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  2. Station (Australian agriculture) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Cattle station - Wikipedia

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    Cattle station has a parallel term, sheep station, for those stations carrying sheep rather than cattle. In most cases the stations are in a rangeland context on pastoral leases. Many are larger than small countries. Some stations are not exclusively sheep or cattle stations but have a mix of cattle, sheep and even goats to make the owner less ...

  4. List of ranches and stations - Wikipedia

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    Run or station is the term used in New Zealand for large sheep or cattle properties. Akitio; Brancepeth Station; Castle Hill; Double Hill Station, located on the Rakaia River; Erewhon Station, named after a fictitious place (based on Mesopotamia Station) in Samuel Butler's book "Erewhon" Flock Hill; Glenaray Station; Maraekakaho; Marainanga ...

  5. Jackaroo - Wikipedia

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    A cattle station in northern New South Wales, where a jackaroo could be working. A jackaroo is a young man (feminine equivalent jillaroo) working on a sheep or cattle station to gain practical experience in the skills needed to become an owner, overseer, manager, etc. [1] [2] [3] The word originated in Queensland, Australia, in the 19th century and is still in use in Australia and New Zealand ...

  6. List of pastoral leases in the Northern Territory - Wikipedia

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    The expansion of the cattle industry caused widespread dispossession of Aboriginal people, with significant damage to water sources and sensitive environments. [5] There is only one remaining sheep station, at Avon Downs, [6] the rest rear cattle which is sold domestically or live into South East Asia, mainly Indonesia. [7]

  7. Jumbuck Pastoral Company - Wikipedia

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    Jumbuck Pastoral Company is an Australian company that operates numerous cattle stations and sheep stations in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. It is one of the largest landowners in Australia and the biggest wool grower. As at 2013, Jumbuck controlled over 50,000 square kilometres (19,305 sq mi ...

  8. Anna Creek Station - Wikipedia

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    The Strangways Springs Telegraph Station Ruins on the station are also listed on the Heritage Register. [21] Once there was a large workforce of stockmen at Anna Creek, who mustered the cattle on horses. Today light aircraft are used for spotting animals which are rounded up by stockmen riding motorbikes, requiring a much smaller workforce.

  9. Cattle stations - Wikipedia

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