The Charters Towers Post Office (Charters Towers, North Queensland)

            A postal service was established at Charters Towers in 1872 following the discovery of gold in 1871. Jupiter Mosman is credited with finding gold near Towers Hill, with the goldfields proclaimed in 1872, and Charters Towers rapidly proclaimed a municipality in 1877, and a city in April 1909.

The initial discovery of gold in the greater Charter Towers area was followed by a peak mass migration of 30, 000 miners, investors, and entrepreneurs.  Extraordinary amounts of gold were initially discovered and by 1898 the Charters Towers district was producing more than 320, 000 ounces of gold per annum, establishing it as the richest major goldfield in Australia as well as an internationally-noted goldfield for many years.

Production levels soon began to decline, however, in the early twentieth century and in the absence of dividends or reinvestment, gold mining on the Charters Towers goldfield eventually (albeit temporarily over the long term) ground to a halt in 1917.

The first post office was constructed in 1879 - 1880, during the peak migration period and expansion of the town. This was later replaced by the current building in 1892, which was a large double-storey building, with post and telegraph facilities at ground floor, and residential quarters at the first floor level.  The clock tower was added in 1898 and alterations to the rear of the building were undertaken in 1900. Subsequent repairs and maintenance was carried out in 1905 - 1906 and additions in 1906 - 1907.

Once the second largest city in Queensland, due to the gold mining boom, Charters Towers has a rich collection of heritage buildings and a current population of about 10, 000. 
Architect: Queensland Government Architects: in the changeover period between G Connolly and Alfred Brady; with Thomas Pye and possibly also JS Murdoch.
1898 (tower); 1900 (rear alterations); 1905 - 1906 (repairs); 1906 - 1907 (additions)

Source: Commonwealth Heritage List.

Taken on: January 1, 2022

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