The Province of Bumbunga was an Australian secessionist micronation located on a farm near Snowtown and Lochiel, (northeast of Adelaide), South Australia during the 1970s and 1980s. This article is about entities that are not officially recognised by world governments or major international organisations. ... Settlement The town of Snowtown is located in the Mid North of South Australia 145 km north of Adelaide at 33°47′ S 138°12′ E. The town initially grew up around the railway station at what is now Snowtown. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about a type of political territory. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article is about entities that are not officially recognised by world governments or major international organisations. ... Settlement The town of Snowtown is located in the Mid North of South Australia 145 km north of Adelaide at 33°47′ S 138°12′ E. The town initially grew up around the railway station at what is now Snowtown. ... Lochiel is a small town or hamlet located in the Mid North of South Australia 125 km north of Adelaide at . ... For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). ... For the song, see South Australia (song). ...

The Province was founded by a British immigrant to Australia named Alex Brackstone, a former circus monkey-trainer, uranium prospector and postmaster. Approximate worldwide distribution of monkeys. ... This article is about the chemical element. ...

In November, 1975, the Australian Labor Party government of Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was dismissed under controversial circumstances, by Governor-General John Kerr. Under the Australian system of constitutional monarchy, Kerr was the representative of Queen Elizabeth II in Australia. Brackstone was an ardent British monarchist, and becoming alarmed by what he saw to be a drift towards republicanism as a result of this set of circumstances, resolved to do what he could to ensure that at least part of the Australian landmass would always remain loyal to the British Crown. Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... ALP redirects here. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC (born 11 July 1916), known as Gough Whitlam (, pronounced Goff), is an Australian former politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia. ... Governor-General (or Governor General) is a term used both historically and currently to designate the appointed representative of a head of state or their government for a particular territory, historically in a colonial context, but no longer necessarily in that form. ... Sir John Robert Kerr, AK, GCMG, GCVO (24 September 1914 – 24 March 1991), 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and 18th Governor-General of Australia, dismissed the Labor government of Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975, marking the climax of one of the most significant... Forms of government Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A constitutional monarchy is a form of government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges an elected or hereditary monarch as head of state, as opposed to an absolute monarchy, where the monarch is not bound by a... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... The British monarch or Sovereign is the monarch and head of state of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories, and is the source of all executive, judicial and (as the Queen_in_Parliament) legislative power. ...

A 1979 aerial photograph, facing north, of the Province of Bumbunga showing the gigantic strawberry patch

A 2006 photograph of the south western gate of the former Province of Bumbunga. This entrance faces east towards the location of Cornwall as shown in the 1979 photograph

To that end he declared his 4 hectare property to be independent of Australia as the Province of Bumbunga on 29 March, 1976, and assumed the position of and style of "Governor". Brackstone then set about attracting tourism by building a huge scale model of the British Isles in his backyard, using thousands of strawberry plants. He intended to conduct weddings on this facility, during which soil from the appropriate county would be sprinkled on the ground. The Australian Customs Service prevented the implementation of this plan by seizing the soil Brackstone attempted to import from the UK, and the whole enterprise failed when the strawberry plants died during a drought. 1979 aerial photograph of the Province of Bumbunga File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1979 aerial photograph of the Province of Bumbunga File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,272 × 1,704 pixels, file size: 853 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Gates of former micronation, Bumbunga Province, in Australia. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,272 × 1,704 pixels, file size: 853 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Gates of former micronation, Bumbunga Province, in Australia. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10 000 square metres, commonly used for measuring land area. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article describes the archipelago in north-western Europe. ... For other uses, see Strawberry (disambiguation). ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... The Australian Customs Service (ACS) is responsible for overseeing international movement of trade goods and people into Australia, for the collection of customs and excises, for undertaking border management activities, and for detecting drugs coming into the country. ... Fields outside Benambra, Victoria, Australia suffering from drought conditions A drought is an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply. ...

In 1980 Bumbunga began issuing postage stamps with British monarchist themes, and these proved very popular with collectors. Later issues also embraced anti-nuclear themes, but changes to Australian investment laws reducing the attraction of philatelic investments led Brackstone abandon his commercial operations in 1987, and Bumbunga thereafter slid into relative oblivion until 1999, when he faced court on illegal firearms charges, and apparently unsuccessfully claimed immunity from prosecution due to his status as its Governor. Brackstone subsequently returned permanently to the UK^{[citation needed]}. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... This 1974 stamp from Japan depicts a Class 8620 steam locomotive. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ...

References

• Local Stamps of Australia by Bill Hornadge, pub Review Publications, Dubbo, NSW, 1st ed. 1982, pp 49-52.
• Cinderellas Australasia, Vol 2, No 1, Jan 1985, ISSN 0814-2971 p11
• Cinderellas Australasia, Vol 3, No 3, Aug 1986, ISSN 0814-2971 p62
• Stamp News, Vol 34, No 6, Jun 1986, p38
• Mark Dapin (2005-02-12). "If at first you don't secede...". Sydney Morning Herald - Good Weekend.  pp 47-50

Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... ...

External links

• Stamps of Bumbunga