Appendix:Australian English geographic terms


 * beyond the black stump, back of Bourke or Woop-Woop - a generic far-off place or area in the countryside far from a town or city; similar to ', ' or ; Woop Woop is used particularly for any small unimportant town
 * billabong - an ox-bow river or watering hole
 * bush - the hinterland, the Outback, anywhere that isn't in town
 * within cooee - nearby, nearly, close to; hence not within cooee - a long way away, far off, not close to; also used figuratively, for example "England weren't within cooee of beating Australia at cricket."
 * O.S. - overseas
 * Outback or Never Never - interior/centre of Australia