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All I need to understand is the unwritten law of warriors, he said firmly. And women and children are never sent to do our work without our protection. He pointed to the trees, emphatically. That's the language I share with them.

Melina Marchetta

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Melina Marchetta
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 25
Screenwriter
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Carmelina Marchetta
Understand
Sent
Women
Warrior
Without
Trees
Need
Protection
Emphatically
Children
Tree
Unwritten
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Share
Warriors
Work
Law
Pointed
Never
Language
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