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Definition of Australian desert
1. Noun. General name given to all desert areas in Australia.
Terms within: Outback, Never-never, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert
Generic synonyms: Desert
Group relationships: Australia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Australian Desert
Literary usage of Australian desert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Achievement edited by Edward Everett Hale (1902)
"OCEANIA The australian desert By PETER EGERTON WARBURTON WE are to commence our
flight to the Oakover at sunset. God grant us strength to get through ! ..."
2. The Explorers of Australia and Their Life-work by Ernest Favenc (1908)
"As it now contained plenty of A Camel Caravan in an australian desert. water for
their wants, and there was good feed all around, they rested by it until ..."
3. Australasia by Alfred Russel Wallace, Francis Henry Hill Guillemard (1893)
"... had thus successfully twice crossed the australian desert from east to west
and from west to east, the two lines being from 300 to 400 miles apart, ..."
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