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Golden dawn light floods the cattle yards, casting long shadows and illuminating a dense herd of Brahman cattle. These distinctive grey-white cattle, with their characteristic humps and loose skin, crowd together in tight formation within sturdy steel yards, creating a swirling landscape of muscled bodies and billowing dust. A stockman stands silhouetted against the hazy background, his classic wide-brimmed hat marking him as a quintessential Northern Territory cattleman managing the morning muster. Fine particles of red earth drift through the air, softening the scene with a warm, amber filter that speaks to the harsh yet beautiful pastoral environments of Australia's top end. The metal yard infrastructure - with its triangulated truss and robust railings - provides a geometric counterpoint to the organic mass of cattle, capturing the engineered precision required to manage large-scale cattle operations in remote Australian landscapes. This image breathes with the rhythm of station life, embodying the resilience, skill, and connection to land that defines Australian agricultural heritage.