In Australia and New Caledonia, 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 a
Bulls will respond well to a good stockman
Two stockmen at Brunette Downs Station ca. 1953
Aboriginal Australian or Torres Strait Islander stockman at Victoria River Downs Station
Sheep mustering at Chermside, ca. 1931
A stock route, also known as travelling stock route, is an authorised thoroughfare for the walking of domestic livestock such as sheep or cattle from one location to another in Australia. The stock ro
A cattle trough and windmill on a Travelling Stock Route
Stock route sign, Barwon Highway, Weengallon, Goondiwindi region, Queensland (2021).
Australia, 1907: Cattlemen survey 700 carcasses of cattle that were killed overnight by a poisonous plant
Little Sandy Desert as seen from the Canning Stock Route