Harold Stanage Giles Manuscript Collection 1900-1901
Details:
Title
Harold Stanage Giles Manuscript Collection 1900-1901,
Other title
MS 9,
Creator
Giles, Harold Stanage,
Collection
Historical Publications,
E-Books,
PublicationNT,
Date
1901,
Location
Bonrook Station,
Pine Creek,
Description
Harold Giles was born in March 1890 at Springvale Station in the Northern Territory, the third of four children of Alfred Giles and Mary Augusta. Four years after Harold’s birth the family moved to Bonrook Station homestead just out of Pine Creek. This diary is a childhood account of life in the Northern Territory in the Federation period. Soon after this was written, Giles, like his brothers before him, would be sent away to boarding school in Adelaide. Growing up in the bush, Harold was a good shot and excellent bushman. He became a policeman and enlisted in the First World War, although was found to be medically unfit and he rejoined the police force. When posted to Maranboy, Harold met and fell in love with a young nurse from the Maranboy Inland Mission Hospital. They married in 1924 and went on to have three children. He retired to Queensland in 1954 after managing Elsey Station and eventually died in Brisbane in 1960. This diary offers a rare opportunity to read a first-hand account of a child’s life on a pastoral station in the Territory at the beginning of the twentieth century. An account of daily life by a Top End schoolboy at the turn of the century, 1900-1901. Harold Giles notes daily events where trips to Pine Creek and Bonrook Station are mentioned frequently. Cradling for gold is also a common occurrence, with young Harold telling of his discoveries. The diary is in exercise book format and is handwritten in ink. The diary is in a fragile condition but has been transcribed.,
Table of contents
1. Original Diary -- 2. Typed transcript of diary -- 3. Handwritten transcript of diary -- 4. Hand drawn colour picture by Harold Stanage aged 10 years in dated 1903 -- 5. 3 page handwritten letter dated 6 July 1932 addressed to Harold by his mother M.A. Giles.,
Language
English,
Subject
Giles, Harold Stanage, 1890-1960,
Ranches -- Northern Territory -- Bonrook Station -- Social life and customs -- 20th century,
Giles, Maude Lorenzo Francis (aka May), 1893-1923,
Giles, Felix Gordon, 1885-1950,
Bonrook Station,
Ranches,
Social life and customs,
20th century,
Giles, Alfred, 1846-1931,
Northern Territory,
Giles, Leslie Henry Alfred, 1887-1949,
File type
application/pdf,
Copyright owner
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