Archie Roach

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains an image of a person who has died. Archie Roach passed away on July ...

“Archie was not only such an important voice of his generation and his people, but he also spoke for music, too. He gave us a lot of love and respect through his songs and through his heart alone, just as a human being. He was brave enough to write songs about the atrocities that have occurred over the last 200 years. Crisp winter sun shone down on an emotional crowd, which had come to pay respects to a giant of Australian music and culture, just over three weeks after his passing on July 30. He was a gentle giant, you know, a very beautiful man.” WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains an image of a person who has died.

Beloved Gunditjmara Bundjalung songman's hearse accompanied by Southern Warriors Aboriginal motorcycle club.

A sign on a pole in Gertrude Street said: “Uncle Archie Roach. It was an important part of Roach’s life and music. He was accompanied by the Southern Warriors Aboriginal motorcycle club.

Friends, family and fans have turned out across Victoria to farewell Australian music legend Archie Roach.

He was inducted into the Victorian Aboriginal Honour Roll in 2011. He is going to be so missed." Later the same year, the performer was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and in 2013, he received a Deadly Award for a Lifetime Contribution to Healing the Stolen Generations.

The Fitzroy-based health service was established nearly 50 years ago to help "parakeets" - Aboriginal people who gathered in parks and did not receive care.

“We took him on his last run through all the places he frequented.” “That in itself was a blessing,” she says. The Fitzroy-based health service was established nearly 50 years ago to help “parakeets” – Aboriginal people who gathered in parks and did not receive care from other health services.

Much-loved Indigenous singer Archie Roach makes the long journey home from the inner suburbs of Melbourne to the windswept south-west Victorian coast, ...

Archie was a member of the Stolen Generation, and spent years homeless on the streets of Melbourne before carving out a career as a musician. Crowds lined the streets to pay their respects as Archie's hearse, flanked by Indigenous motorcycle club the Southern Warriors, made its way through the streets of Fitzroy and Collingwood, where Archie spent his youth. The family of Archie Roach has given permission for his name, image and music to be used.

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Family, friends and fans have paid tribute to legendary Gunditjmara (Kirrae Whurrong/Djab Wurrung), Bundjalung songwriter and storyteller Archie Roach this ...