Meaning of Outback | Babel Free

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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