It is important to understand how Indigenous Law fits in with Australian law, including appreciating the history of policies employed against the First Nations.

In the late ninteenth century, governments believed that the policy of protectionism would '[BLANK]', by providing Indigenous people with a 'humane' environment in which to live, until their race eventually died out.

Select one:

a.smooth the dying pillow

b.stem the tide against native savagery

c.extinguish the flames of opposition

d.stay the persistence of the uncivilised