Defrocked monk Gabriel de Foigny imagined Australia – then known only as the “southern land” – in a novel that has similarities with Thomas More’s Utopia. Defrocked monk Gabriel de Foigny imagined Australia – then known only as the “southern land” – in a novel that has similarities with Thomas More’s Utopia. Culture / Books Sydney Morning Herald – Latest News
This novel about Australia was written in 1676 but has a curiously modern resonance
