In the year 1770 Captain James Cook, while exploring the world, climbed to the highest elevated position on Possession Island, off the tip of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia and by sight claimed half the continent, naming it New South Wales. Under British law
the captain could claim as far as the naked eye could see, as long as no humans existed and there were no dwellings.
In the year 2000 Kerry Bowden O.A.M., while exploring the Net, naked on tippy toes using a laptop on Minjerribah (Stradbroke Island) off Cleveland in South East Queensland, Australia and by sight claimed the domain, naming it www.queenslandgovernment.com. Under Registration law, Kerry could claim as far as the eye could see, as long as no humans existed and there were no dwellings.
