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Centralia|sɛnˈtreɪlɪə|
[f. central a. + Australia.]
A name orig. proposed for what was then South Australia, but now used to designate the remote central area of Australia. Hence Cenˈtralian a. and n.
1896J. S. Laurie Story of Australasia xxxiii. 299 The name ‘South’ Australia, embracing as it does both the central and the northern territory, is anomalous... For telegraphic, postal, and general purposes one word is desirable for a name—e.g. why not Centralia; for West Australia, Westralia; for New South Wales, Eastralia? 1931I. L. Idriess Lasseter's Last Ride i. 3 Through Centralia runs a continuation of the famous Kalgoorlie ore belt. 1936― Cattle King xix. 179 The utter stillness of a Centralian night. 1944F. Clune Red Heart 1 Although his title [sc. ‘Dead Heart’] applied more particularly to the sunken Lake Eyre region, it was gradually extended to the whole Centralian Area. Ibid. 15 Many a camp-fire in Centralia. 1964Panorama (Brisbane) Sept. 7/3 As far as Centralians are concerned, manana is good enough for them! |