Outback,
in
Australia,
any inland area remote from large centres of population. Generally, the
term is applied to semiarid inland areas of eastern Australia and to
the arid centre of the
Western Plateau and its semiarid northern plains (in
Western Australia) where bodies of water are scattered and frequently dry. The
MacDonnell,
Musgrave, and
Petermann mountain ranges and four major deserts (the
Gibson, the
Great Sandy, the
Great Victoria, and the Tanami) are situated in this latter region, as is
Uluru/Ayers Rock. The term Outback
has been in use since the 19th century and has many compounds and
derivatives, such as “back of Bourke,” “back of beyond,” “back country,”
and “backblocks.” Terms with similar meaning include “the bush” and
“never-never.”
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