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head station

British  

noun

  1. the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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When Mr Bolton came to the head station, Mr Ramsay always attended, and after a time formed a class, and taught himself.

From Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading by William Henry Giles Kingston

The head station consisted of quite a little community of cottages on the top of a hill.

From Seven Little Australians by Ethel Sybil Turner

The shepherds do their own cooking, and once a week one of them comes to the head station to be supplied with provisions.

From The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent by Thomas Wallace Knox

A few days after the return of the owner of Marumbah Downs, he, with Gerrard and the black stockman, Toby, were camped on the bank of a creek about thirty miles from the head station.

From Tom Gerrard by Louis Becke

They were all buried on the bank of the large lagoon, near which the head station was formed.

From Early Days in North Queensland by Edward Palmer

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