Six months after his death at age 66, legendary Gunditjmara (Kirrae Whurrong/Djab Wurrung) and Bundjalung singer-songwriter and activist Archie Roach has been posthumously awarded a Companion of the ...
One day in 1970, Archie Cox’s high school English class in Melbourne, Australia, was interrupted by a voice from the intercom: “Could Archibald William Roach come to the office?” An uncanny feeling ...
“Archie Roach. Big tree down. Weeping in the forest,” wrote musician Paul Kelly on social media on Sunday morning, in tribute to his beloved friend, colleague and collaborator, who died at Warrnambool ...
From where he and his family pitched their tents at La Perouse parklands, they could see the approach into Botany Bay where the 11 ships of the First Fleet had arrived on these shores 200 years prior.
The death in late July of Archie Roach, aged 66, marks the passing of a much loved and richly talented Australian indigenous singer/songwriter whose gentle and soulful music—drawn from his own harsh ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. As I sat at a footpath table, sipping a beer with my son, waiting for the ...
His song “Took the Children Away,” inspired by his childhood, shook Australians into confronting a grim era when their government tore apart Aboriginal families. By Alex Traub One day in 1970, Archie ...