When Edwin Lewis Gillam was born on 11 October 1901, in Queensland, Australia, his father, John Gillam, was 50 and his mother, Sophia Zeyher, was 42. He died on 4 March 1951, in his hometown, at the age of 49, and was buried in Clifton General Cemetery, Clifton, Queensland, Australia.
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Canberra is founded and designated as the capital. The Federal Capital Territory is established as an area of two 360 square kilometers in the Yass-Canberra district.
August: Australia becomes involved in World War One as Britain is preparing to declare war on Germany.
Australian troops sent to fight in South African War.
English: variant of Gilliam .
Welsh: Anglicized form of Gwilliam .
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