if you were not a 'full-blood' Aboriginal child but had dark skin colour you would identify as being a 'full-blood' because the Half-Caste Act would not apply to you, and you would not be removed from your parents. However, on the other hand, if you were a fair-skinned Aboriginal person, you could possibly get away with not identifying your Aboriginal heritage, which would then afford you some of the privileges of white society, such as education and being allowed to earn money rather than being forced to exist on rations. Because of coloniality, the concept of blackness is particularly fluid as there are Aboriginal people who do not have 'black' skin, but are connected to Aboriginal land and identities culturally, socially, and through family and community awareness and acceptance of ancestry.