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WHAT DOES THE BACK OF BEYOND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

The Back of Beyond

The Back of Beyond is a feature-length award-winning Australian documentary film produced and directed by John Heyer for the Shell Film Unit. In terms of breadth of distribution, awards garnered, and critical response, it is Heyer's most successful film. It is also, arguably, Australia's most successful documentary: in 2006 it was included in a book titled 100 Greatest Films of Australian Cinema, with Bill Caske writing that it is "perhaps our national cinema's most well known best kept secret". The aim of the film, as requested by the Shell Company, was to associate Shell with the essence of Australia, with Australianism. Heyer took as his central motif the fortnightly journey made by mailman Tom Kruse, along the remote Birdsville Track from Marree, in South Australia, to Birdsville, in southwest Queensland. In 1957, Heyer wrote that this film, when viewed with Francis Birtles' earlier In the Track of Burke and Wills, "clearly suggest that the true image of Australia is, and always has been, the image of Man against Nature".

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE BACK OF BEYOND

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the Balance
the ball is in your court
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the Baptist
the Bar
the Barbary Coast
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the Bard
the Barren Lands
the bass
the battle lines are drawn
the Battle of Britain
the Bear
the beautiful people
the bee´s knees

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE BACK OF BEYOND

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Synonyms and antonyms of the back of beyond in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «the back of beyond» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE BACK OF BEYOND

Find out the translation of the back of beyond to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

以外的背面
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la parte de atrás de más allá
570 millions of speakers

English

the back of beyond
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परे की पीठ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجزء الخلفي من وراء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

край света
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

o fim do mundo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিছন ফিরে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

au bout du monde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Belakang belakang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

am Ende der Welt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

を超えての裏
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이후 의 뒷면
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mburi maneh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mặt sau của quá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அப்பால் பின்னால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पलीकडे मागे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ötesi arkası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

retro di là
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Powrót z zaświatów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

край світу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

partea din spate de dincolo
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το πίσω μέρος του πέρα από
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die agterkant van buite
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

baksidan av beyond
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

baksiden av utover
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the back of beyond

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE BACK OF BEYOND»

The term «the back of beyond» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.945 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE BACK OF BEYOND» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the back of beyond

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE BACK OF BEYOND»

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The Back of Beyond: A Story about Lewis and Clark
An account of the 1804-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition which took the explorers from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean.
Andy Russell Bowen, 1997
2
The Back Of Beyond: A Search For The Soul Of Ireland
In The Back of Beyond, James Charles Roy, a noted authority on Irish history and travel, escorts a disparate group of Americans through the lonely backwaters of ancient Ireland.
James Charles Roy, 2009
3
Scenes from the Back of Beyond
Especially if his wife doesn't. Set at the end of the 1950s, Scenes From the Back of Beyond explores the comfort, hopes and fragility of family life in a new Sydney suburb.
Meredith Oakes, 2006
4
Back of Beyond
Wanneer een Amerikaanse rechercheur wordt geconfronteerd met de geheimzinnige dood van zijn vriend, gaat hij ondanks tegenwerking van zijn collega's op onderzoek uit.
C.J. Box, C. J. Box, 2011
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Back of Beyond
Takes readers to some of the last unspoiled places on Earth, detailing the author's experiences searching for monkeys and turtles in the jungles of Costa Rica, hunting wild boar in Iran, exploring the Sahara, and more.
David Yeadon, 2009
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The Cinema of Australia and New Zealand
JOHN HEYER, AUSTRALIA, 1954 The Back of Beyond (1954) is an Australian documentary film about a weekly mail run along the Birdsville Track, following its driver, Tom Kruse, through the numerous stations and natural obstacles along the ...
Geoff Mayer, Keith Beattie, 2007
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The Back Of Beyond: A North American Road Trip, Kiwi Style!
A North American Road Trip, Kiwi Style! Claire Coleman. On our way to Salt Lake City, we tried to stay on as many minor roads as possible, which was easier said than done as the back roads were in such bad repair that 3T “flupped” along ...
Claire Coleman, 2013
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The Country of Lost Children: An Australian Anxiety
The Back of Beyond One of the most striking, and earliest, of these films was John Heyer's black-and-white documentary, The Bark of Beyond. Born in Tasmania in 1916, Heyer worked for Cinesound in the 1940s and then made propaganda ...
Peter Pierce, 1999
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The Back of Beyond
Set against the sweeping panorama of Australia's great wilderness, The back of beyond is the unforgettabel story of a woman who journeys from tragedy to triumph, from loss to breathtaking love.
Barbara Bickmore, 1999
10
The Wye Plays: The Back of Beyond and the Battle of
The Back of Beyond and the Battle of the Crows David Ian Rabey. Hatched in Emptiness, Over Emptiness, But Flying An Introduction to The Battle of the Crows David Ian Rabey I felt obliged to study the games of truth in the relationship of the  ...
David Ian Rabey, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE BACK OF BEYOND»

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Remarkable trees back of beyond
One of my companions remarked that “you'd have to go to the back of beyond to find one of those”. It was indeed growing at a far away location, in a European ... «Millstone News, Jan 15»
2
BFI funds Michael Lennox, Michael Pearce films
His short The Back of Beyond was nominated for best short film at the European Film Awards and won awards at Locarno and the Royal Society of Television ... «Screen International, Sep 14»
3
Russia's back of beyond: Zabaikalie, a source of gold
The Gazimuro-Zavodsky region is one of the most remote and sparsely populated areas of Chita Oblast, — the back of beyond, as they say. Russian explorers ... «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Aug 14»
4
Back from beyond the Birdsville Track
Elizabeth Heyer, the daughter of director John Heyer, says The Back of Beyond, the 1954 travelogue of Tom Kruse's delivery route along the Birdsville Track, ... «The Australian, Jul 14»
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in the back of beyond
It is the only part of the island that has been farmed, and is featured in a new documentary, To The Back of Beyond, made and released on DVD by South Coast ... «Marlborough Express, Jan 14»
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Blissful isolation in the back of beyond
It's a community with a holiday population of a couple of hundred people, few of them are related, but all treat each other like close family. Reporter John Lewis ... «Otago Daily Times, Dec 13»
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Webgame Wednesday: A Small Talk at the Back of Beyond
A Small Talk at the Back of Beyond is an innovative short story game. In this sci-fi puzzler, you awake in the dark to an unfamiliar voice. About the only game ... «Weekly Alibi, Apr 13»
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Boss of Irish-based R&D hub: Man, this place is the back of beyond
Trouble is, Bob, the Irish state is mega-strapped for cash and EMC did choose to locate its plant in the relative back of beyond at Ballincollig. What was originally ... «Register, Apr 13»
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A Small Talk at the Back of Beyond Walkthrough
This is a walkthrough of "A Small Talk at the Back of Beyond" beta, a game by developer Scriptwelder. Sounds like he's going to update it in the future! «YouTube, Mar 13»
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Cleaning up the back of beyond
Filling a fadge with rubbish between Barn Bay and Sandrock Bluff are (from left) Marietta Gibb, Robyn Hoglund and Robin Manera. Photos by Marjorie Cook. «Otago Daily Times, Feb 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. The back of beyond [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/the-back-of-beyond>. May 2024 ».
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