A Fortunate Life
4
1986-04-27
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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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.
First Aired
1986-04-27
Last Aired
1986-04-30
Seasons
1
Episodes
4
Director
Status
Ended
Genres
Drama
Language
English
Network
Nine Network
Production
PBL Productions
Casts
Dorothy Allison
Dorothy AllisonDale Randall
Dale RandallJohn Ley
John LeyAnthony Richards
Anthony RichardsBenedict Sweeney
Benedict SweeneyDominic Sweeney
Dominic SweeneyPat Bishop
Pat Bishop
Paul Sonkkila
Paul SonkkilaJeffrey Rhoe
Jeffrey RhoeMaurie Ogden
Maurie OgdenLeslie Wright
Leslie WrightRaelene Hughes
Raelene Hughes
Val Lehman
Val Lehman
Ray Meagher
Ray Meagher
Bill Hunter
Bill Hunter
Bill Kerr
Bill Kerr