Goldtower Central is privileged to display a collection of Peter Lawson’s artworks originally featured in the publication ‘The Town They Called the World’ by Don Roderick.

Embark on a treasure hunt for Peter Lawson’s evocative 1980s paintings adorning the walls of the buildings at Goldtower Central. The original artworks showcasing the scenes of the grand architecture and street scenes of the foregone gold rush era were the perfect addition to the landscape of Goldtower Central.

Each painting has been transformed into a large-scale mosaics consisting of more than 700,000 meticulously hand-placed tiles. Take in the colour and vibrancy of the Charters Towers streetscape in a bygone era.

You can find Peter Lawson’s Mosaics at the following locations.

Pioneer Place: Saturday Morning Gill St. (Circa 1900) and Pryites Works

Treasure Towers: Listner Park 1913 and Railway Station

Mitre 10: The Outside Mine