Can we replace"until" with "before" in the sentence?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
1

The sentence is:
It would be many years [color=red]until Australia learnt to respect the aborigines.

Can we replace"until" with “before” in the sentence? if not,when should we use “before” in similar situation?

thanks!

2

.
Yes, you can use ‘before’ here.
.