• VIMALA.V
• Prof. G. Sheela Swarupa Rani

The Australian Aboriginals are the people with their own culture, traditions and practices that have been richly woven and transferred from one generation to the other. They are close knit communities educated through their available and established oral literature. This oral literature binds them together as kins, clans and communities. The Aboriginals living in Australia are divergent in accordance with their languages, traditional practices, ceremonies and other factors but they have very strong family bonds. For generations, their families have been the source of knowledge, wisdom, education, love and care. Through their families, the Australian Aboriginals received skills, arts, care, warmth, love, affection and also protection. Their families have been the happiest places for them. Their communities enabled them become as strong, bold, wise, caring and affectionate individuals. Being surrounded by such a conductive environment, the Australian Aboriginals grew up as more potential and confident individuals. Such individuals, families and communities were at once made vulnerable with the colonization which had a devastating effect not only on their cultural practices, traditions or ceremony but also on their physical, emotional and psychological health. The individuals, families and communities were made vulnerable on account of colonization and they are the victims of psychological trauma. In order to make these communities weaker, many legal policies were made against the welfare of the Aboriginals, by the Australian government. The implementation of such policies tore the Aboriginal families and communities into parts, affecting the individuals permanently. King Hit is an epitome to such an experience of the Australian Aboriginals. The present paper discusses about the irreversible damage caused to Geoffrey Narkle, his family and the Australian Aboriginal community.

Key Words: Australian aboriginals, family-bonds, psychological-trauma, vulnerable, colonisation, policies, communities.

" Strong Australian Aboriginal Families made Vulnerable: An Analysis through King Hit", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 7, page no.h807-h812, July-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2407791.pdf

" Strong Australian Aboriginal Families made Vulnerable: An Analysis through King Hit", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 7, page no. pph807-h812, July-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2407791.pdf