Darling Range

American  

noun

1. a range of low mountains along the SE coast of Australia. Highest peak, Mt. Cooke, 1,910 feet (580 meters).

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Darling Range British  

noun

1. a ridge in SW Western Australia, parallel to the coast. Highest point: about 582 m (1669 ft)

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Example Sentences

On the Darling Range is found a red cellular structure capping the granite, assuming all the appearance of having been subjected to fire; it extends also in the low country about that neighbourhood.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea by Stokes, John Lort

The Colony can boast of no great mountain ranges, the highest, the Darling Range, being something over 2,000 feet.

From Spinifex and Sand by Carnegie, David Wynford

The 13th we spent in passing a portion of the Darling Range.

From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 by Grey, George

The surrounding country is broken by the foothills of the Darling Range and intersected by roads, fences, and—here and there—small watercourses.

From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Collett, Herbert Brayley

Amongst the very early explorers who did as good work as the scanty opportunities permitted, was Ensign R. Dale, of the 63rd Regiment, who pushed east of the Darling Range.

From The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work by Favenc, Ernest