subs. phr. (Australian).—The confines of civilization: specifically (in Queensland) the occupied pastoral land furthest from the more settled districts.
1890. HUME NISBET, Bail Up! An Australian hot wind in the great NEVER-NEVER LAND.
1895. Pall Mall Gazette, 15 Aug., 3, 1. ‘Yarns’ about traces of the party have often been told by bushmen from the NEVER-NEVER COUNTRY, but nothing has ever been recovered from the wide wastelands of the interior to back up the romantic stories.
2. (Australian).—The future life; heaven.
1888. BOLDREWOOD, Robbery under Arms, 2. I want to die and go with him to the NEVER-NEVER COUNTRY parson tells us about up there!
