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Archie Roach
Archibald William Roach (born January 8, 1956 in Mooroopna, Victoria) is an
Australian singer-songwriter and Aboriginal activist. Removed from his family as
a child by government agencies, and placed into an orphanage, his love of music
originated from his foster family who taught him guitar and piano. Forming his
first band, The Altogethers with his wife and a group of Indigenous Australians,
Roach performed the seminal “Took the Children Away” on a community radio
station in 1998, accepting an invitation by Australian singer Paul Kelly to
perform it during his 1989 tour. With K...
