Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Australia, informal, not comparable)At or to an extremely remote place.

Origin

From the town of Bourke in north-western New South Wales. By supposition, even further wes

From the town of Bourke in north-western New South Wales. By supposition, even further west and north than Bourke.

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