Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-04-08
AUSTRALIAN EXPLORER GONE
TILES. Hero of Many Perilous
Fe"ts, Passes Away.

ohe OF the greatest of Australian
p'orers has passed away, IL not "unbon.
ored and unsung." at lens, in uraas1u,,a,
u.'eu r''y, says the Pail Mall Gazette. For
"iles well and truly did his share
" the work of lifting the veil of mystery
'hat Tor so long enshrouded the interior
VI the island continent and his name
S'ahus nigh with those of such pallan,
anu uhdaunted hardy pioneers of colonial
uoh as the Inflated Burke and wills who
perished SO miserably. Sir Thomas Nit
c"eii' oturt, Kennedy, DR.. Leichhard, and
or george Grey. His contributions 20 our
geographical knowledge of the interior of
australia were such as should have earn
ed him substantial reward and honora h,s
recognition, for he devoted the best wears
"a HIS HE to his work. Tall, muscular
ana commanding, sitting his horse as only
porn bushman sits, he was the bean
iueal OF leader of men bent on despera,e
and daring enterprise-to fight with the
teirofs OF the unknown desert and the
aeonles and horrors of thirst
twenty-five years ago he made his first
success as an explorer, when he led a
party through an unknown cuntry 800
miles westward firm the telegraph me
mat traverses the center Of Australia
from north to south. A second tourney
initiated by Baron Won Muller who had
formed high opinion Of Giles resource
tuihess and daring under the most trying
circumstances, resulted in his adding 10
the blank map of the interior a knowledge
ne
ney he was accompanied by only tou,
white men, some aboriginals and twenty
hVe horses. The hardships they endured
were terrible. and before reaching the
west coast (after being out nearly year
from their starting point they had to
XIII and live upon the few horses that re.
manned alive.
| In 1915 the generosity Of Sir Thomas
Elder enabled him to start on a third ex-
petition, which was amply equipped and
provisioned for Is months. For hundreds
OF miles the route Of the expedition lay
through succession Of fearful waterless
deserts Fortunately, on this occasion he
had camels or else he and his party woult
never have returned. Once they Travelled
/
miles without discovering water. Yet h
brought this daring trip Of 2,40O miles t.
successful issue by reaching one Of tn,
outlying settlements in western Australia
and then, after resting. he struck nortl
about 200 miles Of his first route and re
turned to south Australia. For this tea
he was rewarded with the somewhat bar
rem honor Of the gold medal of the Roya
Geographical society.
Early In 1889 he published one of tn
most interesting Of the many books writ
ten on Australian exploration. "Australi
Twice Traversed." His knowledge of tn
wild black tribes of the interior was no
excelled by any other man in Australia
and equalled only by that of Ernest Fa
venc, another gallant fellow who has don
great work for his adopted country. an
like Giles and the rest of these devote
men, earned nothing for the benefits h
has conferred upon the Australian people
Poor Giles. year ago was given G.
official position on Coolgardie gold tiel
by the government of western Australi;
A severe cold developed into pneumoni
carried off, on Nov. IA, one of the mos
resolute and undaunted men that eve
looked across the Misunderstanding expans
of an Australian desert.