A drover in Australia is a person, typically an experienced stockman, who moves livestock, usually sheep, cattle, and horses "on the hoof" over long distances. Reasons for droving may include: delivering animals to a new owner's property, taking animals to market, or moving animals during a drought in search of better feed and/or water or in search of a yard to work on the livestock. The drovers who covered very long distances to open up new country were known as "overlanders".
Drovers NSW 1942
A mob of cattle crossing the MacIntyre River from Queensland to New South Wales
Sheep droving through the town of Warialda in northern New South Wales
Indigenous stockman at Victoria River Downs Station
In Australia, a stockman is a person who looks after the livestock on a station, traditionally on horse. It has a similar meaning to "cowboy". A stockman may also be employed at an abattoir, feedlot, on a livestock export ship, or with a stock and station agency.
Bulls respond well to a good stockman
Two stockmen at Brunette Downs Station ca. 1953
Indigenous Australian stockman at Victoria River Downs Station
Sheep mustering at Chermside, ca. 1931