Charcoal Lane is the debut studio album by Australian singer song writer Archie Roach, released in 1990.

[2] In 2009 the old Aboriginal Health Service building at 136 Gertrude Street was converted into a social enterprise restaurant, which was called Charcoal Lane[2] at the request of the local Koori community,[3] and provided training for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people.

[4][5] It closed its doors in August 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the building being returned to the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service.

[12] Rolling Stone said "In the best singer-songwriter tradition, Charcoal Lane is deeply moving in both personal and political terms".

[11] A 25th Anniversary Edition of the album was released in November 2015; including the original disc plus new interpretations by Australian artists and five live recordings from 1990.