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 Gladstone-Balaklava railway,[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 narrow gauge in 1894 and converted to broad gauge in 1927. The railway had been closed by 1993.
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Coordinates | 33.4673°S 138.4422°E / -33.4673; 138.4422 | ||||||||||||||
Population | 80 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5471 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 283 m (928 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Northern Areas Council | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Frome | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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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