Archie Roach

Quick Facts

Full Name	Archie Roach
Occupation	Rock Singer
Date Of Birth	Jan 8, 1956(1956-01-08)
Age	68
Birthplace	Mooroopna
Country	Australia
Birth City	Victoria
Horoscope	Capricorn

Archie Roach Biography

Archie Roach is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on January 8, 1956 in Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia. Guitarist and singer who is recognized for being one of most renowned Indigenous Australian musicians. One of his most loved tunes includes “Took the Children Away,” which was the reason he received the International Human Rights Award.

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Archibald William Roach, AM (born 8 January 1956, Mooroopna) is an Australian musician. He is a singer, songwriter and guitarist, as well as a campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians.

In the late 1980s, Roach and Hunter formed a band, the Altogethers, with several other Indigenous Australians and moved to Melbourne. Roach wrote his first song, “Took the Children Away”, which he performed on a community radio station in Melbourne and on an Indigenous current affairs program in 1988. Australian musician Paul Kelly invited Roach to open his concert early in 1989, where he performed “Took the Children Away”, a song telling the story of the Stolen Generations and his own experience of being forcibly removed from his family. His performance was met with stunned silence, followed by shattering applause.

He was wedded with Ruby Hunter, who died in February, 2010.

Archie Roach Net Worth

Archie Roach is one of the richest Rock Singer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Archie Roach 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was orphaned as he was separated from his parents due to his government. Australian government.

He was awarded his Deadly Award for Lifetime Contribution to Restoring the Stolen Generations in 2013.

Archibald William Roach was born on 8 January 1956 in Mooroopna, Victoria. Mooroopna is named after an Aboriginal word referring to a bend in the Goulburn River, near Shepparton in central Victoria. According to Roach, “My name is Archie Roach and I represent ‘Nature’s gifts’ because my song “Took the Children Away” won a human rights award. My lyrics draw attention to, the hardship and humiliation suffered by many Indigenous Australians.” In 1956, Roach’s family, along with the rest of the area’s Indigenous population, were re-housed on Rumbalara mission. Roach and his family subsequently moved to Framlingham, where his mother had been born.

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Who is Archie Roach Dating?

According to our records, Archie Roach married to Ruby Hunter. As of December 1, 2023, Archie Roach’s is not dating anyone.

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In October 1997, Roach released his third studio album, Looking for Butter Boy, which was recorded on his traditional land at Port Fairy in south-western Victoria. The album’s lead single, “Hold On Tight”, won the ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release in 1997 and the album won the same award at the 1998 award ceremony.

Facts & Trivia

Archie Ranked on the list of most popular Rock Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Archie Roach celebrates birthday on January 8 of every year.

In 2004, Roach and Hunter collaborated with the Australian Art Orchestra and Paul Grabowsky to create a musical experience titled Ruby. Ruby tells the story of Ruby Hunter from her birth near a billabong on the banks of the Murray River, through the stolen generation, search for identity and the discovery of hope through love. In 2004, it won The Deadly Awards for “Excellence in Film & Theatrical Score”.

Did Archie Roach find his family?

Family and belonging: Old Mission Road When Roach was taken from his home at Framlingham Aboriginal Mission in south-western Victoria, he was sent to a Salvation Army orphanage. After leaving two foster families, he finally settled with a Scottish couple, Alex and Dulcie Cox , who had emigrated to Melbourne.

Was Archie Roach part of the Stolen Generation?

Born in Mooroopna in 1955, Archie’s family lived on the Framlingham Aboriginal Mission near Warrnambool. He is one of the Stolen Generations , taken as a child from his mother, Nellie, a Gunditjmara woman, and father, Archie, a Bundjalung man from New South Wales.

Is Archie Roach an elder?

Even though a u-beaut actor, Victorian Senior Australian of the Year and an Elder in my community , it was my criminal record that stopped me from being allowed to go back into prisons to help others. Until the Archie Roach Foundation came along.

When was Archie Roach taken from his family?

The fact was that he had been taken from his biological parents, Nellie Austin and Archie Roach senior, in 1959 , at the age of three, while the family were living on the Framlingham Aboriginal mission in south-western Victoria.

Is Ruby Hunter still alive?

February 17, 2010