Aboriginal occupation of Australia Archaeologists and prehistorians have dated the presence of Aboriginal people in Australia back about 50,000 years. It has been estimated that between 300,000 and 750,000 Aboriginal people were living in Australian in 1788. ... In its 1992 decision in Mabo v QLD (No 2), the High Court rejected the doctrine that Australia was 'terra nullius', but held that Australia was a settled colony in which the common law recognised native title to land. ... A law made under this power may preserve the material evidence of the history and culture of Aborigin...

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In the same way Australian law has used the concept of "terra nullius," the legal myth that Australia had no previous owners. ... The history was much more brutal, with extensive warfare and the extermination of whole tribes. ... The history involves warfare, brutality and manipulation. ...

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"After reading Twelve Angry Men we feel confident in the American legal system." Do you agree with this statement? In your response discuss HOW the play position us to think about the jury system. " It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer." - Sir William Black...

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