Often referred to as "Uncle Archie", Roach was a Gunditjmara (Kirrae Whurrong/Djab Wurrung [3]) and Bundjalung elder who campaigned for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. His wife and musical partner was the singer Ruby Hunter (1955–2010).

2022年7月30日 · Roach and Diana were separated when a magistrate forcibly deported him to Melbourne, aged 16. There he met his sister, Alma, who introduced him to his brother Lawrence and finally, Myrtle herself.

Archie Roach with (from left) sons Eban, Amos and Terrence, grandson William and wife Ruby Hunter, at his then home at Berri, South Australia, in 2003. Credit: Bryan Charlton

Archie Roach & Grandson Wes. 1990's

Archie Roach, who has died aged 66, was an Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and writer, whose most famous song, Took the Children Away, described his own painful life story – and in the process helped to educate Australians about one …

2024年12月25日 · Archie Roach married Ruby Hunter in 1982, and they had two sons together. Their relationship was characterized by mutual support as they navigated their music careers while advocating for Indigenous rights.

2022年7月31日 · When Archie Roach AM was a young boy, he was taken away from his family. Born in Mooroopna, a town in regional Victoria, in 1955, Archie's family lived on the Framlingham Aboriginal Mission near Warrnambool. His father, also named Archie, was a Bundjalung man from New South Wales, and his mum Nellie, was a Gunditjmara woman.

2018年7月11日 · Roach now works with Indigenous kids in youth detention centres, alongside actor Jack Charles. He says they're shocked to hear that someone like him was once in jail, a drunk, and homeless.

2023年6月5日 · After a series of traumatic experiences, Uncle Archie was eventually placed with loving foster parents Alex and Dulcie Cox. They were a Scottish couple living in Naarm (Melbourne) who had children of their own. Growing up in …

Legendary Aboriginal Australian singer and Maar nation elder, Archie Roach (1956- 2022), was in an orphanage and foster care as a child. A member of the Stolen Generations, Archie Roach was born at Mooroopna, a small rural town north of Melbourne.