Archie Roach reflects on his remarkable life | Living Black | NITV

Archie Roach was a pioneering musician and a voice for generations of Indigenous people. 👉🏾 SUBSCRIBE TO NITV https://bit.ly/32Sg6CI Born in 1956 in Mooroopna, Victoria, Archie Roach's family moved to Rumbalara mission then Framlingham. At the age of two, Archie and his sisters were forcibly removed from their family, as a part of the government policy enforced on First Nations people, now known as the 'Stolen Generations. He was placed an orphanage, before he eventually was placed with foster parents to grow up in Melbourne. His childhood and the experiences of other Stolen Generations became the inspiration for his widely-loved song 'Took The Children Away', which was recognised with the Human Rights Award for songwriting. His debut album, Charcoal Lane, was released in 1990 and won two ARIAs. He went on to release another nine records. Across his life, he was awarded countless honours including being inducted into the Victorian Aboriginal Honour Roll, Victorian Australian of the Year, a member of the Order of Australia and in 2008 he was given the NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award. In early 2022, two monuments were erected on the shores of Lake Bonney as a tribute to his long-time love Ruby Hunter and himself. Gunditjamara and Bundjalung songman and storyteller Archie Roach passed away on 30 July 2022 Living Black is Australia's longest-running Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander current affairs program hosted by Karla Grant. NITV is Australia's Indigenous television channel, a part of the SBS network. Website: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/ Now Streaming: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/chann... Facebook: www.facebook.com/NITVAustralia Instagram:   / nitv_au   Twitter:   / nitv   TikTok:   / nitv   #ArchieRoach #LivingBlack #NITV