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Lady's Album of Emily Elizabeth Giles [D 8771/23(Misc)] • Mixed material

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Summary

'Lady's Album' of Emily Elizabeth Giles (nee McGeorge) (1813-1876), wife of William Giles (1791-1862), the third colonial manager of the South Australia Company. The cover of the album is made of green leather, with gold filigree decoration on the front, back and spine. The album is a combination of a scrapbook, autograph book and commonplace book, a sort of memory and friendship book containing 61 contributions in the form of essays, prose, poems and illustrations, including copies of published poems, hymns and Bible passages contributed by friends, family, colleagues and acquaintances. First entries date from 1837, England, before the Giles family departed for Kangaroo Island, South Australia, on board the 'Hartley', with the latest entry approximately 1900 (Christmas card made by her grandson). Contributors include friends writing farewell notes before their departure, fellow passengers on board the 'Hartley', acquaintances met at Cape Colony during the voyage, and identities on Kangaroo Island and Adelaide. Several entries are by notable figures from early South Australian colonial history: the first three colonial managers of the South Australian Company each wrote in the album: William Giles, David McLaren and Samuel Stephens, along with prose and poetry by journalist Nathanial Hailes, and original sketches and paintings by Benjamin Travers Solly and John Alexander Jackson.

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Physical description

Manuscripts
handwritten
Postcards
black and white
colour
Artworks (paintings)
oil
watercolour
mixed media
Artworks (drawings)
pencil
ink
ink wash
pastel
charcoal
mixed media
Artworks (prints)
lithograph
Ephemera (cards)
Scrapbook
1 volume ; 29.5 x 25 x 4.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1837-1900

Compiler

Giles, Emily Elizabeth

Subject

Women -- Social life and customs 19th century.
Friendship -- Australia.
Autograph albums.
South Australia -- Social life and customs 19th century.

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General notes

See attached finding aids for contents list of contributions, and transcriptions of contributions, provided courtesty of the Pioneers Association of South Australia (PASA).

Historical information

Emily McGeorge (1814-1876) married William Giles (1791-1862) in 1835 (his second wife). Aged 23, Emily emigrated with her husband, step-children and her first child to Kangaroo Island, South Australia on the Hartley in June 1837. She gave birth to her second child during the voyage. In total, William and Emily Giles had 12 children, and 9 step-children (from his first marriage). Upon arrival on Kangaroo Island in October 1837, William Giles took charge of the South Australian Company's station at Kingscote on K.I., before he was appointed Stipendiary Magistrate by Governor Hindmarsh in 1838, then appointed as the third colonial manager of the South Australian Company in 1841, succeeding David McLaren. The family moved to Adelaide, and William held the position until he retired in 1861. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/giles-william-2095

Digitisation information

Date

21/02/2024

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,100 x 4,756 pixels (19.5 MP)

Size

50.85 MB

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