Because the nomadic peoples of Australia did not occupy lands permanently,British settlers considered the continent terra nullius,"land belonging to no one," and one that they could seize and put to their own uses.

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This statement is true. The British settlers used the concept of terra nullius to justify their colonization of Australia, ignoring the fact that Indigenous Australians had been living there for thousands of years.

Because the Nomadic Peoples of Australia Did Not Occupy Lands