This article investigated the hardship urban Aborigine faced in making a livelihood in the city, from two perspectives: first, the employment impasse, life issues, and welfare needs they had to deal with from aboriginal hometowns to the city. The second perspective focused on why many of the urban Aborigine, while struggling in the city, chose to stay in the city, instead of returning to their aboriginal hometowns. In order to gain deeper understanding of the determinants affecting their economic plight and employment difficulties, this qualitative research used in-depth interview to collect empirical data, hoping to yield helpful implications for improving their living conditions in the city.