Notable People
- Cecil Aynsley, member of the Queensland Rugby League team of the century
- Daisy Bates, Irish-Australian journalist and welfare worker, known for her with indigenous Australians
- William Edward Harney, Australian writer
- Jackie French, Australian author
- Wilhelm Iwan (1871–1958), author, historian, and theologian (lived in Charters Towers for nine years and wrote a book describing his experiences)
- Bob Katter, Australian politician
- Andrew Symonds, Australian Test cricketer, spent much of his early childhood in Charters Towers
- Breaker Morant, Australian drover, horseman and soldier, spent some years in Charters Towers
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