"Took the Children Away" is a song written and recorded by Australian singer Archie Roach.

The song was included on Roach's debut studio album Charcoal Lane.

He performed the track on a community radio station in Melbourne and on an Indigenous current affairs program.

Australian musician Paul Kelly invited Roach to open his concert early in 1989, where he performed "Took the Children Away".

[4] The song became significant as it was released at a time when there was increasing public focus on the Stolen Generations.