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Overview of Charters Towers History.
Until around 1900 this was the second largest city in QLD! It called itself “The World” and with good reason. The gold finds here lasted a good 40 years. The town had a long period of wealth and growth. And the town took itself to the world which was a first for any mining centre in Australia and for any city apart from the state capital cities. Because of the wealth in the town share brokers started businesses there in the early 1880s. They agreed in 1885 to form a group and establish a stock exchange – the only one in Australia that has ever existed outside of a capital city. Then in 1886 they took the city to the world- at the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London. The set up a display of mining and ore crushing and they accepted £1 shares in various mining companies that operated in the town. It was a great success. One company is an example- Day Dawn Block and Wyndham- they received almost £500,000 in paid up shares to finance their future mining work! This exhibition put Charters Towers on the world map and was the first time London investors invested directly in Australian mines rather than through a London based share broking company or finance company. Some of the companies were duds but most were not. The peak gold yields from Charters Towers did not come until 1899 but these yields would not have occurred without the London finance for the deep shafts that were needed to reach to gold. The influx of money into the town transformed the place. The wooden structures, many dating from 1872 the time of the original gold finds were replaced with lavish and imposing stone and brick structures. The main street was rebuilt. Grand houses were built by the successful miners and the period from 1886-1893 was a boom building period. Prosperity was assisted by the development of the new cyanide gold processing works which produced even more gold for the miners and investors. The new cyanide works opened in Charters Towers in 1892. Fortunately we can still see some of this faded glory in Charters Towers today. But in the 1890s it was the best place to live in QLD outside of Brisbane. Thus it was not surprising that the Northern Mining Register newspaper wrote in 1897 that:
Most mining in Charters Towers ceased around 1912.
Discovery and Early Establishment of Charters Towers.
Hugh Mosman, whom we have heard of before on this tour, George Clarke, John Fraser and their Aboriginal horse boy called Jupiter Mosman were prospecting near Ravenswood in December 1871 when they found the first gold in the region. They registered their find as Charters Towers after Mr Charters the Gold Commissioner of the day and Towers because of the conical shaped stone hills (tors) near the site which looked like towers. A gold rushed quickly followed in 1872 with the birth of the town. Mosman and his mates discovered 10 gold reefs. Early finds were of alluvial gold but soon deep shafts were needed to extract the ore and companies were formed with money and capital to undertake this work. British investment led to the transformation of the canvas and wooden town into a fine stone metropolis occurred after 1886 as explained above. The gold at Charters Towers was the major find in QLD and an important find for Australia. By the end of 1878 there were 12 mills processing ore in the town. The Venus Battery works which started operations in 1872 operated right through until 1972. For most of the period from the mid 1870s up to 1906 gold exports from QLD exceeded those of the other major QLD export - wool. QLD certainly had much more gold than NSW but much less than Victoria although not all QLD gold came from Charters Towers. During its peak years over 200,000 ounces of gold a year were mined in Charters Towers. Although the mining companies closed down operations in 1912 individual miners continued working the field right up to World War Two and the old cyanide ore dumps from the battery works have been reworked since then.
This was a great tree. I’m sorry to have to take it down as there’s Lots of life left in it but the goats at the accidental zoo will enjoy it.
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This was one of the best days of Texas Renaissance Festival this season. A lot of stuff going on - the Benefit Betties, Spin Dancer, Gypsy Dance Theatre fire show - and much much more! Great weather and everyone seemed to be in a good mood. This was part of the Highland Fling weekend so there was plaid everywhere.
I took this photo in late November 2014 at the TRF near Todd's Mission, TX.
This was taken near Smyrna, DE. Temps were unusually cold, near 0 with the strong windchill. I think this Vulture was enjoying the heat being collected by this dish.
This was taken inside the glass elevator at the Apple Store in New York City. I am looking straight up as I am going down into the store.
This geocache had an excellent camo job. As its name implied, it was 'In the Evergreens...Somewhere'.
This rose is a species rose from Gansu, Guizhou, China. It will make a beautiful border along the edge of these beds in the garden.
Le Rosier de Lady Banks (Rosa banksiae) est une espèce de rosier originaire du centre et de l'ouest de la Chine, dans les provinces de Gansu, Guizhou
'Anini Beach near Kiluea, Hawaii
This beach was called W'anini, but the "W" washed off the sign, and ever since it's been called 'Anini Beach.
The beach is absolutely beautiful and clear, lots of reefs and fish, and freaking amazing houses along the beach front
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this is my family.
I love them a lot.
This was taken at our mountain house.
My little sister is eleven, and loves theatre.
My mom is 25 and loves painting. But not really on the 25.
My dad is 50-something, and is who I aspire to be one day.
I don't have a nametag on this one.
2013 need to move some of these into more sun? Fertiize 6-10-10. A light application in the early spring and a second light application about a month after bloom will reward you with good growth and bloom. Avoid using anything high in nitrogen, as nitrogen encourages rot problems (don't think I ever have to worry about rot!)
This Christmas my little Cocoriang decided, all together, to write to Santa Claus.
It's a little plot, to help their bunny friends.
This indian sari(middle)was made some years ago. Now this Barbie Exotic Beauty that I bought nacked whars this beautiful OOAK sari was made out of silk and manually beaded. She only had her original nacklace, so I deceided to realize also earrings for her. Do you like this OOAK doll?
1. Antara- Festivals of the world Diwali 2006
2.Ashanti- Exotic Beauty 2003 in OOAK sari
3. Dolls of the world Princess of India 2001
1. The come hither stare..., 2. SP-Blue Period, 3. Infamouslook, 4. flickr.com/photos/23941761@N02/2366895722/, 5. 34/365, 6. Romans 8:28, 7. ForMaddysfamily, 8. 30 Secrets in 30 days- Secret#5,
9. 30 secrets in 30 days-Secret#2, 10. Laughing to crying, 11. 37/365----FGR:SPY VS SPY, 12. 30 Secrets in 30 days- Secret #4, 13. John 3:16, 14. 36/365-Shower Scene, 15. oh yah....doing the movie start thang., 16. 31/365-I've been officially cloned!,
17. preciousmaddy, 18. 30 Secrets in 30 days- Secret #6, 19. 33/365, 20. Self Love/Acceptance, 21. new jan pics 014, 22. 29/365, 23. 20/365-Frustration, 24. newSPme,
25. The eyes tell the story., 26. Self Portrait, 27. Your loss-----Definitely your loss, 28. Forcoworker, 29. 25/365-Hear these words, 30. 365reject-It is done., 31. A kiss for you.....yes, you., 32. 14/365,
33. FMYP001, 34. alicepalicePMP, 35. Adrybathtime, 36. wassuprockerPMP, 37. beautifulgirlsPMP, 38. 30 Secrets in 30 days- Secret #3, 39. 32/365-Don't tell the boss, 40. 23/365-STARBUCKS!!!!!,
41. sideself, 42. 365reject--Biting my lip, 43. 35/365-The forever bridesmaid, 44. adrycloseup, 45. ShannonHYWPMP, 46. FlowersOOF, 47. 30 Secrets in 30 Days- Secret#7, 48. Me, myself, & I-Tv watching,
49. look I'm on notepaper, 50. extreme closeup, 51. justme, 52. 38/365-FGR:Fishface, 53. flickr.com/photos/23941761@N02/2345267521/, 54. ATV2-PMP, 55. 365rejectSPwork, 56. MichelelynSILPMP,
57. 28/365-Listen to me...., 58. 30 secrets in 30 days-Secret #1, 59. Forever Bridesmaid-Alt, 60. 27/365-my shoe lol, 61. 26/365--WHATEVER!!!, 62. 9/365, 63. cowboyPMP, 64. momnadry,
65. CloudsPMP, 66. 24/365-And so change is coming...., 67. woe is me, 68. All Smiles..., 69. 21/365, 70. 30 Secrets in 30 Days- Secret#8, 71. t3ch99PMP, 72. Bathroom/Mirror Pic
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OOOH......flickr and Big Huge Labs are totally evil....LMAO
When I saw BP6316 had this up as an April Fool's Joke....I was like......."NOT UH"
YUP!!
oh man, I TOTALLY WISH THIS WAS REAL!!
This is my first wedding cake dummy, I've been dying to get this idea made and was so happy with the finished cake.
I have a few more to make yet ready for wedding fairs next year :) xx
this photo is featured in Lem's "Berliner Mauer" photobook
cette photo est extraite du livre "Berliner Mauer"
This is for my friend(s) who liken Trump to a Cheeto. Found this 'guy' in a bag of Cheetos the other day. To me, it looks like a person with an outstretched arm.
This last summer I took thousands of loon shots. So, many are a like. But, I am still finding images that I like and had passed over earlier. I am really looking forward to spring and getting back out on the lakes again.
We are having a record winter for snow fall. We are up around 90 inches so far and lately the temperatures have been hovering around -10 to -15. Add to that the really short dark days........
Did I say I was looking forward to spring. ;-)
All decals made by me. Custom hair piece made by me. Spear is from brickforge.
The contest that this is for can be found here:
This warship paper mdoel is the SGB9 Grey Goose, a small naval vessel used during the Second World War, the papercraft is created by Arstwo, and the scale is in 1:200.
You can download the papercraft model here: WWII Steam Gun Boat SGB9 Grey Goose Free Paper Model Download [Yadi.sk] [Box] [Ga...
www.papercraftsquare.com/wwii-steam-gun-boat-sgb9-grey-go...
This is the first bird photo taken handheld (rather than via remote), outside (rather than through mucky glass) in my Birmingham garden. I had a free morning so used my piece of camo 'blind' i bought for bird shots a while ago and sat tight hoping something would come and say hello. There were not many visitors as the weather has warmed up a little but the robin did stop by.
Cropped 50% but a clean shot so didn't need much PP.
Taken with the worth-every-penny Nikkor 80-200/2.8 + Kenko Pro 300 1.4x TC
I fly to Hungary this afternoon but back in a week