Definition of "head-station" [head-station]

• The dwelling-house and offices on an Australian sheep- or cattle-station. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He would go into the head-station with him to-morrow morning, he very much doubted if he would come back."
• "Considering she tramped from the head-station here all the eighty miles on foot, just because of some breeze with the cook there, she must be mightily afraid of being alone."
• "Then when their horses were recruited they set out for the head-station of Nilpe"