created at the site of a mine.

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E. V. Timms

Edward Vivian Timms (1895–1960), better known as E. V. Timms, was an Australian novelist and screenwriter.

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ED Miles Mining Exchange

ED Miles Mining Exchange is a heritage-listed commercial building at 65 Mosman Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Electoral district of Traeger

Traeger is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

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Flinders Highway, Queensland

The Flinders Highway is a highway that crosses Queensland east to west, from Townsville on the Pacific coast to Cloncurry.

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George Clarke (prospector)

George Edward Clarke (1846–1895) was a prospector in Queensland, Australia.

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Gold cyanidation

Gold cyanidation (also known as the cyanide process or the MacArthur-Forrest process) is a hydrometallurgical technique for extracting gold from low-grade ore by converting the gold to a water-soluble coordination complex.

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Gold rush

A gold rush is a new discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune.

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Grand Secret, Queensland

Grand Secret is a suburb of Charters Towers in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Great Northern Railway (Mt Isa line)

The Great Northern Railway is a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge railway line in Queensland, Australia.

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Hugh Mosman

Hugh Mosman (11 February 1843 – 15 November 1909) was a mine owner and politician in Queensland, Australia.

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James Cook University

James Cook University (JCU) is a public university and is the second oldest university in Queensland, Australia.

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Kalgoorlie

Kalgoorlie, part of the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is a city in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway.

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Leadlight

Leadlights, leaded lights or leaded windows are decorative windows made of small sections of glass supported in lead cames.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Linotype machine

The Linotype machine is a "line casting" machine used in printing sold by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company and related companies.

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List of heritage registers

This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded.

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List of RAAF inland aircraft fuel depots

In 1939, with the commencement of World War II, the Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) identified the necessity to increase bulk storage and supply of aviation fuel across Australia for the purpose of defending Australia.

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Lyall's Jewellery Shop

Lyall's Jewellery Shop is a heritage-listed shop at 90 Mosman Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Medal bar

A medal bar or medal clasp is a thin metal bar attached to the ribbon of a military decoration, civil decoration, or other medal.

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Military Cross

The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and used to be awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.

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Millchester, Queensland

Millchester is a town and suburb of Charters Towers in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Mining in Australia

Mining in Australia is a significant primary industry and contributor to the Australian economy.

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Mining works on Towers Hill

Mining works on Towers Hill is a heritage-listed group of mining ruins at Towers Hill, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Mosman Park, Queensland

Mosman Park is a suburb of Charters Towers in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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North Queensland

North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the Australian state of Queensland that lies just south of Far North Queensland.

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Pfeiffer House, Charters Towers

Pfeiffer House is a heritage-listed detached house at 2-6 Paull Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Pollard's Store

Pollard's Store is a heritage-listed department store at 18 Gill Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Queenton, Queensland

Queenton is a suburb of Charters Towers in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Quinn's Post Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Quinn's Post Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery from World War I in the former Anzac sector of the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.

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Richmond Hill, Queensland

Richmond Hill is a suburb of Charters Towers in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Royal Australian Air Force

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), formed March 1921, is the aerial warfare branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF).

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Signals, Crane and Subway, Charters Towers railway station

The Signals, Crane and Subway are heritage-listed railway infrastructure at Charters Towers railway station, Enterprise Road, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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St Columba's Church Bell Tower

St Columba's Church Bell Tower is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic bell tower at 134 Gill Street, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Stamp mill

A stamp mill (or stamp battery or stamping mill) is a type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores.

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Stock exchange

A stock exchange, securities exchange or bourse, is a facility where stock brokers and traders can buy and sell securities, such as shares of stock and bonds and other financial instruments.

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Stone kerbing, channels and footbridges of Charters Towers

The Stone kerbing, channels and footbridges of Charters Towers is a heritage-listed group of water infrastructure at various locations in Charters Towers City, Millchester, Queenton, and Richmond Hill throughout Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Target Australia

Target Australia (formerly Lindsay's and later Lindsay's Target) is a mid-price department store chain owned by Wesfarmers.

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The Courier-Mail

The Courier-Mail is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Brisbane, Australia.

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The Evening Telegraph (Charters Towers)

The Evening Telegraph was a daily newspaper published between 1901 and 1921 in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia.

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The Northern Miner

The Northern Miner is a weekly trade journal (formerly part of the Hollinger group) that reports on the mining industry.

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Thornburgh House

Thornburgh House is a heritage-listed villa at 57 - 59 King Street, Richmond Hill, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Time in Australia

Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30), and Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00).

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Toll, Queensland

Toll is a locality of Charters Towers in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Tom Mills

Thomas (Tom) Mills (2 April 1908 – 29 July 1978) was an Australian soldier, tinminer and businessman.

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Towers Hill, Queensland

Towers Hill is a suburb of Charters Towers in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Townsville

Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia.

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Troy weight

Troy weight is a system of units of mass customarily used for precious metals and gemstones.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF), informally known as the Air Force, was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services.

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Venus State Battery

Venus State Battery is a heritage-listed stamper battery at MacDonald Street, Millchester, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Victorian gold rush

The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s.

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Wilhelm Iwan

Wilhelm Iwan, author, historian, and Lutheran theologian lived from 1871 until 1958.

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William Edward Harney

William Edward Harney (18 April 1895 – 31 December 1962), also known as Bill Harney, was an Australian writer.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charters_Towers

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