A Fortunate Life

A Fortunate Life

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A Fortunate Life (1986)

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90 min

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27 Apr 1986

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Drama

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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Keywords

world war i

biography

australia

miniseries

colonialism

18th century

historical drama

gallipoli campaign

Cast

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

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Seasons (1)

Miniseries

4 Episodes • 1986

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