People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

8 January, 1956
Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

Death

30 July, 2022 (aged 66)
Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Bungandidj^ language group
• Indigenous Australian

Occupation

• autobiographer/memoirist
• country music singer
• folk singer
• guitarist
• Indigenous rights activist/supporter
• songwriter

Awards

• Red Ochre Award [Lifetime Achievement] (Australia Council for the Arts)
• Deadly Award for a Lifetime Contribution to Healing the Stolen Generations
• Don Banks Music Award (Australia Council)
• Member of the Order of Australia
• ARIA Hall of Fame

Legacies

• Archie Roach Stolen Generation Educational Resources

Key Places

• Framlingham Mission (Vic)

Social Issues

• stolen child