By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Published: August 6, 2020 6:25:54 pm PHR (The principality of Hutt River) will not be continuing in such harsh times (as many others are also facing), Prince Casley told the Guardian on Monday. (Photo courtesy: Guardian)
Around 500 km north of Western Australias capital city of Perth lies one of the worlds smallest sovereign states the Principality of Hutt River. With a population of 23, the tiny province is roughly the same size as Hong Kong. For decades, it was considered a popular destination for travellers seeking a stamp in their passports from one of the oldest micronations in the world.
This was until the coronavirus pandemic hit. The province was forced to close its borders to tourists in January, this year. Burdened with a flailing tourism sector and seemingly insurmountable debt, the Principality of Hutt River has announced that it will be reintegrating with Australia, more than 50 years after it first seceded from the country following a dispute over wheat production quotas.
The property will be sold as farmland to pay off the debt owed to Australias Taxation Office, the principalities leader Prince Graeme Casley has confirmed. The ATO has long been pursuing the tiny principality over unpaid debts. After losing a Supreme Court battle in 2017, the royal family of Hutt River was ordered to pay $3 million to the Australian taxation authorities.
PHR (The principality of Hutt River) will not be continuing in such harsh times (as many others are also facing), Prince Casley told the Guardian on Monday.
The principality has had a strained relationship with Australia long before the pandemic set in. Australia has refused to accept its independent status since its inception. In 1977, Hutt River briefly declared war on Australia after repeated demands for payments by the ATO.
Remembering the micronations history, spanning over five decades, Prince Casley told Australian news network ABC, You just have to keep the archives and hope the story continues for the family.
The Indian Express is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@indianexpress) and stay updated with the latest headlines
For all the latest World News, download Indian Express App.
See original here:
Hutt River micronation to rejoin Australia due to debt caused by Covid-19 - The Indian Express
- micronations! - WIRED [Last Updated On: June 16th, 2016] [Originally Added On: June 16th, 2016]
- Micronation.org - The Micronation Site [Last Updated On: June 17th, 2016] [Originally Added On: June 17th, 2016]
- How to Start Your Own Micronation [Last Updated On: June 17th, 2016] [Originally Added On: June 17th, 2016]
- Liste de micronations Wikipdia [Last Updated On: June 19th, 2016] [Originally Added On: June 19th, 2016]
- Six Micronations You Can Join (Petoria, anyone?) - Neatorama [Last Updated On: June 21st, 2016] [Originally Added On: June 21st, 2016]
- MicroWiki - The Micronation.org Wiki [Last Updated On: July 1st, 2016] [Originally Added On: July 1st, 2016]
- United Micronations Multi-Oceanic Archipelago (UMMOA) [Last Updated On: July 3rd, 2016] [Originally Added On: July 3rd, 2016]
- 10 Bizarre Micronations - ODDEE [Last Updated On: July 25th, 2016] [Originally Added On: July 25th, 2016]
- List of Micronations [Last Updated On: July 29th, 2016] [Originally Added On: July 29th, 2016]
- Micronation - MicroWiki - Wikia [Last Updated On: August 23rd, 2016] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2016]
- micronations! - wired.com [Last Updated On: September 29th, 2016] [Originally Added On: September 29th, 2016]
- Micronation Wikipdia [Last Updated On: November 21st, 2016] [Originally Added On: November 21st, 2016]
- Micronation | Fifth World Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [Last Updated On: December 9th, 2016] [Originally Added On: December 9th, 2016]
- MicroWiki - micronations.wiki [Last Updated On: December 15th, 2016] [Originally Added On: December 15th, 2016]
- Hetalia: The World Twinkle | Anime-Planet [Last Updated On: December 16th, 2016] [Originally Added On: December 16th, 2016]
- Talossa - Wikipedia [Last Updated On: February 10th, 2017] [Originally Added On: February 10th, 2017]
- Don't like your government? Just start a micronation like these 6 dudes - Mashable [Last Updated On: February 11th, 2017] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2017]
- Goodbye government: Six guys who started their own micronations - The South African [Last Updated On: February 17th, 2017] [Originally Added On: February 17th, 2017]
- Anthelia - MicroWiki - micronations.wiki [Last Updated On: February 26th, 2017] [Originally Added On: February 26th, 2017]
- An LGBTQ Micronation Declared War On Australia In 2004 And A Senator Is Still Mad About It - Huffington Post Australia [Last Updated On: February 28th, 2017] [Originally Added On: February 28th, 2017]
- Perisia - MicroWiki - micronations.wiki [Last Updated On: April 3rd, 2017] [Originally Added On: April 3rd, 2017]
- Inside the plan to replace Trump's border wall with a high-tech ... - The Verge [Last Updated On: April 5th, 2017] [Originally Added On: April 5th, 2017]
- Parliassam - MicroWiki - micronations.wiki [Last Updated On: April 19th, 2017] [Originally Added On: April 19th, 2017]
- How to create your own country - Stuff.co.nz [Last Updated On: May 4th, 2017] [Originally Added On: May 4th, 2017]
- List Of MicroNations No Trouble - Don't Mess [Last Updated On: June 3rd, 2017] [Originally Added On: June 3rd, 2017]
- DAVID MURDOCK: On fascinating things - Gadsden Times [Last Updated On: June 5th, 2017] [Originally Added On: June 5th, 2017]
- Micronation - MicroWiki [Last Updated On: June 8th, 2017] [Originally Added On: June 8th, 2017]
- When Did We Become A Country? The (Not So) Great Chaplin/Cruz ... - Above the Law [Last Updated On: June 9th, 2017] [Originally Added On: June 9th, 2017]
- Micronations / Axis Powers Hetalia - TV Tropes [Last Updated On: June 25th, 2017] [Originally Added On: June 25th, 2017]
- Liberbeer Beer with a Taste of Freedom - Total Croatia News [Last Updated On: June 29th, 2017] [Originally Added On: June 29th, 2017]
- Australia's hidden micronations: It's not the size of the country but how you rule it - 9news.com.au [Last Updated On: July 2nd, 2017] [Originally Added On: July 2nd, 2017]
- Meet President of Molossia, a micronation of just 33 citizens with its ... - TUKO.CO.KE [Last Updated On: July 5th, 2017] [Originally Added On: July 5th, 2017]
- Hoagland - MicroWiki - micronations.wiki [Last Updated On: July 20th, 2017] [Originally Added On: July 20th, 2017]
- Harnessing The Power of Decentralization: Max Borders of Social Evolution Speaks - Inside Bitcoins [Last Updated On: July 29th, 2017] [Originally Added On: July 29th, 2017]
- Apple Says It Will Overtake Samsung Pay By Year's End - ChannelNews [Last Updated On: August 4th, 2017] [Originally Added On: August 4th, 2017]
- We met 27 people who claim to be the rulers of their own countries ... - VICE News [Last Updated On: August 4th, 2017] [Originally Added On: August 4th, 2017]
- Micronation - RationalWiki [Last Updated On: August 14th, 2017] [Originally Added On: August 14th, 2017]
- Review: In Terra Firma, a Wee Wet Country on the Brink - The New York Times [Last Updated On: October 11th, 2019] [Originally Added On: October 11th, 2019]
- Lilliputians in Gulliver's World - The odd world of the mini-state - Geographical [Last Updated On: October 31st, 2019] [Originally Added On: October 31st, 2019]
- MicroNations Fandom | Fandom [Last Updated On: April 8th, 2020] [Originally Added On: April 8th, 2020]
- What Is A Micronation? - WorldAtlas.com [Last Updated On: April 8th, 2020] [Originally Added On: April 8th, 2020]
- Tourism collapse threatens Pacific islands with deepening poverty - PoliticalLore.com [Last Updated On: May 6th, 2020] [Originally Added On: May 6th, 2020]
- Micronation - Encyclopedia Westarctica [Last Updated On: May 24th, 2020] [Originally Added On: May 24th, 2020]
- Micronation rejoins Australia after 50 years of independence - Daily Express [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2020] [Originally Added On: August 8th, 2020]
- Hutt River micronation to rejoin Australia due to coronavirus pandemic - The Guardian [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2020] [Originally Added On: August 8th, 2020]
- Australia has one of the largest number of micronations in the world - ABC News [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2020] [Originally Added On: August 8th, 2020]
- micronation | Law, Recognition, History, & Definition ... [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2020] [Originally Added On: August 8th, 2020]
- Breaking News - Peacock Orders Epic Science Series "The End Is Nye" with Emmy Award-Winning Host Bill Nye - The Futon Critic [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2021] [Originally Added On: March 7th, 2021]
- Join in on the Summit County treasure hunt - TownLift [Last Updated On: June 4th, 2021] [Originally Added On: June 4th, 2021]
- The Smallest Capitals in the World - Statista [Last Updated On: June 24th, 2021] [Originally Added On: June 24th, 2021]
- The Great Micronation of West Indica - Posted in - SwordsToday.ie [Last Updated On: November 1st, 2021] [Originally Added On: November 1st, 2021]
- Republic of Kekistan - MicroWiki - micronations.wiki [Last Updated On: November 1st, 2021] [Originally Added On: November 1st, 2021]
- Micronations, A World Tour Of 8 Bizzaro Spots Barely On The Map - Worldcrunch [Last Updated On: November 28th, 2021] [Originally Added On: November 28th, 2021]
- Opinion: No one will be able to subjugate Belarus - Belarus News (BelTA) [Last Updated On: December 25th, 2021] [Originally Added On: December 25th, 2021]
- Order of the Golden Sun - MicroWiki - micronations.wiki [Last Updated On: February 15th, 2022] [Originally Added On: February 15th, 2022]
- Top 10 Unrecognised Countries and How to Visit Them [Last Updated On: April 25th, 2022] [Originally Added On: April 25th, 2022]
- Leaders of 3 Unrecognized Nations Share Why They Formed Their Self-Proclaimed States - LX [Last Updated On: July 13th, 2022] [Originally Added On: July 13th, 2022]
- Richest European Countries 2022 - worldpopulationreview.com [Last Updated On: July 13th, 2022] [Originally Added On: July 13th, 2022]
- Pole Countries Flag Pack Cooperation (With some Micronations) [Last Updated On: July 13th, 2022] [Originally Added On: July 13th, 2022]
- vMundus - World of Nations and Micronations [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2022] [Originally Added On: October 25th, 2022]
- MicroWiki:Create page - MicroWiki - micronations.wiki [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2022] [Originally Added On: October 25th, 2022]
- The country that became a 'micronation capital' - BBC Future [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2022] [Originally Added On: October 25th, 2022]
- Micronations 2023 [Last Updated On: February 18th, 2023] [Originally Added On: February 18th, 2023]
- How to run your own micronation: be a nice dictator - The Times [Last Updated On: July 3rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: July 3rd, 2024]