outstations
Distant branch locations
Outstations are remote branches or posts of an organization, typically at a distance from headquarters.
The term appears most often in contexts involving colonial administration, mining operations, or radio communications, where personnel work at locations far from the main base: He spent three years at an outstation in the Northern Territory.
In Australian usage especially, outstations can refer to small Indigenous communities on traditional lands.
Older style of country music
- land rightsLegal claims to territory
- communityCollective of connected people
- eldersSenior community members
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
Dreaming · custodianship · self-determination · decentralization · kinship · ancestral land · remote community
Sparsely populated wilderness areas
- bushMulti-stemmed woody plant
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
- boondocksRemote rural areas
- hinterlandRemote area beyond settlements
periphery · off-grid · radio contact · supply run · remoteness · inaccessible · far-flung · frontier
Livestock raiser or tender
Remote commerce station
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- district officeRegional administrative facility
- protectorateGuarded semi-autonomous territory
- dependencyState of needing support
territory · mandate · colonial administration · British Empire · Australian outback · patrol officer · supply depot · garrison
traditional country
Older style of country music
- land rightsLegal claims to territory
- communityCollective of connected people
- eldersSenior community members
ceremony · Dreaming · custodianship · self-determination · decentralization · kinship · ancestral land · remote community
backcountry
Sparsely populated wilderness areas
hinterland · periphery · off-grid · radio contact · supply run · remoteness · inaccessible · far-flung · frontier · airstrip
stockman
Livestock raiser or tender
- musteringGathering or summoning
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- paddockSmall fenced animal enclosure
windmill · droving · jackaroo · shearing · woolshed · ringers
trading post
Remote commerce station
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- district officeRegional administrative facility
- protectorateGuarded semi-autonomous territory
dependency · territory · mandate · colonial administration · British Empire · Australian outback · patrol officer · supply depot · garrison · frontier post
outstationsheadquarters
Central command location
head office · main office · central office · home base · central station
outstationsmainland
Principal connected territory
center · core · urban centers · metropolis · capital cities