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1 Anthony Merlino Review of Archie Roach, Tell Me Why : The Story of My Life and My Music Anthony Merlino , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Biography and History , August no. 5 2021; (p. 281-286)
— Review of Tell Me Why : The Story of My Life and My Music Archie Roach , 2019 single work autobiography

'On 25 January 1988, Archie Roach broke silences and unsettled history. Standing on a makeshift stage in La Perouse, Sydney—and armed with a guitar—Roach strummed one chord. And then he sang:

This story’s right, this story’s true

I would not tell lies to you

Like the promises they did not keep

And how they fenced us in like sheep.

Said to us come take our hand

Sent us off to mission land.

Taught us to read, to write and pray

Then they took the children away,

Took the children away, T

he children away.

Snatched from their mother’s breast

Said this is for the best

Took them away

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