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A Fortunate Life

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.

1986 |1 Season  | 1h 30m |  Drama

Cast

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Paul Sonkkila

Archie McCall

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Val Lehman

Bert's Mother

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Ray Meagher

Bad Bob

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Bill Hunter

Charlie Bibby

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Bill Kerr

Narrator (voice)

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Creator

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Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

Nine Network