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colonialism
Proclaimed to be Crown Land
Video
1879
annexation, Britain, British law, colonialism, crown land, doctrine of tenure, Land Bilong Islanders, Mer, Murray Island, terra nullius
In Defence Of The Indians
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1550-1551
Anaya, S. James, barbarism, colonialism, colonisation, Columbus, Christopher, Europe, indigenous people, International law, New World, property law, terra nullius
A Puritan Preacher
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1609
barbarism, colonialism, dispossession, land use, native American, New World, United States of America
John Locke
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colonialism, colonisation, land use, property, property law, terra nullius
Emerich De Vattel
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1760
colonialism, colonisation, Cook, Captain James, Europe, International law, land use, property, property law, terra nullius
Reflections On Vattel
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colonialism, colonisation, conquest, land use, 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
Justice Brennan And Settled Colonies
Image and Text
1992
Brennan, Justice Gerard, colonialism, Common Law, High Court of Australia, terra nullius
Penal Colony
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1788-
Australia, British law, colonialism, colonisation, 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
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
International Comparisons
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British law, Canada, colonialism, Common Law, High Court of Australia, Mabo Case, native title, New Zealand (Aotearoa), United States of America
A Humanitarian Tradition
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Australia, colonialism, Cook, Captain James, First Fleet, humanitarians, land rights, terra nullius
Ways of seeing indigenous Australians
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colonialism, colonists, crown land, land boundaries, land ownership, recognition, sovereignty, Sydney Gazette
Major Mitchell's regrets
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1792-1855
coexistence, colonial warfare, colonialism, colonists, cultural preservation, culture, First Fleet, Mitchell, Sir Thomas, Sydney
Self-government & Philanthropy
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1800s
colonialism, colonialism, colonisation, colonists, compensation, conquest, Grey, Earl, land tenure, migration, New South Wales, Queensland, rations, reserves, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Self-government & Philanthropy
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1800s
colonialism, colonialism, colonisation, colonists, compensation, conquest, Grey, Earl, land tenure, migration, New South Wales, Queensland, rations, reserves, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Colonial Warfare
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1788-1929
Australia, colonial warfare, colonialism, colonists, genocide, land rights, martial law, massacres, Tasmania, war, Warlpiri
Aboriginal Resistance Heroes
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1790-1897
colonial warfare, colonialism, colonists, Eora, Jandamarra, massacres, New South Wales, Pemulwuy, resistance, Sydney, warriors, Windradyne, Yagan
The limits of colonial curiosity
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1778-
anthropology, colonialism, colonists, convicts, custom, land ownership, New South Wales, religion, Tasmania, Victoria
The Supervised Life
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assimilation, colonialism, colonists, paternalism, racism, reserves
Crown Land Continued
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1845-1975
Attorney-General (NSW) v Brown, 1847 , Australian Court Case, Blackburn, Justice, colonialism, crown land, doctrine of tenure, Gove Case, land ownership, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , Northern Territory, NSW v The Commonwealth, 1975, property law, Randwick Corporation v Rutledge, 1959 , Supreme Court of NSW, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
Decolonisation
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colonialism, colonisation, decolonisation, International law, United Nations
First Contact
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colonialism, First Fleet, New South Wales, Sydney
How a Culture Survived Against the Odds
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colonialism
One King
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annexation, colonialism, education, Mer, Queensland, school