Hutt River Province is also far from mythical. While Australia refuses to recognise the claim, the Post Office apparently recognises their postage stamps and addresses, and the Tax Office has stayed away for 33 or so years.
It is annoying though, maybe it is a conspiracy, but I have yet to find a generally circulated map that even shows the Hutt River, let alone the principality. I have seen a close-up map of HRP, but it does not give you a good view of its location in relation to Perth or Broome for example. I think you will find that HRP is in the top left portion of this map, bordering on the eastern border of the national park, which it would seem the Australian Government has declared, possibly (or maybe only coincidentally) to prevent HRP buying land to get out of being land-locked! http://www.wilmap.com.au/ausmaps/maps/y3.gif I know it is there. I've met people associated with HRP (who have been there and are official and titled representatives of the place), although I don't really go for the airs and titles kind of thing. You can get an HRP passport, which is accepted (or at least passed) in many countries, although not in Australia itself. Some of the web sites about HRP have not been updated since the mid 1990s, and I am aware that one of the sites you will find in a search, while having some accurate, though old, information, is renegade, as they were selling bogus titles without authority! However, the following website appears well-maintained and informative. http://www.huttriverprovinceusa.org/ Regards, Ian Green http://107242.e-gold.com > From: James M. Ray > Sent: Thursday, 24 July 2003 2:02 AM > Subject: [e-gold-list] "Mythical & Ephemeral" countries > * Prince Leonard and the Hutt River Province in Australia --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
