Melbourne and Mars; My Mysterious Life on Two Planets. Extracts from the Diary of a Melbourne Merchant
| Title | Melbourne and Mars; My Mysterious Life on Two Planets. Extracts from the Diary of a Melbourne Merchant |
| Year for Search | 1889 |
| Authors | Fraser,, Joseph ed. [written by](d. 1890) |
| Date Published | 1889 |
| Publisher | Pater & Knapton |
| Place Published | Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
| ISBN Number | 978-0-987625397 |
| Keywords | Australian author, Male author |
| Annotation | Detailed eutopia based on abundance. No money. All goods free at a depot, but people must work, thus paying for the goods with labor. Free electricity does almost all the work. No private property except personal belongings. No crime. Altruistic democratic socialism. Not egalitarian; class based on occupation. Gender equality. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: E.W. Cole, [c1891]; and Parkville, VIC, Australia: Grattan Street Press, 2020, with an “Introduction” by Alexandra Roginski and Zachary Kenda (ix-xxi). |
| Holding Institutions | A, ATL, HRC, M, PSt |
| Author Note | The author (d. 1890), a phrenologist, was born in England and spent a few years in New Zealand before settling in Australia. |
| Full Text | 1889 Fraser, Joseph, ed. [written by] (d. 1890). Melbourne and Mars; My Mysterious Life on Two Planets. Extracts from the Diary of a Detailed eutopia based on abundance. No money. All goods free at a depot, but people must work, thus paying for the goods with labor. Free electricity does almost all the work. No private property except personal belongings. No crime. Altruistic democratic socialism. Not egalitarian; class based on occupation. Gender equality. The author, a phrenologist, was born in England and spent a few years in New Zealand before settling in Australia. |
