What is Archie Roach?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Archie Roach | honorific_suffix = [[Order of Australia|AM]] | image = Archie Roach 2016.jpg | caption = Roach in 2016 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|1|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Mooroopna]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|7|30|1956|1|8|df=y}} | death_place = [[Warrnambool]], Victoria, Australia | birth_name = Archibald William Roach | origin = | instrument = Vocals, [[six-string guitar]] | genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[world music|world]], roots | occupation = Musician, songwriter | years_active = 1980s–2022 | label = [[Mushroom Records|Mushroom]], [[Liberation Music]], [[ABC Music]] | associated_acts = The Altogethers, [[Ruby Hunter]] | website = }} '''Archibald William Roach''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (8 January 1956 – 30 July 2022) was an [[Indigenous Australians|aboriginal]]-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. Roach was born in [[Mooroopna, Victoria|Mooroopna]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria, Australia]].<ref name=heads>Abc.net.au,. 2008. 'Talking Heads - Archie Roach And Ruby Hunter'. Accessed June 8 2015. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/talkingheads/txt/s22</ref> His songs are popular in the Australian Aboriginal community. == Early Life == At the age of three or four, Roach was taken from his family by the [[Australian government]]. His two sisters were also taken away. After spending time in an orphanage, he was raised in [[Melbourne, Australia]], by a white family, who had moved to Melbourne from [[Scotland]].<ref name=allmusic>AllMusic,. 2015. 'Archie Roach | Biography | Allmusic'. Accessed June 8 2015. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/archie-roach-mn0000601551/biography</ref> As a teenager, Roach ran away from home to look for his biological parents.<ref name=allmusic/> After running away, while homeless and abusing alcohol, Roach met his wife, musician [[Ruby Hunter]]. During t