Where is the australian outback
SPOTLIGHT: The Australian Outback | Encyclopaedia Britannica
the Outback conjures some of the most
iconic images of Australia to the rest
of the world the term Outback or the
bush defines any part of Australia
removed from the more settled edges of
the continent in other words it is
Outback from the larger cities that
reside on Australia's coasts the Outback
is typify Daz arid or semi-arid open
land often undeveloped from space we see
it as a vast reddish landscape one can
fly roughly 2,000 miles between Sydney
and Darwin without seeing anything but
the most scattered and minut signs of
human habitation the great sandy desert
is one such part of the outback maps of
this land
sometimes designate areas its lakes but
many such lakes are dry
in Australia's northern territory lies
uh LaRue also known as Ayers Rock uh
LaRue a UNESCO World Heritage Site might
be the world's largest monolith the rock
appears to change color throughout the
day as the position of the earth changes
in relation to the Sun at sunset
Boulahrouz seems to blow a fiery orange
red hue caves at the base of the rock
are sacred to several Aboriginal tribes
and contain carvings and paintings the
art is distinctively abstract and
representational at the same time the
Aborigines have been in Australia for
between forty-five to fifty thousand
years and have endured the harshest
desert conditions the Outback ever
experienced they survived in
hunter-gatherer societies that created
an elaborate culture of religion
storytelling dance and other complex and
nuanced social rights while the Outback
may hold few people it is still home to
wildlife the red kangaroo is native to
the outback Hardy and well adapted to
cover the open terrain kangaroos survive
in the hot days resting in the shade and
licking their forearms to promote heat
loss by evaporation the majority of
their activity is spent during the night
and times of low life
lorikeets and other members of the
parrot family often flock near water
holes or Billabong's in the wet season
the native kookaburra also inhabits
areas of the outback and the eastern
border of Australia and has been
introduced to Western Australia as well
this bird is distinctive for its call
which sounds like fiendish laughter
after 1788 the English began to settle
Australia as a colony they were
challenged by the Outbacks hot dry
conditions and imported camels to help
them cross the deserts the construction
of the railroad in the early 20th
century lessened the necessity of camels
for travel and up to 20,000 camels were
released into the wild over the rest of
the century their numbers grew in rural
Australia today the feral camel
population is estimated to be between
600,000 and over a million the English
also brought livestock to the outback
raising them on large landholdings
called stations sheep herding became
very successful making Australia a top
wall producer beef cattle are also
raised in cattle musters what North
Americans might call roundups cattle are
herded by helicopter or off-road
vehicles to loading points where road
trains haul the live cattle to market
where rainfall permits wheat is grown
some margins of the outback are well
known for their fine wines but where
agriculture is difficult minerals
provide an industry the Outback has
rewarded careful prospectors
particularly in the opal mines near
coober pedy
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