What is Station (agriculture)?
[[File:Cattle Station(GN05809).jpg|thumb|A sheep station in New South Wales, Australia.]] '''Station''' is the term for a big [[Agriculture|agricultural]] property (owned land) that is used for raising [[livestock]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = Chisholm, Alec H. | encyclopedia = The Australian Encyclopaedia | volume = 8 | pages = 275 | publisher = Halstead Press | location = Sydney | date = 1963 | id = }}</ref> The word is used in [[Australian English|Australian]] and [[New Zealand English]]. The owner of a station is called a ''grazier''. They are also sometimes called ''[[Pastoralism|pastoralists]]''.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Taylor, Peter | title=Station life in Australia : pioneers and pastoralists | year=1988 | publication-date=1988 | publisher=Allen & Unwin | isbn=978-0-04-332135-5}}</ref> Its workers are called ''[[Stockman|stockmen]]''. The stations may be called ''sheep stations'' or ''cattle stations'', depending on what type of animal it raises. ==Related pages== *[[Ranch]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Agriculture in Australia]] [[Category:Australian culture]] [[Category:Farms]]