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A Fortunate Life
Ended
4/27/1986
en - AU
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.
Drama
Actors

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
Archie McCall

Jeffrey Rhoe
Jock McKay

Maurie Ogden
Cop

Leslie Wright
Jack Lander

Raelene Hughes
Young Alice McCall

Val Lehman
Bert's Mother

Ray Meagher
Bad Bob

Bill Hunter
Charlie Bibby

Bill Kerr
Narrator (voice)
Miniseries
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