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Abstract
Enlightenment colonial actors never used the term ‘terra nullius’, they used the phrase ‘uninhabited land or island’. In the 1780s, uninhabited did not mean nobody lived there, but rather signified...
期刊介绍:
Australian Historical Studies is a refereed journal dealing with Australian, New Zealand and Pacific regional issues. The journal is concerned with aspects of the Australian past in all its forms: heritage and conservation, archaeology, visual display in museums and galleries, oral history, family history, and histories of place. It is published in March, June and September each year.