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Christopher Giles [B 4752] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Christopher Giles senior. He has a trim beard and moustache and wears a jacket and cravat with pin. He arrived in the colony in 1849 with substantial assets and took up a run at Ketchowla (in the state's north east) with Mr. H. Boucaut. The enterprise eventually failed due to severe drought and he moved to Adelaide in 1864. His son Christopher junior, trained as a surveyor, was associated with the Goyder Expedition and the Overland Telegraph.

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.7 cm x 9.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1890

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Giles, Christopher, 1798-1884

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General notes

Although this photo is identified as Christopher Giles Senior, it seems more like that is his son (also Christopher Giles). A researcher has provided the following information: Giles senior died in 1884 and would have been well into his eighties in 1890; whereas Giles Junior was part of the 1868-1870 Northern Territory Survey Expedition (see B 11348/28 for a portrait from that time). See https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/giles-christopher.html for additional information.

Digitisation information

Date

09/06/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,154 x 3,121 pixels (6.7 MP)

Size

6.75 MB

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