Australia as Dystopia and Eutopia

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Arena Journal no. 31

Lyman Tower Sargent

Jan 2008

Abstract:

Australia is considered to be a positive eutopia, although it is generally presented as a dystopia in utopian texts. It is suggested that the background of a harsh landscape, its convict past and conflicts with Indigenous populations are the reasons for the dystopian texts published, in contrary to the truth.

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