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

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

Here I was in the very noonday of life, fresh from Lady Macbeth and still young enough to play Rosalind, suddenly called upon to play a rather uninteresting mother in "The Dead Heart."

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

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

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

The first part that he played at the Lyceum, Arthur St. Valery in "The Dead Heart," was good, and he went on steadily improving.

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