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, 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.

Archie Roach, Aboriginal singer who shamed Australia with his song Took the Children Away – obituary Though forcibly taken from his family as a toddler, he said: ‘I’m not bitter.