Definition of station rations in English:

station rations

plural noun

Australian

An allowance of food and drink given to a worker on a sheep or cattle station.
she saw a straggling group gathering food to supplement station rations
Example sentencesExamples
- The men worked hard clearing and fencing in their allotted blocks, receiving the station rations while doing so.
- As a child, Daisy ate wild fruit along with the station rations.
- I'll advance you the fifty pounds, and I'll pay you a rabbit scalp bonus of twenty shillings a thousand, and give you station rations.
- Here they would become acquainted with flour, tea and sugar, station rations shared by their more acculturated kinsmen.
- A proportion of Aborigines were employed on the stations, thus giving rise to a major distinction between those still mainly dependent on the bush for survival and those more heavily dependent on station rations.
- Most Aboriginal people remained in the general region of their own traditional lands, settling on the nearest station, supplementing their station rations by hunting and gathering.

单词	station rations
释义	Definition of station rations in English: station rations plural noun Australian An allowance of food and drink given to a worker on a sheep or cattle station. she saw a straggling group gathering food to supplement station rations Example sentencesExamples The men worked hard clearing and fencing in their allotted blocks, receiving the station rations while doing so. As a child, Daisy ate wild fruit along with the station rations. I'll advance you the fifty pounds, and I'll pay you a rabbit scalp bonus of twenty shillings a thousand, and give you station rations. Here they would become acquainted with flour, tea and sugar, station rations shared by their more acculturated kinsmen. A proportion of Aborigines were employed on the stations, thus giving rise to a major distinction between those still mainly dependent on the bush for survival and those more heavily dependent on station rations. Most Aboriginal people remained in the general region of their own traditional lands, settling on the nearest station, supplementing their station rations by hunting and gathering.
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