outback
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As I step out into this next phase of life, I do sometimes find myself missing the chaos of Hanoi or the wide-open spaces of the Australian outback.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Police say they launched the largest search in the history of South Australia when four-year-old Gus Lamont was reported missing in late September from his family's Oak Park Station in the outback north of Adelaide.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
Australian police have called off a search for a four-year-old boy who has been missing in the outback for almost three weeks, after fresh efforts failed to find any traces of the child.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025
It feels like a slice of Americana in New South Wales perhaps - but that would miss the point that here, rodeo has become very much an outback Australian tradition in its own right.
From BBC • May 1, 2025
He wore an Aussie outback hat, which was large, wide-brimmed, and made of chocolate-brown oiled leather.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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Australia and New Zealand - Introductory
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