Friends & Neighbours:   Buller   

The Buller settlement is located west of Davis Lake and East of the Gull River in Lutterworth Township.  Access came primarily from the Monck Road to the south, but roads also led to Davis Lake and Miner‟s Bay.  The settlement was closer to Norland than Kinmount, but the railway drew residents into the latter town. Buller was the name of a famous British General in the Boer War (1899-1902).  General Buller had a great career going in the British Army until he was humiliated in the Boer War.  His disasters aside, he was feted at war‟s end for his role in the victory of the British Empire over the Boers of South Africa. In the long tradition of naming places after English heroes, Lutterworth Township named its newest settlement Buller. 

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