Palmer River

Palmer gold field, Maytown and environs, 1885. Drawn by the surveyor W.T. White, this map unfolds from pocket size to a large map made up of 48 sections. The table shows the distances and bearings of roads and rivers across the goldfields. The Palmer River snakes its way across the bottom of the map, with Maytown assuming a large river frontage and the various gold diggings spreading out from the river. The map shows the presence of the Chinese. Chinese gardens are marked at numerous spots including the large Chinese gardens on Dog Leg Creek. Outside the Ida Township there is another Chinese garden on Butchers Creek. In the centre of the map between Maytown and German Bar, the Chinese camp is marked in Thompson’s Gully. Collection of the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation Library, Queensland