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Sep 25, 2020 · Charcoal had worked on Wave Hill and in droving camps with Nat Buchanan as a boy and young man. During an attack by wild blacks on the station, Charcoal used his rifle to shoot one attacker out of a tree. Bluey Buchanan, or Old Paraway, as his men called him, was furious, Charcoal had never seen him so angry.
Nathaniel (Nat) Buchanan (1826-1901), pastoralist and explorer, was born near Dublin, son of Lieutenant Charles Henry Buchanan and his wife Annie, née White. Nat arrived in Sydney in January 1837 with his parents and four brothers, including William Frederick, and the family settled at Rimbanda in New England in 1839.
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Nat Buchanan was known as a resourceful bushman and drover who was born in Dublin and migrated to Australia in 1837. Buchanan and his brothers were unsuccessful in California during the 1849 gold rush and returned to Australia.
The story of Gaunt, a real-life historical figure, represents a largely untapped vein although many of the people wrapped around that vein, including the Duracks and Nat Buchanan, are better known.
One of the first things seen when arriving at Walcha from the northern approach is a sign, pointing to the General Cemetery, with the inscription “Nat Buchanan’s Grave”. Nat Buchanan was a pioneer pastoralist, drover and explorer, and the first man to drove cattle across the top end of Australia.
Chronicles the life of explorer and drover, Nat Buchanan, who was the first European to cross the Barkly Tableland from east to west, and the first person to take a large herd of breeding cattle from Queensland to the 'Top End' of the Northern Territory.
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May 27, 2019 · Route 80 (also called the Buchanan Highway) is a highway named in honour of Nat Buchanan which travels from the Stuart Highway near Dunmarra, west via Top Springs and Victoria River Downs, to the Victoria Highway near Timber Creek. Both the photos below come from ozroads.com.au.
