The Genealogy of Terra Nullius.

This article examines the genealogy of the term terra nullius, which remains elusive even as it is now clear that the term is absent from the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century historical record. I show, however, that terra nullius was generated by the history of European expansion and, specif...

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Published in:	Australian Historical Studies Vol. 38; no. 129; pp. 1 - 16
Main Author:	Fitzmaurice, Andrew
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2007
Subjects:	Genealogy Natural law Aboriginal Australians Sixteenth century Ancestors Australia
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