head station

noun

Australian the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm

Nearby words

head rhyme, head sea, head shop, head smut, head start, head station, head table, head tax, head teacher, head tone, head trip

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Examples from the Web for head station

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
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
Then when their horses were recruited they set out for the head-station of Nilpe Nilpe.
The Moving Finger|Mary Gaunt