Murrawarri Republic
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Murrawarri Republic Micronation |
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| Status | Current |
| Location | parts of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia |
| Capital | Barringun |
| Official languages | Muruwari, Australian English |
| Ethnic groups | Murrawarri people European Australians |
| Religion | Dreamtime Religion |
| Organizational structure | Republic |
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• Chairman of the Provisional Council of State
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Fred Hooper |
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• Declared
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March 30, 2013 |
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• Total
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81,000 km2 (31,000 sq mi) |
| Purported currency | Australian dollar (AUD) |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 |
The Murrawarri Republic is a micronation that declared its independence from Australia in 2013, claiming territory straddling the border of the states of New South Wales-Queensland within Australia. The territory is the traditional homeland of the Murrawarri people, an aboriginal nation, but the majority of the population is now non-indigenous Australians. The government of Australia has not acknowledged the declaration of independence, and their independence has been wholly unrecognized.
On 30 March 2013, the Murrawarri Republic released a declaration announcing its independence. The Peoples Council of the Murrawarri gave the [sic] (Elizabeth II), the Prime Minister of Australia (Julia Gillard), as well as the Premiers of Queensland (Campbell Newman) and New South Wales (Barry O'Farrell) 21 days to respond to the declaration.
The specific requests made to Queen Elizabeth II were:
The deadline expired on 8 May 2013, with the Crown failing to give a response. The Council interpreted their failure to produce the requested documents to be affirmation by the Crown of "the Murrawarri Republic to be a continued Free and Independent State, in line with International law and covenants". On May 12, 2013, the Murrawarri people took their sovereignty campaign to the United Nations, asking that they be recognized as the world's newest country. On 13 May 2013, the Murrawarri Republic established a Ministry of Defence. The Declaration of Continued Independence, states that there shall be a referendum for the establishment of the elected not later than 1 April 2014 and that until such a referendum the People's Council shall act as the governing body.
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