CHARTERS TOWERS

Charters Towers Region

Charters Towers is approximately 136 kilometres (85 miles) south-west from Townsville, on the Flinders Highway

• The town was founded when gold was discovered by chance at Towers Hill on Christmas Eve 1871 by 12-year-old Aboriginal boy, Jupiter Mosman.
• The Charters Towers gold field produced over 200 tonnes (6.6 million troy ounces) of gold from 1871 to 1917.