Manar, New South Wales

Manar is a locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Region, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.[2][3] It lies on both sides of the Kings Highway between Bungendore and Braidwood at the intersection with the Braidwood–Goulburn road. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 118.[1]

Manar
New South Wales
A building near Manar House
Manar
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates35°16′09″S 149°41′01″E
Population118 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2622
Location
LGA(s)Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
RegionSouthern Tablelands
CountyMurray
ParishWarri
State electorate(s)Monaro
Federal Division(s)Eden-Monaro
Localities around Manar:
Mulloon Boro Mayfield
Mulloon Manar Larbert
Mulloon Warri Warri

Manar was named after Manar House, which was built by Hugh Gordon after buying the property in 1841, shortly after his marriage to Mary Macarthur, daughter of Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur. Manar House is described in the New South Wales State Heritage Register as "a good example of a Georgian homestead with outbuildings". The property had been established in the 1820s by Dr Matthew Anderson with the name of Redesdale. Gordon renamed it after his family house in Inverurie, Scotland.[4] This was named by Gordon's father (of the same name) after the Gulf of Mannar, which separates India and Sri Lanka and was notable for its pearling industry. It was said that the elder Hugh Gordon had made part of his fortune from the pearl trade.[5]

Manar had a public school from 1883 and 1907; from 1896 it operated as a "half-time" school.[6]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Manar". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. "Manar". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. "Manar". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. "Manar House, Outbuildings and Garden (LEP)". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  5. "Hugh Gordon of Manar 1766–1834". Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. "Manar Provisional School in the School history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
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