Article 655FF Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter to be celebrated with statue in Fitzroy

Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter to be celebrated with statue in Fitzroy

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Sian Cain
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A sculpture honouring the late First Nations musicians will be unveiled next year on the streets they knew so well, with support from Victorian government

The late singer-songwriters Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter, partners in both life and music, are to be honoured with a statue in Fitzroy next year.

The statue, which has yet to be commissioned and designed, will be overseen by members of Roach and Hunter's families, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Council and Yarra city council.

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