Why did Joseph Bank regard Australia as an "empty" land?
A)Its population was low.
B)It was mostly flat land, without significant mountain ranges.
C)It did not produce profitable crops.
D)It has very few trees.
E)Its aboriginal inhabitants had not "improved" it, for instance fencing off vast land holdings for sheep.

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Joseph Bank, like many other Europeans of his time, viewed land as being truly owned and developed only if it was enclosed, cultivated and improved. As the Aboriginal inhabitants of Australia did not practice agriculture or landscape architecture in the same way as Europeans, Bank believed that the land was therefore "empty" of human development.

Why Did Joseph Bank Regard Australia as an "Empty" Land