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A Fortunate Life

A Fortunate Life

Apr 27, 1986 1h 30m AU
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  • Drama

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Synopsis

At eight years old, an impoverished Bert Facey was forced to start the backbreaking, dawn-to-dusk life of a farm labourer. Unschooled, his father dead, abandoned by his mother, by the age of twenty he had survived the rigours of pioneering the harsh Australian bush and the slaughter of the bloody WWI campaign at Gallipoli.

Title A Fortunate Life
First Air Date Apr 27, 1986
Last Air Date Apr 30, 1986
Episodes 4
Seasons 1
Companies PBL Productions
Keywords world war i, biography, australia, miniseries, colonialism, 18th century, historical drama, gallipoli campaign
Dorothy Allison

Dorothy Allison

Grandma Carr
John Ley

John Ley

Eric Facey
Anthony Richards

Anthony Richards

Bert (9 Years)
Benedict Sweeney

Benedict Sweeney

Bert (14 Years)
Pat Bishop

Pat Bishop

Alice McCall
Paul Sonkkila

Paul Sonkkila

Archie McCall
Jeffrey Rhoe

Jeffrey Rhoe

Jock McKay
Leslie Wright

Leslie Wright

Jack Lander
Raelene Hughes

Raelene Hughes

Young Alice McCall
Val Lehman

Val Lehman

Bert's Mother
Bill Hunter

Bill Hunter

Charlie Bibby
Bill Kerr

Bill Kerr

Narrator (voice)