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==Family== * William Giles (c. 1795 β 28 May 1860) of HM Customs, Victoria and Jane Elizabeth Giles, nΓ©e Powell (c. 1804 β 15 March 1879). *'''William Ernest Giles''' (20 July 1835 β 13 November 1897), the subject of this article. *Eldest daughter Jane Rebecca Giles (died 26 November 1911) married George Duff Gill (died 7 December 1883) in Adelaide on 10 January 1850,<ref name=1850marriage>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4774940 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |volume=II |issue=302 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=23 February 1850 |access-date=20 July 2020 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> later of [[Kew, Victoria]]; she died at [[St Peters, South Australia]]. The [[George Gill Range]] was named for him by Giles on 30 October 1872. *Second son Henry Albert Sydney Giles (c. 1840 β 8 December 1853) died in Melbourne.<ref name=death1853>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4800539 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=2060 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=10 December 1853 |access-date=20 July 2020 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> *Helen Sarah Giles (died 4 January 1907) married [[Stephen Vine Buckland]] (died 27 October 1886), prominent lawyer of [[Geelong, Victoria]]. *Third daughter Harriet Eliza New Giles ( β 26 July 1921) married Henry Notley Hull (c. 1821 β 25 February 1884) on 17 August 1871. *Youngest daughter Alice Mary Giles (c. 1850 β 15 December 1929) married Lionel W. Stanton, the Senior Inspector of Public Schools on 5 January 1892. *Robert Eugene Giles of [[Hamilton, Victoria]] accepted the [[Royal Geographical Society]] Founder's [sic] medal on his brother's behalf<ref name=explorer1880>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161912234 |title=Ernest Giles, the Explorer. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser]] |volume=XXX |issue=1060 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=30 October 1880 |access-date=20 July 2020 |page=840 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and notified the Press of his late return in 1880.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article813901 |title=Mr. Ernest Giles' Exploring Party. |newspaper=[[The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser]] |volume=XXXVII |issue=5084 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 December 1880 |access-date=20 July 2020 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He was later jailed for misappropriation while trustee,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87702818 |title=A Fraudulent Trustee |newspaper=[[The Chronicle (Adelaide)]] |volume=41 |issue=2,100 |location=South Australia |date=19 November 1898 |access-date=20 July 2020 |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> then moved to Adelaide, living at [[St Peters, South Australia|St Peters]],<ref name="The Late Ernest Giles">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91054258 |title=The Late Ernest Giles |newspaper=[[The Kalgoorlie Miner]] |volume=16 |issue=4585 |location=Western Australia |date=11 June 1910 |access-date=20 July 2020 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> from where he continued to promote his brother's memory.<ref name="The Late Ernest Giles"/> Ernest Giles was not related to the explorer [[Alfred Giles (explorer)|Alfred Giles]] and his brother Christopher, though they knew each other professionally.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58566067 |title=Alfred Giles β Enjoying Life at 80 |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)|The Mail]] |date=22 September 1928 |access-date=30 January 2013 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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