land along a river or creek, ofgreat importance to a station. A use common in Australia, notpeculiar to it.
1844. `Port Phillip Patriot,' July i8, p. 3, col. 7:
«. . . has four miles frontage to the Yarra Yarra.»
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Squatter's Dream,' c. iii. p. 29:
«Jack was piloted by Mr. Hawkesbury through the `frontage'and a considerable portion of the `back' regions of Gondaree.»