Hutt River Province
It is amazing the things you can find cruising around the 'net. I especially like browsing through the various articles in Snopes. It's more than just a reference guide to urban legends and myths.
Today I learned about the Hutt River Province, an 18,500 acre piece of land contained within Western Australia that has declared secession from the Australian government in 1970 after a dispute over crop quotas. The principality is ruled over by Prince Leonard who claims protection by Royal Prerogative under the British Royalty system (if I understand how that all works. Those crazy Brits...). They print their own money, their own postage stamps, have their own flag, and are now a popular tourist location, apparently near Geraldton.
How did I miss that when I was over there (I passed through Geraldton)? That is awesome.
posted by Seth R. @ 12:38 AM
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2 Comments:
Amazig. It actually exists. It's one of those things you would think is a hoax.
Imaging having the "Hutt River Provence" stamp in your pasport. Custos in other countrys would be like "WTF?"
The following URL is a transcript of an interview with Prince Leonard by the ABC (Australian Broardcasting Corporation). The ABC in Australia is government owned, so it must be true.
http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_people/Transcripts/s833528.htm
That is hillarious! Could the picture on the homepage be any funnier?
http://www.huttriver.net/graphics/menu/princeleonard.jpg
It looks like one of those paintings of decesed relatives you seen in houses with old money.
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