A letter to the Hutt River Province itself!
March 12th 2007 11:35
This was an email I sent to the administrator of an official Hutt River Province website. They never replied. I originally wanted to send a proper letter but the Australian post office isn't exactly co-operative about sending letters to the Province.
My name is Luke Bartolo and I live in New South Wales. I have read about the Hutt River Province many times and I am writing to express my admiration for all you have achieved in the last 36 years. You are a great inspiration to me.
But I am also saddened and frustrated by the lack of recognition that the Hutt River Province gets in Australia (and the world at large as well). It seems the Australian Government does not dare to challenge your rights as a Principality and therefore does not try to impose it's laws upon you, nor does it seek to restrict your freedom as an independent state. However, whilst it does not dare such behaviour, it still persists in ignoring your valid claims to independence and refuses to recognise the Hutt River Province as seperate entity. They think they can have it both ways!
I work in a book store and have searched and pored over many different maps and atlases and found not a single one that acknowledges your existence - and this is a Principality that is 40 times bigger than Monaco, and 30 years older than East Timor!
Now, I am not one to sit by and let injustice slide, so I have taken it upon myself to write letters of complaint to the publishers of these atlases and maps in question on your behalf. I do this in all humility and hope you do not think it too presumptuous. I will also be writing to the Australian Government demanding your recognition, perhaps in the hopes of sparking some kind of reconciliation between our two nations.
Thank you for being such a great inspiration to me and helping me believe that even the smallest of us can rise up and claim our own destiny like the greatest of giants if we believe in ourselves and dare to challenge those who would subdue us.
Regards, Luke.
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Comment by offshore-hu
Australian Government - Taxation Office
Let us know if there is anything new regarding to HRP official recognition...
Comment by Principality Webmaster
thanks for some interesting writing. Unfortunately many websites claim to be "Official" websites of the Principality. There is only one true Principality site and that is the Principality itself Really Long Link Sorry your mail was not sent to us here.
Cheers!
Sir Steven G.P. Baikie KRO
Webmaster
Principality of Hutt River.
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