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outstation — [out′stā΄shən] n. a post or station in a remote or unsettled area … English World dictionary
Outstation — This article covers the Australian usage. In the UK, outstation or out station can mean a type of bus garage. Historically, an outstation was a subsidiary homestead or other dwelling, on Australian sheep or cattle stations (ranches) which were… … Wikipedia
outstation — /ˈaʊtsteɪʃən/ (say owtstayshuhn) noun 1. a. Australian History an outlying station (def. 5). b. Obsolete a station (def. 4) or outpost of settlement well away from closely settled areas. c. on a station (def. 4), a smaller and outlying station or …
Outstation Movement — Die Outstation Movement (Außenstationbewegung) ist eine Bezeichnung für die Rücksiedlung von Aborigines aus Aborigines Missionsstationen und aus Städten in ihr angestammtes Land. Die Besiedlung ihrer ursprünglichen Lebensräume erfolgt nicht auf… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Outstation movement — The Outstation movement refers to the relocation of Indigenous Australians from towns to remote outposts on traditional tribal land. As described in the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody[1] a range of problems faced Aboriginal… … Wikipedia
outstation — noun Date: 1844 a remote or outlying station … New Collegiate Dictionary
outstation — /owt stay sheuhn/, n. a post, station, or settlement in a remote or outlying area. [1835 45; OUT + STATION] * * * … Universalium
outstation — n. station in a remote area … English contemporary dictionary
outstation — noun a branch of an organization situated far from its headquarters. ↘Austral./NZ a part of a farming estate that is separate from the main estate. ↘Austral. an autonomous Aboriginal community situated far from a centre on which it depends … English new terms dictionary
outstation — out•sta•tion [[t]ˈaʊtˌsteɪ ʃən[/t]] n. a remote station • Etymology: 1835–45 … From formal English to slang
