Maytown

Maytown was the main township on the Palmer River Goldfields in , Australia. It is now a ghost town within locality of Palmer in the , having been active from c. 1874 to the 1920s.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: ghost town in Queensland, Australia
  • Also known as: “Maytown, Queensland”

Maytown

Latitude
-16.05° or 16° 3′ south
Longitude
144.28333° or 144° 17′ east
Elevation
240 metres (787 feet)
Open location code
5RM6X72M+28
Geo­Names ID
2158424
Wiki­data ID
Q6798042
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Egyptian Arabic—“Maytown” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Maytown”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مايتاون”

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