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A statue of music legends Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter has been erected at a famous Indigenous gathering place in Melbourne's inner north.
A large crowd gathered at Atherton Gardens in Fitzroy on Saturday afternoon for a celebration of the new artwork, which is a tribute to the song-writing couple.
Their son, Amos Roach, said the statue and its location were exciting for his family, many of whom attended the unveiling.
Amos Roach spent part of his childhood in Fitzroy and has fond memories of his parents and family at Atherton Gardens, where the statue now stands. (ABC News: Mietta Adams)
"It's a place of cultural significance because it was a meeting place, it's an old camp," the 46-year-old told the ABC.
"I was a parkie baby when I was born … and I still come here."
"It feels right that [their statues] are here."
Atherton Gardens is special also because his father reunited there with his biological family for the first time, as did many Aboriginal survivors of the Stolen Generations.
Both Uncle Archie and Aunty Ruby were members of the Stolen Generations — Aboriginal children who were forcibly removed from their families by Australian government authorities to live with white families.
The statue of Archie Roach includes a guitar in the colours of the Aboriginal flag. (ABC News: Mietta Adams)
Mr Roach said his parents' music "changed the way white Australia looks at itself".
"It can really move people, it touches people. It's very spiritual and cultural music too."
He also said the honouring of First Nations people was welcome in the context of many other non-Indigenous statues around the city.
"It's very important all around the country that we have statues of our First Peoples so that people know who they are and what it is they actually did."
Aunty Ruby, a Ngarrindjeri woman and pioneering singer-songwriter, died in 2010.
The statue was unveiled along with a celebration in Fitzroy on Saturday. (ABC News: Mietta Adams)
Their statues were commissioned by the Yarra City Council in partnership with the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation and Victorian government.
The statues are made by local artist Darien Pullen and the surrounding park space was designed by Melbourne-based architect Jefa Greenaway (Wailwan/Kamilaroi) and landscape architect Paul Herzich (Kaurna/Ngarrindjeri).
The suburb of Fitzroy has featured in Uncle Archie's music, including the album Charcoal Lane named after a lane off nearby Gertrude Street.
Fitzroy has been a hub of political activism and resistance for Aboriginals in Victoria and is where many Aboriginal organisations have begun.
Uncle Archie's sister, Myrtle Roach, said Atherton Gardens, where the statues were erected, would always be a place of "treasured memories" for her family.
"It's only fitting my brother's statue and dear Ruby find its permanent place there for all my people and the community to share," she said.