Alfred Giles (explorer)
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Alfred Giles, born in Datchet, England, was a South Australian bushman, drover and explorer who crossed Australia from south to north seven times, mostly in connection with the building of the Overlan
Alfred Giles
Charlotte Waters was a tiny settlement in the Northern Territory of Australia located close to the South Australian border, not far from Aputula. It was known for its telegraph station, the Charlotte
Alfred Giles (explorer)
…Giles jun., (c. 1841 – 27 November 1917) was, with A. T. Woods, surveyors in Goyder's 1868 expedition, and with Charles Todd in 1870. He served at the Charlotte Waters repeater station until 1876 and remained with the Postmaster General's Department in charge of the accountancy section, until 1905 when he retired. He…
Telegraph Station, c.1880, Paddy Byrne on right (photograph by Henry Yorke Lyell Brown, government geologist).
Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station, date unknown
1982 photograph of ruins