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Andrew Stafford

'It's been a good life': desert ranger hangs up hat

Being a ranger helped Don Rowlands speak for himself, his people and his country. (Andrew Stafford/AAP PHOTOS)

When he was a little boy, Aboriginal people weren't allowed in town so Don Rowlands lived on the banks of the Diamantina River.

Sometimes at night he'd see ghostly white figures creeping through the camp outside Birdsville, in the border country of far west Queensland.

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