Archie Roach recognised with 2023 Australia Day honour after his death

Other recipients include former Liberal NSW minister Pru Goward, restaurateur Kylie Kwong, GP Norman Swan and actor David Wenham

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A year after his death, Archie Roach – singer, activist, and one of the country’s “most important storytellers” – has been recognised with a 2023 Australia Day honour.

The Gunditjmara-Bundjalung elder has been appointed a companion of the Order of Australia (AC) “for eminent service to the performing arts as a songwriter and musician, to Indigenous rights and reconciliation, and through support for emerging First Nations artists”.

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