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TAGGED: Australian musicians
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Archie Roach collection

The powerful songs of Archie Roach (1956–2022) tell his story of heartbreaking loss, love and healing through music.

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Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter

Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter were partners in life and music for more than 35 years before Ruby's death in 2010.

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Protest and Play at 1970s Music Festivals

Music festivals in the 1970s offered unprecedented opportunities for enterprising promoters and homegrown musicians, and were spaces where participants enacted ideals of counterculture and community building.

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David Bridie / All India Radio: Reconstructions

Cover art for David Bridie / All India Radio album Reconstructions from Zenith Records. 

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Rare footage of David Gulpilil dancing, 1979

This exquisite home movie featuring David Gulpilil, David Bylanadii (Blanasi) on didjeridu, dancer Dick Plummer, and songman Djoli 'Jolly Lajwong

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Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter in London

Ruby Hunter and Archie Roach were photographed on tour in London in 1993 by Tim Webster.

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Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter

A portrait of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter taken in 2008, two years before Ruby died at the age of 54. The two had been together for 38 years.

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Kyana Corroboree: Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter perform Louis St John

At the official opening of the Kyana festival of Aboriginal arts, music and dance, on the Perth Esplanade in February 1993, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter perform the song 'Louis St John'.

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Archie Roach: A musical family

Archie Roach talks about his musical family.

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Awaye!: Archie and Ruby – Soul Partners

On the ABC Radio National program AWAYE!, Archie Roach talks to host Daniel Browning about his partner in life and music, Ruby Hunter.