Gillen, Northern Territory

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Gillen

| city = Alice Springs

| state = nt

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| coordinates = {{Coord|23|42|37|S|133|51|50|E|type:city_region:AU–NT|display=inline,title}}

| local_map = yes

| zoom = 13

| coord_ref = {{Cite web|title=Gillen|url=http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=22295|website=NT Place Names Register|publisher=Northern Territory Government|accessdate=3 February 2016}}

| pop = 4,278

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC70109 |name=Gillen (NT) |accessdate=25 September 2017 |quick=on}}

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| postcode = 0870

| area = 2.5

| area_footnotes = {{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

| lga = Town of Alice Springs

| stategov = Araluen

| fedgov = Lingiari

| maxtemp = 28.9

| maxtemp_footnotes = {{Cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT (nearest weather station) |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_015590.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=7 April 2020}}

| mintemp = 13.3

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| rainfall = 282.8

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Gillen is a suburb of the town of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is on the traditional Country of the Arrernte people.{{Cite web |title=A Brief History |url=https://alicesprings.nt.gov.au/about-alice-springs/more/a-brief-history |publisher=Alice Springs Town Council |language=en-AU |access-date=2024-04-17}}

The suburb is named after FJ Gillen and Mt Gillen in the MacDonnell Ranges and ultimately derived from the anthropologist Francis James Gillen, who was the telegraphist and station master at Alice Springs in 1892.

The suburb was named in April 2007, with the boundaries approved on 8 March 2007.

The Central Australian Aviation Museum is located within the suburb.{{Cite web |title=Place Names Register Extract - Central Australian Aviation Museum |url=https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=23645 |website=NT Place Names Register |publisher=Northern Territory Government |access-date=9 February 2019}}