Did you know Charters Towers was the second-largest city in Queensland in the early 1900s?
That said, it is fair to say there's a good chance you will know someone with a connection to the place.
In a fascinating episode of SBS Australia's celebrity ancestry-tracing program Who Do You Think You Are?, Queensland-born, and global tennis sensation, Patrick Rafter, travels to Charters Towers to learn more about his great-great-grandparents.
What he finds is both intriguing and tragic.
We might be bias (to Charters Towers of course, and also who doesn't love Pat Rafter?!?) but we think it is a must-watch episode.
Keep your eyes peeled for some great shots of Pat on top of our beloved Towers Hill, and inside our folk-favourite, the Zara Clark Museum.
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