Australia. Ernest Giles was born in Bristol, England, the eldest son of William Giles (c. 1795 – 28 May 1860), a merchant, and Jane Elizabeth Giles, née Powell...

disappeared when he left Ernest Giles with a compass and his horse, going back to fetch some water for himself, the mare and Giles, leaving Giles walking. Gibson...

(1,600 ft) in places. As noted by early Australian explorers such as Ernest Giles large portions of the desert are characterized by gravel-covered terrains...

is sometimes alternatively spelled Dirck Hartog or Dierick Hartochsz. Ernest Giles referred to him as Theodoric Hartog. The Western Australian island Dirk...

behest of Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, Mount Olga was named in 1872 by Ernest Giles, in honour of Queen Olga of Württemberg (born Grand Duchess Olga of Russia...

212 km (132 mi) to the northeast of Uluru (Ayers Rock). It was named by Ernest Giles in 1872 after Australian explorer William Gosse's brother Henry, who...

surrounding plains and comprises massifs of granite and gneiss. William Ernest Giles was the first European man to pass through the area and camped to the...

his survival to Charley, an Aboriginal tracker. The British explorer Ernest Giles, who crossed the desert in 1875, gave it the name Great Victoria Desert...

The first European to arrive at the lake, the explorer Ernest Giles, encountered it in 1872. Giles originally intended to honour his benefactor Baron Ferdinand...

Giles is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after explorer Ernest Giles, it is the largest electorate...

separate expeditions, Ernest Giles and William Gosse were the first European explorers to this area. While exploring the area in 1872, Giles sighted Kata Tjuta...

Australia and South Australia. In 1875, British-born Australian explorer Ernest Giles became the first European to cross the desert. He named the desert after...

lies in central Australia, is also named after Amadeo I by the explorer Ernest Giles, who was the first European to encounter the lake, in 1872.  Italy: Knight...

1870–1872. Giles was a son of Christopher Giles Snr (25 March 1802 – 26 April 1884), a member of the Corn Exchange, London, and his wife Hannah Giles, née Tester...

Italian 19th the Nile, Sudan Humphrey Gilbert English 16th North America Ernest Giles Australian 19th Central Australia Diogo Gomes Portuguese 15th West African...

Transcontinental Telegraph Line. He made useful additions to the discoveries of Ernest Giles. Gosse was born on 11 December 1842 in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England...

Park. Luritja people have inhabited the area for at least 20,000 years. Ernest Giles was an early European explorer, who reached the canyon in 1872. Kings...

first transcriber, the explorer Ernest Giles. In August 1872, while camped at Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station, Giles was the first "outsider" to record...

Look up Giles in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The surname Giles or Gyles comes from the given name Giles. Bearers of this surname derive from the original...

Richard Ernest Giles; 2 September 1927 - 6 November 2003) was a Methodist Irish language activist, teacher and writer. Richard Ernest Giles was born...

was slowly towed to Giles by the grader, and on the fourth drilling attempt, suitable drinking water was discovered. Work on the Giles establishment continued...

explorer Ernest Giles, as well as other history, as follows: The site that is now Kaltukatjara was originally named Docker River by Ernest Giles during...

the German cartographer, August Heinrich Petermann by the explorer, Ernest Giles, in 1874. The locality’s boundary and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007...

Road Cox Peninsula Road Daly River Road Darwin River Road Dorat Road Ernest Giles Road Gun Point Road Jim Jim Road Larapinta Drive Litchfield Road Luritja...

exploration by Peter Warburton in 1873, William Christie Gosse in 1873, Ernest Giles in 1875–76, David Lindsay in 1885–1886 and the Elder Scientific Exploring...

Giles Weather Station (also referred to as Giles Meteorological Station or Giles) is located in Western Australia near the Northern Territory border, about...

the British-born Australian explorer Ernest Giles in central Australia in 1872. Mueller was Giles' benefactor. Giles had wanted to name the tallest peak...

for Leichhardt in 1858 Ernest Giles – expeditions 1872–1876 William Tietkens – expedition in 1889 Gibson Desert Ernest Giles – crossed the desert in...

station exist on the station today. Alfred Giles refers to his only meeting with the explorer Ernest Giles (no relation) at "the Peake" in the 1870s....

Range. It is believed that Mount Zeil was named during or following Ernest Giles's 1872 expedition, probably after Count Karl von Waldburg-Zeil (1841–1890)...