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{{Short description|Hungarian born, Australian architect and cartoonist (1910–1998)}}
{{About|the cartoonist|the philosopher|George Molnar (philosopher)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1910|4|25}}
| birth_place = [[Nagyvárad]], [[Hungary]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1998|11|16|1910|04|25}}
| death_place = [[Sydney]]
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| alma_mater = [[University of Budapest]]
| awards = {{unbulleted list|[[Order of Australia|AO]], 1988 |[[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], 1971}}
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'''George Molnar''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OBE}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} ({{langx|hu|Molnár György}}) (25 April 1910, [[Nagyvárad]] – 16 November 1998, [[Sydney]]) was born in [[Nagyvárad]], [[Austria-Hungary]] and came to Australia in 1939 as a sponsored migrant, to take up a job as government architect.<ref name=OA/> His talents were such that in Australia he became a much admired cartoonist and an architecture lecturer.<ref name="OA">[https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/molnar-george-14136 Attila Urmenyhazi, 'Molnar, George (1910–1998)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University], accessed 26 September 2021</ref> Molnar studied architecture and engineering in Budapest,<ref name=":0" /> graduating in 1932.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.portrait.gov.au/people/george-molnar-1910 |title=GEORGE MOLNAR AO OBE |year=2018 |access-date=2024-03-04}}</ref> He initially worked as a government architect in Canberra.<ref name="OA" /><ref name=":0" /> Later he taught architecture at [[University of New South Wales]] and [[University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning]].<ref name="OA" />

His friendship with [[Bernard Hesling]] led to his being employed as a cartoonist for the ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|Daily Telegraph]]'' from 1945 before moving to the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'' in 1954.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Melbourne Press Club |first= |title=George Molnar |url=https://halloffame.melbournepressclub.com/article/george-molnar |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=MPC - Hall Of Fame |language=en}}</ref>

In 1971, he was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] for services to journalism and architecture.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OBE: Mr George Molnar |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1109030 |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=honours.pmc.gov.au}}</ref> and became an officer of the [[Order of Australia]] in 1988.<ref name="ao">{{Cite web |title=Officer of the Order of Australia (AO): Mr. George Molnar |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870055 |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=honours.pmc.gov.au}}</ref>

== Articles ==
{{cite journal |last=Molnar |first=George |date= Summer 1956–1957|title=Good Manners in Street Architecture |journal=[[Quadrant (magazine)|Quadrant]] |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=37–45}}

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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2447819 Human scale in architecture: George Molnar's Sydney]'' / Jo Holder, Robert Freestone and Joan Kerr (2003, {{ISBN|1-877004-29-4}})
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040318221436/http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/lnl/s872139.htm |date=March 18, 2004 |title=George Molnar's Sydney }} – A discussion about Molnar with host [[Phillip Adams (writer)|Phillip Adams]] and guests Jo Holder and Joan Kerr for [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] radio
* ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-2258979 Life in Canberra]'' / by Alan Fitzgerald with illustrations by George Molnar (1975, {{ISBN|0-909278-01-6}})

==External links==
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24794871 George Molnar collection] – held and digitised by the National Library of Australia
*[https://www.daao.org.au/bio/george-molnar/biography/ DAAO Biography: George Molnar]
*[https://w.wiki/6pw4 George Molnar cartoons] in wikidata with links via [[Trove]] to the images (copyright in Australia until 2068)
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