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To Australians, the outback epitomises the free, open, country life. There seem to be no restrictions to the continuous wide, open spaces, and when you are in the outback there's a good chance that, unless you're on the major highways, you can travel for hours without meeting another car. Australia is a vast country, with huge tracts of unoccupied, dry land, which is the outback. It is its geography which makes it "the outback". However, the cities, towns and beaches also comprise a large proportion of Australia.
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∙ 15y agoOutback refers to remote and arid areas of Australia
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Is the outback habitable?
Most of what Australians call the "outback" is indeed habitable, but it is sparsely populated. There are vast sheep and cattle properties in the outback. The outback does not actually refer to the desert areas of Australia. It is a vague term for Australia's remote areas which are hundreds or thousands of kilometres from the larger settlements.
Which outback is Uluru?
The term 'Outback' is a general term used to refer to anywhere in Australia that is beyond the main settlements. Not to be confused with 'the Bush', it refers to the vast open plains from about the Flinders Ranges in South Australia north to the Northern Territory, west to much of Western Australia and east to the borders of the fertile agricultural country of the eastern states. Uluru is located in central mainland Australia, so it really is in the heart of the Outback.
Why is the western region of Australia called the outback?
The term "outback" refers to the minimally occupied regions beyond the main settlements. It comes from the fact that it is "out the back of beyond". It is, quite simply, a long way from civilisation. There seem to be no restrictions to the continuous wide, open spaces, and when you are in the outback there's a good chance that, unless you're on the major highways, you can travel for hours without meeting another car. Australia is a vast country, with huge tracts of unoccupied, dry land, which is the outback. It is its geography which makes it "the outback".
The only continent that is both a country and a continent known as the outback or the land down under is?
The description is obviously meant to refer to Austalia, the only country that occupies an entire continent. However, while Australia is often referred to as the land down under, the term "outback" is NOT an alternative name for it. The outback is a term for the vast, dry and remote inland areas.
How do you say the Outback in French?
You could say la brousse ("lah brooss"), but that does not specifically refer to the region of Australia called the outback, for which there is no French translation.
What is Australia's inland region called?
This is known as the outback. It comprises vast plains of fertile land, semi-arid and less productive land, and desert.
What is Australia's lightly populated wilderness?
Wilderness is not a term used in Australia. Australia's vast open spaces which are very lightly populated are given the general term of the outback.
Does the Great Victoria Desert have another name?
Locals sometimes refer to the desert areas of Australia as the "Outback."
Is the outback in the southern or northern hemisphere?
The Outback is in Australia, which is in the southern hemisphere.
How many outbacks are in Queensland?
The outback is one vast area of Australia, encompassing much of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory, and just a small corner of Victoria, depending on one's understanding of the term "outback". There can be no plural for outback, and there cannot be more than one "outback".
What is the Australian term for vast desert monolith in outback Australia?
Uluru or Ayers Rock.
Is the outback in the south?
Not solely and specifically. "The outback" is a generic term applied (very loosely) to anywhere in Australia which is more than 500 kms from the coast.
