Outback

Definitions

The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.

Australia, uncountable, usually

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Examples

“1951 June, W. J. Banks, Flying Doctors of the Outback, The Rotarian, page 23, Communication like⟳ this is making a big change⟳ in the lives of Australia′s “outback” people.”

“In the outback, many people live⟳ and work⟳ on sheep and cattle ranches.”

“The outback′s rich, red soil looked like⟳ blood because of all the iron⟳ in it, and the vast land⟳ was so still and barren that it seemed lifeless.”

“Barely a bird and definitely none of my target⟳ species greeted the morning so I cut⟳ my losses and headed north through the staggeringly vast emptiness of the Outback.”

“Astronomers consider⟳ the outback area around Alice Springs — with its low pollution, low humidity and few light⟳ sources — to be among the best star-gazing locations on earth.”

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