Life After Politics
Vogel is reputed to be the first New Zealander to write a science fiction novel, Anno Domini 2000 – A Woman's Destiny, published in 1889. It anticipated a utopian world where women held many positions of authority, and in fact New Zealand became the first country to give women the vote, and from 1998 to 2008 continuously had a female Prime Minister, while for a short period (2005–2006) all five highest government offices (Queen, Governor-General, Prime Minister, Speaker of the House and Chief Justice) were simultaneously held by women.
In honour of this book, the Sir Julius Vogel Awards for New Zealand speculative fiction were named after him.
On his death in 1899, Julius Vogel was interred in Willesden Jewish Cemetery in London.
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