The album’s centrepiece, “Took the Children Away” is from Archie Roach’s ARIA award winning album “Charcoal Lane” #ArchieRoach #TookTheChildrenAway
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@christopherwhitney27113 жыл бұрын
I was nearly taken away twice. First time from my aboriginal mother. Second time after my white adopted mother died when I was eight. But my white dad, who she had married later in life, fought for us so they wouldn’t take us away. He was so poor but he did everything he could to adopt us so he could keep “his” kids. He never let me down once in my life. Greatest kindest quietest man I ever had the privilege of being his son. I’ve since met my real family and I’m a grateful Wiradjuri man and a Whitney
@AnjulaGodakumbura3 жыл бұрын
Glad things worked out well for you.
@wsmama3 жыл бұрын
Loving parents have no color, gratitude doesn't depend on it either.
@evannicholls47842 жыл бұрын
God bless big fella
@pollydundon56622 жыл бұрын
Thank goodness the Children Came Back. Wonderful song n singer.
@kyliemoloney32182 жыл бұрын
Black or white, we're all people.
@LilyInFrance2 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace Archie - back to the land, rocks, trees, rivers and stars - your time on earth was remarkable and meant a lot to so many people.
@lindamagro49102 жыл бұрын
Thinking of your lovely family xo Legendary Man....You will be fondly remembered....Fly free Uncle.
@shandaha23812 жыл бұрын
a legend !
@paulchristensen72762 жыл бұрын
Beautifully said.
@davidlee16032 жыл бұрын
Awesome person ❤ Blessed Be 🙌
@peterslate25892 жыл бұрын
👍
@alanstrom22212 жыл бұрын
Such an important person in Australian history. Archie's cultural input will always be remembered. Very sad to hear he has passed away. RIP mate
@DD-bx8rb2 жыл бұрын
They took away white children too. The same policies were applied to all. Kids who were at risk from abuse or neglect were removed. Unfortunately, we Aboriginals had more problems as a group. We are told in the media to this day that we have more problems, so it cannot be denied. Removal of children, black or white, still occurs in our time on a smaller scale. We may now think past policies could have been better, but they were applied to all. "Stolen Generation" implies the policies were only applied to us Aboriginals, but the evidence shows we had, and still have, more problems. As Jacinta Price says, who cares if the family they went to were black or white, as long as they were given a better life.
@judithoneill4135 Жыл бұрын
My heart breaks for you see , love you all and love your culture, David was a friend ft
@tysonmoore885711 ай бұрын
I didn’t know this song was about Australia. I had no idea about this part in Australia’s history I just heard this song for the first time today. They played it on the radio for Canada’s day of reconciliation. In Canada many natives had their children put into residential schools where many (in the hundreds) where killed. A very dark period in my countries history
@woodywood69612 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace you great man. Thank you for spreading the message and helping us become a better nation. Forever grateful.
@myeverythingworld81232 жыл бұрын
Very nice yes a beautiful contribution from archi dearly missed his message will sing along for ever that how music so special make a man last for eternity rip big fella
@rubikmonat65892 жыл бұрын
And thankyou to his family for allowing his voice and image to be shared after his passing.
@1mistified2 жыл бұрын
Wow. What a powerful song! My partner is a proud Bunjalung man. His father was picked up off the Streets of Sydney by police (when he was just a child) and put into a boy’s home. His family, his culture, and his identity were stripped from him. He went through terrible abuse in the boy’s home. Just like this song says, when he was old enough “he came home” (i.e. the children came home). The trauma he experienced growing up affected him for life. Being a child of the 80’s, I grew up knowing nothing about “The stolen generation”. Now I think - “How wrong could we as a nation have gotten things?” Why was there not more respect shown towards our First Nations people? We should have done better! We need to do better!
@MsCarathee2 жыл бұрын
We WILL do better, it may not be as fast as we all would like but it's coming and Archie was one of those who led the way
@louisegreen52282 жыл бұрын
I homeschool my six year daughter and when telling her about our ancestors history, the horrified look on her little face and her words were powerful “That’s so mean - why did they do that Mummy?” My answer - “I don’t know honey, I don’t know” and then we both cried for those children. 🙏🏼
@DD-bx8rb2 жыл бұрын
They took away white children too. The same policies were applied to all. Kids who were at risk from abuse or neglect were removed. Unfortunately, we Aboriginals had more problems as a group. We are told in the media to this day that we have more problems, so it cannot be denied. Removal of children, black or white, still occurs in our time on a smaller scale. We may now think past policies could have been better, but they were applied to all. "Stolen Generation" implies the policies were only applied to us Aboriginals, but the evidence shows we had, and still have, more problems. As Jacinta Price says, who cares if the family they went to were black or white, as long as they were given a better life.
@DD-bx8rb2 жыл бұрын
@@johnbarry8283 Governments and the politically correct Left have blood on their hands
@nikorri6373 Жыл бұрын
Cabbage tree
@untypicalemu55902 жыл бұрын
Rest Peacefully uncle Archie you will be missed uncle ❤️🖤💛
@smillsom2 жыл бұрын
Vale Archie Roach. His family has given permission for his imagery and music to continue to be used so his important stories can live on.
@Pantokrator-3 ай бұрын
Veiled and a good friend of the spirit of God. Resting in peaceful place.
@mightymayo81982 жыл бұрын
I can't listen to this song without crying. My Grandad was stolen from his Grandma. He didn't even remember that he had sisters until they found him when he was twenty. I'll always be grateful to Archie for telling his story - the story of so many Aboriginal people. RIP Archie. You're with Ruby now.
@eddykate3700 Жыл бұрын
I am not an Aboriginal woman but I am a mother. So many families were torn apart for such a long time in the interest of "assimilation." Three of my children have died from a genetic disease passed down from me, so I know how it feels to lose a child BUT I know where my kids are and how they died. So, so many parents of those stolen kids never ever got to see them again. So many enduring traditional cultures have been destroyed by the superior attitude of white societies world wide. It makes me quiver to admit I am white.
@SurprisedLeopard-lb2uu8 ай бұрын
So sorry same here I understand
@michaelgenias84913 жыл бұрын
I have always loved this song from Archie, not just dedicated to our aboriginal folk, but all mistreated and displaced indigenous people, native Americans, Africans, Armenians, Anatolian Greeks etc etc the world must change. Thanks for s great anthem Mr Roach
@adambegley42663 жыл бұрын
tears me up every time
@chaosbynature3 жыл бұрын
I'm trying not to ... failed.
@calebsmith88923 жыл бұрын
Im 44 bruz n still i get teary eyed, im Aussie n love you fellas, much love n respect, merry xmas n a safe new year from this Aussie gubha 👋👋🙏❤❤🇦🇺🇦🇺
@billybowen5433 жыл бұрын
good to hear
@nataliasteen60903 жыл бұрын
Me too ;(
@gtmumma3 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@harryopal2 жыл бұрын
A great loss. I had a son pass away in 1997. As a mixed race child he felt very deeply when subjected to racism. We played Archie Roach's song "Beautiful Child" at the funeral. Like so much Aboriginal music it is based on raw and powerful direct experience. Had the pleasure of seeing Archie Roach perform at a free concert at St Kilda in June. A great singer song writer.
@louisegreen5228 Жыл бұрын
I first listened to that song whilst driving, I had to pull over as I couldn’t see through my tears. I’m so sorry for you loss. I wish I could’ve had the pleasure to have met Archie Roach, but I feel his presence when I sing and play his songs on my guitar. It’s a truly spiritual experience. 🙏🏼
@SerinJameson2 жыл бұрын
Voice. Treaty. Truth. For the children who came back, and were never the same again.
@scottschubert64273 жыл бұрын
I will never forget living next door to Archie, Auntie Ruby, Eben and their family in Berri S.A Was such a privilege to sit and listen to my brothers and sisters music most nights. Miss you all. Scotty
@jamesmellett75563 жыл бұрын
What a great experience brother
@sprite33513 жыл бұрын
That incredible
@gtmumma3 жыл бұрын
Awesome !!! ✌💛🙏
@sx_65923 жыл бұрын
Yes
@jakebeckenham71462 жыл бұрын
That’s Incredible mate.
@rainemitchell3982 жыл бұрын
The pain in this song, the pain in his heart, the pain in his eyes as he sings his truth. It tears at your heart strings and brings tears. Vale Archie Roach … A great Australian, a wonderful story teller and musician. Your legacy will live on. ❤️
@cheezal23 жыл бұрын
As the white father of three aboriginal children,this song gets me everytime. The fear and rage of that father hits me the hardest,You would have to kill me before i let them take my children. The anguish and pain of the parents,and the fear the children must have experienced.
@micktaylorwolfcreekmechanical2 жыл бұрын
i feel the same pain my friend lets hope this never happens again
@zoijuvris742 жыл бұрын
Vale! Great honour to a great man for all you achieved and all you inspired.
@StarSans49932 жыл бұрын
I have never heard this precious song before. I have tears streaming down my face! This is so beautiful. It brings up so much sorrow and regret and despair and I feel it all. Those people were so wrong and so cruel. It was all so bad and so wrong and self serving and so much more that I could say. I am so sorry and I wish the government would make it all part of school, TAFE and University curriculum that the elders and others would come in and teach us about their culture, their beliefs, etc. we should know and we don’t. It is so wrong and such a shameful waste!
@StarSans49932 жыл бұрын
I don’t mean token teachings. I mean every day! Every year. Until it is part of each one of us. Knowledge brings understanding, empathy, respect and love and friendship for our fellow men, women and children. Sharing, giving, trust and faith is still weak because we don’t truly understand everything. and trust is weak. Where ever we are from we are all Australian …together. We should know our people. Our first people. They were and are the true guardians of this great place. They kept it pure for us and we have slowly brought it to today’s condition which is good but also not good depending on what and how you look at it.
@lasergirlnm2 жыл бұрын
I had never heard of this man until referred to this video by an Aussie friend. This song is so powerful and poignant, and the content - 'take my children away' - is so similar to what the powers-that-be in the US did to the Native Americans here. They forced parents to let them put their children into 'boarding schools' where the children were denied the right to learn of their heritage, denied the right even to speak their own language. Cruelty to those unlike us is abominable!!! Rest in Peace, Archie. Your work has earned you multiple gold stars in your crown.
@TURBONERD2 жыл бұрын
Rest in power king. We'll never forget your message of pain and love.
@vandenberg47922 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace Uncle, you leave many beautiful songs and memories ❤️ 🖤💛❤️
@suer61032 жыл бұрын
beautiful, heart wrenching, gives me shivers and I cry....for all the lost children, everywhere
@eustoncowboy2 жыл бұрын
RIP Archie. Australian legend.
@Brooksy_Australia2 жыл бұрын
R.I.P you are an amazing spirit and your energy will live on for endless generations 🖤💛♥️
@lucindablue80062 жыл бұрын
Such sad news. A great Australian man. His message so powerful. He taught us to be better people. Vale Archie. Rest in Peace. ❤️
@jarredkennedy6131 Жыл бұрын
Surely the most socially important song in Australian history. RIP, Mr. Roach.
@chrisbrown2940 Жыл бұрын
Missing you and aunt Ruby so much ,thank you for teaching so many people about the TRUTH of our County's history .🖤💛❤️
@stylewithaudra55702 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace Archie. I am a migrant to your beautiful country. I am learning all I can as a social work student to assist in community development and healing. Your people are always on my heart. Look down from the stars and see your people reborn and restored. God bless you.
@cheeko23karps762 жыл бұрын
Fuck we are strong people!!! Make me proud to see we are still hear for then for now and forever!!! Love you my people [--O--] 👣🔥🦘🦎✊🏾♥️💯 [--O--]
@kaylenebarrow11583 жыл бұрын
I have been going to Woodford Folk Festival for some 10 plus years & never had a real Woodford moment until I heard Archie sing this song that really bought me to tears as I related it to being adopted as I am.
@ultimobile2 жыл бұрын
I was wandering around the Woodford Folk Festival probably back in the 1980s when I idly walked past a stage where he was singing this - I wasn't paying attention but was surprised to find my face suddenly flooded with tears - what just happened !?!?!?
@samanthafroome8900 Жыл бұрын
My mum would sing this to me when I was a baby and young child. Now I sing it to my babies, she was apart of the stolen generation.. ❤ never forget. Walk in dreaming Uncle Archie Roach. Thank you for all of your beautiful songs. Forever I’ll listen, sing and play.
@loupollard65882 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your beautiful music, your songs will live in our hearts forever. Rest in power. Thank you for the gift you gave our country
@amyhowell90783 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and very powerful song ❤❤❤❤❤
@alexamalfoy91613 жыл бұрын
tears me up even more, im watching a live thing and archie is sick :( he is still singing with won of thoose... hospital things under his nose :( Im so sad
@Cyanide_and_Loneliness3 жыл бұрын
@KeenanWasTaken its to assist with breathing
@wsmama3 жыл бұрын
I'm hoping to hear Archie is doing better now? He is spreading healing to so many with these educating words. Colonialism damaged & killed millions and yet it isn't taught as history.
@toninoaquino55862 жыл бұрын
Great respect to Uncle Archie. A very moving performance.RIP UNCLE ARCHIE.
@sarahakkari44013 жыл бұрын
I listen to this everyday, never forgiving the government ever again. I will never look at the government the same way. Every time I listen to this song I just feel in pain. Imagine what they would've been through.
@dques2 жыл бұрын
🙏💙
@bloccboychinko40772 жыл бұрын
God ur prolly a UAP supporter
@analisafaletoi8112 жыл бұрын
Ive never heard of this man but seeing his death on the internet has made me wanted to hear his popular song. Now I'm listening to his song and I can just feel good spirit. Reading all these comments is just spirit moving. I'm of samoan race and knowing history has brought many of us closer. I see this song has history and I love that. RIP Archie, may Jehovah comfort your family and friends during this sad time. I'm sure you will be dearly missed by family, friends, and your community. Keep up the spirit! Long live the great people.
@Tonio-Flonio2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful mindset
@brentonthorogood54092 жыл бұрын
Archie roach,this man has a beautiful soul ,a man that has been through it all ,one of the stolen generation ,had a stroke and lost his loving partner ruby hunter but he still soldiered on to become who he is now,a great artist and a true legend of Australia's first people ,thank you Archie roach!
@johnsewell84082 жыл бұрын
Yes I concur mate 100 % .
@freedomof76_3 жыл бұрын
No pride in genocide. Never ceded. Peace and love to all my indigenous brothers and sisters. Keep fighting.
@KatzHartz2 жыл бұрын
Farewell Archie, spokesman for a generation, master storyteller. Thank you for the music, for the history lessons, for telling it like it was and for allowing many of us who knew no different to learn from you.
@paullees9192 Жыл бұрын
Finally I have the courage to say goodbye. His words ring true even now. A brilliant man who's voice will live on forever. I pay my respects to all of our indigenous past and present. bless him, his voice is perfect.
@agentfishy5343 жыл бұрын
Always was Always will be Aboriginal Land 🖤💛❤
@andrewwilkes5113 жыл бұрын
That right aboriginal people love an live
@agentfishy5343 жыл бұрын
@@andrewwilkes511 deadly bruh 🖤💛❤
@andrewwilkes5113 жыл бұрын
Cheers my brush
@agentfishy5343 жыл бұрын
@@andrewwilkes511 I know what you meant with brush you meant bruh
@sandycoolidge76093 жыл бұрын
I have been in deep shock and grief over the very recent discovery of 215 Indigenous children's bodies that were discovered at the Kamloops Residential School here in Canada. It is just over 100 km away from where I live and is a place where many of the Indigenous people in this area were forced to attend. Tonight I somehow came across this man's beautiful messages in song and they are like a balm to my soul...thank you, thank you Archie Roach!
@marksinnott16822 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately he passed away today. We lost a great man..
@billyjoechambers84942 жыл бұрын
@@gregmacdonald1414 So true
@andersej Жыл бұрын
@@gregmacdonald1414 And I'm sad to say that my country Denmark did a similar thing to the indigenous people of Greenland. Happy to have found this. I came to this via the Briggs song and for a long time, I preferred that song to Roach's original, but I got to say that the original song hit me hard this time around.
@Backwheelbandit33 Жыл бұрын
Uncle Archie, I Apologise for not hearing you before you left this world, thanks mate❤
@MrGluey6662 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your truthtelling, Uncle Archie. Your music gave a light where there needed to RIP 2022
@italiazianihope5177 ай бұрын
We are fighting for the rights of Australia and New Zealand people
@kerryfurnell69092 жыл бұрын
Goodbye Uncle Archie. Forever grateful for your words.
@gamebriz41632 жыл бұрын
One of the greats in Australian music, I was lucky enough to meet him in the mid 90's, a humble man. RIP Archie.
@lamaghee67223 жыл бұрын
This songs makes me cry when I heard this song I felt so sorry for those whos kids got taken away from there mothers and fathers god bless archie roach too deadly😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@lamaghee67222 жыл бұрын
REST IN PARADISE 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
@johnwhite18892 жыл бұрын
For so many children that were lost to their families. Rest in peace Archie.
@NathFilms2 жыл бұрын
Love you Archie, ur message will stay with me forever. 🦅❤️💛🖤
@kellyarnold10312 жыл бұрын
This song gets me every time I hear it, my father and his siblings are from the stolen generation and to.this day we don't know our clan, our culture, our language nothing, my sons and I and my future generations will never know our clan. My father and his siblings suffered abuse and cruelty at the hands of the orphanage (the nuns and preists) , my fathers tells of how they beat them and other nasty things they done to them. It angers me and breaks my heart at the same time. R.I.P Mr Roach. ❤💛🖤.
@thawngthabik47043 жыл бұрын
Man.. this song hits me hard, you don't know how it feels when your child gets taken away.. I feel bad for the indigenous.. God bless you all :) -With love
@tanias48772 жыл бұрын
archie you're a legend, deep respect brother!
@justinepickard23332 жыл бұрын
A legendary man who will live on with his music. A lesson in a dark history, thank you Archie.
@tracylf54092 жыл бұрын
RIP, dear Archie Roach. Thank you for everything. xx
@katiecatalano88253 жыл бұрын
We love you arch
@moogieinspace2 жыл бұрын
Rest with the Ancestors Uncle Archie now you are Reunited with your sweet Love Aunty Ruby, you deserve Peace, you gave so much to so many, we will miss you as will so many your presence was big and there is a big empty space that you filled so well, All our love Forever and Always Phylis and Blossom xxx 😭 ✨🌿👣🖤💛❤👣🌿✨
@vivienneblack8582 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace Archie I had the luck to meet you some years ago I was in awe of your singing and the peace surrounding you . My husband Ian a proud Wadawurrung man introduced me to your music . Thank you
@chorister200020002 жыл бұрын
I have been listening to this song on and off for the last 28 hours.
@suzannefagan75713 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and a beautiful soul xxx
@suzannefagan75713 жыл бұрын
I should not be sitting here wondering about you when I waited 3 1/2 years for you to get out and be with me we had dreams and plans and your shit in my face get off the drugs and improve your life and No woman will stand by you like I have ever ever ever you have cut me a part even madi said she couldn’t do it doesn’t that make me exceptional? U call me a nutter far from it I wasn’t a nutter when I drove every second week on my government benefit to see u! Short memory Marvan short memory !
@suzannefagan75713 жыл бұрын
I miss u M x
@gordonjohnson62942 жыл бұрын
Your song's will never die lost a great singer 💞 my heart goes out to the family
@user-mq4tm4hn5q2 ай бұрын
This song gave me shivers because of the saddening lyrics😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😭😭😭😭😭😭
@tanr91042 жыл бұрын
Vale Archie. Thank you for everything.
@flamingo79882 жыл бұрын
A strong man who sang the truth. RIP true Australian
@IwannagiveJesusabighug Жыл бұрын
As a person with aboriginal Australians as my friends, this song is a very heartfelt song
@Robil633 жыл бұрын
Absolutely heart-crushing every time. How these guys can make something so beautiful out of such unthinkably terrible things is beyond me.
@Angel-sj1gc2 жыл бұрын
My Deepest Condolences and Respect to Uncle Archie Roach Family.Last night at the Wollongong NAIDOC Awards I've received news of Uncle Archie passing 😢 May he Rest In Peace 🙏🏾✊🏾 and Fly 🦅High amongst the clouds back to his Dream Time.Thank you Uncle Archie for giving me Hope & Strength through my " Spiritual " Journey.As a Survivor from the Past, you will always be in my twin sister and my heart. 🖤💛❤️
@grahamking23564 ай бұрын
Black, white, pink or whatever, such a beautiful song that makes your heart beat and your emotions stir, and for a 77yo Caucasian a few tears to my eyes. RIP Archie and you'll bring joy wherever you lay.
@karenmichael6862 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace Archie, you loved your people and your country, we thank you for bringing to light the fact that they took us away from our mother and father, and broke us up as people. I'm one of the stolen generation and today I'm grateful that you were gifted with song. My deepest condolences to the family and friends of yours. Your inspiration is legendary and I for one will be telling my grandchildren of the spiritual man named Archie Roach. R I P beautiful man.❣️
@casperblackcat19752 жыл бұрын
Rest peacefully Archie you were such an amazing songwriter & storyteller your memory will always live on through your music.
@beauchamp1763 Жыл бұрын
RIP ARCHIE, You will be missed and you have left this world a wonderful legacy through your music and wisdom...
@smartliving44642 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful song about a sad sad time in our history, thank you Archie 💖💖
@DD-bx8rb2 жыл бұрын
They took away white children too. The same policies were applied to all. Kids who were at risk from abuse or neglect were removed. Unfortunately, we Aboriginals had more problems as a group. We are told in the media to this day that we have more problems, so it cannot be denied. Removal of children, black or white, still occurs in our time on a smaller scale. We may now think past policies could have been better, but they were applied to all. "Stolen Generation" implies the policies were only applied to us Aboriginals, but the evidence shows we had, and still have, more problems. As Jacinta Price says, who cares if the family they went to were black or white, as long as they were given a better life.
@trinaparker77622 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a song that has meaning to me. My mum was from stolen generation. You'll be missed.
@l0k0lightning51 Жыл бұрын
R.I.P Archie. Thanks for giving indigenous people a voice
@tobbyingo19733 жыл бұрын
you can actually feel his pain, so good 😥
@eeejaybee31372 жыл бұрын
such an incredible song
@garla79833 жыл бұрын
My nana was ‘lucky’ enough to not have been taken, because she along with her family were considered good aboriginal people working on a farm. By 5 she was sent to Nazareth house, which was a boarding school where they taught them to be white. She lost all her culture and it has had a lasting effect on our family. Love this song though, and it’s meaning.
@DD-bx8rb2 жыл бұрын
They took away white children too. The same policies were applied to all. Kids who were at risk from abuse or neglect were removed. Unfortunately, we Aboriginals had more problems as a group. We are told in the media to this day that we have more problems, so it cannot be denied. Removal of children, black or white, still occurs in our time on a smaller scale. We may now think past policies could have been better, but they were applied to all. "Stolen Generation" implies the policies were only applied to us Aboriginals, but the evidence shows we had, and still have, more problems. As Jacinta Price says, who cares if the family they went to were black or white, as long as they were given a better life.
@sarahbirchall4071 Жыл бұрын
The World was a better place with Uncle Archie. Thank you so much.
@mervynwilkinson92534 ай бұрын
The POWER of MUSIC and LYRICS to CHANGE the World...!
@kyliedavies16952 жыл бұрын
Vale Archie Roach. Thank you
@LarkBird72 жыл бұрын
Fly high with the eagles dearest Archie 🎶 🦅🎶
@MARTINRLAPREA2 жыл бұрын
Desde Venezuela abrazamos la canción de nuestro uncle Archie y la lucha contra toda opresión.
@portiahocking1854 Жыл бұрын
Thats really nice to hear this song its a real story and loved. Loved it Archie
@alicejordan7813 Жыл бұрын
Archie - all over the world, you made such a difference in our lives. Alice, Colorado, USA
@micktaylorwolfcreekmechanical2 жыл бұрын
RIP Archie my youngest child is named after you
@gtmumma3 жыл бұрын
TIM FINN!! now that was a pleasant surprise ... Such a heart breaking song...true!
@debrahilton49312 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace Legend. Your legacy will live on..in your stories, your music and your family. Thank you for sharing your gift. 🖤❤💛
@classicrockstation2 жыл бұрын
You hear the song, remember what happened and immediately something brutal crushes your soul, a suspended scream, tears that don't come, how did they dare? how could they produce such absurdity? Thank you Archie! Go in peace! *8 January 1956 + 30 July 2022
@mervynwilkinson92534 ай бұрын
If we have a message, show the passion, know our WHY...we can change the world with our song!
@357HFC Жыл бұрын
Such a Great piece of Music about such a terrible period in this country's history. Many children need protection from their environment, but not based on colour. RIP
@louisetodman58 Жыл бұрын
I’m very proud and honestly very grateful that I sing this song in our choir as I’m the lead of it as I also have worked with the indigenous people with my mum god rest her soul and stepdad whom is alive as they worked for over five years in remote indigenous communities up north in Western Australia 🇦🇺 so as I said I’m proud and very sad but grateful Thankyou Archie may you rest in peace
@jaredmk48972 жыл бұрын
Rest easy uncle
@rickykrons93612 жыл бұрын
Love u uncle 💙
@jellybebe27532 жыл бұрын
RIP to a talented, generous man. Keeping the true history of this land from people continues the colonial genocide and brutality
@writerman242 Жыл бұрын
Ah Archie Rest easy brother. This song is the most important of the songs of our country
@shalininestor2 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace Archie ❤️
@christinagilford83942 жыл бұрын
I am a elderly white English woman who was adopted at eight weeks. Ask anyone separated from their family and it is a pain that dominates your life. Thank you Archie for put words to their pain. I wish I had meet you.
@DD-bx8rb2 жыл бұрын
They took away white children too. The same policies were applied to all. Kids who were at risk from abuse or neglect were removed. Unfortunately, we Aboriginals had more problems as a group. We are told in the media to this day that we have more problems, so it cannot be denied. Removal of children, black or white, still occurs in our time on a smaller scale. We may now think past policies could have been better, but they were applied to all. "Stolen Generation" implies the policies were only applied to us Aboriginals, but the evidence shows we had, and still have, more problems. As Jacinta Price says, who cares if the family they went to were black or white, as long as they were given a better life.
@christinagilford83942 жыл бұрын
@@DD-bx8rb the black children were taken away to be gradually become white children. Horrible, as.if white people have been more attractive and intelligent around the World. And the church's that took children their natural mothers were also appalling. Obviously.some.children.who.have drug addicted,.or just indifferent mother's should be helped but in a sensitive way but it is best for children who have mothers who would have loved them to keep them
@DD-bx8rb2 жыл бұрын
@@christinagilford8394 The parents were unable to raise them properly, alcohol, malnutrition, unsupervised, sexual abuse and physical abuse. The same policy applied to black and white, alike. As Jacinta Price says, if the safest place for them to go is a white family, safety is what matters. THere was no genocide, no stolen generation. As an aboriginal I want to have a National Thankyou Day to thank Australia for our education, improved health learning English and becoming part of the global community! (haha no chance of that because it doesnt fit Critical Race Theory and the narrative of the evil European Colonisers) Look how far we have come since preEuropean tribal days when the European explorers documented how our women were frequently bashed and our infants left to die without food. It was a very vilolent society of war and domestic violence and we have to come to term with the truth of history instead of dividing everyone.
@christinagilford83942 жыл бұрын
@@DD-bx8rb you know far more than I do D D. I wasn't even born in Australia and I don't want to.be a bleeding heart but the only thing I do know is the seperation of a mother and her child leaves a dreadful mess. I wish you all the best. Christina
@DD-bx8rb2 жыл бұрын
@@christinagilford8394 Hi Christina, in the ideal situation I would agree with you. But we are talking about situations that were not ideal, as in the things I mentioned in my last post. At the end of the day we are all human and part of the human race. I am aware that Critical Race theory seeks to divide us. Many Aboriginal Australians are sick of the division and manipulation.
@glynngrauer3962 Жыл бұрын
Omg unk RIP REST EASY wat a man ay you will be missed fly high One day we will meet tel my family dad'nan'bro,Danny our little angel 😇 we never met fly high
@rossfranklin27822 жыл бұрын
Rest easy uncle Archie ♥️
@BRONZALiVE Жыл бұрын
Goddamn this brings back so many memories to primary school, we covered all these topic and the unfair history of indigenous Australians and Roach was a big part of the unit, bloody legend❤
@scalefish2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for everything Archie.
@maryamvantonder98152 жыл бұрын
Wawawawaw you are good, never heard a beautiful voice since Bob Marley..... I'm in love with your voice waw man it's beautiful and very clear the music is great.... you tel us a story in your music. Greatings Miriam
@maryamvantonder98152 жыл бұрын
I'm humble but I'm n followers for ĺong time.... I am also on your brother channel when I heard you passed, I cry i lost. My apologies to the family and friend's, for losing a great musician friend my Abba Father Yah bring comfort in you family. Greatings Miriam.