Buchan River
{{about|the river|the town|Buchan, Victoria|the caves|Buchan Caves}}
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| name = Buchan
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| name_etymology = Aboriginal: bukkan bukkan or bukkan mungie, meaning "bags made from grass"
| image = Buchan river bridge and football ground.jpg
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| image_caption = Buchan River at {{VICcity|Buchan}}, Victoria, 2006.
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| pushpin_map = Australia Victoria
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| pushpin_map_caption= Mouth of the Buchan River in Victoria
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Australia
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = Victoria
| subdivision_type3 = Region
| subdivision_name3 = Australian Alps (IBRA), Victorian Alps, East Gippsland
| subdivision_type4 = Local government area
| subdivision_name4 = Shire of East Gippsland
| subdivision_type5 = Locality
| subdivision_name5 = {{VICcity|Buchan}}
| length = {{convert|118|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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| source1 = below Blue Hill
| source1_location = Snowy River National Park
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| mouth = confluence with the Snowy River
| mouth_location = near Lucas Point
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| custom_label = National park
| custom_data = Alpine NP
| extra = {{cite web|url=https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/place.html?method=edit&id=11729|title=Buchan River: 11729|work=Vicnames|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=2 May 1966|access-date=2 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200449/https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/place.html?method=edit&id=11729|archive-date=2 January 2014|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=208290&cmd=sp|title=Map of Buchan River, VIC|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia|access-date=2 January 2014}}
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The Buchan River ({{IPAc-en|b|ʌ|k|ən}} {{respell|BUCK|ən}}) is a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, located in the Alpine region of the Australian state of Victoria.
Course and features
The Buchan River rises below Blue Hill in a remote alpine wilderness area within the Alpine National Park, and flows generally south through the town of {{VICcity|Buchan}}. The river is joined by the Murrindal River and eight minor tributaries, before reaching its confluence with the Snowy River near Lucas Point in the Shire of East Gippsland. The river descends {{convert|1050|m}} over its {{convert|118|km|adj=on}} course.
At Buchan, the river is traversed by Gelantipy Road, and a little further to the east, the Buchan Orbost Road.
Etymology
The name Buchan is thought to be taken from the Aboriginal phrase bukkan bukkan or bukkan mungie, referring to bags made from grass.{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/Victoria/Suggan-Buggan/2005/02/17/1108500207426.html |title=Suggan Buggan |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 February 2004 |access-date=2 January 2014 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/buchan.html |title=Buchan, Victoria |work=Australian places |publisher=Monash University |date=January 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040417220803/http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/buchan.html |archive-date=17 April 2004 |access-date=2 January 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
History
=Aboriginal history=
The traditional custodians of the land surrounding the upper reaches of the Buchan River are the Australian Aboriginal Bidawal and Nindi-Ngudjam Ngarigu Monero peoples;{{cite web |url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/snowy-river-national-park |title=Snowy River National Park |work=Explore national parks |publisher=Parks Victoria |access-date=2 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102013910/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/snowy-river-national-park |archive-date=2 January 2014 |url-status=dead }} while in its lower reaches, the Gunaikurnai people identify the land surrounding Buchan as their traditional country.{{cite web |url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/buchan-caves-reserve |title=Buchan Caves Reserve |work=Explore national parks |publisher=Parks Victoria |access-date=2 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103033113/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/buchan-caves-reserve |archive-date=3 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}
At Cloggs Cave near Buchan, evidence has been found of Aboriginal occupation in prehistoric times.
=European history=
Pastoralists first entered the area surrounding the town of Buchan in the late 1830s. Buchan Station, taken up in the 1840s, had a succession of owners. To the north were the Gelantipy and Black Mountain runs. There were small groups of Aboriginals in the area but their numbers declined rapidly after European settlement. In 1861, Rev. John Bulmer inspected land south of Buchan as a possible site for a mission station. When he moved to Lake Tyers, the remaining Aboriginals accompanied him there. Land settlement began in 1870, with the best land along the river quickly taken up. A township was proclaimed in 1873, taking its name from the station. The Victorian Municipal Directory described the district in 1888.
See also
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References
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External links
- {{cite web |url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/315641/Park-note-Snowy-River-National-Park.pdf |format=PDF |title=Snowy River National Park: park notes |publisher=Parks Victoria |date=November 2013 |access-date=2 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103033103/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/315641/Park-note-Snowy-River-National-Park.pdf |archive-date=3 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.egcma.com.au/rivers/171/ |title=Snowy River sub-catchment |work=East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority |publisher=Government of Victoria}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.egcma.com.au/rivers/280/ |title=Snowy River - Catchment Map |work=East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority |publisher=Government of Victoria |format=map}}
- {{cite book |url=http://www.egcma.com.au/file/file/East%20Gippsland%20Regional%20Catchment%20Strategy%202013-2019.pdf |format=PDF |title=East Gippsland regional catchment strategy 2013 -2019 |publisher=East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority |author=East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority |isbn=978-0-9758164-6-2 |location=Bairnsdale |year=2013 |access-date=13 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114110459/http://www.egcma.com.au/file/file/East%20Gippsland%20Regional%20Catchment%20Strategy%202013-2019.pdf |archive-date=14 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}
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{{Rivers of Victoria}}
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