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Definition of Great Australian Bight
1. Noun. A wide bay of the Indian Ocean in southern Australia; notorious for storms.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Great Australian Bight
Literary usage of Great Australian Bight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What We Saw in Australia by Rosamond Davenport Hill, Florence Davenport Hill (1875)
"Departure for Adelaide — Great Australian Bight — Kangaroo Island — Geographical
Divisions of the Continent — English ignorance of Australia — Foundation of ..."
2. The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand: From the by William Howitt (1865)
"Sailed along the great Australian Bight.—Survey of the coast eastward to Cape
Catastrophe.—The loss of Mr. Thistle, master of the vessel, and a whole boat's ..."
3. Australasia and the Oceanic Region: With Some Notice of New Guinea, from by William Brackley Wildey (1876)
"Great Australian Bight is the half-moon indentation of the southern coast ot
Australia, east of Recherche Archipelago. The whole of this coast is sandy, ..."
4. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1878)
"The western portion of the country which lies around the Head of the Great
Australian Bight is almost a terra incognita to the naturalist, ..."
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