Crowds farewell Archie Roach on rumbling last ride through Melbourne streets
by Lorena Allam from World news | The Guardian on (#62RQB)
Beloved Gunditjmara Bundjalung songman's hearse accompanied by Southern Warriors Aboriginal motorcycle club
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The roar of motorcycles was a loud and proud final escort for an otherwise quiet man.
The beloved Gunditjmara Bundjalung songman Archie Roach, who died last month aged 66, took his last ride down the Melbourne city streets he knew so well on Monday morning, in a black Chrysler valiant hearse with the Aboriginal flag on the side. He was accompanied by the Southern Warriors Aboriginal motorcycle club.
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