Donald Stuart

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Donald Stuart


Born
in Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
September 13, 1913

Died
August 25, 1983

Genre

Influences
Aboriginal legends and folklore


Donald Robert Stuart spent most of his life in Western Australia. He left home at age 14 and began a career as a swagman, that is 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.

Donald Stuart volunteered at the start of WWII for the 2nd AIF. He saw service in the Middle East as a 2/3rd Machine Gunner and then in Java, Indonesia, where he was captured by the Japanese. He then spent three and a half years as a POW and was sent to work on the infamous Burma Railway, a purgatory from which many did not return.

He published some fifteen books, including novels and memoirs,
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Average rating: 4.07 · 29 ratings · 12 reviews · 37 distinct works
The Driven

4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1961 — 4 editions
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Haunted Taverns

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007
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Malloonkai

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1976
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Crank Back On Roller

3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1979
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Wedgetail View

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1978
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Yaralie

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1962 — 2 editions
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I Think I'll Live

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1981
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Ilbarana

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1971 — 3 editions
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Prince of My Country

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1974 — 2 editions
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Yandy

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1959
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