Victoria River Downs Station
Victoria River Downs Station, also known as Victoria Downs and in the past sometimes referred to as The Big Run, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia, established in 1883.
Victoria River Downs Head Station 1891
Aerial view of Victoria River Downs station, airfield and Wickham River 1938
Handling of fully grown cleanskin cattle which had been captured in trap yard, 1953
Cattle and horses in stockyards at Victoria River Downs circa 1985
In Australia and New Zealand, a cattle station is a large farm, the main activity of which is the rearing of cattle. The owner of a cattle station is called a grazier. The largest cattle station in the world is Anna Creek Station in South Australia, which covers an area of 23,677 square kilometres.
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Anna Creek main homestead
Cattle Creek outstation of Wave Hill, NT, 1962
General store, Tipperary Station, Northern Territory