Sculpture of Prince Leonard

Apparently created by a sculpture student who created it with a small axe over the course of a week long stay at Hutt River Province, and gifted to the Prince

An Independant Province within Western Australia

December 23rd 2005
This is the very short version of this wacky tale..... In 1970, a farmer gets fed up with the deal he's given by the Australian government on wheat production, so he sets up his own country and gets away with it due to a legal loophole (which has since been closed to avoid same thing happening again). Leonard doesn't pay taxes, and has been reigning sucessfully over his 75 sq kilometres ever ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Hutt River Province

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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