Words & TermsWork, bush and rural life
muster
The gathering of livestock for counting, branding or other station work.
In a sentence
At first light the station hands began the cattle muster.
Where it came from
Muster came to Australian pastoral life from a much older English word for assembling people. In Australia it became especially associated with gathering livestock on large properties.
- Initial era
- 1800–1849
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established
- Use today
- Current