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.

Manar New South Wales
A building near Manar House
Manar Location in New South Wales
Coordinates	35°16′09″S 149°41′01″E
Population	112 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	2622
Elevation	624 m (2,047 ft)
Location	74 km (46 mi) E of Canberra 18 km (11 mi) NW of Braidwood 51 km (32 mi) E of Queanbeyan 84 km (52 mi) NW of Batemans Bay 261 km (162 mi) SW of Sydney
LGA(s)	Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
Region	Southern Tablelands
County	Murray
Parish	Warri
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 (–1858) 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][5] 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.^[6]

Manar had a public school from 1883 and 1907; from 1896 it operated as a "half-time" school.^[7]

Some silver had been detected on the property in 1866.^[8]