Never Never (Australian outback)
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Never Never.
The Never Never is the name of a vast, remote area of the Australian Outback,[1][2][3] as described in Barcroft Boake's poem "Where the Dead Men Lie":
- Out on the wastes of the Never Never -
- That's where the dead men lie!
- There where the heat-waves dance forever -
- That's where the dead men lie![4]
Life in the Never Never of the Northern Territory was described by Jeannie Gunn in two books including the classic Australian novel We of the Never Never.
See also
References
- ^ Jeannie Gunn, We of the Never Never [1], 1908, ISBN 1404338853
- ^ Geoffrey Blainey, A Land Half Won, Melbourne: Sun Books, 1983 (first printed in 1980), ISBN 0-7251-0411-2, pp.186-8
- ^ "Into the Never Never", Robert Upe, Sydney Morning Herald, June 16, 2007
- ^ Barcroft Boake, "Where the Dead Men Lie"
Coordinates: 21°13′30.50″S 133°36′23.38″E / 21.225139°S 133.6064944°E / -21.225139; 133.6064944
Categories:
- Plains of Australia
- Regions of Australia
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