Biographical entry Gillen, Francis James (1855 - 1912)

Summary

Francis James Gillen worked on the overland telegraph line from 1875 and was appointed the Alice Springs post and telegraph station master in 1892. He assisted on the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia in 1894 and later continued to work with W.B. Spencer.

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Baldwin Spencer - Records, 1880 - 1929, ML MSS 29; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Francis James Gillen - Records, 1901 - 1902; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

• Francis James Gillen - Records, 1901 - 1902, PRG 54; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Mulvaney, D. J., 'Gillen, Francis James (1855-1912)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 6-7. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090007b.htm. Details

Edited Books

• Mulvaney, John, Morphy, Howard and Petch, Alison (eds), 'My dear Spencer': the letters of F.J. Gillen to Baldwin Spencer, Hyland House, South Melbourne, 1997, 554 pp. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Gillen, F J', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-476543. Details