Colonisation
The boundaries of a state may change when it takes over additional territory.
Colonisation that can result from invasion or takeover has been going on for centuries and 'terra nullius' has been used as one justification for it.
In the 1992 Mabo decision, the High Court of Australia had to consider the doctrine of terra nullius and how this aspect of international law related to Australian law.
However, terra nullius is only one of several bases in International Law for the takeover of territory by a State. Others include conquest and cession, where a treaty is used to transfer territory from one ruler to another.
Anaya On International Law And States
Text
Anaya, S. James, indigenous people, International law, terra nullius
Mer, Waier & Dauar
Topic
Dauar, Dauar, HMS Pandora, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Meriam history, Murray Island, Waier
The Reshaping Of National Identity
Topic
1992-
backlash, decolonisation, indigenous people, national identity, native title, reconciliation
Colonial Warfare
Topic
1788-1929
Australia, colonial warfare, colonialism, colonists, genocide, land rights, martial law, massacres, Tasmania, war, Warlpiri
Acquisition of sovereignty by settlement
Text
native title, plaintiffs, settlements, sovereignty, Toohey, Justice
Murray Island Annexation
Topic
1879
annexation, colonisation, conquest, International law, Mabo Case, Mer, Murray Island, Queensland, terra nullius
Common Law Rules For New English Territories
Topic
Britain, Britain, British law, Common Law, conquest, International law
GovernmentAuthority
Topic
1879
assimilation, Mer, Murray Island, Murray Island Council, Murray Island Native Court, Queensland, school
...we are becoming regarded as trespassers...
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1910
British Columbia, Canada, land ownership, trespass
Teton Sioux Mother & Child
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1920s
Curtis, Edward S., indigenous people, Sioux, United States of America
