Imagine you had the opportunity to speak with Captain Cook about why he thought there was no evidence of civilisation in Australia. What might Captain Cook have said to you?

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He did not think First Nations peoples "owned" the land because they were hunters and gatherers and did not cultivate crops or livestock

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He saw evidence of a fixed civilisation but thought it was inferior to the British way of life

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He recognised that First Nations peoples had laws and legal systems but thought it should be modernised by British law

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He observed First Nations peoples cultivating crops and livestock but thought they had no legal system.

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