LLB 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Terra Nullius, Protectionism, Legal Fiction
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Sovereignty could be acquired in the 18th century by: Ceded country is originally surrendered and then a treaty is entered into. Settlement - whereby foreign people move into a region. An imperial power oversees the immigration of these settlers who consent, often only temporarily, to government by that authority. Invaders saw australia for its wealth (minerals) the economic value of land: with colonisation was the assumption of ownership of land, aboriginal peoples perspectives of land disregarded, with sovereignty came complete land ownership. Protectionism: the aboriginal protection act, enacted in 1869 by the colony of victoria, australia gave extensive powers over the lives of aboriginal people to the government"s board for the. Protection of aborigines, including regulation of residence, employment and marriage. Assimilation: aboriginal people need to move off of reserves (off the prime agricultural land) and learn to live in white society.
