Charters Towers

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Charters Towers

Total population

8,040

Air quality index

27Good

Coordinates-20.07°, 146.27°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Charters Towers is a rural town in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It is 136 km (85 mi) by road south-west from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. During the last quarter of the 19th century, the town boomed as the rich gold deposits under the city were developed. After becoming uneconomical in the 20th century, profitable mining operations have commenced once again. In the 2021 census, the town of Charters Towers had a population of 8,040 people.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

William Edward Harney

Australian writer (1895–1962)

Cecil Aynsley

Australian rugby league footballer

Eric Plant

Australian Army Officer (1890-1950)

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Joan Whalley

Australian actress, teacher and artistic director

Lotus Thompson

Australian actress

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Martin Hanson

Australian politician

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Tom Gorman

Australian rugby league footballer (1901–1978)

Bill Edmonds

Australian politician (1903–1968)

George Warwick Smith

Public servant

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Leonard McGrath

Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler

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Tom Mills

Australian soldier (1908–1978)

Tom Foley

Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (1886-1973)

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Margaret Theadora Allan

(1889-1968) community worker

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George Frederick Emanuel Hall

Australian road engineer (1891-1972)

Harriet Elizabeth Marks

(1900-1989) schoolteacher and educationist

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William Christie

Australian indigenous digger

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Queensland

• Mingela
  27.1 mi away
• Woodstock
  49.4 mi away
• Bushland Beach
  66.2 mi away
• Townsville
  66.4 mi away
• Rollingstone
  71.3 mi away
• West Point
  72.9 mi away
• Toobanna
  94.4 mi away
• Forrest Beach
  94.4 mi away
• Taylors Beach
  100.2 mi away · pop. 297
• Trebonne
  100.6 mi away · pop. 270
• Scottville
  106 mi away · pop. 268
• Lucinda
  106.8 mi away · pop. 431

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Charters Towers

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Pied Butcherbird

Cracticus nigrogularis

Seen 2026-08-08

Artillery Plant

Pilea microphylla

Seen 2026-08-01

Asian Magpie Moth

Nyctemera baulus

Seen 2026-08-01

Australian Common Crow

Euploea corinna

Seen 2026-08-01

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-07-31

beach prickly pear

Opuntia anahuacensis

Seen 2026-07-25

Allied Rock Wallaby

Petrogale assimilis

Seen 2026-07-09

Black Flying-fox

Pteropus alecto

Seen 2026-07-02

Squatter Pigeon

Geophaps scripta

Seen 2026-07-02

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers