Peake, South Australia, where they camped for a number of weeks gathering further information on Arabanna people for inclusion on their 1904 publication. Gillen was also listed as a co-author of Spencer's The Arunta published in 1927. Gillen remained at Moonta until July 1908, when he became postmaster at Port Pirie. In that year Spencer was hoping to arrange to go with him to Western Australia, but Gillen's health began to fail and it was not possible. In 1911 he was weakening physically, and he died on 5 June 1912. Family His wife, formerly Amelia Besley of Mount Gambier (and step-sister to "Pado" Byrne, telegraph master and scientist at Charlotte Waters for 50 years), three daughters and two sons survived him. A brother, Peter Paul Gillen, who was for many years a member of the South Australian House of Assembly, predeceased him. Legacy John Mulvaney, considered the "father of Australian archaeology", described The Native Tribes of Central Australia (by Spencer and Gillen, with input from collaborators Paddy Byrne, telegraphist at Charlotte Waters, and Ernest Cowle, police officer at Illumurta Springs) as "one of Australia's most influential books in the history of ideas". Varanus gilleni, a species of Australian monitor lizard commonly known as the pygmy mulga monitor, is named in his honour. The Centralian Tree Frog Ranoidea gilleni, is also named for him. Selected works Was available in eBooks@Adelaide from 2014 to 2020. Mulvaney, John; Morphy, Howard; Petch, Alison (editors) (1997). References Further reading Gillen, F. J. (Francis James) (1855-1912) Works by and about Gillen on Trove. Mulvaney D. J. (1983). "Gillen, Francis James (1855–1912)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Volume 9. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 6–7. Gibson, J. (2013) "Addressing the Arrernte: F. J. Gillen's 1896 Engwura speech". . Australian Aboriginal Studies, Vol 1, p. 57–72. Spencer & Gillen: A journey through Aboriginal Australia 1855 births 1912 deaths Australian anthropologists Australian people of Irish descent Australian postmasters