Harry C. Giese
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Harry Giese 1913-2000, Darwin, Australia in the 1970s
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Born | 1913 Greenbushes, Western Australia |
Died | 2000 Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia |
Other names | H.C. Giese, Harry Christian Giese |
Occupation | Australian administrator, public servant and community leader |
Website | http://www.harrygiese1913-2000.com.au/ |
Harry Giese AM MBE (born 1913, Western Australia, died 2000, Darwin, Northern Territory) administered Australian federal government policy for the people of the Northern Territory under Prime Ministers including Robert Menzies and Harold Holt and Ministers including Paul Hasluck.
Biography and Career
Giese was a third-generation descendant of a German family who migrated to Australia in the 1870s.[1][2][3][4] In 1954, after senior public service jobs in Western Australia and Queensland,[5] he moved to Darwin as the Director of Welfare in the Northern Territory Administration.[6][7] He was the longest-serving member of the Northern Territory Legislative Council, from 1954–73. In 1978, after Territory self-government, he became the first Northern Territory Ombudsman.[8][9]
As founding Chairman of the NT Committee of the Menzies Foundation he was instrumental in the establishment of the Menzies School of Health Research,[10][11] serving on its Board of Governors and as Deputy Chairman from 1985–95. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney.
Giese was Foundation President and honorary Life Member of numerous community service and sporting organisations, including the Royal Life Saving Society Australia, Darwin Probus Club, Darwin Disaster Welfare Council after the 1974 destruction of Cyclone Tracy, and the Institute of Public Administration.[12][13]
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- ↑ See Annual Reports and President’s Report of all organisations from the 1950s to 2000 and beyond.
- ↑ Northern Territory Archives Service, Darwin | NTRS 226, Oral History interviews transcript 755.
Further reading
- H.C. Giese, Director of Welfare, Partnership towards Aboriginal Progress, in Focus 70 supplement, Northern Territory News, March 1970
- Personal papers relating to government administration in welfare and Aboriginal affairs, 1929–86, NTRS 1043/P1, Northern Territory Archives Service, Darwin
- Welfare Branch Annual Reports, 1954–1972, Northern Territory Administration, AGPS, Canberra at 15 Australian libraries; see http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12488134?versionId=14755357
- Harry Giese, interviews April 1987 – September 1991, NTRS 226, TS 755, Northern Territory Archives Service, Darwin
- Menzies Foundation Annual Reports, including the 1999 Annual Report at menziesfoundation.org.au/research/menzies-school-of-health-research/harry-christian-giese
- Annual Reports and President’s Report of community organisations such as the Royal Life Saving Society at http://royallifesaving.com.au/facts-and-figures/annual-reports
- 30 years supporting Indigenous health and medical research http://menziesfoundation.org.au/media-news/284-30-years-supporting-indigenous-health-and-medical-research
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