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“You can reach the darkest point in our life and come back, and come good, even better.”
On his past suicide attempt and the high suicide rate amongst Aboriginal people in “Archie Roach: 'You can reach the darkest point in our life and come back, and come good'” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/06/archie-roach-you-can-reach-the-darkest-point-in-our-life-and-come-back-and-come-good in The Guardian (2019 Nov 6)
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