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Definition of Gibson desert
1. Noun. A desert area in western Australia.
Group relationships: Australia, Commonwealth Of Australia, Australian Desert, Great Australian Desert
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gibson Desert
Literary usage of Gibson desert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The International Geography by Hugh Robert Mill (1915)
"North of this lies gibson desert, a barren expanse of stones and gravel, reaching
to the Tropic of Capricorn. Beyond this the great sandy desert rolls away ..."
2. Australasia by Henry Rees (1907)
"... to cross with horses; but in both cases lack of water drove him back, on one
occasion after the loss of his companion Gibson, in the gibson desert. ..."
3. The Progress of Australasia in the Nineteenth Century by Timothy Augustine Coghlan, Thomas T. Ewing (1903)
"Resuming their journey they entered the gibson desert on the 1st June. It was
part of Giles' plan to discover how far west this terrible desert extended. ..."
4. The Progress of Australasia in the Nineteenth Century by Timothy Augustine Coghlan, Thomas T. Ewing (1903)
"Resuming their journey they entered the gibson desert on the 1st June. It was
part of Giles' plan to discover how far west this terrible desert extended. ..."
5. The International Geography by Hugh Robert Mill (1915)
"North of this lies gibson desert, a barren expanse of stones and gravel, reaching
to the Tropic of Capricorn. Beyond this the great sandy desert rolls away ..."
6. Australasia by Henry Rees (1907)
"... to cross with horses; but in both cases lack of water drove him back, on one
occasion after the loss of his companion Gibson, in the gibson desert. ..."
7. The Progress of Australasia in the Nineteenth Century by Timothy Augustine Coghlan, Thomas T. Ewing (1903)
"Resuming their journey they entered the gibson desert on the 1st June. It was
part of Giles' plan to discover how far west this terrible desert extended. ..."
8. The Progress of Australasia in the Nineteenth Century by Timothy Augustine Coghlan, Thomas T. Ewing (1903)
"Resuming their journey they entered the gibson desert on the 1st June. It was
part of Giles' plan to discover how far west this terrible desert extended. ..."
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