ABSTRACT
Many of the core systems forged during the early decades of colonisation remain embedded in contemporary planning. The concept of terra nullius, with its presumptions about tenure, race and ownership, offers a particularly important lens onto processes of dispossession and occupation as they were enabled through early planning practices. This chapter examines the roots of the idea of property and the processes of occupation inof early colonial Australia through squatting, land grants, titling and land administration.
