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back o' Bourke
==English==

===Etymology===
From the town of [[w:Bourke, New South Wales|Bourke]] in north-western [[New South Wales]]. By supposition, even further west and north than Bourke.

===Adverb===
{{en-adj|hd=[[back]] [[o']] Bourke|-}}

# {{Australia|informal}} At or to an extremely remote place.
#* '''1979''', Eric Reade, ''History and Heartburn: The Saga of Australian Film, 1896-1978'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=gkC-Eo7GsxMC&pg=PA28&dq=%22back+o%27+Bourke%22&hl=en&ei=atfHTofwOMK0iQea_JQO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22back%20o%27%20Bourke%22&f=false page 28],
#*: ''Mated in the Wild'' took the audience '''back o’ Bourke''' — to Central Australia to be exact.
#* '''2002''', Garrie Hutchinson, ''Gilly the Great'', ''The Best Australian Sports Writing, 2002'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=1TCMwSy5ozIC&pg=PA13&dq=%22back+o%27+Bourke%22&hl=en&ei=C9_HTsyYLsqtiAef3IQD&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22back%20o%27%20Bourke%22&f=false page 13],
#*: GilcChrist has a head that would have passed unnoticed '''Back o′Bourke''' where they played cricket using termite mounds as stumps.
(contracted; show full)* [[Woop Woop]]

====See also====
* [[backblocks]]
* [[outback]]

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[[Category:English location adverbs]]