Charters Towers, 135km south-west of Townsville, was once the second largest city in Queensland and site of a massive gold rush in the late 19th century.
The town sprang out of the plains after a little indigenous stock boy named Jupiter Mosman, barely 10, discovered the gold while chasing horses spooked by a thunderstorm. He literally saw the precious metal glittering in a stream.
Charters Towers quickly grew into a sprawling mining town and evidence of its wealth is still around in the form of grand, colonial buildings.
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