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{{about|the former local government area|the current local government area|Charters Towers Region|the town|Charters Towers|the central suburb of Charters Towers|Charters Towers City, Queensland}}
{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga
| name = City of Charters Towers
| state = qld
| image = Charters towers LGA Qld.png
| image_upright = 0.81
| caption = Location within [[Queensland]]
| pop = 8,155
| pop_year = 2006 census
| pop_footnotes =<ref>{{Census 2006 AUS | id = LGA32300 | name = Charters Towers (C) (Local Government Area) | accessdate=17 September 2009|quick = on}}</ref>
| area = 42.0
| est = 1877
| seat = [[Charters Towers, Queensland|Charters Towers]]
| region = [[North Queensland]]
| logo = Charters Towers Logo.png
| url =
}}

The '''City of Charters Towers''' was a [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] in [[North Queensland]], Australia, consisting of the centre and suburbs of the town of [[Charters Towers, Queensland|Charters Towers]]. Established in 1877, it was entirely surrounded by the [[Shire of Dalrymple]], with which it amalgamated in 2008 to form the [[Charters Towers Region]].

== History ==
The [[Borough of Charters Towers]] was proclaimed on 21 June 1877 under the ''Municipal Institutions Act 1864''.<ref>28 Vic No. 21 (Imp)</ref><ref>{{cite QSA Agency|11207|Charters Towers Municipal Council|20 September 2013}}</ref> It achieved a measure of autonomy in 1878 with the enactment of the ''Local Government Act''. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', the Borough of Charters Towers became the [[Town of Charters Towers]] on 31 March 1903.<ref name=ctt>{{cite QSA Agency|11208|Charters Towers Town Council|20 September 2013}}</ref>

On 13 April 1909, Charters Towers was proclaimed a City.<ref name=ctt/><ref>''Queensland Government Gazette'', Vol. XCII, 13 April 1909, p.1019.</ref><ref name=ctc/>

A separate [[Shire of Queenton]] was excised from the surrounding [[Dalrymple Division]] on 2 July 1902 and merged with the City of Charters Towers on 23 December 1916.<ref name=ctc>{{cite QSA Agency|2099|Charters Towers City Council|20 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite QSA Agency|1676|Queenton Shire Council|20 September 2013}}</ref>

On 15 March 2008, under the ''Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007'' passed by the [[Parliament of Queensland]] on 10 August 2007, the City of Charters Towers amalgamated with the [[Shire of Dalrymple]] to form the [[Charters Towers Region]].<ref name=ctc/><ref>{{cite QSA Agency|11043|Charters Towers Regional Council|20 September 2013}}</ref>

== Suburbs ==
The City of Charter Towers included the following settlements:

* [[Alabama Hill, Queensland|Alabama Hill]]
* [[Columbia, Queensland|Columbia]]
* [[Grand Secret, Queensland|Grand Secret]]
* [[Lissner, Queensland|Lissner]] (later renamed [[Charters Towers City, Queensland|Charters Towers City]])
* [[Millchester, Queensland|Millchester]]
* [[Mosman Park, Queensland|Mosman Park]]
* [[Queenton, Queensland|Queenton]]
* [[Richmond Hill, Queensland|Richmond Hill]]
* [[Toll, Queensland|Toll]]
* [[Towers Hill, Queensland|Towers Hill]]

==Population==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Population
|-
| 1933 || 6,978
|-
| 1947 || 7,561
|-
| 1954 || 6,961
|-
| 1961 || 7,633
|-
| 1966 || 7,602
|-
| 1971 || 7,518
|-
| 1976 || 7,914
|-
| 1981 || 6,823
|-
| 1986 || 7,208
|-
| 1991 || 9,016
|-
| 1996 || 8,893
|-
| 2001 || 8,492
|-
| 2006 || 8,155
|}

==Mayors==
[[File:StateLibQld 2 191535 Alderman William Grant Clark, Mayor of Charters Towers, wearing the plaid of the hunting Stewart clan, 1908.jpg|thumb|William Grant Clark, Mayor of Charters Towers, wearing the plaid of the hunting Stewart clan, 1908]]
[[File:StateLibQld 2 202191 Alderman P. J. Allen.jpg|thumb|P. J. Allen, Mayor of Charters Towers, 1901]]
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In the early period of local government in Queensland, elections for aldermen were held annually and the mayor was elected from among the aldermen. Later the mayor became directly elected but still on an annual basis. Finally there was the move to three-year election cycles.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}
* 1877–?: John McDonald<ref name="wh">{{cite web |url=http://www.charterstowers.qld.gov.au/web/guest/visitors/world_history.shtml |title=World History |publisher=Charters Towers Regional Council |access-date=24 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406103828/http://www.charterstowers.qld.gov.au/web/guest/visitors/world_history.shtml |archive-date=6 April 2011 }}</ref><ref name=mayor1925>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20988054 |title=MUNICIPAL HISTORY. |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |date=22 December 1925 |access-date=29 October 2013 |page=11 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* 1894: Frederick Johnson<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6428407 |title= Personal |newspaper= The Advertiser |date= 5 August 1914 |page= 19 |access-date= 19 September 2012 }}</ref> (son of South Australian politician [[Thomas Johnson (Australian politician)|Thomas Johnson]])
* [[Edward David Miles|1897: Edward Miles]] 1897<ref name=milesmayor>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20551609 |title=DEATH OF PROMINENT CITIZENS. |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |date=4 March 1922 |access-date=22 March 2015 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* 1901: P. J. Allen
* 1903: Frederick Johnson<ref name=":0"/>
* 1908: David Rollston <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58461958 |title=LICENSING AUTHORITIES. |newspaper=[[Townsville Daily Bulletin]] |location=Qld. |date=4 April 1908 |access-date=19 May 2014 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* 1908: William Grant Clark
* David (Dave) Missingham<ref>{{citation |last= Missingham |first= David |title=Letters |publication-date= 1896 |url= http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/24274752 | access-date= 19 September 2012 |format= biographical metadata for library holdings }}</ref>
* 1913–1914: Frederick Johnson <ref name=":0"/>
* 1916: C. Watts <ref name="ggindex">{{cite book|title=Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919|year=2004|publisher=[[Queensland Family History Society]]|isbn=1-876613-79-3}}</ref>
* 1925: Thomas Chappe<ref name="mayor1925" />
* 1927: Charles Brownson <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60797950 |title=CHARTERS TOWERS MAYOR. |newspaper=[[Townsville Daily Bulletin]] |location=Qld. |date=12 April 1927 |access-date=29 October 2013 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
*Bryan Beveridge{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}

==References==
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{{Queensland former LGAs}}

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[[Category:1877 establishments in Australia]]
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[[Category:2008 disestablishments in Australia]]
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