Speewah
/ˈspiːwɑː
/noun (the Speewah) Australian informal
An imaginary place used as a setting for fanciful stories of the outback: the sheep on the Speewah are so big it takes several days to shear each animal...
- Droughts are not over until the people of the Speewah are able to have water in their tea.
- Hoop snakes and giant mosquitoes are commonplace on the Speewah.
- The Speewah shearing shed is so large it takes two men and a boy standing on each other's shoulders to see the whole of it.
Origin
Late 19th century: from the name of a remote locality reputedly north-west of Swan Hill in Victoria, and of a legendary sheep station supposedly situated there.