Keywords: StateLibQld 1 100312.jpg en Group photograph of cyclists taken in Charters Towers Queensland ca 1887 <br /> Penny-farthing riders posing with their bicycles surrounding them Possibly a cycling club The name penny-farthing refers to British penny and farthing coins one much larger than the other so that the side view resembles a penny leading a farthing Information taken from Herlihy David V 2004 Bicycle The History Yale University Press ~ 1887 handle 10462/deriv/69398 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Bicycles in Queensland People of Charters Towers Black and white photographs Penny-farthings Images from the State Library of Queensland |