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A Fortunate Life
Apr 27, 1986
1h 30m
AU
- Drama
Seasons and episodes
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
Grandma CarrDale Randall
Roy FaceyJohn Ley
Eric FaceyAnthony Richards
Bert (9 Years)Benedict Sweeney
Bert (14 Years)Dominic Sweeney
BertPat Bishop
Alice McCall
Paul Sonkkila
Archie McCallJeffrey Rhoe
Jock McKayMaurie Ogden
CopLeslie Wright
Jack LanderRaelene Hughes
Young Alice McCall
Val Lehman
Bert's Mother
Ray Meagher
Bad Bob
Bill Hunter
Charlie Bibby