Buchanan, Northern Territory
The locality consists of the following land (from north to south) – the Malngin and the Malngin 2 Aboriginal Land Trusts and the Limbunya pastoral lease, the Kirkimbie, Bunda, Inverway and Riveren pastoral leases, and the Wallamunga and Birrindudu pastoral leases. It has an area of 24,252 square kilometres (9,364 sq mi).
The locality's boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Its name is derived from the Nathaniel Buchanan, a pioneering drover who first brought cattle overland from Queensland to the Northern Territory in 1877.
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Buchanan had a population of 55 people.
Buchanan is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Stuart and the local government area of the Victoria Daly Region.]
Climate
| Climate data for Inverway, elevation 403 m (1,322 ft), (1971–1987 normals, extremes 1969–1987) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 43.7 (110.7) |
43.0 (109.4) |
41.1 (106.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
35.7 (96.3) |
34.0 (93.2) |
33.5 (92.3) |
36.7 (98.1) |
39.3 (102.7) |
42.3 (108.1) |
45.0 (113.0) |
44.0 (111.2) |
45.0 (113.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 35.7 (96.3) |
34.6 (94.3) |
34.0 (93.2) |
32.2 (90.0) |
29.8 (85.6) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.8 (80.2) |
30.7 (87.3) |
33.3 (91.9) |
36.3 (97.3) |
37.7 (99.9) |
38.0 (100.4) |
33.0 (91.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.9 (73.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.8 (56.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.9 (53.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
20.1 (68.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
17.5 (63.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 16.0 (60.8) |
16.5 (61.7) |
11.5 (52.7) |
8.5 (47.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
3.2 (37.8) |
4.5 (40.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
13.1 (55.6) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 168.6 (6.64) |
168.7 (6.64) |
84.0 (3.31) |
30.4 (1.20) |
8.7 (0.34) |
5.5 (0.22) |
0.4 (0.02) |
1.8 (0.07) |
4.1 (0.16) |
27.8 (1.09) |
39.6 (1.56) |
93.4 (3.68) |
633 (24.93) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.3 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 39.2 |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology (rain 1991-2020) | |||||||||||||