OBITUARY.
AN U'hTR \LI \N ETHNOLOGIST. Ny A^clatleniOprirrlsiiii: ~ „ . -Adelaide, Juno. G. Sir. Francis, James. .Gillen. . a wellknown 1; dead.-aged r>6. ' . Gillen. wns in- fha postal' i.erviee in SouthUt!stralia : ;fi'bin:^BG7;">.-toiwai : d^ : Ho was stationed! iir'Central ?Aniifralia."'for: twenty years;^(luring,sw!iic]r:aiii{e;;h e travelled widely,jatidv'Cobtwnedian'".]estensive' knowledge of the' >iativo (ribes. .hi 1902 he made an' ; .'ethnologica!'-'espe(litiQii'across-. Australia ;tq ■.the.^Gulf.;.rof^Carpentariit ;, . , .ihi: company with...Profes.soiv|Bahhvin.'':Spencer;---the rcsultS'Of :A\-hieii;iyore:.publis[ie(i' iii. two volumesVof^great/iscientiiic'tnterestv. 1300 Mr. Gillen was.president of the lithnologiciil iand/.-Aii'thropological' .section' of the Au3traliaift'Assbciation.'.f6'f the Advancement of Science.. ' : .'■':■ . -J* 1 ; CVNADIVN EX-SENATOR. : . Ottawa, Juno 5; The death' is ' announced of the lion.' Alphonso iDesjardinsij. fonnerly a meiijber.'. l of the Canadian 'Senate. The Jfit'ei.-;!Xrv.'.;i)ss jjiricliiis.- Was. fern, .in : Quebec I'roVi nce .'inlß4l'; i,and. Icdiiibiiiedthe occupat ions oi ,ii iaw.ver, and a' jtmrnallst. He was eleetod ,lo the ■ Canadian House of Commons in 187!, and sat. in "it until l&y3;....whenv'herwas 1 - eiecte([. li; t.o. iiie Senate. He aftef. holding office as Miriistei-'for Militia und Jliuister for Public Workii.' 1 ' . - . ' V
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1460, 7 June 1912, Page 5
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159OBITUARY. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1460, 7 June 1912, Page 5
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