Ernest Giles

Photo in the frontispiece of Giles' Australia Twice Traversed[1]

William Ernest Powell Giles (20 July 1835 – 13 November 1897),[2] best known as Ernest Giles, was an Australian explorer who led five major expeditions to parts of South Australia and Western Australia.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference twice was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The Cyclist Soldier". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 January 1901. p. 8. Retrieved 1 May 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Serle, Percival (1949). "Giles, Ernest". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
  4. ^ Louis Green, 'Giles, Ernest (1835–1897)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, Melbourne University Press, 1972, pp 246–247. Retrieved 22 November 2008