Sovereign State of Aeterna Lucina
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| Sovereign State of Aeterna Lucina | |
| File:Flag Aeterna Lucina 01.png Flag | File:Arms Aeterna Lucina 01.png Arms |
| Motto: ? Musical Anthem: ?, by ? | |
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| Location: | Curl Curl, Sydney, and near Cooma, southern New South Wales, Australia |
| Area claimed: | 14 km2 |
| Capital: | Vitama |
| Membership: | < 30 |
| Date of foundation: | ? 1978 |
| Leadership: | Supreme Lord Paul Baron Neuman |
| Organisational structure: | Absolute monarchy |
| Language: | English and German |
| Currency: | ? |
The Sovereign State of Aeterna Lucina (referred to in some court transcripts as the Sovereign Humanitarian Mission State of Aeterna Lucina) was an Australian micronation that existed between the late 1970s until the death of its founder in the 1990s.
The founder and "Supreme Lord" of Aeterna Lucina was Paul Baron Neuman (originally Paul Robert Neuman until he changed it by deed poll),[1] a German-born retiree from the northern Sydney beachside suburb of Curl Curl who claimed to have received the title "Baron Neuman of Kara Bagh" from the exiled former King Hassan III of Afghanistan. He also claimed to have been awarded over eight hundred and fity other honours, including professorships, doctorates of philosophy and divinity, and dozens of chivalric honours.
Aeterna Lucina (apparently named after the Roman goddess of childbirth) was founded in 1978, and initially occupied a property owned by Neuman near Byron Bay, on the north coast of New South Wales. During the 1980s it moved to Neuman's Curl Curl residence, before its final relocation to a 14 km² rural acreage 50 kilometres from the town of Cooma, in the Snowy Mountains region of southern New South Wales. According to a 1989 television report, the Curl Curl residence - known as Vitama - was its designated capital.
Aeterna Lucina came to public attention in 1990 when several people associated with it, including a leading Sydney businessman, faced fraud charges in the New South Wales court system relating to visa and land sale offences.
References
- ↑ Bleyer's Honours Outlined, by Anabel Dean, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 June 1989, p7 Access date: 24 October 2011
Hansard search results http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19850821&id=6DVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yOcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5602,3597751]
- "$50,000 Paid to Live in 'Ideal' State, Claim", by Alison McClymont, The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 September, 1990, p23
- "Clouds Cleared on Baron's Reign", by Malcolm Brown, The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 June, 1992, p10
External links
- Documents and medals issued (in German)
- English (translated by Google) version of above
- Evidence that Aeterna Lucina may be a "degree mill" as well (in Italian)
- English (translated by Google) version of above
Gallery
 Paul Neuman, creator and 'Supreme Lord' of Aeterna Lucina. |
