Donald Stuart was born in Cottesloe, Western Australia[1] and apart from his time spent overseas during World War II, he lived all his life in that state.
Stuart left home at age 14 and began a career as a swagman (an itinerant who wandered the roads seeking casual work).
He travelled through much of northern Western Australia finding work on cattle stations and it was during these years that he came into close contact with Aborigines.
In Stuart's own words: "We built a railway from near Bangkok to near Rangoon—thousands of us POWs starved, scourged, racked with malaria, dysentery, beri-beri, pellagra and stinking tropical ulcers that ate a leg to the bone.
Prince of My Country recounts the story of an Aboriginal station owner who makes a success of running his business, against all odds.