Etymology

• From a blackened tree stump used by a group of surveyors near Blackall Queensland in 1887.

Phrase

1. extremely remote, outside the populated area, in the middle of nowhere. Typically used in Australia to refer to Outback areas.

   • 2004: “Just don't go gettin' serious,” Frank warned. “We don't want any trouble. We're gonna be beyond the black stump out there, not at the bloody Lennox Hotel.” — Leon F. Williams, Rubies of Mogok (Trafford 2004, p. 104)

Synonyms

• See: Wikisaurus:remote place
• back o' Bourke
• back of beyond
• Woop Woop