Charters Towers goldfield
The north Queensland gold town found in late 1871 by Hugh Mosman's party and the Aboriginal boy Jupiter: over 200 tonnes of gold by 1917, its own stock exchange, and a boom that made it the state's largest city outside Brisbane.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1871 CE mainstream
late in the year a prospecting party of Hugh Mosman, George Clark, James Fraser and the young Aboriginal Jupiter, who worked for Mosman, finds gold at the foot of Towers Hill source - 1890 CE mainstream
the reorganised stock exchange moves into the Royal Arcade, built in 1888; it is one of only two stock exchanges outside the capital, both on goldfields source - 1916 CE mainstream
with gold yields falling and deep mining growing costly, the stock exchange closes source - 1917 CE mainstream
by now the field has produced over 200 tonnes (6.6 million troy ounces) of gold since 1871 source
Where
20.0759° S, 146.2567° E
The point is the Stock Exchange Arcade in Mosman Street, in the centre of the town.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charters_Towers_Stock_Exchange_Arcade
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charters_Towers
- https://ozgeology.com/blogs/news/one-of-the-richest-strangest-goldfields-in-australia-charters-towers
Each event carries Aion's own evidence grade (mainstream, disputed or speculative). This page repeats what the globe shows for this place.