Took the children away / Archie Roach ; with illustrations by Ruby Hunter
- Bib ID:
- 8544598
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Roach, Archie, 1955-2022, author
- Description:
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- Cammeray, NSW : Simon & Schuster Australia, 2020
- ©2010
- 1 volume : colour illustrations ; 27 x 31 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781760857219
- Summary:
-
Archie Roach AM's deeply personal song, 'Took the Children Away', from his 1990 debut album, Charcoal Lane, was the first song ever to receive a prestigious Australian Human Rights Award. Its impact was immediate, shining a stark light on Australia's shameful past practices of removing children from their families. The song also speaks of love and reconnection and has travelled across seas into the hearts of First Nations communities everywhere. One dark day, when Archie was just two years old, big black government cars came to his home at Framlingham Aboriginal Mission in southwest Victoria. They forcibly took Archie away from his mother, father and family - everything he had ever known. They took away thousands of other Aboriginal children, right around Australia. Powerful people had decided that these children would be better off living and learning all the white man's ways. Frightened and alone, they grew up in institutions and foster homes. They became known as the Stolen Generations. Ruby Hunter was one of those children too, only eight when she was taken from the loving arms of her grandmother living on the Coorong in South Australia. Archie and Ruby met and fell in love as homeless teenagers and Archie started writing songs to help ease his pain. Archie's songs, loved by fans worldwide, tell a powerful story of survival and renewal, and the healing power of music. In this special 30th anniversary edition, Archie's iconic lyrics sit alongside evocative illustrations by his beloved soulmate and musical collaborator, Ruby Hunter. Also included are Archie's recollections of his family and rare historical photographs.
- Notes:
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- Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, recordings, images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive.
- Ages: 8 - 14.
- Subject:
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- Stolen generations (Australia)
- Songs, Australian -- Texts
- Songs, Aboriginal Australian -- Texts
- Aboriginal Australians -- Music
- Aboriginal Australians -- Music -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature
- Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations
- Literature and stories - Juvenile
- Music - Vocal
- Australian
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander content
- Australian history
- Other authors/contributors:
- Hunter, Ruby, 1955-2010, illustrator
- Also Titled:
- Took the children away : the iconic song of the Stolen Generations
- Terms of Use:
- Copyright © Archie Roach 2010. Paintings copyright © Ruby Hunter. Paintings copyright © Peter Hudson.
- Available From:
- Australian Prepublication Data Service
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2092 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2022
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2010
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