Five months later , on 3 June 1992 , the High Court announced its historic decision , namely overturning the legal doctrine of terra nullius - which is a term applied to the attitude of the British towards land ownership on the continent of Australia . ''
Five months later , on 3 June 1992 , the High Court overturned the legal doctrine of terra nullius - which was the term applied to the attitude of the British Empire towards land ownership on the continent of Australia .