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- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram abstract "The Grand Duchy of Avram is a micronation founded in the early 1980s by Tasmanian John Charlton Rudge, who styles himself the "Grand Duke of Avram". The public manifestation of the Duchy was The Royal Bank of Avram which at one time operated from retail premises owned by The Grand Duke of Avram in George Town, Tasmania, and which still issues its own banknotes and coinage and platinum 1 ounce coins. This enterprise was later relocated to Strahan, on Tasmania's west coast. Customers were required to exchange Australian currency for the Avram equivalents in order to obtain the currency. The Bank still operates today.The unlicensed nature of the Avram Bank roused the ire of the Australian government, who promptly confiscated Avram's entire currency reserves and initiated proceedings against him in the Australian Federal Court system. Eventually, after a total of six court cases, costing the federal government some A$22 million, the courts ruled that The Grand Duke of Avram had not engaged in any illegal activity, and ordered the return of all the confiscated property, however some disappeared in Federal Custody and later appeared on the market. He was permitted to resume his banking practices unhindered. He has issued several sets of coins and banknotes in the name of the Royal Bank of Avram since the 1980s (the most recent of which are dated 2008) and has asserted to a number of media representatives that the bank operates from a number of unspecified sites inside and outside of Tasmania. Rudge was elected as a conservative member of the Tasmanian State Parliament, where he served a single term and held the position of Shadow Minister for Construction. He later served as a councilor and Deputy Mayor of the municipal council of Sorell both under his legal name as agreed by Justice Slicer in one of his decisions. On one occasion, accusations of corruption made by him against a council employee resulted in legal action being initiated against him by the offended party.Rudge claims dozens of "noble" and "religious" titles (among them "Earl of Enoch" and "Cardinal Archbishop of The Royal See"), which he asserts are of ancient origin. He also claims to be the grand master of a handful of ancient orders of chivalry, and to travel on an Australian passport that lists his various titles including an Australian "Official" passport. The Duchy of Avram has never claimed territory in the manner of other Australian micronations such as the Hutt River Province.".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram governmentType Absolute_monarchy.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram language English_language.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram leaderTitle "Grand Duke".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram longName "Grand Duchy of Avram".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram officialLanguage English_language.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram wikiPageExternalLink 10.html.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram wikiPageExternalLink www.grandduchy.org.
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- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram wikiPageExternalLink avram676.htm.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram wikiPageExternalLink Diplomatically_Challenged_Coins.htm.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram wikiPageID "611129".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram wikiPageRevisionID "599862672".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram bot "H3llBot".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram conventionalLongName "Grand Duchy of Avram".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram currency "Ducal and Avram".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram date "September 2010".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram establishedDate "1980.0".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram establishedEvent "Declared".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram governmentType Absolute_monarchy.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram hasPhotoCollection Grand_Duchy_of_Avram.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram imageCoat "Arms Avram.GIF".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram leaderName "Prince John".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram leaderTitle "Grand Duke".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram loctext "Non-territorial".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram micronatio "yes".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram nummembers "< 5".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram officialLanguages English_language.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram refimprove "May 2007".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram status "Current".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram symbolType "Coat of Arms".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram weasel "February 2008".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram subject Category:1980s_establishments.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram subject Category:Culture_of_Tasmania.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram subject Category:Dukedoms.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram subject Category:Micronations_in_Australia.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram type Abstraction100002137.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram type Attribute100024264.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram type Dukedom114432744.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram type Dukedoms.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram type Rank114429985.
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- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram type Status113945919.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram type Country.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram type Place.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram type PopulatedPlace.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram type Wikidata:Q532.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram type Country.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram type Place.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram type Location.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram comment "The Grand Duchy of Avram is a micronation founded in the early 1980s by Tasmanian John Charlton Rudge, who styles himself the "Grand Duke of Avram". The public manifestation of the Duchy was The Royal Bank of Avram which at one time operated from retail premises owned by The Grand Duke of Avram in George Town, Tasmania, and which still issues its own banknotes and coinage and platinum 1 ounce coins. This enterprise was later relocated to Strahan, on Tasmania's west coast.".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram label "Grand Duchy of Avram".
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram sameAs Avram_(micronation).
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram sameAs Granducato_di_Avram.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram sameAs m.02wbmt.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram sameAs Q744042.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram sameAs Q744042.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram sameAs Grand_Duchy_of_Avram.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram wasDerivedFrom Grand_Duchy_of_Avram?oldid=599862672.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram homepage www.grandduchy.org.
- Grand_Duchy_of_Avram isPrimaryTopicOf Grand_Duchy_of_Avram.
