Darling Downs

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a plateau in NE Australia, in SE Queensland: a vast agricultural and stock-raising area

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Words nearby Darling Downs

dark web, darky, Darlan, Darlene, darling, Darling Downs, Darling Range, Darling River, Darlington, Darmstadt, darmstadtium

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How to use Darling Downs in a sentence

Soon the whole of the Darling Downs was parcelled out into large sheep stations.
Our First Half-Century|Government of Queensland
The best rams procurable from the Darling Downs and noted Southern studs rapidly improved the flocks.
Our First Half-Century|Government of Queensland
I had descended--from a scrubby table land, the continuation of Darling Downs--into a system of easterly waters.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia|Ludwig Leichhardt
The feed was all parched up: the native carrot, which was so green when we passed Darling Downs, was here withered and in seed.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia|Ludwig Leichhardt

They spoke a language entirely different from that of the natives of Darling Downs, but "yarrai" still meant water.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia|Ludwig Leichhardt