Because the Nomadic Peoples of Australia Did Not Occupy Lands

question 30

True/False

Because the nomadic peoples of Australia did not occupy lands permanently,British settlers considered the continent terra nullius,"land belonging to no one," and one that they could seize and put to their own uses.

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