Alfred Percival Bullen
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Alfred Percival Bullen was, along with his brothers, the circus founder of Bullen's Circus.
Alfred, also known as Perce was the son of Alfred Weston Bullen and his wife Alice, originally from New Zealand
.
Alfred married his wife Lilian in 1917. Beginning with a merry-go-round Alfred and his brothers started a travelling circus
carnival. By 1922 they had enough money to create Bullen's Circus. Bullen's Circus travelled Australia and provided the learning step for Alfred's sons to establish Australia's renowned African Lion Safari
.
They had three sons, Stafford Bullen
, Kenneth Bullen and Gregory Bullen and adopted daughter and son Mavis and Jules.
His wife Lilian died of cancer on 4 January 1965. Alfred remarried widow Daisy Ruth Wood 3 January 1969.
After the popularity of television Bullen gave a final performance on 25 May 1969 and happily retired to the family estate at Wallacia, New South Wales, Australia.
Bullen is buried at Eastern Creek Cemetery, Eastern Creek, New South Wales, Australia.
Alfred, also known as Perce was the son of Alfred Weston Bullen and his wife Alice, originally from New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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Alfred married his wife Lilian in 1917. Beginning with a merry-go-round Alfred and his brothers started a travelling circus
Circus
A circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists...
carnival. By 1922 they had enough money to create Bullen's Circus. Bullen's Circus travelled Australia and provided the learning step for Alfred's sons to establish Australia's renowned African Lion Safari
African Lion Safari
African Lion Safari is a family-owned safari park situated in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, about west of Toronto. The mailing address is in Cambridge, Ontario. It includes more than 1,000 animals, representing over 100 species of mammals and birds from across the globe...
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They had three sons, Stafford Bullen
Stafford Bullen
Stafford Bullen was a circus proprietor and co-founder of the African Lion Safari, Warragamba....
, Kenneth Bullen and Gregory Bullen and adopted daughter and son Mavis and Jules.
His wife Lilian died of cancer on 4 January 1965. Alfred remarried widow Daisy Ruth Wood 3 January 1969.
After the popularity of television Bullen gave a final performance on 25 May 1969 and happily retired to the family estate at Wallacia, New South Wales, Australia.
Bullen is buried at Eastern Creek Cemetery, Eastern Creek, New South Wales, Australia.