A feral or wild horse found in Australia, often roaming in large herds across remote bush and grassland areas.
Australian slang originating in the 1800s, possibly derived from Broomby station in NSW or from an Aboriginal word; the term became widely used to describe the growing population of escaped domesticated horses.
Aboriginal Australians never had horses before European colonization, so these wild herds represent a completely new species in the ecosystem—they can number in hundreds of thousands and dramatically reshape the landscape.
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