CHARTERS TOWERS 1887

BY MICHAEL BRUMBY

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CHARTERS TOWERS, A STREET WALK

BY MICHAEL BRUMBY

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CHARTERS TOWERS, NEW CENTURY, NEW NATION 1901 

BY MICHAEL BRUMBY

After giving an insight into the history and discovery of gold in North Queensland, the writer (Michael Brumby) leads you on a journey of the establishing of the "Premier Goldfield", Charters Towers.

The publication also gives an account of the Commonwealth celebrations of 1901 when the goldfield celebrations involved a procession, a day in the park, an evening concert and a sports day. Around these four activities is told the story of Charters Towers, a goldfield in a new nation entering a new century.

The book celebrates the work of the Charters Towers and Dalrymple Archives Group, to whom all profits from its sale will be directed.

TOUR GUIDE TO THE CENTRAL HISTORIC SECTION OF CHARTERS TOWERS

BY J. JANECEK

THE VENUS BATTERY AND MILLCHESTER

BY D. H. JOHNSON

A great record of the operation of the Venus Gold Battery, the Millchester township and early mining in the district in general.

KATE'S JOURNEY

BY GRAHAM WILSON

Kate's Journey is a work of historical fiction based on the life of the author's maternal grandmother.  It is a story of romance, hardship, intrigue, travel, conflict and interesting historical times.

Catherine McCann (Kate) is an Irish lass who immigrated to the USA and later found her way to Charters Towers.  It is a lovely story of Kate's life journey.

THE CHARTERS TOWERS GOLDFIELD ASHES

BY NEAL SELLARS

A history (1949 - 2004) of the Cricket Carnival held annually around the Australia Day holiday in late January.

Many well-known and colourful characters have attended the Ashes Carnival, including Doug Walters who wrote the forward for the publication.

THE CALLCOTT COLLECTION

BY A. J. CALLCOTT

Jim Callcott offers the reader a wide range of photographs of historical graves scattered throughout the original Kennedy Pastoral District, first opened up for settlement in 1861.  The accompanying text gives an insight into the hardships endured by those early settlers.

ARIDA'S PTY LTD (1882 - 1985)

BY MARILYN HAMMOND AND LYNN WALLIS

Compiled and written as a souvenir of the 2006 reunion of staff of the firm, the book is a lovely reminder of what a department store in a country town was like.

J & RD Arida Pty Ltd, established in 1882, was a hub of fashion in north and western Queensland for over 100 years.

The publication contains a great pictorial record of early advertisements of the stores wares, as well as an informative coverage of Arida's history.

RAVENSWOOD

BY JILL MATHER AND JIM COX

This booklet was produced by the Dalrymple Shire Council to commemorate over 120 years of the life and times of Ravenswood.

WITHIN LIVING MEMORY

BY KH KENNEDY AND 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.