{{Short description|Australian pioneer pastoralist, drover and explorer}} {{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=March 2020}} {{more footnotes|date=March 2020}} }}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}} thumb|220px|Nat Buchanan, pioneer, pastoralist and explorer. thumb|200px|Headstone on Nat Buchanan's grave, Walcha, NSW thumb|Plaque commemorating Nat Buchanan, Walcha, NSW '''Nathaniel Buchanan''' (1826 – 23 September 1901) was an Australian pioneer pastoralist, drover and explorer.
==Early life== Buchanan was born near Dublin, and was of Scottish descent<ref>Up rode the squatter Hector Holthouse p123 Rigby, 1970 - Biography & Autobiography</ref><ref>The Australian people:an encyclopedia of the nation, its people and their origins James Jupp p659 Cambridge University Press, 2001</ref><ref>Debrett's handbook of Australia and New Zealand Debrett's Peerage Limited, Suzanne Duke, Debrett's Peerage (Firm) - 1984</ref><ref>The Scots in Australia:a study of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, 1788-1900</ref> the son of Lieutenant Charles Henry Buchanan, and his wife Annie, ''née'' White.
== Career == In 1859 Buchanan explored new country with William Landsborough.
Buchanan made several explorations inland from Bowen Downs, including securing land near Burketown, Queensland.
Buchanan was also noted for his overlanding feats including droving 20,000 head of cattle from Queensland to Glencoe Station.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56000866 |title=Queensland Pioneers |newspaper=Morning Bulletin |location=Rockhampton, Queensland|date=14 November 1938 |accessdate=30 November 2013 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Nat was buried in the general cemetery at Walcha, New South Wales.
==Legacy== His brother William had also been a significant pastoralist pioneer.
==References== {{reflist}} *Sally O'Neill, '[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/buchanan-nathaniel-nat-3101 Buchanan, Nathaniel (Nat) (1826 - 1901)]', ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 3, MUP, 1969, pp 284–285. *{{Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=Nathaniel|Last=Buchanan|shortlink=0-dict-biogBr-By.html#buchanan1}}
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