'I am Koori. My tribe is Yorta Yorta.
'I didn't know I was black till I was seven years old. I didn't know that people would eventually cross the street to avoid walking on the same path as me. I didn't know that people would define me as 'not looking that Aboriginal', as if it were a compliment. I never foresaw that people would think they understood my story before they heard a word pass through my lips.' (Introduction)