Australian term for a large farm or Australian ranch, usually in the outback, whose main activity is the raising of sheep, for their wool and meat. Ranching is the raising of cattle or sheep on rangeland, although one might also speak of ranching with regard to less common livestock such as elk, bison or emu. ... A typical outback scene, somewhere north of Coober Pedy. ... Jump to: navigation, search Binomial name Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 A sheep is any of several woolly ruminant quadrupeds, but most commonly the Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries), which probably descends from the wild moufflon of south-central and south-west Asia. ... Wool in a shearing shed Long and short hair wool at the South Central Family Farm Research Center in Boonesville, AR Wool is the fiber derived from the hair of domesticated animals, usually sheep. ... Jump to: navigation, search Meat is animal tissue (mainly muscle) used as food. ...

The phrase is also in traditional Australian English to denote something large and/or important. Jump to: navigation, search Australian English (AuE) is the form of the English language used in Australia. ...