Background
Giese was a third-generation descendant of a German family who migrated to Australia in the 1870s.
Giese was a third-generation descendant of a German family who migrated to Australia in the 1870s.
Biography and 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. In 1978, after Territory self-government, he became the first Northern Territory Ombudsman. As founding Chairman of the Northwest Territories 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 1985-1995.
He was the longest-serving member of the Northern Territory Legislative Council, from 1954-1973. 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.