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

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

Unfortunately, however, the comparatively lower altitude of the Darling Range led to there being no such flow of water inland as even those disappointing rivers the Macquarie and Lachlan had afforded.

From The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 by Favenc, Ernest

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 Williams is in the interior, and the Leschenault on the sea-coast, and between the two places lies the Darling Range, a high chain of mountains which had never before been crossed at this point.

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