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	Catalyst: Black Stump - ABC TV Science
		Going beyond these limits was known as going 'beyond the fl stump' because the Limits of Location ran through a property called The Black Stump Run just to the north west of modern-day Coolah.
		Historians have long suspected that free convicts and poor settlers were hiding stolen cattle beyond the fl stump, away from the prying eyes of the authorities.
		Stephen’s work is the first independent corroboration of the tales of illegal settlement beyond the fl stump.
	www.abc.net.au /catalyst/stories/s938850.htm (1659 words)

	Walkabout - Goolgowi
		If it was a little further west it could fairly be described as being 'beyond the fl stump' (an expression used to describe incredible isolation) because nearby is Merriwagga which claims to be the home of the Black Stump.
		At the Black Stump Picnic area is a pioneer wagon and a memorial stone which explains the legend.
		The idea of the 'fl stump' has entered the vernacular as a reference point for the outward limits of imaginable distance in sayings such as 'beyond the fl stump' and 'this side of the fl stump'.
	www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/NSWGoolgowi.shtml (549 words)

	Gregg Lieberman Review of Beyond The Black Stump
		For all of Nevil Shute's strengths as a novelist, few of his works are entirely free of the weaknesses to which he is prey, especially a tendency toward corny dialogue and cardboard characters.
		The harsh realities of their lives "beyond the fl stump" (a twist on "the back of beyond") require that expediency take precedence over what some would insist upon as moral behavior.
		As Stump unfolds Shute provides his typically fascinating look at the routines of life in exotic environments, given heft by a detailed explication of the techniques behind desert farming and oil exploration and lightened by an amusing cast of sheep station drunkards.
	www.nevilshute.org /Reviews/blackstump.php (603 words)

	Print Article: Walkabout (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It's therefore something of a surprise to find that three towns claim to be the true possessor of "the fl stump" and a fourth, with no claim at all, has the largest and most impressive fl stump in the country.
		Those who think, as does the Macquarie Dictionary, that "fl stump" means "a point at which known or civilised territory ends" and that the old-fashioned Australianism "beyond the fl stump" means "in the far outback" will be amused to know that there's a fl stump (actually, it looks rather grey) at Blackall in outback Queensland.
		And, just for fun and to add to the confusion, on New Year's Eve in 1972 some droll locals in Cowell, on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, put a fl stump in the main street between the two pubs and declared both pubs to be "the best pub beyond the fl stump".
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/11/21/1069027317243.html (491 words)

	THE BLACK STUMP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The stump was used rather than a set of legs because the theodolites used on such observations were of a large size.
		This was designed to establish the points of important centres with which the survey work of the whole colony could be connected and enable the mapping of Queensland on a more accurate basis.
		It was considered at the time that the country to the west of Blackall was ‘beyond the Black Stump’.
	www.dcc.net.au /hillocc/black.htm (174 words)

	Search Results for stump - Encyclopædia Britannica
		Cricket is believed to have begun (possibly as early as the 13th century) as a game in which country boys bowled at a tree stump or at the hurdle gate into a sheep pen.
		Behaviour for the care of the body is widespread among the perissodactyls.
		Includes tips on tree stump removal, gardens for children, companion planting, and the use of compost and green manure.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=stump&submit=Find&source=MWTAB (426 words)

	Auspac Media - View Feature
		BEYOND THE BLACK STUMP is Australia's fastest growing comic strip - published in newspapers and magazines in every major capital city in the country.
		He began his cartooning career in 1974 on The Darling Advertiser at sixteen years of age and the following year on The West Australian at seventeen, making him, the youngest metropolitan daily political cartoonist in Australia.
		“Beyond the Black Stump is the best Australian comic strip this side of the rabbit-proof fence.
	www.auspacmedia.com.au /viewfeature.php_id_354 (232 words)

	Blackall - Queensland - Australia - Travel - theage.com.au
		The fl stump has always loomed large in rural Australian mythology as a place beyond which was no man's land.
		To see the Black Stump, which looks decidedly grey, turn into Hawthorn Street from the Landsborough Highway and go around to the back of the school.
		The key to the padlock at 'Black's Palace', as well as the answer to most questions touching Blackall, can be obtained by contacting the tourist information centre which is located in Short Street, tel/fax: (07) 4657 4637.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Queensland/Blackall/2005/02/17/1108500202134.html (1210 words)

	Blackall
		The Black Stump, located behind the State School, was used for surveying purposes and permanently marks the original Astro Station established in 1887.
		The stump was used rather than legs because it gave more stability to the theodolites.
		It was considered at that time that country to the west of Blackall was beyond the "Black Stump".Signs posted on either side say "This side of the Black Stump" and "That side of the Black Stump"
	mysillyfetish.tripod.com /travel2003/id22.html (124 words)

	Outer limits - Outback - Australia - Travel - theage.com.au
		Another famous definition of the NSW outback is anywhere "beyond the fl stump".
		The location of this stump is itself the subject of debate.
		The story goes that the saloon, named after the nearby Black Stump Run and Black Stump Creek, was an important staging post for traffic to north-west NSW.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Outback/Outer-limits/2005/05/16/1116095894531.html (834 words)

	Coolah Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Black Stump Wine Saloon was established about 10 km north of Coolah at a junction where the road split, heading north-east to Gunnedah and north-west to Coonabarabran.
		The Coolah area lies at the origin of the Australian saying 'beyond the fl stump', meaning beyond the limits of civilisation.
		There is, of course, a fl stump to mark the spot.
	www.coolahddg.com.au /coolah.htm (1516 words)

	Itinerary - Day 01
		Along here we pass the original Black Stump, so from here on we are beyond the Black Stump.
		From now on we were definitely beyond the Black Stump and would be for the next 46 days.
		So the first day was easy, all fl top but tomorrow we hit the dirt as we head for the Darling River.
	www.greatdividetours.com.au /AOZItinerary/Day01.html (681 words)

	Long way beyond the black stump - 22 Jul 2005 - NZ Herald: Travel News and Information from New Zealand and around the ...
		In Australian lingo, Daly Waters is way, way beyond the fl stump, and that's why it exists.
		In the late 1800s it was a stopover for overland travellers and drovers, and later became a refuelling point for early Qantas flights.
		We startle a herd of brumbies led by an impressive fl stallion, and they snort and prance nervously before galloping away, tails aloft and manes streaming in the breeze.
	www.nzherald.co.nz /index.cfm?c_id=7&ObjectID=10336145 (1265 words)

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	Boston Globe Online / Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Not far away is a lump of petrified wood marking the location of the Black Stump.
		Surveyors, in the 19th-century mapping of Queensland, used the thick tree stump (since burned out) as a base for measuring instruments called theodolites.
		Anything to the west -- beyond the Stump -- was considered Outback.
	www.boston.com /globe/search/stories/travel/queensland_australia.htm (1013 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- A Guide to Strine -- Mar. 28, 1983
		Black stump, beyond the: any excessively remote part of the outback.
		Damper, n.: unleavened loaf baked in the ashes, a staple of bush cooking.
		Sandy blight, n.: an inflammation of the tear ducts caused by living beyond the fl stump.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,923413,00.html (307 words)

	Beyond the Black Stump
		In art the parallel lies in the looming skeletal trees Drysdale rudely parked in the uninhabited emptiness of small towns; all verandahs, brown sinews, and nothingness.
		The fl stump is not so much a signpost, it is a state of mind.
		Transference is an umbrella title interpreted variously throughout the works, but most clearly articulated by Holcombe in his statement about it being a contract between maker and viewer, of watchers in front of an art work wordlessly acknowledging a mutual understanding transferred by the image on the wall.
	www.csu.edu.au /faculty/arts/vpa/transference/beyond.html (2602 words)

	Blue Rock Software (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Beyond the Black Stump - Comic Strip by Sean Leahy
		The Black Stump comic is regularly published in a number of Australian and international publications, including the Courier Mail and the Sydney Morning Herald.
		When a comic is viewed, the customer is prompted to view other related comics, send the comic as an e-card, or purchase merchandise related to the comic.
	www.bluerocksoftware.com /casestudy_btbs.htm (118 words)

	Rosellas: Beautiful Royalty - Parrot Forum
		The mantle feathers are fl with red lacing in the nominate color phase.
		The Northern, or Brown’s Rosella, Platycercus venustus venustus, is a strikingly colored bird, with a fl head, white cheek patch, and golden breast and belly feathers lightly laced in fl, giving it a scaly appearance.
		The mantle is the opposite of the belly, fl with golden lacing.
	www.parrotforum.net /forum/general-parrot-info/1002-rosellas-beautiful-royalty.html (2219 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Travels in Outback Australia: Beyond the Black Stump: Books: Andrew Stevenson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Written with humour and compassion his powers of observation and enquiring mind draw out a frankness that is sometimes shocking but something from which we all can learn.
		Travels in Outback Australia: Beyond the Black Stump is no ordinary tale of an intrepid traveller it is an extraordinary account of an Australia that we have not seen before.
		Having said that, Beyond The Black Stump is still a fascinating read.
	www.amazon.co.uk /gp/product/1903070147?tag=itanalysicom-21&link_code=sp1&camp=2025&dev-t=0T1Q3KQYBRP8TS6YAFR2 (818 words)

	The Daguerreian Society: Daguerreotyping in the Backwoods.
		After a good deal of trouble, I explained to my patrons that the fl pictures were not the result of the camera but of the operator, and that I would produce them pictures as white as they wanted.
		He was standing elevated on the stump of a lone tree that some of the campers had cut down.
		Just as I got up to the crowd he finished his tune and descended for a "horn." I immediately approached him, told him I was a daguerreotypist, and requested his picture.
	www.daguerre.org /resource/texts/backwoods.html (1901 words)

	Beyond the black stump
		After settling the patient into hospital I take leave — beyond these doors is freedom.
		I visit the city, flitting in and out of shops really enjoying myself, however after a couple of hours tiredness overcomes me, that motel bed looking good in my mind’s eye.
		The author has retreated to a hollow log beyond the fl stump.
	www.carersvic.org.au /AboutCarers/CarerStories/DaphneThomson.htm (1144 words)

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	New Creation
		This year at Stump the theme was "Beyond".
		We looked beyond our own lives and learnt about the lives of others who are struggling in the world.
		For more Black Stump images and stories click on the Stump Menu on the left.
	www.xandory.com /newcreation/stump05/Stump050.htm (166 words)

	Find in a Library: Beyond the black stump : tales of travellers to Australia, 1787-1850
		Find in a Library: Beyond the fl stump : tales of travellers to Australia, 1787-1850
		Beyond the fl stump : tales of travellers to Australia, 1787-1850
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	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/41a5290b814eeceea19afeb4da09e526.html (55 words)

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		"Beyond the fl stump" Er, um, you uh, made this one up, D ;)
		I didn't make up beyond the fl stump.
		It is a VERY well known saying in Oz.
	www.studiowhiz.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=896 (300 words)

	Amazon.ca: Beyond the Black Stump: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		"Beyond the Black Stump" may be the weakest of the novels set in Australia, but it is still an enjoyable book to read.
		There are no mystical elements here ("In the Wet") nor has his ability to write dialogue for American English improved any.
		And there is a fine twist to the dénoument.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/184232246X (396 words)

	(GCBC12) Beyond the ... by Slider & Smurf (adopted by Mix76) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the early 1830s land west of this locality was referred to as ''beyond the Black Stump''.
		The actual Black Stump existed near this location, whilst the Black Stump Wine Saloon stood some distance to the south.
		The nearby creek derived its name from the surrounding Black Stump Run held by Jonathon Perkins in 1850.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=48146 (443 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There are several towns in Australia which lay some claim to being at the origin of the saying 'beyond the fl stump', meaning beyond the limits of civilisation.
		A rest area has been established by the road at the approximate site of the old saloon.
		For those with a keen interest in Aboriginal history, the headstone of King Togee is to be found 29 km west of Coolah on the left-hand side of the Neilrex Rd, just past the 'Langdon' homestead.
	www.coolahddg.com.au /Tourism.htm (956 words)

	Figures of speech
		beyond the Black Stump (Australian metaphor meaning a long way from here.)
		Etymology: 16th century from Latin idioma, peculiarity of language, from Greek idios, private, separate.
		beyond the fl stump (Australia) = far away from here
	www.alphalink.com.au /~umbidas/figures_of_speech.htm (573 words)

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	www.passtheshareware.com /windows.htm (268 words)

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