A Fortunate Life

A Fortunate Life

Limited Series 1986 · 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 Henri Safran · Written by Ken Kelso

Network: Nine Network

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Cast

Dorothy Allison Grandma Carr
Dale Randall Roy Facey
John Ley Eric Facey
Anthony Richards Bert (9 Years)
Benedict Sweeney Bert (14 Years)
Dominic Sweeney Bert
Pat Bishop Alice McCall
Paul Sonkkila Archie McCall
Jeffrey Rhoe Jock McKay
Maurie Ogden Cop
Leslie Wright Jack Lander
Raelene Hughes Young Alice McCall

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