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Rowan McNamara

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Biography

Rowan McNamara makes his screen debut in Samson & Delilah. He hails from the Aboriginal Community of Santa Teresa, 80km southeast of Alice Springs. He and his family now live in Hidden Valley town camp in Alice Springs. English is a second language for Rowan – at home he speaks the language of his people, Eastern Arrente. Rowan is a keen AFL footballer and is an obsessed fan of Essendon Football Club. He’s travelled Australia playing football with his school.

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Samson and Delilah

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The Bush Doesn't Care If You Understand It

Crocodile Dundee sold the Outback as a punchline. The films that follow take the same landscape and let it bite back.

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