| Buckenbowra River | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | New South Wales |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | South East Corner (IBRA), South Coast |
| Subdivision Type5: | Local government area |
| Subdivision Name5: | Eurobodalla |
| Length: | 41km (25miles) |
| Source1: | Great Dividing Range within Monga National Park |
| Source1 Location: | near Monga |
| Source1 Elevation: | 601m (1,972feet) |
| Mouth: | confluence with the Clyde River |
| Mouth Location: | west of Batemans Bay |
| Mouth Elevation: | 2m (07feet) |
| River System: | Clyde River catchment |
| Tributaries Right: | Quart Pot Creek, Mullendaree Creek |
| Custom Label: | National parks |
| Custom Data: | Monga, Clyde |
| Extra: | [1] |
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.
Buckenbowra River rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range within Monga National Park, approximately 1.60NaN0 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 50NaN0 from the town of Batemans Bay.[2] The river descends over its course.[1]
The traditional custodians of the land surrounding Buckenbowra River are the Indigenous Australian people of the Walbanja clan.[2]
European settlement occurred in the 1830s when a horse trail was established running beside the waterway.[2] 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 770NaN section rediscovered in 2005.[3]
The gorges through which the Buckenbowra River flows are dominated by stands of casuarina trees. Mangroves are endemic along the river banks, providing the only recorded habitat for the lichen Pertusaria melaleucoides.[4]
Fish species include Australian grayling and Australian bass.[5]