A Fortunate Life
A Fortunate Life

A Fortunate Life

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1986- 1986
1 Seasons
4 Episodes
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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.

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Dorothy Allison

Grandma Carr

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Dale Randall

Roy Facey

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John Ley

Eric Facey

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Anthony Richards

Bert (9 Years)

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Benedict Sweeney

Bert (14 Years)

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Dominic Sweeney

Bert

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Pat Bishop

Alice McCall

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Paul Sonkkila

Archie McCall

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Jeffrey Rhoe

Jock McKay

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Maurie Ogden

Cop

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Leslie Wright

Jack Lander

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Raelene Hughes

Young Alice McCall

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Val Lehman

Bert's Mother

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Ray Meagher

Bad Bob

Ray Meagher
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Bill Hunter

Charlie Bibby

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Bill Kerr

Narrator (voice)

Bill Kerr

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