Arrernte/Gurindji singer-songwriter Dan Sultan has covered the late Archie Roach‘s monumental song ‘Took the Children Away’ as the latest entry in Mushroom Group‘s ongoing Mushroom 50 project.

SUBJECTS: History YEARS: 3–4, 5–6. Uncle Archie explains the story behind ‘Took The Children Away’ and reads the lyrics to the song illustrated through Aunty Ruby Hunter’s drawings.

Archie Roach performed his seminal 1990 song ‘Took The Children Away’ at this year’s ARIA Awards ceremony tonight (November 25), before being inducted into the awards’ Hall of Fame. Roach ...

Archie Roach, the ARIA-Award-winning Indigenous singer whose hit song Took the Children Away became an anthem for the stolen generation, has died at the age of 66.

A social commentary song released Friday ahead of NAIDOC, which tributes musician great Archie Roach AM’s They Took the Children Away, celebrates the strength of Australia’s First Peoples.