Revision 16951664 of "back o' Bourke" on enwiktionary

==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],
#*: Christ has a head that would have passed unnoticed '''Back o′Bourke''' where they played cricket using termite mounds as stumps.
#* '''2009''', Chinle Miller, ''Desert Rats: Adventures in the American Outback'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7R7IxgzbgQUC&pg=PA110&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 110],
#*: “We're getting '''Back o′ Bourke''', sport, a bit of a ways from the bitumen,” Ian notes, huffing a bit.

===Noun===
{{en-noun|sg=[[back]] [[o']] Bourke|-}}

# {{Australia|informal}} An extremely remote place.
#* '''2007''', Kevin Noble, Chris Foote Wood, ''Baghdad Trucker'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=k14TWSzYw8UC&pg=PA93&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 93],
#*: 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.
#* '''2009''', William Efford, ''Picaroon'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rJgr55IIhPMC&pg=PA238&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 238],
#*: “Where ya headed mate?”
#*: “In the '''back o′ bourke''',” said Kate, “and we'll need roo bars and a rack.”

====Synonyms====
* See: [[Wikisaurus:remote place]]
* [[back o' beyond]], [[back of beyond]]
* [[beyond the black stump]]
* [[middle of nowhere]]
* [[Woop Woop]]

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

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