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Image: StateLibQld 1 54000 Charters Towers Stock Exchange, 1891

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Description: Charters Towers Stock Exchange, 1891 A scene in Mosman Street outside the Stock Exchange during a brief speculation boom in October 1891. [Description supplied with photograph] Other buildings visible include Harry Jeff's Mining Exchange Hotel, J. Sheen - taylor, and J. Moore's hairdressing establishment. A horse and carriage appear in the street. The stock exchange building began life in 1888 as the Royal Arcade. It was converted into a stock exchange in 1890. [Information taken from: Don Roderick, Charters Towers and its Stock Exchange, 1977].
Title: StateLibQld 1 54000 Charters Towers Stock Exchange, 1891
Credit: Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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