Alfred Percival Bullen (February 8, 1896 in

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– August 11, 1974 in

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*) 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

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. Alfred married his wife Lilian in 1917. Beginning with a

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Alfred and his brothers started a travelling

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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

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. They had three sons,

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, 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,

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, New South Wales, Australia.

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