head station

noun

Australian the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm

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Examples from the Web for head station

Historical Examples

Then when their horses were recruited they set out for the head-station of Nilpe Nilpe.
The Moving Finger
Mary Gaunt
They hardly spoke, they had nothing in common now; once they reached the head-station, they would part never to meet again.
The Moving Finger
Mary Gaunt
He would go into the head-station with him to-morrow morning, he very much doubted if he would come back.
The Moving Finger
Mary Gaunt
They were still a good forty miles from the head-station, and this horse was coming from the opposite direction.
The Moving Finger
Mary Gaunt

head station

Examples from the Web for head station

Historical Examples

Then when their horses were recruited they set out for the head-station of Nilpe Nilpe.

They hardly spoke, they had nothing in common now; once they reached the head-station, they would part never to meet again.

He would go into the head-station with him to-morrow morning, he very much doubted if he would come back.

They were still a good forty miles from the head-station, and this horse was coming from the opposite direction.