Great Australian Bight
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The bottle was thrown overboard "somewhere in the Bight", Pte Harley's letter said, referring to the Great Australian Bight off the country's southern coast.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025
In Australia, marsupials abound: A snarling Tasmanian devil stands before craggy Cradle Mountain, while a stubby brown wombat surveils the Great Australian Bight.
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2023
About: A stepping-off point for Kangaroo Island, the Great Australian Bight and the Nullarbor Plain, Adelaide is within easy driving distance of South Australia’s most prestigious vineyards in the Barossa and McLaren Vale.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023
The national director of the Wilderness Society, Lyndon Schneiders, called on all other oil and gas companies to pull out of the Great Australian Bight.
From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2016
Australian Bight.—Here he changed the object of his journey, and made efforts to go along the shores of the Great Australian Bight, in order to reach West Australia.
From History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 by Sutherland, Alexander
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