Gulnare, South Australia

Gulnare South Australia
Gulnare
Coordinates	33.4673°S 138.4422°E / -33.4673; 138.4422
Population	80 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	5471
Elevation	283 m (928 ft)
Location	188 km (117 mi) north of Adelaide 24 km (15 mi) south of Gladstone 57 km (35 mi) SE of Port Pirie
LGA(s)	Northern Areas Council
State electorate(s)	Frome
Federal division(s)	Grey
Localities around Gulnare: Georgetown Washpool Narridy Gulnare Spalding Koolunga Yacka Broughton River Valley

Gulnare is a settlement in South Australia.[2] At the 2006 census, Gulnare had a population of 95.[3] It is where the east–west Goyder Highway crosses the former Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line,[4] and about a kilometre east of the south–north Horrocks Highway, 188 kilometres (117 mi) north of Adelaide.[5] 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.[6] The plain was named by either John Horrocks or William Light.[7] 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. 
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.