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Ernest Giles [B 7546] • Photograph

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Summary

Ernest Giles, explorer was born in England and followed his family to Adelaide in 1850. He led an expedition to Central Australia west of the new overland telegraph line. He also led an exploration to Western Australia in 1875 via the Great Western Desert . He performed a return trip thus completing a double crossing of the western half of the Australian continent. He is remembered by his journals which show his powers of observation.

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Physical description

Photograph; 12.6 cm x 8.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1885

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Giles, Ernest, 1835-1897

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Digitisation information

Date

31/10/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,259 x 3,182 pixels (7.2 MP)

Size

7.21 MB

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