Station (agriculture)
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Station is the term for a big agricultural property (owned land) that is used for raising livestock.[1] The word is used in Australian and New Zealand English. The owner of a station is called a grazier. They are also sometimes called pastoralists.[2] Its workers are called stockmen. The stations may be called sheep stations or cattle stations, depending on what type of animal it raises.
Station (agriculture) Media
- Cooplacurripa station in northern New South Wales, Australia.jpg
A cattle station in northern New South Wales
- Sheep-Dog-Show.JPG
Border Collie, left, and a collie cross working sheep in Queensland
- Nkb-woolshed.JPG
Noonkanbah woolshed, now a local community centre in Western Australia
- Vict River Downs.jpg
Cattle and horses in stockyards at Victoria River Downs Station circa 1985
- Aerial views of Oulnina Park Station at Manna Hill, South Australia 2.webm
Aerial views of Oulnina Park Station at Manna Hill, South Australia.
- Anna-Creek-homestead-1.JPG
Anna Creek main homestead
- Cattle Creek outstation, Wave Hill.jpg
Cattle Creek outstation of Wave Hill, NT, 1962
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Chisholm, Alec H.". The Australian Encyclopaedia. Vol. 8. Sydney: Halstead Press. 1963. p. 275.
- ↑ Taylor, Peter (1988), Station life in Australia : pioneers and pastoralists, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-0-04-332135-5
