Herb Laughton

Laughton was born on 7 February 1927 on a rocky outcrop on the edge of the Todd River in Alice Spring to Simon Rieff, a Russian miner, and a local Aboriginal woman whose name is not recorded. As a toddler he was taken from his mother, who he wouldn't see again till he was in his 20s, and was sent to The Bungalow, which was then at the Jay Creek site. When he was five The Bungalow moved to the Telegraph Station site and he walked, with a group, the 48 km distance from one to another. In 2005 he was inducted into the hall of fame at Music NT's Indigenous Music Awards. His songs have been covered by Buddy Williams (2), Auriel Andrew and Trevor Adamson.