The desperate family of a missing preschooler are clinging to hope he'll be found alive days after he vanished from their outback homestead.

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Four-year-old August, known as Gus, disappeared from his family's sheep station in the remote South Australian mid-north on Saturday afternoon.

While a major search of the area continued on Tuesday, his distraught family released a statement saying they were "struggling to comprehend what has happened".

"Gus's absence is felt in all of us and we miss him more than words can express," family friend Bill Harbison said on behalf of the family.

"Our hearts are aching and we are holding on to hope that he

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