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27/04/1986 Drama 1h 30m
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Overview

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.

Top billed cast

  1. Dorothy Allison

    Grandma Carr

  2. Dale Randall

    Roy Facey

  3. John Ley

    Eric Facey

  4. Anthony Richards

    Bert (9 Years)

  5. Benedict Sweeney

    Bert (14 Years)

  6. Dominic Sweeney

    Bert

  7. Pat Bishop

    Alice McCall

  8. Paul Sonkkila

    Archie McCall

  9. Jeffrey Rhoe

    Jock McKay

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Current Season

Season 1

 1986 | 4 Episodes

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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
A Fortunate Life

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