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Gulnare, South Australia
Gulnare is a settlement in South Australia. At the 2006 census, Gulnare had a population of 95. It is where the east–west Goyder Highway crosses the former Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line, and about a kilometre east of the south–north Horrocks Highway, 188 kilometres (117 mi) north of Adelaide. The railway was built as a narrow gauge in 1894 and converted to broad gauge in 1927. The railway had been closed by 1993.

The town of Gulnare was named for the Gulnare Plain. The plain was named by either John Horrocks or William Light. The name of Gulnare in Byron's Turkish Tales and the name of Colonel Light's ship Gulnare are both derived from an English spelling of Julnar the Sea-born in older English translations of the Arabian Nights.

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Gulnare (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "2905.0 – Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Gulnare (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Placename Details: Gulnare Railway Station". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 2 December 2008. SA0028404. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Driving directions Adelaide-Gulnare" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Placename Details: Gulnare". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 2 December 2008. SA0028397. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Placename Details: Gulnare Plain". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 3 June 2010. SA0028401. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2015. There are two alternative derivations recorded as detailed below:- 1. Named by J.A.Horrocks in 1841, meaning flower of the pomegranate as used by the poet Byron in Corsair. Horrocks used this name for his favorite dog-it is of Moorish origin. 2. Colonel William Light sailed in the Mediterranean in a ship called Gulnare.


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