Oil Painting by M Giles

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M Giles

c. 1900

Overview

Ornate wooden rectangular-shape framed oil painting with five panels. Within each panel is a different painted floral image: Pink and Brown Boronias; Spider, Cowslip and Donkey Orchids.

Historical information

Oil painting by M Giles. A wedding gift for the occasion of George William Barnard's marriage to Eliza Jane Bovell at St Mary's Church, Busselton on 19 September 1900.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2021.183

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

930 mm

Height or length

530 mm

Depth

40 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Signature of M Giles is located at bottom of each image, right hand corner.

Contextual Information

Birth date
17 July 1873
Place of birth
Busselton, Western Australia
Death date
21 September 1941
Place of death
Busselton, Western Australia
Cemetery
Busselton Cemetery, Western Australia
Parents
Son of George William storekeeper and hotelier, and Martha Minion, and uncle of WS Bovell
Marriage and Family
Married 19 September 1900, St Mary’s Church, Busselton, Eliza Jane Bovell (born 1867 and died circa October 1957),
daughter of Joseph (police constable) and Elizabeth Jane Burnside
Children: two sons and four daughters
Religion
Church of England
Occupation
Storekeeper
Employment History
With father in firm of George Barnard and sons, storekeepers
Owner of Commercial (formerly Freemasons) Hotel and other properties
Local Government
Busselton Municipal Council over 20 years Elected November 1903 Mayor 1907–1909, 1915–1917 Councillor 1918–1921
Elected for final term November 1935
Background/Membership
Member Fire Brigade 15 years
Southern Districts Agricultural Society
1910 Justice of the Peace
People’s Warden St Mary’s Anglican Church
Committee of Management Busselton Hospital
Secretary Vasse Race Club
Freemason
References
D Black and G Bolton, eds. Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Vol. 2, 1930-2010,
Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth 2010, p. 31. BDWA, III.
South-West News, 28 March 1924, 8 April 1932, 26 September 1941.
West Australian, 28 March 1924, 23 September 1941.