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George Molnar ( hu, Molnár György) (25 April 1910,
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– 16 November 1998, Sydney) was born in
Nagyvárad Oradea (, , ; german: Großwardein ; hu, Nagyvárad ) is a city in Romania, located in Crișana, a sub-region of Transylvania. The county seat, seat of Bihor County, Oradea is one of the most important economic, social and cultural centers in the ...
,
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and came to Australia in 1939, where he practiced as a cartoonist and architecture lecturer.Attila Urmenyhazi, 'Molnar, George (1910–1998)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
accessed 26 September 2021
His work featured in the '' Sydney Morning Herald'' and '' Daily Telegraph'' newspapers for many years. Molnar studied architecture in Budapest, and worked as a government architect in Canberra. Later he taught architecture at UNSW and
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Human scale in architecture: George Molnar's Sydney
' / Jo Holder, Robert Freestone and Joan Kerr (2003, ) * – A discussion about Molnar with host
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and guests Jo Holder and Joan Kerr for
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radio *
Life in Canberra
' / by Alan Fitzgerald with illustrations by George Molnar (1975, )


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George Molnar collection
– held and digitised by the National Library of Australia 1910 births 1998 deaths People from Oradea Australian editorial cartoonists Australian people of Hungarian descent Australian Jews Hungarian emigrants to Australia Officers of the Order of Australia {{cartoonist-stub