They did not,it suited them, The aboriginals were not well organised and were not able to put up an organised effort against the English. unlike the Maoris in NZ so no agreements were made. To this day the attitude is still very similar as it was then. Governments will always take as long as possible to set anything right in order to make as much as possible from the wrong that was comited in the first place.
Eddie Mabo campaign involved him fighting for the land which was rightfully his. This case was taken to court because the British claimed it as 'Terra Nulius' which means 'no one's land' or no man's land. He died before this case ended and he won the case.
Flinders proposed the name Terra Australis, which became Australia, the name adopted in 1824.
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Yes. Australia was colonised by Britain in 1788, and thus was completely under British control until 1901, the years of Australia's Federation. Even then, Australia remained under diminishing British control right up until the Australia Act of 1986.
when he founded australia, he claimed the land as 'Terra Nullius' or 'land belonging to no one'. obviously, he was wrong as the land was home to aboriginals
In the 1700s, Britain claimed and settled into Australia, as Britain declared the island and continent sparsely uninhabited, or, 'terra nulius', under which they began to rule this territory.
Eddie Mabo'scampaign involved him fighting for the land which was rightfully his. This case was taken to court because the British claimed it as 'Terra Nulius' which means 'no one's land' or no man's land. He died before this case ended and he won the case.
Eddie Mabo campaign involved him fighting for the land which was rightfully his. This case was taken to court because the British claimed it as 'Terra Nulius' which means 'no one's land' or no man's land. He died before this case ended and he won the case.
Terra Nullius means "land that belongs to no-one".England thought of Australia as terra nullius because the British did not recognise that the indigenous people of Australia were the rightful "owners" of the land. Because the Aborigines were seen as little more than black savages, the British considered that Australia belonged to no-one and that it was within their right to claim the land as their own, and to do with it (and its people) whatever they wished.
Australia had been terra nullius ("land belonging to no one") did not apply to Australia at the time of British settlement
Terra Nullius means "land that belongs to no-one". This doctrine applied to Australia in 1788 when the British did not recognise that the indigenous people of Australia were the rightful "owners" of the land. Because the Aborigines were seen as little more than black savages, the British considered that Australia belonged to no-one and that it was within their right to claim the land as their own, and to do with it (and its people) whatever they wished. The British sought to expand their empire, and so they applied the doctrine of 'terra nullius' to Australia as that gave them the right to claim and occupy the continent.
Terra Nullius means "land that belongs to no-one".This applied to Australia in 1788 because the British did not recognise that the indigenous people of Australia were the rightful "owners" of the land. Because the Aborigines were seen as little more than black savages, the British considered that Australia belonged to no-one and that it was within their right to claim the land as their own, and to do with it (and its people) whatever they wished.
Flinders proposed the name Terra Australis, which became Australia, the name adopted in 1824.
Terra Nullius means "land that belongs to no-one".By applying this concept to Australia in 1788, it simplified the act of colonisation of Australia by the British. Great Britain sought to expand its empire, and so the country applied the doctrine of 'terra nullius' to Australia as that gave them the right to claim and occupy the continent. Britain was able to prove to the satisfaction of its judicial system that Australia was terra nullius - a land without ownership - because the English found difficulty in locating any individual(s) able to negotiate a treaty with the indigenous inhabitants.
Terra Nullius means "land that belongs to no-one".This applied to indigenous Australians from the time James Cook charted the eastern coast because the British did not recognise that the indigenous people of Australia were the rightful "owners" of the land. Because the Aborigines were seen as little more than black savages, the British considered that Australia belonged to no-one and that it was within their right to claim the land as their own, and to do with it (and its people) whatever they wished.The British sought to expand their empire, and so they applied the doctrine of 'terra nullius' to Australia as that gave them the right to claim and occupy the continent.
The ancient name for Australia was Terra Australis Incognita.
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