Hutt River Province

On the 21st April 1970 Western Australian wheat Farmer Leonard Casley after many unsuccessful attempts to resolve a wheat quota dispute with both state and federal Governments. succeed from Australia to form the Hutt River Province.

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• HRP
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• vk3nm

[dreadly101]

I always planned to go, but hey i think i might give it a miss lol how do they pay for supplies? In their currency or Aussie dollars? have they got a pub, servo, shop etc? any people live there?

[vk3nm]

There is no Pub,Servo,however there is a souvenir shop , post office and a chapel

There would be about 30 people living there

and their main income is from tourists.

You buy the HRP dollars from the post office

[theoriginalmcsquare]

somebody, or something, farted at 0:45

[vk3nm]

It was a Fly buzzing by Maybe it farted !

[matty730]

@matty730

4.) They receive no funding from the Government.

5.) They pay taxes to England.

6.) If they were invaded they receive no military assistance.

7.) Movement is restricted between the area and Australia.

[amerydrage]

@matty730 They get all of those...

[amerydrage]

@Monovia1 Only around 10 actually live there, the remaining 20 are usually tourists that either stay for the night, or to work. It's not a serious thing. It has no real border. The only reason it was started was because the Australian Government were trying to put in a limit to how many tonnes of grain you can grow. So HRP became separate to Australia. The limit never got introduced thank god! I live 30 kms from HRP, near the town of Northampton.

[Monovia1]

you know the 30 people who live there? are they all the Princes family or can people actually immigrate?

[jimmykid55]

is the province always that quiet???

[jimmykid55]

@billydakid69er

their population is about 30 people

[matty730]

The location in question in this video attempted to separate from WA, and Australia due to Government legislation at the time with Wheat Quotas. Over time they have enjoyed the tax free money they receive from their various small scale industries.

I dont think they should pay taxes however subject to several points.

1.) they receive no health care from the Government

2.) They receive no policing from WA and Federal Police.

3.) THey receive no assistance from the fire service.



[PaleontologyExpert]

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