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	Ernest Giles
		Born in England in 1835, and educated in London, where he received a classical and literary education, Giles emigrated when he was 15 years old and joined his family in Adelaide.
		Despite initial setbacks and seemingly impenetrable wilderness, Giles never weakened in his purpose or his love of exploration.
		Giles ate the last of his horsemeat and rapidly became weaker.
	gutenberg.net.au /pages/giles.html (276 words)

	Ernest Giles South Australian History
		Giles was born in Bristol, England, on 20 July 1835, the eldest son of William and Jane Giles.
		Giles was able to secure a temporary job in Victoria while preparing his journals and maps for the South Australian government in return for their 'niggardly support'.
		Giles achievements as an explorer had been negative in the sense that he did little more than confirm that a large part of the inland was dry, sun baked and almost uninhabitable.
	www.southaustralianhistory.com.au /ernestgiles.htm (903 words)

	Discoverers Web: Crossing West Australia - Giles, Warburton, Gosse
		Giles himself did reach the camp, after an unbelievable trek through the desert, 60 miles walking, carrying a 45 pound keg of water.
		Giles heared that he had been beaten, not just by Warburton and Lewis, but also by the competent explorer John Forrest, who that same year had crossed Western Australia, through the Gibson Desert, from west to east.
		Giles was nearly killed in the resulting struggle.
	www.win.tue.nl /~engels/discovery/westaus.html (794 words)

	CBoM - History of Giles Weather Station
		Giles Weather Station was transferred from the Department of Defence to the Bureau of Meteorology in 1972.
		Giles is the resting place of the Caterpillar grader which was used to build the Gunbarrel Highway, and other roads in the area.
		Giles provides useful meteorological data in a remote region to the west and northwest of most major population centres of Australia.
	www.bom.gov.au /weather/sa/giles/history.shtml (686 words)

	Ernest Giles - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Ernest Giles - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Giles, Ernest (1835-1897), British explorer who made several journeys into the center of Australia.
		Born in Bristol, England, Giles was educated in...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Ernest_Giles.html (96 words)

	Ernest Giles Summary
		The Australian explorer Ernest Giles (1835-1897) was the first man to cross the desert wilderness between central and western Australia both ways.
		Ernest Giles was born in Bristol, England, on July 20, 1835, and educated at Christ's Hospital, London.
		Ernest Giles was born on July 7, 1835 in England.
	www.bookrags.com /Ernest_Giles (873 words)

	Geographic Travels in Central Australia - Ernest Giles
		He used horses and his bush skills and calm assurance in searching for feed for them and for water for the party and the horses are evident - a good man to have around in a tight spot.
		Giles' had difficulty getting backing - his first expedition was financed by himself and by von Mueller.
		Ernest Giles (1835-1897), Geographic Travels in Central Australia from 1872 to 1874, first published M'Carron, Bird and Co, Melbourne, 1875, first facsimile edition Corkwood Press 1993, second facsimile edition 1995.
	www.4wdonline.com /Books/GilesGTCA.html (319 words)

	Ernest Giles, Australian Pioneer and Explorer - Longitude 131
		In the five years between 1872 and 1876 Giles led four expeditions over the continent's harshest lands, solving most of the Centre's remaining mysteries and crossing more undiscovered country than any other Australian explorer.
		He named it for his companion who, on one ill-fated push for water, rode into the vastness on the only horse and was never seen again.
		Giles made it back to the camp, trudging a hundred kilometres with a hundred kilo keg of water on his back.
	www.longitude131.com.au /pioneer-giles (712 words)

	Amazon.com: "Ernest Giles": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although Ernest Giles passed through the Western Desert region in the 1870s, in the following 50 years non-Aboriginal visitation was so infrequent that...
		In the 1870s Ernest Giles and SA surveyor William Gosse both made expeditions west of Alice Springs, while Peter Warburton toughed it out by camel...
		Ernest Giles understood that, although it was Mount Olga that...
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	G Douglas Giles Antique Prints
		Born in India in 1857 G Douglas Giles became a well known painter of military scenes and uniform plates as well as both horse-racing and hunting canvases.
		Ambush of the XI Legion by Brian Palmer.
		The 43rd Oxfordshire Light Infantry by G D Giles (P) Original chromolithographpublished 1880.
	www.military-prints.com /giles.htm (738 words)

	Ernest Giles
		The main stages of the expeditions are unravelled and analysed, revealing the mettle of the man as he pits himself against the forbidding desert expanses, weighing up chances and frequently dicing with death.
		Throughout, Giles' performance in the field is closely compared with the work of his contemporaries - Gosse, Warburton and Forrest - and of their predecessors.
		This definitive study of Giles is also a stimulation contribution to the history of Australian exploration.
	www.hesperianpress.com /booklist/title_information/ernest_giles.htm (294 words)

	Ernest Giles at AllExperts
		William Ernest Powell Giles (July 7, 1835–November 20, 1897), best known as Ernest Giles, was an Australian explorer who led three major expeditions in central Australia.
		Ernest Giles was born on July 7, 1835 in England.
		At the age of 15, he emigrated to Australia, taking up residence in Adelaide.
	en.allexperts.com /e/e/er/ernest_giles.htm (399 words)

	Military Prints by Ernest Crofts
		Halt of the 12th Lancers by Ernest Crofts.
		Outpost of the New Model Army on the Eve of the Battle of Naseby by Ernest Crofts.
		The final picture in the Trilogy by Ernest Crofts on the execution of Charles the 1st.
	www.militaryartcompany.com /ernest_crofts.htm (1231 words)

	Woman Shot By Teen Gunmen As Husband Looks On - Local News
		Giles said that at that point, he and his wife turned around and started to walk in the opposite direction.
		Tamika Giles worked as a nurse's assistant at Gilpin Hall, a senior care center.
		Ernest Giles is trying to process the loss of the woman he has lived with for more than 10 years.
	www.nbc10.com /news/6618460/detail.html (417 words)

	Military Art by Louis Ernest Meissonier
		Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier Born in Lyons on 20th February, 1813, he served for a short period in a chemist shop but his interest in art quickly became apparent to his parents who arranged for him to enter the studios of various artists.
		Napoleon III at Solferino by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier.
		Petit Poste de Grand Garde, Hussars of the 8th Regiment by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier A scouting party of the 8th regiment of Hussars in Napoleons First Empire army are seen resting their horses and in discussion.
	www.militaryartcompany.com /meissonier.htm (1278 words)

	Top 100 - Project Gutenberg
		The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks (180)
		The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks (1403)
		The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks (5612)
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		John Guillim A Display of Heraldrie 1660, Ernest Giles Australia Twice Traversed first edition.
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	ERNEST GILES Articles from AMAZINES.COM - The Article Database and EZine Publishers Database
		ERNEST GILES Articles from AMAZINES.COM - The Article Database and EZine Publishers Database
		He published an account of his expeditions from 1872 to 1876 as Australia Twice Traversed.
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	Books by Ernest Giles, compare prices
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		Ernest Giles's Explorations, 1872-76 : South Australian Parliamentary Papers 1872-76
		by Ernest Giles, State Library of South Australia, Valmai Hankel
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