Terra nullius (/ˈtɛrə ˈnʌlɪəs/, plural terrae nullius) is a Latin expression meaning "nobody's land". Since the nineteenth century it has occasionally...

Islander Australians. The decision rejected the notion that Australia was terra nullius (i.e. owned by no one) at the time of British settlement, and recognised...

Terra Nullius is a 2017 speculative fiction novel by Claire G. Coleman. It draws from Australia's colonial history, describing a society split into "Natives"...

Svalbard (/ˈsvɑːlbɑːr(d)/ SVAHL-bar(d), Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsvɑ̂ːɫbɑr]), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago...

Jan Mayen (Urban East Norwegian: [jɑn ˈmɑ̀ɪən]) is a Norwegian volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean with no permanent population. It is 55 km (34 mi) long...

assume ownership of res nullius simply by taking possession of it (occupatio). However, in ancient Rome, certain forms of res nullius could never be owned...

claimed the mare liberum principle, resulting in Svalbard becoming terra nullius—land without sovereignty. Work on establishing a public administration...

Warning on a nautical chart indicating an unsurveyed potential hazard Terra nullius – International law term for unclaimed land "Guide to the Research Collections...

the age of 87. Among Lindqvist's best-known works is his 2007 book Terra Nullius (Latin for "Empty Land"), about the impact of white settlers on the...

the 15th to the 18th century Terra incognita, unknown land, for regions that have not been mapped or documented Terra nullius, land belonging to no one,...

Semi-autonomous region of Tanzania Condominium between South Sudan and the Sudan Terra nullius Autonomous communities of Spain Autonomous Regions of Portugal British...

announced its historic decision, namely overturning the legal doctrine of terra nullius, which was the term applied by the British relating to the continent...

formally gave up its claim to Svalbard, the archipelago continued to be a terra nullius—a land without a government. The work to establish an administration...

Ledge (Malaysia v. Singapore). Singapore argued that Pedra Branca was terra nullius, and that there was no evidence the island had ever been under the sovereignty...

Wirlomin-Noongar-Australian writer and poet, whose 2017 debut novel, Terra Nullius won the Norma K Hemming Award. The first draft of resulted in Coleman...

Tawil in Africa and Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica, lands which are terra nullius—unclaimed by any other sovereign state. Several others have also made...

announced its historic decision, namely overturning the legal doctrine of terra nullius, which was the term applied by the British relating to the continent...

United Kingdom and France, viewed Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego as Terra nullius.[citation needed] Jules Verne described in The Survivors of the "Jonathan"...

explorers, and colonists often regarding the encountered landmasses as terra nullius ("empty land" in Latin). This resulted in laws and ideas such as Mexico's...

Jack's Land Kill zone List of established military terms No-go area Terra nullius Notes Persico p. 68 Coleman p. 268 "no man's land". Oxford English Dictionary...

Argentinian television series Terra ignota ("unfamiliar land") Terra nullius ("no man's land") Terra Australis Incognita ("The unknown land of the South") This...

cession by agreement, occupation of land which belongs to no state (terra nullius), and prescription through the continuous exercise of sovereignty. Discovery...

unclaimed territories. Wadi Halfa Salient Terra nullius Karalekas, Dean (2020). "Navigating Terra Nullius: The Ababda and the Case for Indigenous Land...

telemovie based on Hawke's life. He reprised the role in the 2020 episode "Terra Nullius" of the Netflix series The Crown. In November 2010, Roxburgh co-created...

modified form of uti possidetis; created for the purpose of avoiding terra nullius, the original version of uti possidetis began as a Roman law governing...

incorporation on grounds of prior occupation of a terra nullius. Korea also claims that Japan's 1905 claim to terra nullius conflicts with its previous recognition...

polar bear that was seen swimming nearby. The island was considered terra nullius until the Spitsbergen Treaty of 1920 placed it under Norwegian sovereignty...

contemporary ethnic groups Man of the Hole Noble savage Stateless society Terra nullius Granizo, Tarsicio. "Guardians of the forests...or refugees? Indigenous...

principal modes of acquiring territory... in contrast to acquisition a) of terra nullius by means of effective occupation accompanied by the intent to appropriate...

Australia held in Mabo v Queensland (No 2) that Australia was neither terra nullius ('land belonging to no one') or "desert and uncultivated land" at the...