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Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty

Harry Hobbs; George Williams · Cambridge University Press · 2022

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Book
Author
Harry Hobbs; George Williams
Identifier
DOI 10.1017/9781009150132
Accessed
2026-09-01
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Published online December 2021.

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EstablishedIn 1967 Paddy Roy Bates took over Roughs Tower, a decommissioned naval fort about seven miles off the Suffolk coast, and on 2 September 1967 declared the Principality of Sealand; the Territorial Sea Act 1987 later set the breadth of the UK territorial sea at twelve nautical miles.EstablishedLeonard Casley served a notice of secession for Hutt River in Western Australia on 21 April 1970 after a dispute over wheat quotas; Australian courts repeatedly held its claim to be outside Australian tax law unarguable, and in August 2020 his son announced that the family farm would be sold to pay a A$3 million tax bill.