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This is a list of ranches and sheep and cattle stations, organized by continent. Most of these are notable either for the large geographic area which they cover, or for their historical or cultural importance.
Sheep: 1890: Area includes both Commonwealth Hill and Mobella outstation combined. Biggest sheep station in SA, second largest sheep station in Australia [23] 20 Walhallow Station: NT: 9,997 3,860 2,470,000: Cattle: 1881 [24] 21 Ruby Plains: WA: 9,674 3,740 2,390,000: Cattle: 1889: Area includes both Ruby Plains and Sturt Creek outstation ...
Agriculture's farm gate output was $100 billion a year for a 5.7% share of GDP in 2023. [2] Farmers and grazers own 135,997 farms, covering 61% of Australia's landmass. [3] Across the country, there is a mix of irrigation and dry-land farming. The success of Australia in becoming a major agricultural power despite the odds is facilitated by its ...
Rawlinna Station in Western Australia is the largest sheep station in Australia, covering about 10,117 square kilometres (3,906 sq mi) or 2.5 million acres. [ 7 ] Walter Peak is a notable old sheep station that was founded in 1860 on the south shore of Lake Wakatipu , South Island, New Zealand .
Trail bikes used for mustering, Anna Creek main homestead. Despite its size, in 2007 Anna Creek Station was carrying only 1,500 head of cattle due to the 2000s drought.In 2008, when the station was owned by S. Kidman and Co Ltd, there were eight full-time staff and they were destocking all their cattle. [8]
Sheep farming in Namibia (2017). According to the FAOSTAT database of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the top five countries by number of head of sheep (average from 1993 to 2013) were: mainland China (146.5 million head), Australia (101.1 million), India (62.1 million), Iran (51.7 million), and the former Sudan (46.2 million). [2]
Anna Creek Station in South Australia is the world's largest working cattle station. [3] It is roughly 24,000 square kilometres (9,300 sq mi); [ 4 ] much larger than the runner-up, Clifton Hills , another South Australian cattle station spanning 17,000 square kilometres (6,600 sq mi); and substantially larger than America's biggest ranch ( King ...
Cattle Creek outstation of Wave Hill, NT, 1962. Historically, an outstation was a subsidiary homestead or other dwelling on Australian sheep or cattle stations that was more than a day's return travel from the main homestead.