Vast swaths of uninhabited land makes plenty of room for solar panels that will not threaten to poison anybody. Build out enough of them, and they can desalinate sea water to turn the whole continent green.

There have always been vast swathes of uninhabited land in Australia. 7.6 million square kilometres divided by a few hundred thousand indigenous people, even allowing for movement = a lot of empty space. And that's even truer today than it was in 1770.

Are you saying the aboriginal people inhabit the entire continent of Australia even if that land has no ability to sustain life ?

"uninhabited" just means very few white settlers. Same for Canada, north Africa, etc. Gotta break a few brown eggs to make an omelet after all.

If you ask the people who inhabit "uninhabited" areas they may have a different opinion. That's why we tell them and not ask them.