CHARTERS TOWERS

charters towers, a mining town of devonport county, queensland, australia, 82 m. by rail s.w. of townsville and 820 m. direct n.n.w. of brisbane. it is the centre of an important gold-field, the reefs of which improve at the lower depths, the deepest shaft on the field being 2558 ft. below the surface-level. the gold is of a very fine quality. an abundant water-supply is obtained from the burdekin river, some 8 m. distant. the population of the town in 1901 was 5523; but within a 5 m. radius it was 20,976. charters towers became a municipality in 1877.