Jeremy Geia Explained

Saint Murrumu of Walubara
Office1:Foreign Affairs Minister of the Sovereign Yidindji Government
Term Start1:2014
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:Gudju-Gudju Gimuybara
Office2:Trade Minister of the Sovereign Yidindji Government
Term Start2:2014
1Blankname2:Chief Minister
1Namedata2:Gudju-Gudju Gimuybara
Office4:Communications & Broadband Minister of the Sovereign Yidindji Government
Term Start4:unknown
1Blankname4:Chief Minister
1Namedata4:Gudju-Gudju Gimuybara
Office5:Financial Technology Minister of the Sovereign Yidindji Government
Term Start5:unknown
1Blankname5:Chief Minister
1Namedata5:Gudju-Gudju Gimuybara
Office6:Renewable Energy Minister of the Sovereign Yidindji Government
Term Start6:unknown
1Blankname6:Chief Minister
1Namedata6:Gudju-Gudju Gimuybara
Birth Name:Jeremy Geia
Birth Place:Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Nationality:Yidindji
Citizenship:Australian
Occupation:Journalist, Activist

Murrumu Walubara Yidindji, Saint Murrumu of Walubara (born 1974), also known by his former western name Jeremy Geia, is a Yidindji man, former journalist, and Australian Aboriginal activist. He is the foreign affairs minister of the Sovereign Yidindji Government micronation, having renounced his Australian citizenship in 2014.[1]

Early life

Geia was born in Cairns in 1974 to an Aboriginal mother and Croatian Jewish father.[2] In 1999, he won the NAIDOC Youth of the Year award.[3] In 2001 Geia, as self-appointed President, symbolically declared the "Peoples Democratic Republic of Palm Island" independent from Australia.[4]

Journalism Career

Geia was an NITV and SBS journalist,[5] who was part of the Canberra Press Gallery. In 2012 he became the first western journalist to obtain an interview with Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.[6] He left his job when he renounced Australian citizenship.

Sovereign Yidindji Government

Murrumu has served as the Foreign Affairs Minister and the Trade Minster of the Sovereign Yidindji Government for about 10 years, he additionally serves in the portfolios of Communications & Broadband, Renewable Energy, and Financial Technology.[7]

Murrumu was charged by police in May 2015 after being caught driving a car with a license and registration plates issued by the Yidindji government.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Howden. Saffron. Murrumu Walubara Yidindji renounces citizenship to reclaim Australia. 5 November 2015. The Age. 2 November 2015.
  2. News: Albeck-Ripka . Livia . The Indigenous Man Who Declared His Own Country . 5 October 2021 . . 13 September 2019.
  3. News: Award Winners 1999 . 5 November 2015 . . 28 July 1999 .
  4. Eyers. Patrick. D'Souza. Carl. Recent Happenings. Indigenous Law Bulletin. 2001. 5 November 2015.
  5. Web site: Jeremy Geia. SBS. 4 November 2015.
  6. News: Daley. Paul. The man who renounced Australia. 5 November 2015. The Guardian. 26 August 2014.
  7. Web site: TREATIES & TECHNOLOGY . Intertribal Foreign Affairs Council Forum . 18 October 2024.
  8. News: Uhr. Grace. Former journalist who renounced Australian citizenship charged. 5 November 2015. Cairns Post. 28 May 2015.