The late, great Archie Roach is recognized in the AustraliaDay honors
Roach is appointed as a Companion of the Order of Australia for his service to the performing arts and to Indigenous rights and reconciliation, officials announced on Jan. 26 — Australia’s national day.The Gunditjmara , Bundjalung senior elder, songman, prolific storyteller and First Nations champion contributed some of this country’s finest works, across a 30-year-plus career, spanning eight albums.
Few songs can touch quite like Roach’s 1991 song “Took The Children Away,” a heartbreaking tale of the enforced separation of First Nations children from their families. Human Rights Achievement Award, the first time that the honor had been bestowed on a songwriter. Roach, or Uncle Arch as he was lovingly known, was celebrated on numerous occasions during his lifetime. He was made a Member of The Order of Australia , and received the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music ., marking the 30th anniversary of the release of , his debut full length album which carried “Took The Children Away.” The song is now preserved in the
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