Archie Roach
Archie Roach | Photo by Phil Nitchie

Archie Roach Posthumously Awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia

Six months after his death at age 66, legendary Gunditjmara (Kirrae Whurrong/Djab Wurrung) and Bundjalung singer-songwriter and activist Archie Roach has been posthumously awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).

Roach has been awarded the honour for his “eminent service to the performing arts as a songwriter and musician, to Indigenous rights and reconciliation, and through support for emerging First Nations artists.”…

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