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Definition of Nullarbor plain
1. Noun. A vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight; has sparse vegetation and no surface water and is almost uninhabited; the site of a major rocket research center.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nullarbor Plain
Literary usage of Nullarbor plain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Australia by Peter Hinze (2001)
"... PENINSULA nullarbor plain TO PERTH VIA KALGOORLIE /TO PERTH ALONG THE COAST
and Tanunda, where you can meander peacefully among the endless vineyards. ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1881)
"The whole of this part of nullarbor plain is occupied by crystalline limestone,
containing marine fossils, which was ascertained by examination of the ..."
3. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1907)
"This plain, so far as it lies inside South Australia, is aptly called Nullarbor
Plain. Its eastern edge is behind Fowler's Bay, 220 miles east ..."
4. The Native Tribes of South-east Australia by Alfred William Howitt (1904)
"... out in those directions farther than 25 or 30 miles, where lies the great
nullarbor plain, the southern edge of which is about 25 miles from the coast. ..."
5. Australasia by John Davenport Rogers (1907)
"... is aptly called nullarbor plain. Its eastern edge is behind Fowler's Bay, 220
miles east of the frontier, and its northern edge is what maps call a ..."
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