Sovereign State of Aeterna Lucina
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The Sovereign State of Aeterna Lucina<ref name=telboy>Template:Cite news</ref> (also known as the Sovereign Humanitarian Mission State of Aeterna Lucina<ref name=smhtro>Template:Cite news</ref>), was an Australian micronation. It was founded in 1978,<ref name=smhclo>Template:Cite news</ref> and continued until the death of its founder.<ref name=telboy />
The founder and "Supreme Lord" of Aeterna Lucina was German migrant Paul Neuman, who changed his name by deed poll to Paul Baron Neuman. He founded it when living in Byron Bay, and later moved it with him to Curl Curl in Sydney, and finally Cooma.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He claimed to have received the title Baron Neuman of Kara Bagh from the exiled former king Hassan III of Afghanistan and also claimed to have been awarded hundreds of other honours, including professorships, Doctorates of Philosophy, and degrees in divinity.<ref name=telboy /> He sold at least one "knighthood", with Roland Bleyer reportedly purchasing one for A$1,900.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Aeterna Lucina came to public attention in 1990 when Neuman faced fraud charges in the New South Wales court system relating to land sale offences.<ref name=smhtro /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The case involved A$144,000 and was eventually abandoned in 1992.<ref name=smhclo />