Cattle station

In Australia and New Zealand, a cattle station is a large farm (station is equivalent to the North American ranch), the main activity of which is the rearing of cattle. The owner of a cattle station is called a . The largest cattle station in the world is Anna Creek station in South Australia, which (including its outstation, The Peake station) covers an area of 23,876 square kilometres (9219 sq mi; 5,900,000 acres).