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settlements
...land belonging to no-one...
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1788
colonial warfare, colonisation, crown land, doctrine of tenure, extinguishment, Land Bilong Islanders, land rights, settlements, sovereignty, terra nullius
Blackstone, Sir William
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1765
Blackstone, Sir William, British law, colonialism, colonisation, conquest, settlements
Reflections On Blackstone
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Blackstone, Sir William, British law, colonialism, colonisation, conquest, settlements, terra nullius
Penal Colony
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1788-
Australia, British law, colonialism, colonisation, First Fleet, settlements
For The Term Of His Natural Life
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1788-
British law, colonisation, convicts, First Fleet, settlements
Cooper v Stuart
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colonialism, colonisation, Cooper V Stuart, crown land, doctrine of tenure, New South Wales, Privy Council, settlements, terra nullius
...original owners of the soil...
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Africa, Canada, New Zealand (Aotearoa), property law, settlements, terra nullius, United States of America
London's Attempts To Rectify Matters
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1788-
Britain, colonialism, colonisation, conquest, convicts, Cook, Captain James, First Fleet, humanitarians, invasion, property, property law, settlements, Tasmania, terra nullius, United States of America
Settled Colony And Reception Of English Law
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1992
barbarism, Brennan, Justice Gerard, British law, Canberra, Common Law, land use, Mabo judgement, settlements, sovereignty, terra nullius
A view of Sydney Cove, NSW
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aborigines, colonisation, conquest, settlements
Moore River, WA
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1918-1951
assimilation, Moore River, racism, reserves, settlements, supervision, Western Australia
Special Institutions
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1890-1963
Arnhem Land, Gove, humanitarians, immigration, Kakadu National Park, missionaries, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, rations, religion, reserves, settlements, South Australia, supervision, The Northern Territory Land Rights Act, Victoria, Yirrkala
Acquisition of sovereignty by settlement
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native title, plaintiffs, settlements, sovereignty, Toohey, Justice
...Does settlement deliver absolute and complete ownership to the Crown?...
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1991-1992
annexation, Attorney-General (NSW) v Brown, 1847 , Australian Court Case, barbarism, Blackburn, Justice, Brennan, Justice Gerard, crown land, Deane, Sir William, doctrine of tenure, Gaudron, Justice Mary, Mabo judgement, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , Murray Island, native title, Queensland, settlements, sovereignty, terra nullius, Toohey, Justice