29:, the second son of Thomas Gillen ( â ) and his wife Bridget nÊe McCan ( â ); they moved to Clare around 1862. He was educated at the Grammar School, Clare, run by L. W. Stanton (c. 1844â1925), later Assistant Inspector-General of Schools, and Robert Graham. He started working at Clare for Andrew Clarke in his store, later run by J. B. Carr, and subsequently founded the storekeeping business of Gillen & Graham, which became P. & P. P. Gillen with his uncle Philip Gillen ( â 23 July 1908), later carried on solely by him.
22:(7 July 1858 â 22 September 1896) was a storekeeper and politician and an activist for Aboriginal rights within Australia in the colonial days of South Australia. He studied, recorded and documented many ancient Aboriginal ceremonies for educational purposes, and was respected by the Aboriginal communities of Australia. He was also Commissioner of Crown Lands from 1892 to 1896, when he died in office.
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Springs, a noted ethnologist and explorer, and Thomas Philip Gillen (1868â1941), who operated a store in Clare with his uncle, Philip Gillen. He also had two sisters â a Miss Gillen, of Clare, and Mary Jane Gillen ( â 25 October 1948), who married James
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