Captain Cook’s Contested Claim to Australia

Terra nullius has long been at the heart of why the British did not treat with Aboriginal people following Cook’s arrival in Australia. But should it be?

Landing of Captain Cook at Botany Bay, 1770, by E. Phillips Fox, 1902. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.</body></html>

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