Dear Foxy,

I asked you for your personal opinion rather than about the current legal situation.

yuyutsu,

If you want to identify yourself as an Aboriginal there's
nothing to prevent you from doing so. However if you want
legal recognition - that's another story. You have to meet
the three criteria.

yuyutsu,

Identifying as an Aboriginal or a Torres Strait Islander is
voluntary and you don't need paperwork to identify as an
Aboriginal person. You can simply go ahead and do it.

However you may be asked to provide confirmation when
applying for Aboriginal specific-jobs, and services, or
programs (eg. grants).

Dear Foxy,

What you described in your last two posts is the existing situation.

I don't personally want to identify as anything, also forget about grants, but lets suppose I, who am not of aboriginal descent, wanted to go out and about completely naked in the outback (including on other people's property with a native title) and live of fishing and hunting with spears and similar aboriginal weapons (not me personally, I am vegetarian!) without getting in trouble with the law - should I be allowed to do this IN YOUR VIEW?

yuyutsu,

I can't take your question seriously because you
wouldn't survive in the outback - dressed as you said
you'd be - naked. You'd be burned to a crisp.

Plus -
You wouldn't be equipped to deal with anything. Unfamiliar
with the conditions and the terrain.

Being naked - someone just may mistake you for a wild animal
You wouldn't survive. So not a good idea.

yuyutsu,

Of course it would help if you coloured yourself dark brown
went into the wilderness full prepared with equipment and
guidance, and advice - and then let us know of your experiences
as to how you went. But you'd have to prepare yourself ahead
of time - by practicing running around naked a bit at a time in
your current neighbourhood.

Whoopee - that should be exciting for you.

Let us know what newspaper coverage you get. So we can all
read about it.