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Why were the Aboriginals never offered a treaty similar to the Treaty of Waitangi?

by Pseudointellectualis

Compared to the Maori, it seems that Aboriginals were given quite an unfair treatment by the brittish.

poprop03

Lack of sufficient political structure, the maori had a much more developed political structure which made the treaty possible the aborigines didnt.