The Australian Outback and Dingos

Author's Note: I chose to write this piece because I wanted to find out more about why the Outback is called the outback. I also wanted to learn about the different species of animal that live there. In this piece I am focusing and content and word choice.

The Outback, the vast, remote, and arid area of Australia, colloquially can refer to any lands outside the main urban areas. The term "the outback" is generally used to refer to locations that are comparatively more remote than those areas named "the bush."

The outback is home to a diverse set of animal species, such as the kangaroo, emu and dingo. The Dingo Fence was built to restrict dingo movements into agricultural areas towards the south east of the continent.

A Dingo

Culturally, many urban Australians have had very generalized terms for the otherwise complex range of environments that exist within the inland and tropical regions of the continent. Regional terminology can be very specific to specific locations in each mainland state.

The concept of 'back' country, which initially meant land beyond the settled regions, was in existence in 1800. Crossing of the Blue Mountains and other exploration of the inland however gave a different dimension to the perception.