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= Paraway Pastoral Company = Paraway is a privately owned operating entity of the Macquarie Pastoral Fund and runs a total of 27 properties across Queensland (Northern), New South Wales (Central) and Victoria (Southern).

History and Legacy
Paraway was established in 2007 and the search for a notable name for the new company was based on the nickname, “Paraway”, given to pastoralist, drover and explorer Nathanial ‘Nat’ Buchanan by the local Aboriginal people.

Nathaniel "Nat" Buchanan
Nathaniel Buchanan (1826 – 23 September 1901) was born in Ireland, near Dublin, although was originally of Scottish descent. He arrived in Sydney in January 1837 and settled in the New England area in 1839. Buchanan became known as ‘Paraway’ because of its similarity to the phrase, “far away”, as the local Aboriginals noted that he was always coming or going somewhere far away. Nat was notably also the first European to cross the Barkly Tablelands from east to west during which he took a large herd of breeding cattle from Queensland to the Northern Territory. Through these pioneering exploratory and pastoralist endeavours he was able to prove to many the viable future of cattle operations in the North.