"The Next Centenary of Australia"

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Title"The Next Centenary of Australia"
Year for Search1888
Secondary TitleThe Spectator (London)
Volume / Edition61.3109
Pagination112-13
Date PublishedJanuary 28, 1888
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Eutopia. "In 1988 Australia will be a Federal Republic, peopled by fifty millions of English-speaking men" (112) who will have become a separate type, recognizably Australian (112). Assumes that the Aborigines will have died out. Assumes that New Zealand will be part of Australia and that the Philippines and everything between it and the Australian continent will be controlled and cultivated by Australians. Australia will be strong enough to be threatened by no other country. Australians will be lovers of luxury, art, and wine and will need servants because the women will not work. Compares Australians favorably to Americans.
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1888 “The Next Centenary of Australia.” The Spectator (London) 61.3109 (January 28, 1888): 112-13.

Eutopia. “In 1988 Australia will be a Federal Republic, peopled by fifty millions of English-speaking men” (112) who will have become a separate type, recognizably Australian (112). Assumes that the Aborigines will have died out. Assumes that New Zealand will be part of Australia and that the Philippines and everything between it and the Australian continent will be controlled and cultivated by Australians. Australia will be strong enough to be threatened by no other country. Australians will be lovers of luxury, art, and wine and will need servants because the women will not work. Compares Australians favorably to Americans.