Byerstown
Ghost town · Australia
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- -16.033, 144.717
Why it was abandoned
⛏️ Gold rush
Detected automatically from the text: former gold rush town in Queensland, Australia
History
Byerstown is a former gold rush town on the Palmer River, now within the locality of Lakeland in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was once a commercial hub for the surrounding goldfields and a stop on the road to the Hodgkinson goldfields further afield.