No. Squatters refer to those people who live on and/or care for a piece of land that they do not own. Stations refer to ranches in Australia.
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On vast cattle stations or "ranches" as we call them here in North America.
Not really. Ranches are non-existent in Europe and Asia, and in Australia a ranch is actually called a station. Ranches are more or less confined to the Western Hemisphere, being the North, Central and South Americas.
Sometimes they are called stations.
They live most anywhere that there are established farms and ranches and/or acreages.
Three prominent ranchers who established large ranches in South Texas are Captain Richard King, who founded the King Ranch, one of the largest ranches in the United States; Mifflin Kenedy, known for the Kenedy Ranch; and George W. Brackenridge, who developed the Brackenridge Ranch. These ranchers played significant roles in the cattle industry and contributed to the region's economic development.
All of Australia has these "ranches" (an American term) and they are actually called sheep or cattle stations. They are found in all of the states and territories, even Tasmania. cattle and sheep stations in western Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory can easily cover tens of thousands of square kilometres. Australia's largest cattle station (and also the world's largest) is Anna Creek station, in South Australia. It has an area of 34 000 sq kms, the equivalent of 6 million acres.
Miss Jessie Williams established the first Texas ranches.It was built on the basis for the 1978 Broadway musical and later movie "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas".
Cattle ranches in Australia are commonly referred to as cattle stations, while sheep ranches are known as sheep stations. These properties are typically large-scale agricultural enterprises that focus on the breeding and raising of cattle or sheep for meat production.