Not to be confused with New Australians, the term coined by Arthur Calwell to describe immigrants to Australia after World War II.
Map of Paraguay, drawn by John Lane, brother of William Lane. New Australia and Cosme were both southeast of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, Nueva Londres, just northwest of Coronel Oviedo and Cosme, near Villarrica.
New Australia was a utopian socialist settlement in Paraguay created by the New Australian Movement. The colony was officially founded on 28 September 1893 as Colonia Nueva Australia and comprised 238 people.[1]