Dead Heart

British  

noun

1. the remote interior of Australia

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Etymology

Origin of Dead Heart

C20: from the title The Dead Heart of Australia (1906) by J. W. Gregory (1864–1932), British geologist

Example Sentences

Have you ever been present at a performance of The Dead Heart?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 24, 1890 by Various

There were terrible strikes all over England when we were playing "The Dead Heart."

From The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections by Terry, Ellen

Dine quietly at the Gaiety before seeing the Dead Heart at the Lyceum, which will produce an appetite, to be appeased only at Rule's, where you can take a light supper—then to bed.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 January 11, 1890 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

Judging by the "Dead Heart of Australia"—a book which gave me a nightmare from which I shall never recover—I should say that a varnished hop-pole would be an artistic godsend out there.

From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman

During this engagement, Pauncefort played in addition to his previous repertory "The Dead Heart," "Man with the Iron Mask," "Lavater," and "Arrah Na Pogue."

From The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah by Lindsay, John S.