Harry C. Giese

Harry Christian Giese AM, MBE (9 December 1913 – 4 February 2000) 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.

This article is about the Australian public servant. For the German actor, see Harry Giese.

Harry C. Giese

AM, MBE
Giese in the 1970s
Born(1913-12-09)9 December 1913
Greenbushes, Western Australia
Died4 February 2000(2000-02-04) (aged 86)
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
OccupationAustralian administrator, public servant and community leader
Spouse(s)Nancy Wilson
Websitehttp://www.harrychristiangiese.com.au

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]

References
  1. Entry in Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography. Charles Darwin University, 2008.
  2. Who’s Who in Australia. Herald and Weekly Times. 1977–2000.
  3. "Mr E.A. Giese". Western Mail. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 21 December 1907. Retrieved 11 October 2013.(grandfather's funeral, 1907)
  4. "Struck by Falling Tree, Man Fatally Injured". Western Argus. National Library of Australia. 29 November 1927. Retrieved 11 October 2013.(father's accidental death, 1927)
  5. "Sporting Round-Up: Fitness Officer's Record". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 31 August 1950. Retrieved 11 October 2013.(early jobs)
  6. "Planning a program for Aborigines in the 1950s". Northern Territory Library Service. 1990. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  7. Northern Territory Administration. "Welfare Branch Annual Reports, 1954–1972". Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  8. "Northern Territory Ombudsman" (First Report). 1 July – 27 October 1978. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. "Harry Giese / NT Government Photographer". Northern Territory Library. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  10. Wrigglesworth, E.C. (1969). The Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Trust and Foundation: The First Fifteen Years. Melbourne: Menzies Foundation.
  11. "Menzies Foundation Annual Report ,Page 11-13" (PDF). 1999. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  12. See Annual Reports and President’s Report of all organisations from the 1950s to 2000 and beyond.
  13. Northern Territory Archives Service, Darwin | NTRS 226, Oral History interviews transcript 755.

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