Usually means: Remote, undeveloped area of land.
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noun:  (Australia, New Zealand, usually in the plural) A remote tract of land in the interior; hence (in plural) sparsely populated country far from major cities and lacking conveniences common in urban areas.
noun:  Land behind that which fronts on water; land without a permanent watercourse.

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