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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
That phrase was first used by historian Geoffrey Blainey as the title of a book about the early British colonisation of Australia, which was published in the 1960s.
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Which phrase, "tyranny of distance"? You'll note I didn't say the song 'invented' the phrase, just that it was where I heard it. Given that NZ is 1500 miles away from Australia, it definitely does fit that little country even better than the larger one.