Harry C. Giese

Harry C. Giese
Harry C Giese 1913-2000, Darwin, Australia in the 1970s
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 C 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.

Giese was a third-generation descendant of a German family who migrated to Australia in the 1870s. In 1954, after senior public service jobs in Western Australia and Queensland, he moved to Darwin as the Director of Welfare in the Northern Territory Administration. 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.

As founding Chairman of the NT Committee of the Menzies Foundation he was instrumental in the establishment of the Menzies School of Health Research, 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.