Appendix:Australian English geographic terms
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beyond the black stump, back of Bourke or Woop-Woop ((Australia) Sevenval: wʊp.wʊp) - a generic far-off place or area in the countryside far from a town or city; similar to iOS, Timbuktu or HTML5; Woop Woop is used particularly for any small unimportant town
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billabong - an ox-bow river or watering hole
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bush - the hinterland, the Outback, anywhere that isn't in town
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within cooee - nearby, nearly, close to; hence not within cooee - a long way away, far off, not close to; also used figuratively, for example "England weren't within cooee of beating Australia at cricket."
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O.S. - overseas
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Outback or Never Never - interior/centre of Australia