Tales of the Towers

Merle Howie Photo Album - Parades & Processions including Goldfields Festival

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Item Typephotograph albumDateBetween 1st January 1970 and 31st December 1989ContentPhoto Numbers and brief descriptions of photos

1. Excelsior Band marching in street parade.
2. Wendy Emerson, Goldfields Festival Queen, sitting on car bonnet in parade. [Digitised Apr 2026]
3. Goats pulling small cart and others in street parade.
4. Goat pulling small cart and another with packs in street parade.
5. Queenton Lions Club members (Ken Acton on right) leading Blackthorn College students carrying international flags.
6. & 7. Continuation of flag bearers from 5 above.
8. Festival Queen entrant sitting on top of vehicle during street parade.
9. Festival Queen entrant with others on the Wales Bank float in street parade.
10. “Gooney Bird” float in street parade.
11. & 12. Junior Soccer players in street parade.
13. “Year of the Disable..” entry in street parade. Girls dressed as nurses/red cross and patient in wheelchair.
14. & 15. People dressed in period costume in street parade.
16. “The Good Old Days” float in street parade. People dressed in period costumes on and accompanying the float.
17. Ken Sellars dressed as butcher and women in period dress in parade.
18. Girl Guides float in parade.
19. Vintage car with people in period dress, towing a miniature mine head-frame.
20. Two men on horseback, holding a banner “Last of the old diggers”.
21. People in “Saloon” scene on back of float in parade.
22. Wendy Hill, Festival Queen Entrant, on Enterprise Hotel sponsored float in parade.
23. - 26. Bluebirds Tennis Club’s float in parade.
27. Norman Powell Plumbing float in parade.
28. & 29. “Burns Betta-Bilt” float in parade. (E.S. Burns was a local builder)
30. Julie Brownson, Festival Queen Entrant, sponsored by Enid’s Boutique [Digitised Apr 2026]
31. Commonwealth Bank Float in parade.
32. & 33. Float with “Miners” and oversized “gold nugget, in parade.
34. Charters Towers State High School float (includes replica mine head-frame)
35. Kids in bathtub and dog on a trailer in street parade. (Towers Plumbing Float?)
36. Towers Plumbing/Solarhart float in street parade.
37. “Bridal Party of Yester-Year” float in street parade.
38. Val Gough with guitar and boy playing fiddle on back of a float in parade.
39. Marching band (Military?) in street parade.
40. Marching girls in street parade.
41. Teenagers wearing roller blades,with some carrying hockey stick, accompanied by a “horse” figure, in street parade.
42. “GroMac” concrete truck, in street parade with sign “Your wife got a boyfriend? Call us on 871924”.
43. & 44. Charters Towers Archery Club/Bowhunters float in parade. Man standing on back of truck is Dave Anderson.
45, & 46. Squash Club float in parade. At front of float in photo 46 - l-r Maria Bartlett, Les Cox, Harry Bartlett. Others not identified.
47. “Off-road” entry/float in parade.
48. Cattlemen’s Union float in parade.
49. & 50. Vintage Cars in parade.
51. Vintage motorcycle and rider in parade.
52. Marching band in parade. Lyre or clip to hold sheet music has “TSB” marked.
53. Towers Players’ “Sleeping Beauty” float in parade.
54. Festival Queen Entrant sitting on front of speedboat in parade.CreatorMerle and Ron HowieDigitisedPartialMaterial Description54 loose photographs stored in albumIdentifier2000107.8368

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EventGoldfields FestivalSubjectsProcessionsParadesBandsGoldfields FestivalMotor CarsCollectionThe Merle Howie CollectionDrop Down MenuEra | 1980sEvents | Parades

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Event

Goldfields Festival

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Collection

The Merle Howie Collection

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