Carters Towers
Upper Camp
Now known as Charters Towers, named after the local mining warden, about
100km south west of Townsville.
Bolton, G.C., A Thousand miles away : a history of north Queensland to 1920, Brisbane, 1963, p.50.
Allandale
The original name for the rail siding at Thalanga, about 65 km south west
of Charters Towers.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.15.
Bett's Creek
Now called Pentland, about 105km south west of Charters Towers. Also known
as Deep head.
Neal, Joan Carmichael, Beyond the Burdekin: pioneers, prospectors, pastoralists: a history of
the Dalrymple Shire, 1879-1979, Charters Towers, Qld.: Mimosa Press for the Dalrymple Shire Council,
1984, p.52.
Charleston
A forgotten gold mining town surveyed in 1891 at 18°34', 143°35', about 270km west of Ingham.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.47.
Cunningham's Waterholes
Later known as Ravenswood Junction; when the railway to Ravenswood closed
in 1930 the junction was renamed Mingela, about 45km north east of Charters
Towers.
Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, Sydney, 1993, p.451.
Dalrymple
Named after George Dalrymple, the first government official in North Queensland.
The town was established on a natural crossing of the Burdekin River and
surveyed in 1864 at 19°48', 146°15'. It declined rapidly after the railway
reached Charters Towers. Its population in 1881 was 59; by 1886 only 25.
About 25km north of Charters Towers.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.83.
Donnybrook
Now called Brookville, a plantation about 65km south east of Charters Towers.
Neal, Joan Carmichael, Beyond the Burdekin: pioneers, prospectors, pastoralists: a history of
the Dalrymple Shire, 1879-1979, Charters Towers, Qld.: Mimosa Press for the Dalrymple Shire Council,
1984, p.144.
Evlinton
A forgotten gold mining town surveyed in 1890 at 20°07', 146°56'; about 70km east of Charters Towers.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.25.
Galena
A forgotten gold mining town surveyed in 1872 at 20°07', 146°55'; about
70 km east of Charters Towers.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.27.
Gehans Flat
A township was surveyed as Capeville in 1849 and named after the adjacent
Cape River. It was largely deserted by 1900. 20°27', 145°22'; about 100
km south west of Charters Towers.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.11.
Kings Gully
Now called Hogsflesh Creek, a little to the south of Charters Towers.
Neal, Joan Carmichael, Beyond the Burdekin: pioneers, prospectors, pastoralists: a history of
the Dalrymple Shire, 1879-1979, Charters Towers, Qld.: Mimosa Press for the Dalrymple Shire Council,
1984, p.53.
Kirk
A forgotten gold mining town surveyed in 1873 at 20°00', 146°45'; about 50km east of Charters Towers.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.31.
Kirk River
Now a plantation called Pandanus, about 220km west of Townsville.
Neal, Joan Carmichael, Beyond the Burdekin : pioneers, prospectors, pastoralists : a history of
the Dalrymple Shire, 1879-1979, Charters Towers, Qld. : Mimosa Press for the Dalrymple Shire Council,
1984, p.18.
Liontown
Named after a horse, it was a forgotten mining town at 20°25', 146°04', about 40km south west of Charters Towes. The name is still used for a local property.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.85.
Millchester
Gold diggings which evolved into Charters Towers, named after W.S. Charters,
the miming warden at Ravenswood who registered the initial claim in 1871.
Reader's Digest, Book of Historic Australian Townss, Sydney, 1982, p.112.
Mount Emu
This forgotten gold mining town was surveyed at 20°05', 144°42', about
160km west of Charters Towers.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.279.
Mount Leyshon
Named after Leyshon Jones, the first applicant for a mining lease here,
it was a forgotten mining town surveyed in 1900 at 20°17', 146°16', about
25km south of Charters Towers. The town is no more but the name survives
for an adjacent mountain.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.87.
Norwood
A forgotten gold mining town surveyed in 1880 at 20°33' 145°19'; about 105km south west of Charters Towers.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.13.
Oombabia
Now called Macrossan at the railway crossing of the Burdekin about 20km
north east of Charters Towers.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.89.
Ravenswood Junction
From 1881 it was a permanent railway camp. When the railway to Ravenswood
closed in 1930 the name was changed to Mingela said to mean a big waterhole.
It is about 45 km north east of Charters Towers.
Reader's Digest, Reader's Digest Book of the Road, Sydney, 1999, p.285.
Rochford
A forgotten gold mining town at 20°06' 146°53'. The last house was removed in 1928; about 85 km east of Charters Towers.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p. 33.
Stannoustown
Also known as Tinvale, this forgotten tin mining town was situated at 19°29'
145°29', about 140km west of Townsville.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.353.
Tinvale
Also known as Stannoustown, this forgotten tin mining town was situated
at 19°29', 145°29', about 140km west of Townsville.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.353.
Top Camp on Upper Camp
Now called Ravenswood, about 65km east of Charters Towers.
McGowan, Barry, Australian ghost towns, South Melbourne, 2002, p.60.
Totley
A forgotten silver mining town surveyed in 1886 at 20°05', 146°53'; about
85km east of Charters Towers.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.35.
Upper Diggings
Renamed Ravenswood in 1869 after a local cattle run. About 65km east of Charters Towers.
Australians Events and Places, Sydney, 1987, p.327.
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