Nullarbor Plain

American  

[nuhl-er-bawr, nuhl-ahr-ber] / ˈnʌl ərˌbɔr, nʌlˈɑr bər /

noun

1. a treeless, semiarid area of southern Australia, contiguous to the Great Australian Bight.

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Nullarbor Plain British  

/ ˈnʌləˌbɔː /

noun

1. a vast low plateau of S Australia: extends north from the Great Australian Bight to the Great Victoria Desert; has no surface water or trees. Area: 260 000 sq km (100 000 sq miles)

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Etymology

Origin of Nullarbor Plain

From Latin nullus “no, none” + arbor “tree”

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Nullarbor Plain

Around 70,000 years ago, the expanding Nullarbor Plain created a vast region of semi-arid shrubland.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

The art is considered sacred to the Indigenous Mirning people who live on the Nullarbor Plain.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022

The Nullarbor Plain art, which are designs carved into the chalk limestone walls of the Koonalda Cave, has special significance for the region's Aboriginal Mirning people.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2022

He traveled to the Arctic, the Galapagos, Kenya, the Grand Canyon, Antarctica, Namibia, Australia’s Nullarbor Plain, not to see them but to learn them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2020

She fell in love with a particular twisted and wind-bent Western myall tree on Australia’s Nullarbor Plain.

From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2014