The NAIDOC celebration theme for this year is Always Was, Always Will Be. The theme recognises

that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years and that
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were Australia’s first explorers, first navigators, first
engineers, first farmers, first botanists, first scientists, first diplomats, first astronomers and first artists
(https://www.naidoc.org.au/get-involved/2020-theme).

Discuss how Indigenous Australian’s continue to survive, thrive and be self-determining in Sydney
now despite the implications of colonialism. In your response, refer to course readings, lectures and
independently sourced literature.