Ernest Giles
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William Ernest Powell Giles, best known as Ernest Giles, was an Australian explorer. He led five major expeditions to parts of South Australia and Western Australia.
Photo in the frontispiece of Giles' Australia Twice Traversed
The party for Giles' fourth expedition
Giles' grave at Coolgardie, Western Australia
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
Ernest Giles
…very weak, they decided to return. Giles viewed Kata Tjuta from Lake Amadeus, which he named Mount Olga after the Queen of Spain. His group returned to Charlotte Waters and then to Adelaide. Giles was the first European to see the rock formations named The Olgas, now officially known by Kata Tjuta/Mount Olga, and Lake…
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