Charters Towers Stock Exchange Arcade, Heritage-listed arcade in Charters Towers, Australia

The Charters Towers Stock Exchange Arcade is a two-storey brick shopping arcade at 76 Mosman Street, designed by Sydney architect Mark Cooper Day and built in 1888 by the Sandbrook Brothers. A glass-roofed courtyard runs through the centre, its steel framework supporting the vault above a floor of geometric tiles. The building now houses offices and shops.

Built in 1888 for civic leader Alexander Malcolm to Mark Cooper Day's design, it opened as the Royal Arcade. In 1890 the Stock Exchange leased an office and the courtyard for evening calls at ten pounds a month, making the arcade the focus of gold-mining investment. The exchange closed in 1916 as the mines deepened and the population fell.

The arcade served as a meeting point where miners and business people gathered to discuss mining deals and watch the exchange activity unfold. It was the beating heart of economic life in this mining town.

The arcade stands at 76 Mosman Street, within the one-square-mile business area laid out in 1874 around the Gill and Mosman Streets intersection. It is now used for offices and shops, so visitors pass through the covered courtyard between Mosman Street and the rear of the block. The building was restored in two stages, the street front in 1972 and the remainder in 1975.

Ore samples from the nearby mines were displayed at the 1886 Colonial Exhibition in London, attracting the attention of British investors to the town. This overseas recognition helped elevate the building's importance and drew capital from across the world.