Towers Hill is a
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...
of
Charters Towers
Charters Towers is a rural town in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It is by road south-west from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. During the last quarter of the 19th century, the town boomed as the rich gold deposits und ...
in the
Charters Towers Region
The Charters Towers Region is a local government area in North Queensland, Australia southwest of, and inland from the city of Townsville, based in Charters Towers. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas whic ...
,
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, Australia.
In the , Towers Hill had a population of 190 people.
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Geography
The suburb is to the immediate south-west of the Charters Towers CBD. Visually it is dominated by the hill Towers Hill (), the highest point in Charters Towers at above sea level with the elevation in the rest of the town being approximately above sea level.
History
The suburb presumably takes its name from the hill.
Demographics
In the , Towers Hill had a population of 224 people.
Heritage listings
Towers Hill has a number of heritage-listed
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and human-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In ma ...
sites, including:
* Mining works on Towers Hill ()
* Charters Towers mine shafts ()
Education
There are no schools in Towers Hill. The nearest government primary school is Charters Towers Central State School
Charters Towers Central State School is a heritage-listed state school at 39–47 High Street, Charters Towers City, Queensland, Charters Towers City, Charters Towers, Queensland, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. ...
The nearest government secondary school is Charters Towers State High School. Both schools are in neighbouring Charters Towers City to the north-east.
Attractions
Tower Hill Lookout is located at the top of Tower Hill and is accessed off Black Jack Road. It has excellent views of the surrounding areas. There is an amphitheatre at the top of the hill where screenings are held after dark.
References
{{Charters Towers Region
Suburbs of Charters Towers