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A young girl in Brisbane–'partly Ceylonese Tamil, and wholly Australian, but my Romani grandmother made sure I never forgot my other heritage'–discovers that marketing her jewellery business as 'The Faerie-Maker' is not likely to endear her to the fairy queen.