Other Publications
Charters Towers Regional Council has the following official publications available for sale to the public:-
Copies of the publications are available from the ghosts of gold Gift Shop, Stock Exchange Arcade, Charters Towers during business hours.
 RRP: $16.50 | BEYOND THE BURDEKIN
A HISTORY OF THE DALRYMPLE SHIRE 1879-1979 BY JOAN CARMICHAEL NEAL Originally commissioned by the Dalrymple Shire Council to commemorate its centenary of local government: 1879 - 1979, this book gives a panoramic view of those one hundred years.
The cover photo, taken at Burdekin Falls by David Wilson, accords with the title of this history of the Dalrymple Shire. When one reaches this point, everything which one sees beyond the Burdekin lies within the Dalrymple Shire.
Soon, the waters of this great river will be tamed at this site by the Burdekin Dam, just as the wilderness beyond the Burdekin was once tamed by those pioneers, prospectors, and pastoralists. Currently not available in Gift Shop. Top |
 RRP: $3.30 | RAVENSWOOD
BY JILL MATHER AND JIM COX The name Ravenswood is attributed to Sir Walter Scott's famous novel (1819) The Bride of Lammermoor. Donizetti later wrote the opera Lucia di Lammermoor in 1835.
Lord Ravenswood's fiery son, the young Master inherits the ruinous tower of Wolf's Crag, falls in love with the luckless Lucy Ashton, and finally is swallowed up in a bed of quicksand.
The resemblance to Ravenswood, Australia is not obvious, however Thomas Aitken's property Mount Ravenswood (the present site of the Burdekin Falls Wilderness Lodge) could well have been the source of the choice.
This booklet was produced by the Dalrymple Shire Council to commemorate over 120 years of the life and times of Ravenswood. Top |
 RRP: $13.20 | THE CALLCOTT COLLECTION A selection of photographs of historical graves within Dalrymple Shire taken by A.J. Callcott Top |
 RRP: $27.50
(Soft Cover) $44.00
(Hard Cover) | WITHIN LIVING MEMORY
BY KH KENNEDY & SIRIOL GIFFNEY Dalrymple Shire during the Peter Black years.
Within Living Memory is not an empiricist approach to the recent history of the Shire. It stands in stark contrast to Joan Neal's centennial contribution to Dalrymple Shire, Beyond the Burdekin (1982) which concentrates on the three themes of pastoralism, mining and local government from early settlement until the 1950s.
Three years ago, or thereabouts, Dalrymple Shire Council decided to commission a contemporary history of embracing the Peter Black years. Black had been Chairman/Mayor since April 1973, a Councillor from 1961 when he succeeded his father in local government at the tender age of 26.
The Council gesture, however, was respectful: Black is one of Australia's longest serving local government leaders, widely experienced on semi-government boards, awarded the Order of Australia in 1992, bigotedly committed to rural issues especially quality of life, education and cultural enhancement, community self-management through funding for parochial needs, and reconciliation with indigenous people.
Within the Charters Towers-Dalrymple region, Black is a "living legend", although not without his critics. Top |
