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162 relations: Aboriginal land rights in Australia, Aboriginal peoples of South Australia, Aboriginal title, Anthony Mason (judge), Archaeology of Svalbard, Atrocities in the Congo Free State, Australia, Australian frontier wars, Beagle Channel cartography since 1881, Bear Island (Norway), Billibellary, Bir Tawil, Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina, Bratvaag Expedition, Brezovica pri Metliki, Brian Plomley, Cannabis in Svalbard, Clunies-Ross family, Colonization, Conquest of the Desert, Constitutional history of Australia, Croatia–Serbia border dispute, Danish colonization of the Americas, Darnley Island (Queensland), Discovery doctrine, Dreaming (Australian Aboriginal art), Dutton v Howell (1693), Earth, Economic history of Australia, Eddie Mabo, Edward Marsh Williams, English land law, Erik the Red's Land, European Australians, Finders, keepers, First Australians, First possession theory of property, Foreign relations of Somaliland, Foreign relations of the Philippines, Fort Ross, California, Franz Josef Land, Gabal Hagar El Zarqa, Genocide of indigenous peoples, Greenland, Group of Seven (artists), Hala'ib Triangle, Henry Reynolds (historian), History of Australia, History of Australia (1788–1850), History of British Columbia, ..., History of Franz Josef Land, History of Indigenous Australians, History of Svalbard, History of Western Sahara, Imperialism, Index of law articles, Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Land Corporation, Indigenous land rights, Institutional racism, International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara, International waters, Island of Palmas Case, James Harden-Hickey, John Winthrop, Jurisprudential reception, Karajarri, Kaurna, Keith Windschuttle, Kowloon Walled City, Land claim, Land ownership in Canada, Law of Australia, Legal fiction, Liancourt Rocks dispute, Liberland, Ligitan and Sipadan dispute, List of Australian Native Title court cases, List of countries and dependencies by area, List of High Court of Australia cases, List of Latin legal terms, List of Latin phrases (T), List of micronations, List of sovereign states, List of territorial disputes, List of uninhabited regions, Lists of landmark court decisions, Mabo Day, Mabo v Queensland (No 2), Mabuiag, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Marie Byrd Land, Mark Foley scandal, Melbourne City Centre, Melbourne Day, Meriam people, Merri Creek, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, Moosylvania, Murray Island, Queensland, Native title in Australia, Neutral territory, Ngadjuri, No man's land, No Man's Land (disambiguation), Norrbotten County, Occupation of Alcatraz, Ocean privatization, Our Generation (film), Peasant Party (Taiwan), Pedra Branca dispute, Picton, Lennox and Nueva, Politics of Svalbard, Polynesia, Proclamation of Governor Bourke, Racism in Australia, Reception statute, Res communis, Res nullius, Richard Bourke, Robertson Land Acts, Rockall, Roger Cribb, Ron Castan, Senkaku Islands dispute, South Australia, Sovereignty, State secrets privilege, Sudan, Take Us to Your Chief: and Other Stories, Tawil (disambiguation), Terra, Terra incognita (disambiguation), Terra pericolosa, Territorial disputes of Japan, Territories claimed by the Philippines, The Difference Engine, Timeline of Aboriginal history of Western Australia, Timeline of Australian history, Timeline of Philippine sovereignty, Timeline of Western Saharan history, Tomislav of Croatia, Torres Strait Islands, Townsville, Treaty, Unclaimed (disambiguation), Uncontacted peoples, Uti possidetis, Uti possidetis juris, Vacant Possession (film), Vít Jedlička, Victoria Island (Russia), Vilatte orders, Wadi Halfa Salient, Wave Hill walk-off, William Speirs Bruce, Wurundjeri, Yirrkala bark petitions, Yolngu, 1835 in Australia, 1931 in Norway, 51st state. Expand index (112 more) »
Aboriginal land rights in Australia
Aboriginal land rights in Australia are return of lands to Indigenous Australians by the Commonwealth, state or territory governments of Australia based on recognition of dispossession.
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Aboriginal peoples of South Australia
The Aboriginal Peoples of South Australia are the aboriginal people who lived in South Australia prior to European colonization of Australia: their descendants and their ancestors.
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Aboriginal title
Aboriginal title is a common law doctrine that the land rights of indigenous peoples to customary tenure persist after the assumption of sovereignty under settler colonialism.
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Anthony Mason (judge)
Sir Anthony Frank Mason, (born 21 April 1925) is an Australian judge who served as the ninth Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1987 to 1995.
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Archaeology of Svalbard
The archaeology of Svalbard is the study of human activity in the northerly Arctic Ocean archipelago's past.
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Atrocities in the Congo Free State
In the period from 1885 to 1908, a number of well-documented atrocities were perpetrated in the Congo Free State (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) which, at the time, was a colony under the personal rule of King Leopold II of Belgium.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Australian frontier wars
The Australian frontier wars is a term applied by some historians to violent conflicts between Indigenous Australians and white settlers during the British colonisation of Australia.
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Beagle Channel cartography since 1881
The region of the Beagle Channel, explored by Robert FitzRoy in the 1830s, was one of the last to be colonized by Chile and Argentina.
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Bear Island (Norway)
Bear Island (Bjørnøya) is the southernmost island of the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago.
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Billibellary
Billibellary (c. 1799–1846) was a song maker and influential ngurungaeta of the Wurundjeri-willam clan during the early years of European settlement of Melbourne.
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Bir Tawil
Bir Tawil or Bi'r Tawīl (or بئر طويل, meaning "tall water well") is a area along the border between Egypt and Sudan, which is uninhabited and claimed by neither country.
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Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina
The Boundary Treaty of 1881 (Tratado de Límites de 1881) between Argentina and Chile was signed on the 23 July 1881 in Buenos Aires by Bernardo de Irigoyen, on the part of Argentina, and Francisco de Borja Echeverría, on the part of Chile, with the aim to establish a precise and exact borderline between the two countries based on the uti possidetis juris principle.
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Bratvaag Expedition
The Bratvaag Expedition was a Norwegian expedition in 1930 led by Dr.
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Brezovica pri Metliki
Brezovica pri Metliki is a settlement in the Municipality of Metlika in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia, right on the border with Croatia.
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Brian Plomley
Norman James Brian Plomley, also known as Brian Plomley, (born 6 November 1912 – 8 April 1994) regarded by some as one of the most respected and scholarly of Australian historians and, until his death, in Launceston, the doyen of Tasmanian Aboriginal scholarship.
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Cannabis in Svalbard
Cannabis in Svalbard is illegal.
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Clunies-Ross family
The Clunies-Ross family were the original settlers of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a small archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
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Colonization
Colonization (or colonisation) is a process by which a central system of power dominates the surrounding land and its components.
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Conquest of the Desert
The Conquest of the Desert (Conquista del desierto) was a military campaign directed mainly by General Julio Argentino Roca in the 1870s with the intent to establish Argentine dominance over Patagonia, which was inhabited by indigenous peoples.
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Constitutional history of Australia
The Constitutional history of Australia began with the first white settlement in Sydney in 1788 and has undergone numerous constitutional changes since.
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Croatia–Serbia border dispute
The Croatia–Serbia border dispute refers to differing views held by Croatia and Serbia regarding their border in the area of the Danube River.
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Danish colonization of the Americas
Denmark and the former political union of Denmark–Norway had a colonial empire from the 17th through the 20th centuries, large portions of which were found in the Americas.
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Darnley Island (Queensland)
Darnley Island or Erub in the native language, is an island formed by volcanic action and situated in the eastern section of the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia.
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Discovery doctrine
The Discovery doctrine is a concept of public international law expounded by the United States Supreme Court in a series of decisions, most notably Johnson v. M'Intosh in 1823.
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Dreaming (Australian Aboriginal art)
In Australian Aboriginal art, a Dreaming is a totemistic design or artwork, which can be owned by a tribal group or individual.
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Dutton v Howell (1693)
Dutton v Howard (1693) is an early modern English court case, notable for establishing the doctrine that English law was established in English Plantations in the New Worlds, and the maxim that The Laws of England are the Birthright of the English.
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Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.
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Economic history of Australia
The economic history of Australia traces the economic history of Australia since European settlement in 1788.
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Eddie Mabo
Eddie Mabo (c. 29 June 1936 – 21 January 1992) was an Indigenous Australian man from the Torres Strait Islands known for his role in campaigning for Indigenous land rights and for his role in a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia which overturned the legal doctrine of terra nullius ("nobody's land") which characterised Australian law with regard to land and title.
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Edward Marsh Williams
Edward Marsh Williams (2 November 1818 in Hampstead, London – 11 October 1909) was a missionary, interpreter, and judge who played a significant role in the British colonisation of New Zealand.
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English land law
English land law is the law of real property in England and Wales.
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Erik the Red's Land
Erik the Red's Land (Eirik Raudes Land) was the name given by Norwegians to an area on the coast of eastern Greenland occupied by Norway in the early 1930s.
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European Australians
European Australians, or White Australians, are citizens or residents of Australia whose ancestry originates from the peoples of Europe.
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Finders, keepers
Finders, keepers is an English adage with the premise that when something is unowned or abandoned, whoever finds it first can claim it.
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First Australians
First Australians is an Australian historical documentary series produced by Blackfella Films over the course of six years, and first aired in October 2008.
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First possession theory of property
The "first possession" theory of property holds that ownership of something is justified simply by someone seizing it before someone else does.
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Foreign relations of Somaliland
Foreign relations of the Republic of Somaliland are the responsibility of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Foreign relations of the Philippines
Foreign relations of the Philippines are administered by the President of the Philippines and the Department of Foreign Affairs.
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Fort Ross, California
Fort Ross (Форт-Росс), originally Fortress Ross (Крѣпость Россъ, tr. Krepostʹ Ross), is a former Russian establishment on the west coast of North America in what is now Sonoma County, California, in the United States.
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Franz Josef Land
Franz Josef Land, Franz Joseph Land or Francis Joseph's Land (r) is a Russian archipelago, inhabited only by military personnel, located in the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea and Kara Sea, constituting the northernmost part of Arkhangelsk Oblast.
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Gabal Hagar El Zarqa
Gabal Hagar El Zarqa (Jabal Ḥajar az-Zarqā’) is the highest point in Bir Tawil, an unclaimed area in the Nubian desert between Egypt and Sudan in Northeast Africa.
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Genocide of indigenous peoples
The genocide of indigenous peoples is the mass destruction of entire communities of indigenous peoples.
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Greenland
Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is an autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
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Group of Seven (artists)
The Group of Seven, also sometimes known as the Algonquin School, was a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920 to 1933, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael (1890–1945), Lawren Harris (1885–1970), A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974), Frank Johnston (1888–1949), Arthur Lismer (1885–1969), J. E. H. MacDonald (1873–1932), and Frederick Varley (1881–1969).
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Hala'ib Triangle
The Hala'ib Triangle (also spelled Halayeb; مثلث حلايب) is an area of land measuring located on the African coast of the Red Sea.
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Henry Reynolds (historian)
Henry Reynolds (born 1 March 1938) is an eminent Australian historian whose primary work has focused on the frontier conflict between European settlers in Australia and indigenous Australians.
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History of Australia
The History of Australia refers to the history of the area and people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding Indigenous and colonial societies.
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History of Australia (1788–1850)
The history of Australia from 1788–1850 covers the early colonial period of Australia's history, from the arrival in 1788 of the First Fleet of British ships at Sydney, New South Wales, who established the penal colony, the scientific exploration of the continent and later, establishment of other Australian colonies and the beginnings of representative democratic government.
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History of British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada.
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History of Franz Josef Land
Franz Josef Land, an uninhabited archipelago located in the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea and Kara Sea, may have been discovered by the 1865 expedition of the Norwegian sealing vessel Spidsbergen captained by Nils Fredrik Rønnbeck.
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History of Indigenous Australians
The History of Indigenous Australians began at least 65,000 years ago when Aboriginal Australians populated Australia.
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History of Svalbard
The polar archipelago of Svalbard was first discovered by Willem Barentsz in 1596, although there is disputed evidence of use by Pomors or Norsemen.
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History of Western Sahara
The history of Western Sahara can be traced back to the times of Carthaginian explorer Hanno the Navigator in the 5th century BC.
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Imperialism
Imperialism is a policy that involves a nation extending its power by the acquisition of lands by purchase, diplomacy or military force.
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Index of law articles
This collection of lists of law topics collects the names of topics related to law.
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Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia, descended from groups that existed in Australia and surrounding islands prior to British colonisation.
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Indigenous Land Corporation
The Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) is an Australian Commonwealth statutory authority with national responsibilities to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to acquire land and to manage assets to achieve cultural, social, environmental and economic benefits for indigenous peoples and future generations.
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Indigenous land rights
Indigenous land rights are the rights of indigenous peoples to land, either individually or collectively.
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Institutional racism
Institutional racism (also known as institutionalized racism) is a form of racism expressed in the practice of social and political institutions.
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International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara
One of the main functions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is to provide Advisory Opinions - non-binding legal interpretations admitted by United Nations organs.
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International waters
The terms international waters or trans-boundary waters apply where any of the following types of bodies of water (or their drainage basins) transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems (aquifers), and wetlands.
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Island of Palmas Case
The Island of Palmas Case (Scott, Hague Court Reports 2d 83 (1932), (Perm. Ct. Arb. 1928), 2 U.N. Rep. Intl. Arb. Awards 829) was a territorial dispute over the Island of Palmas (or Miangas) between the Netherlands and the United States which was heard by the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
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James Harden-Hickey
James Harden-Hickey (born James Aloysius Harden, December 8, 1854 – February 9, 1898) was a Franco-American author, newspaper editor, duellist, adventurer and self-proclaimed Prince of Trinidad, reigning as James I.
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John Winthrop
John Winthrop (12 January 1587/88 – 26 March 1649) was an English Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England, following Plymouth Colony.
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Jurisprudential reception
In the legal theory, reception is chiefly defined as the transfer of a legal phenomenon 'of a different legal culture', other area or other period of time 'to a new legal climate'.
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Karajarri
The Karajarri are an Indigenous Australian people, who once lived southwest of the Kimberleys in the northern Pilbara, predominantly between the coastal area and the Great Sandy Desert.
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Kaurna
The Kaurna people are a group of Indigenous Australians whose traditional lands include the Adelaide Plains of South Australia.
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Keith Windschuttle
Keith Windschuttle (born 1942) is an Australian writer, historian, and former ABC board member.
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Kowloon Walled City
Kowloon Walled City was a largely ungoverned, densely populated settlement in Kowloon City in Hong Kong.
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Land claim
Land claim(s) are a legal declaration of desired control over areas of property including bodies of water.
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Land ownership in Canada
Land ownership in Canada is held by governments, Indigenous groups, corporations, and individuals.
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Law of Australia
The law of Australia comprises many levels of codified and uncodified forms of law.
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Legal fiction
A legal fiction is a fact assumed or created by courts which is then used in order to help reach a decision or to apply a legal rule.
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Liancourt Rocks dispute
The Liancourt Rocks dispute is a territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea.
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Liberland
Liberland, officially the Free Republic of Liberland, is a micronation claiming an uninhabited parcel of disputed land on the western bank of the Danube, between Croatia and Serbia.
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Ligitan and Sipadan dispute
The Ligitan and Sipadan dispute was a territorial dispute between Indonesia and Malaysia over two islands in the Celebes Sea, namely Ligitan and Sipadan.
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List of Australian Native Title court cases
The following is a list of wikipedia articles concerning cases relevant to Native title in Australia, principally decided by the High Court and the Federal Court.
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List of countries and dependencies by area
This is a list of the world's countries and their dependent territories by area, ranked by total area.
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List of High Court of Australia cases
This is a chronological list of significant cases decided by the High Court of Australia.
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List of Latin legal terms
A number of Latin terms are used in legal terminology and legal maxims.
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List of Latin phrases (T)
Additional references.
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List of micronations
Micronations, sometimes also referred to as model countries and new country projects, are small, self-proclaimed entities that claim to be independent sovereign states but which are not acknowledged as such by any recognised sovereign state, or by any supranational organization.
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List of sovereign states
This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
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List of territorial disputes
This is a list of territorial disputes over lands around the world, both past and in modern times.
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List of uninhabited regions
The list of uninhabited regions includes a number of places around the globe.
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Lists of landmark court decisions
Landmark court decisions, in present-day common law legal systems, establish precedents that determine a significant new legal principle or concept, or otherwise substantially affect the interpretation of existing law.
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Mabo Day
Mabo Day occurs annually on 3 June.
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Mabo v Queensland (No 2)
Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (commonly known as Mabo).
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Mabuiag
The Mabuiag or the Mabuygiwgal are an Indigenous Australian group of Melanesian Torres Strait Islander people that are united by a common language, strong ties of kinship and survived as skilled hunter–fisher–gatherers in family groups or clans living on a number of Torres Strait Islands including Mabuiag Island, in the Torres Strait in Queensland, Australia.
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Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne
Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (22 May 1724 – 12 June 1772), with the surname sometimes spelt Dufresne, was a Breton-born French explorer who made important discoveries in the south Indian Ocean, in Tasmania and in New Zealand.
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Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast.
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Mark Foley scandal
The Mark Foley scandal, which broke in late September 2006, centers on soliciting e-mails and sexually suggestive instant messages sent by Mark Foley, a Republican Congressman from Florida, to teenaged boys who had formerly served as congressional pages.
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Melbourne City Centre
Melbourne City Centre (also known colloquially as simply "The City" or "The CBD") is an area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Melbourne Day
Melbourne Day is an annual celebration to mark the founding of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, on 30 August 1835.
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Meriam people
The Meriam are an Indigenous Australian group of Torres Strait Islander people who are united by a common language, strong ties of kinship and survived as skilled hunter–fisher–gatherers in family groups or clans living on a number of inner eastern Torres Strait Islands including Mer or Murray Island.
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Merri Creek
The Merri Creek is a waterway in southern parts of Victoria, Australia, which flows through the northern suburbs of Melbourne.
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Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd
Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty LtdMilirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd (1971) 17 FLR 141 (27 April 1971) Supreme Court (NT).
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Moosylvania
Moosylvania is a fictional island and micronation located in the Lake of the Woods along the Canada–United States border that served as a plot device in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.
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Murray Island, Queensland
Murray Island, also called Mer in the native Meriam language, is a small island of volcanic origin, the most easterly inhabited island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, just north of the Great Barrier Reef.
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Native title in Australia
In Australia, the common law doctrine of Aboriginal title is referred to as native title, which is "the recognition by Australian law that Indigenous people have rights and interests to their land that come from their traditional laws and customs".
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Neutral territory
A neutral territory is a territory (not a sovereign state) that is not an integral part of any state (neither independent, nor dependent on a single state, nor colonized or under protectorate, nor a concession), and yet is not terra nullius, but is the object of an agreement under international law between at least two parties (usually bordering states and/or their colonizers et cetera) that neither shall establish, at least for the duration of the agreement's validity, effective control over it.
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Ngadjuri
The Ngadjuri people are a group of Indigenous Australian people whose traditional lands lie in the mid north of South Australia with a territory extending from Gawler in the south to Orroroo in the north.
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No man's land
No man's land is land that is unoccupied or is under dispute between parties who leave it unoccupied due to fear or uncertainty.
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No Man's Land (disambiguation)
No man's land is an unoccupied area between two opposing positions.
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Norrbotten County
Norrbotten County (Norrbottens län; Norrbottenin lääni) is the northernmost county or län of Sweden.
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Occupation of Alcatraz
The Occupation of Alcatraz was an occupation of Alcatraz Island by 89 American Indians and supporters, led by Richard Oakes, LaNada Means, and others.
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Ocean privatization
Ocean privatization is the sale of the oceans to private individuals or companies.
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Our Generation (film)
Our Generation is a 2010 Australian documentary film about the struggle of Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory to retain their land, culture and freedom.
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Peasant Party (Taiwan)
The Peasant Party is a minor party in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
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Pedra Branca dispute
The Pedra Branca dispute was a territorial dispute between Singapore and Malaysia over several islets at the eastern entrance to the Singapore Strait, namely Pedra Branca (previously called Pulau Batu Puteh and now Batu Puteh by Malaysia), Middle Rocks and South Ledge.
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Picton, Lennox and Nueva
Picton, Lennox and Nueva form a group of three islands (and their islets) at the extreme southern tip of South America, in the Chilean commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province, Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region.
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Politics of Svalbard
Svalbard lies under the sovereignty of Norway, but the Svalbard Treaty places several restrictions.
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Polynesia
Polynesia (from πολύς polys "many" and νῆσος nēsos "island") is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.
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Proclamation of Governor Bourke
The Proclamation of Governor Bourke was a document written by Sir Richard Bourke, KCB, the Governor of New South Wales, and issued by the British Colonial Office on 26 August 1835.
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Racism in Australia
Racism in Australia traces both historical and contemporary racist community attitudes, as well as political non-compliance and governmental negligence on United Nations human rights standard and incidents in Australia.
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Reception statute
A reception statute is a statutory law adopted as a former British colony becomes independent, by which the new nation adopts (i.e. receives) pre-independence English common law, to the extent not explicitly rejected by the legislative body or constitution of the new nation.
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Res communis
Res communis is a Latin term derived from Roman law that preceded today’s concepts of the commons and common heritage of mankind.
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Res nullius
Res nullius (lit: nobody's thing) is a Latin term derived from private Roman law whereby res (an object in the legal sense, anything that can be owned, even a slave, but not a subject in law such as a citizen nor land) is not yet the object of rights of any specific subject.
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Richard Bourke
General Sir Richard Bourke, KCB (4 May 1777 – 12 August 1855) was an Irish-born British Army officer who served as Governor of New South Wales from 1831 to 1837.
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Robertson Land Acts
The Crown Lands Acts 1861 (NSW) were introduced by the New South Wales Premier, John Robertson, in 1861 to reform land holdings in New South Wales and in particular to break the squatters' domination of land tenure.
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Rockall
Rockall is an uninhabited granite islet within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the United Kingdom,.
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Roger Cribb
Roger Llewellyn Dunmore Cribb (6 January 1948 – 24 August 2007) was an Australian archaeologist and anthropologist who specialised in documenting and modelling spatial patterns and social organisation of nomadic peoples.
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Ron Castan
Aaron Ronald "Ron" Castan AM QC (29 October 1939 – 21 October 1999) was a barrister and human rights advocate.
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Senkaku Islands dispute
The Senkaku Islands dispute, or Diaoyu Islands dispute, concerns a territorial dispute over a group of uninhabited islands known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan, the Diaoyu Islands in the People's Republic of China (PRC), and Tiaoyutai Islands in the Republic of China (ROC or Taiwan).
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South Australia
South Australia (abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.
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Sovereignty
Sovereignty is the full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside sources or bodies.
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State secrets privilege
The state secrets privilege is an evidentiary rule created by United States legal precedent.
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Sudan
The Sudan or Sudan (السودان as-Sūdān) also known as North Sudan since South Sudan's independence and officially the Republic of the Sudan (جمهورية السودان Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa.
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Take Us to Your Chief: and Other Stories
Take Us to Your Chief: and Other Stories is a collection of nine short stories by Canadian author, playwright, and journalist Drew Hayden Taylor published in 2016 by Douglas & McIntyre.
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Tawil (disambiguation)
Tawil is a surname.
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Terra
Terra is the Latin name for Earth.
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Terra incognita (disambiguation)
Terra incognita is a Latin phrase meaning 'unknown land', describing regions that have not been mapped or documented.
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Terra pericolosa
Terra pericolosa is an Italian phrase for "dangerous land", used in cartography to denote regions that are believed to be likely to put the travellers in jeopardy.
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Territorial disputes of Japan
Japan is currently engaged in several territorial disputes with nearby countries, including Russia, South Korea, the People's Republic of China, and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
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Territories claimed by the Philippines
The Philippines has claimed many lands throughout its history.
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The Difference Engine
The Difference Engine (1990) is an alternative history novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling.
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Timeline of Aboriginal history of Western Australia
This is a timeline of Aboriginal history of Western Australia.
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Timeline of Australian history
This is a timeline of Australian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Australia and its predecessor states.
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Timeline of Philippine sovereignty
This article presents a timeline of the sovereignty of the Republic of the Philippines, showing transitions of sovereignty over the Philippine archipelago.
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Timeline of Western Saharan history
Western Sahara history starts long before this below mentioned timeline.
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Tomislav of Croatia
Tomislav (Tamisclaus) was the first King of Croatia.
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Torres Strait Islands
The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands which lie in Torres Strait, the waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea.
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Townsville
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia.
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Treaty
A treaty is an agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely sovereign states and international organizations.
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Unclaimed (disambiguation)
Unclaimed is a 2013 documentary.
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Uncontacted peoples
Uncontacted people, also referred to as isolated people or lost tribes, are communities who live, or have lived, either by choice (people living in voluntary isolation) or by circumstance, without significant contact with modern civilization.
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Uti possidetis
Uti possidetis (Latin for "as you possess") is a principle in international law that territory and other property remains with its possessor at the end of a conflict, unless otherwise provided for by treaty; if such a treaty does not include conditions regarding the possession of property and territory taken during the war, then the principle of uti possidetis will prevail.
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Uti possidetis juris
Uti possidetis juris or uti possidetis iuris (Latin for "as you possess under law") is a principle of international law which provides that newly formed sovereign states should have the same borders that their preceding dependent area had before their independence.
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Vacant Possession (film)
Vacant Possession is a 1995 Australian drama film, directed and written by Margot Nash.
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Vít Jedlička
Vít Jedlička (born 6 September 1983) is a Czech politician, publicist and activist.
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Victoria Island (Russia)
Victoria Island (Остров Виктория; Ostrov Viktoriya) is a small Arctic island of the Russian Federation.
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Vilatte orders
The Vilatte Orders are awards or decorations associated Joseph René Vilatte which include the Order of the Crown of Thorns (OCT) and the Order of the Lion and the Black Cross (OLBC).
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Wadi Halfa Salient
The Wadi Halfa Salient, named after Wadi Halfa (وادي حلفا Wādī Ḥalfā), a nearby Sudanese city 22 kilometers south of the border, is the unofficial name of a salient of the international border between Sudan and Egypt along the Nile River to the north.
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Wave Hill walk-off
Wave Hill walk-off or The Gurindji strike was a walk-off and strike by 200 Gurindji stockmen, house servants and their families in August 1966 at Wave Hill cattle station in Kalkarindji (formerly known as Wave Hill), Northern Territory.
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William Speirs Bruce
William Speirs Bruce (1 August 1867 – 28 October 1921) was a Scottish naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer who organized and led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE, 1902–04) to the South Orkney Islands and the Weddell Sea.
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Wurundjeri
The Wurundjeri are a people of the Indigenous Australian nation of the Wurundjeri language group, in the Kulin alliance.
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Yirrkala bark petitions
The Yirrkala bark petitions 1963 are historic Australian documents that were the first traditional documents prepared by Indigenous Australians that were recognised by the Australian Parliament, and are the first documentary recognition of Indigenous people in Australian law.
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Yolngu
The Yolngu or Yolŋu are an aggregation of indigenous Australian people inhabiting north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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1835 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1835 in Australia.
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1931 in Norway
Events in the year 1931 in Norway.
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51st state
The "51st state", in post-1959 American political discourse, is a phrase that refers to areas or locales that are – seriously or facetiously – considered candidates for U.S. statehood, joining the 50 states that presently compose the United States.
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Terra Nullius, Territorium nullius, Unclaimed Territory, Unclaimed land, Unclaimed territory, Vacuum domicilium.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_nullius
