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Lewis William Gilles [B 6982] • Photograph

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Summary

Lewis William Gilles, in his later years and possibly taken in Victoria. He arrived in Tasmania at the age of 27 in 1823, where he was the manager of Archer, Gilles and Company Bank established in Launceston in 1840. It was absorbed and merged to become ANZ Bank Ltd. Mr LW Gilles began life as a naval officer, and moved to Tasmania to establish the Tamar Bank. He came to Adelaide in 1844. He and his family moved to assist his older brother Osmond Gilles, who was a Colonial Treasurer, with managing the lead and silver mine at Glen Osmond Mine. He held positions in the Victorian public service stationed briefly in Hepburn (Srings?) and zpproximately 14 years as a magistrate in Warrnambool. He retired from there at the age of 69 in 1866. Osmond Gilles died that year, and he resided at the family property 'Woodley' in Glen Osmond until he died in 1884.

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.6 cm x 8.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1884

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Gilles, Lewis William, 1796-1884.
Gilles, Osmond, 1788-1866.

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General notes

Lewis Gilles died 2 January 1884, obituary in South Australian Register 19 January 1884.

Digitisation information

Date

11/11/2005

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Resolution

2,139 x 3,558 pixels (7.6 MP)

Size

7.63 MB

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