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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  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of 240 metres (787 feet)
  • …is also known as “Maytown, Queensland”
  • Description: ghost town in Queensland, Australia

Maytown

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Latitude
-16.05129° or 16° 3′ 5″ south
Longitude
144.28921° or 144° 17′ 21″ east
Open location code
5RM6W7XQ+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13823004369
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
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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