back o' Bourke
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back o' Bourke
Where it comes from
From the town of Bourke in north-western New South Wales. By supposition, even further west and north than Bourke.
adverb
- At or to an extremely remote place. Mated in the Wild took the audience back o’ Bourke — to Central Australia to be exact.
proper noun the back o' Bourke
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An extremely remote place.
There were a few Aussies on site, but most preferred to work in or around Perth. The large majority would venture no farther than the coastal resorts, classing the back o'Bourke (back of beyond) as a “no-go” area.
Similar: See: Thesaurus:remote place, back o' beyond, back of beyond, beyond the black stump, middle of nowhere, Woop Woop
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