Aboriginal singer’s 1990 ballad about the Stolen Generation is among 10 songs added to the National Film and Sound Archive’s registry of culturally significant recordings.
Roach’s heartfelt ballad, ‘Took the Children Away’, was included in the NFSA’s Sounds of Australia register alongside nine other recordings, including the 1969 pop song ‘The Real Thing’ by Russell Morris and a 1987 environmental recording of a lyrebird.