Despite the very low population involved in general management of stations, significant numbers of seasonal workers (shearers and others) have moved through the sheep stations to shear for wool.
Most outback sheep stations and cattle stations have an airstrip and quite a few have their own light plane.
Other sheep stations were built in turn by further settlers.
The region has large sheep stations and cattle stations - also known as pastoral leases.
The region has large sheep stations and goat stations - also known as pastoral leases.
It flows through sparsely vegetated countryside which is used mainly for gold-mining and sheep stations.
The feral herds grew as horses escaped and were released from sheep stations and cavalry bases.
Drenching for internal parasites is an important routine on a sheep station.
