head station
(AU) The dwellinghouse, etc.
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(AU) The dwellinghouse, etc. on a sheep or cattle station.
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- sheep station70%
(Australia, New Zealand) A very large sheep farm, usually situated in the back country.
- cattle station67%
(Australia) A large farm in Australia, (the equivalent of ranch), usually in the outback, whose main activity is the raising of cattle, and run by a grazier. In most cases the stations are in a rangeland context on pastoral leases. Many are larger than small countries.
- station hand65%
(Australia) A person employed to work on a cattle station.
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- mission station62%
(Australia, New Zealand) A reserve or other tract of land administered by religious missionaries for the spiritual and material welfare of Aboriginal people.