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The 27 pages that link to Terra nullius, each with the reason it gives.

• Settler colonialismRelated: It supplied a legal rationale for claiming Indigenous lands as available for settlement.

• Australian literatureRelated: Its legal fiction shaped colonial writing about possession, settlement, and Indigenous absence.

• First FleetRelated: British colonization proceeded without recognizing Indigenous sovereignty or existing law.

• British colonization of AustraliaRelated: British authorities used this rationale to deny Indigenous land ownership.

• Doctrine of discoveryRelated: It offered another route to denying Indigenous peoples’ prior rights to land.

• Australian frontier warsRelated: British claims to sovereignty disregarded existing Indigenous laws and political authority.

• Aboriginal land rights in AustraliaRelated: Its rejection dismantled a legal premise used to deny Indigenous land claims.

• European colonization of OceaniaRelated: It supplied a legal rationale for British settlement that disregarded Indigenous sovereignty.

• European colonization of AustraliaRelated: British authorities used this rationale to claim sovereignty without treaties with Indigenous peoples.

• New South WalesRelated: British claims to New South Wales were later defended through this doctrine.

• Indigenous land rights in AustraliaRelated: Its application to Australia supported British claims while disregarding Indigenous laws and possession.

• History of AustraliaRelated: This legal fiction shaped colonization and remained central to later land-rights disputes.

• Genocide of Indigenous peoplesRelated: This fiction was used to deny Indigenous sovereignty and legitimize land seizure.

• History of New South WalesRelated: The doctrine underpinned dispossession despite established Aboriginal laws and societies.

• Marcia LangtonRelated: Understanding this doctrine clarifies the legal history behind debates about Indigenous land and sovereignty.