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Alfred Giles [B 2021] • Photograph

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Summary

Alfred Giles, explorer and pastoralist. He was appointed second in command of John Ross's 1870 advance expedition to fix a course for the Overland Telegraph Line. In 1879-80, he overlanded several thousand head of sheep and cattle from Adelaide, to establish the Springvale cattle station near Katherine.

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.2 cm x 10.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1923

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Giles, Alfred, 1847?-1931
Explorers -- Northern Territory
Droving -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

23/03/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,136 x 3,096 pixels (6.6 MP)

Size

19.86 MB

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