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A Fortunate Life

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Plot

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.

Cast

Dorothy Allison as Grandma Carr
Dorothy Allison

as Grandma Carr

Dale Randall as Roy Facey
Dale Randall

as Roy Facey

John Ley as Eric Facey
John Ley

as Eric Facey

Anthony Richards as Bert (9 Years)
Anthony Richards

as Bert (9 Years)

Benedict Sweeney as Bert (14 Years)
Benedict Sweeney

as Bert (14 Years)

Dominic Sweeney as Bert
Pat Bishop as Alice McCall
Pat Bishop

as Alice McCall

Paul Sonkkila as Archie McCall
Paul Sonkkila

as Archie McCall

Jeffrey Rhoe as Jock McKay
Jeffrey Rhoe

as Jock McKay

Maurie Ogden as Cop
Maurie Ogden

as Cop

Network

Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • April 27, 1986

Last Aired Date

  • April 30, 1986

Production Companies

  • PBL Productions

Type

  • Miniseries

Number of Season

  • 1

Number of Episodes

  • 4

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1986|4 Episodes

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