A Fortunate Life
1986 · 1 season · 4 eps · ★ 5.0 · Drama
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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.
Directed by Marcus Cole · Written by Ken Kelso
Network: Nine Network
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- D Dorothy Allison Grandma Carr
- D Dale Randall Roy Facey
- J John Ley Eric Facey
- A Anthony Richards Bert (9 Years)
- B Benedict Sweeney Bert (14 Years)
- D Dominic Sweeney Bert
- P Pat Bishop Alice McCall
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Paul Sonkkila Archie McCall - J Jeffrey Rhoe Jock McKay
- M Maurie Ogden Cop
- L Leslie Wright Jack Lander
- R Raelene Hughes Young Alice McCall
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