I mean, they didn't have writing, and obviously there were no yachts, so frankly I'm not sure...
I suspect "might maketh right" and yes, finders keepers...
But, and this is important, they did not live on that island, at that time, anyway...
They were moved there by missionaries, in the mid-1800s. So... Their "law" wouldn't apply anyway, as it was unoccupied...
But yeah, in the hypothetical situation where, say, a bark canoe from a rival tribe washed up on the shore... I guess we'll go with their "law" claiming finders keepers, lol...
Remember also that Tasmanian Aboriginals did not even eat scaled fish, due to their various superstitions...
I don't think they ventured out beyond the estuaries very much at all, so I guess... "Salvage laws", as it were, would barely have even been a consideration, lol...
I mean, they didn't have writing, and obviously there were no yachts, so frankly I'm not sure...
I suspect "might maketh right" and yes, finders keepers...
But, and this is important, they did not live on that island, at that time, anyway...
They were moved there by missionaries, in the mid-1800s. So... Their "law" wouldn't apply anyway, as it was unoccupied...
But yeah, in the hypothetical situation where, say, a bark canoe from a rival tribe washed up on the shore... I guess we'll go with their "law" claiming finders keepers, lol...
Remember also that Tasmanian Aboriginals did not even eat scaled fish, due to their various superstitions...
I don't think they ventured out beyond the estuaries very much at all, so I guess... "Salvage laws", as it were, would barely have even been a consideration, lol...