Buckenbowra River 2.18

Buckenbowra River, a perennial river of the Clyde River catchment, is located in the upper ranges of the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.Course and featuresBuckenbowra River rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range within Monga National Park, approximately 1.6km northeast of the village of Monga, flows through a series of heavily wooded gorges, joined by two minor tributaries, before reaching its confluence with the Clyde River within Clyde River National Park, around 5km from the town of Batemans Bay. The river descends over its course.HistoryThe traditional custodians of the land surrounding Buckenbowra River are the Indigenous Australian people of the Walbanja clan.European settlement occurred in the 1830s when a horse trail was established running beside the waterway. In the 1850s this rough track was replaced with a convict-built road, supported in cuttings by dry stone walls. The road was abandoned during the nineteenth century, with one forgotten 770m section rediscovered in 2005.