ABSTRACT
As an Indigenous Australian the author knows how hard it is to discuss identity. The strange thing about his internal struggle for identity was the observations he made when visiting Indigenous family or community events. Here were multiple clans of Indigenous Australians, all of which have suffered from colonization, all with trauma, yet here they are hugging and communicating with comfort about their identity and belonging. On January 26, 1788, the lives of Indigenous Australians were changed forever. On that day, the British invaded the Eora people's country (Sydney) and set up a colony that almost led to the total annihilation of the Indigenous Australians. In 1830, the Tasmanian Government decided to get rid of the entire Indigenous Australian population on the island. In 1869, the Aboriginal Protection Act was established; protection boards were set up across the colonies, and the rights of Indigenous Australians became controlled by the state.
