People on sheep stations rely on bore water for their stock. A windmill pumps up water from the Great Artesian Basin into troughs or tanks. These windmills can sometimes extend to a depth of a hundred feet or more.
They buy them in stores or on-line
They buy them in stores or on-line
Most sheep stations pump water from the Great Artesian Basin which is underneath a large part of Australia.
They either grow or farm their food.
Sheep Stations
In New Zealand, we call them sheep STATIONS
Generally, they are called sheep stations. A farm or property.
Yes. There are sheep stations in South Australia.
Sheep provide the raw material for wool, which is fleece. People sheer the sheep, clean and card the fleece, then people spin the fleece into wool.
A sheep station is just another word for a farm. The sheep are raised and bread in fields outside (but the fields are large).
The sheep that Australia was once said to be riding on the back of, was the Merino.
They had sheep and cows to provide wool and milk/food.