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Terra Nullius

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This explains further:

http://www.nfsa.gov.au/digitallearning/mabo/info/defining/Nt.htm

"The High Court determined that Indigenous Peoples should be
treated equally before the law with regard to their rights
over land. The Court rejected any position in law that would
discriminate against Indigenous Peoples by denying the
existence rights that had been enjoyed freely prior to
colonisation and continued to be exercised. In this way, it has
been said that the myth of terra nullius, which asserted that
the land belonged to no-one, was rejected."

"The idea that no rights existed in land except those granted by
the "Crown" or the sovereign governments, was also re-assessed.
It was an important aspect of the decision to recognise that
native title predates the assertion of sovereignty by the
British."

"It is not a grant from the Crown like other titles under
Australian law. Native Title is unique in the sense, when
compared with other interest in law. It is inherent to
Indigenous Peoples by virtue of their status as First Peoples
and the first owners of the land. Native Title does not
depend on government for its existence, but it did require
recognition through common law in order to be enforceable
in the Australian legal system."
Posted by Foxy, Thursday, 31 March 2016 6:06:25 PM
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You can guareentee that women had absolutely zero rights under the former 'regime'.
Posted by runner, Thursday, 31 March 2016 6:08:54 PM
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Sorry, here is the link again:

http://www.nfsa.gov.au/digitallearning/mabo/info/definingNt.htm
Posted by Foxy, Thursday, 31 March 2016 6:15:04 PM
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The council gives us bins to dump our garbage in: we MAY fill them with rubbish, but we are under no obligation to fill them with our garbage all the way to the brim: we are allowed to leave at least some portion of them empty. This is especially true for smaller families with larger bins!
Posted by Yuyutsu, Thursday, 31 March 2016 6:25:09 PM
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Foxy,

Cook had nought to do with the setting up of the penal colony and as for the UNSW, they are so wrong that it is laughable.
Posted by Is Mise, Friday, 1 April 2016 12:07:11 AM
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No matter how much some people carry on about Indigenous Australians, other Australians, and land rights, the fact will always remain that the Indigenous Australians WERE here first.

It is obvious that some pathetic Australians feel threatened by that fact.
They need to grow up.
Posted by Suseonline, Friday, 1 April 2016 1:14:47 AM
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