Shaking hands with Prince Leonard

Hutt River Province

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July 15th 2009
Hutt River Province 20th - 21st June Who thought Australia was an island all on its own? Not true! There is a separate tiny 'country' hidden away which the government prefer to ignore. In the 1960s a farmer diagreed with the grain laws the government were inflicting on him and wrote to tell them he wanted to succede from Australia. They didn't seem to take him too seriously, told ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Hutt River Province

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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