CinemaOSSeries · 1986 · 1 Season

A Fortunate Life

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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.

Status: Ended
Language: EN
First aired: April 27, 1986
Last aired: April 30, 1986
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4

Network

Nine Network

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited

Starring

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

Paul Sonkkila

Archie McCall

Jeffrey Rhoe

Jock McKay

Maurie Ogden

Cop

Creative team

Written by: Ken Kelso

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