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edward52

Why are Australian sheep farms called "stations"?


    



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holly
The word station is a traditional Australian English term to denote a large and/or important landholding for any agricultural purpose


cc_of_0z
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Station in this case originally referred only to the farm house and surrounding buildings. In time it came to mean the entire land holdings of the farm. The word station is roughly the same as what the Americans call a ranch. Sheep farms are not the only thing to be called that either. We also have cattle Stations in the more outback areas. Some of these stations can be larger than some European countries. They are vast.

Side-note: Ranch operators are called ranchers. Station operators are called graziers.


rustupd
when a farm(station) is measured in 100's of square miles it sounds stupid to call it a farm so they are called stations

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Maria P if you think a sheep station is something that the asker made up you are a imbicile


Jellybean
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Probably because they are so big compared to farms over here.


IceAngel07
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because they are massive


Mosez
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The sheep are kept in Brothels in N Zed I got told,


Mr S London (XLIII)
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Just like a Bus or Railway Station where another Bus or Train will be along in a minute at a Sheep Station in Australia there will be another Sheep along in a minute ! I hope that this helps you ?


Maria P
Mate i don't know where you heard that from, you obviously made it up.
Don't think about talking about Australia again if you talk garbage like that!



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