Australia Felix
Australia Felix proper noun: a name for the comparatively lush areas of western Victoria, Australia.
Proper noun
Australia Felix
- A name for the comparatively lush areas of western Victoria, Australia.
- I named this region Australia Felix, the better to distinguish it from the parched deserts of the interior country where we had wandered so unprofitably and so long.1839, Thomas Mitchell, Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2, Gutenberg eBook #13033
- Victoria, known as Australia Felix, is bounded on the north and north-east by a straight line drawn from Cape How to the nearest source of the Murray River ; on the west by the eastern boundary of South Australia, or the 141° of east longitude, from the River Murray to the sea coast, and along the...1851, Henry Saxelby Melville, The Present State of Australia: Including New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia and New Zealand, page 59
Origin of Australia Felix
From Australia + Latin felix (“fortunate, happy”). Proposed as a name for parts of Victoria (Australia) explored by Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855).
Questions about Australia Felix
- What does Australia Felix mean?
- Australia Felix means a name for the comparatively lush areas of western Victoria, Australia.
- What part of speech is Australia Felix?
- Australia Felix is a proper noun.
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