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> Australia wasnt an independent country at the time It had been occupied for 65000 years by people that might have argued otherwise though!
by wizofaus 4y ago
> Australia wasnt an independent country at the time
It had been occupied for 65000 years by people that might have argued otherwise though!
- nickdothutton 4y agoUnfortunately for those people, they hadn’t formed a state or anything approaching one, and were still busy fighting each other along tribal lines. I suppose the colonists could have tried a deal with the largest tribe at the time, who could have then imposed their agreement on the other tribes by force.