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Georgetown began in 1869 as an alluvial gold mining centre, based on the Etheridge River. When the gold field was approved as a township it was named Georgetown in honour of the local gold commissioner, Howard St George. The alluvial gold attracted a rush of prospectors, estimated at up to 3000 at its peak.
In 1870 a telegraph repeating station for an overland line to the Gulf was built at Georgetown, and a post office and a courthouse opened in 1872. Buildings were primitive, and by 1880 the original wood and canvas buildings were wearing out. White-ant proof iron and hardwood structures replaced them. In 1882 Georgetown had ten hotels, ten billiards rooms and an enlarged courthouse to deal with participants in drunken brawls, assaults, indecent language and livestock theft.
Description source:
Queensland Places
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Digital Image ID 20851