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Miniseries

ShowA Fortunate Life
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Season1
Episodes4
Air Date1986-04-27

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.

Season 1 Episodes

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1

Starting Out (1897-1905)

1986-04-27

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2

Bush Schooling (1905-1908)

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3

Journey (1908-1914)

1986-04-29

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4

Providence (1914-1916)

1986-04-30

Cast & Crew

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Dorothy Allison

as Grandma Carr

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Dale Randall

as Roy Facey

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John Ley

as Eric Facey

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Anthony Richards

as Bert (9 Years)

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Benedict Sweeney

as Bert (14 Years)

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Dominic Sweeney

as Bert

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Pat Bishop

as Alice McCall

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Paul Sonkkila

as Archie McCall

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Jeffrey Rhoe

as Jock McKay

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Maurie Ogden

as Cop

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Leslie Wright

as Jack Lander

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Raelene Hughes

as Young Alice McCall

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Val Lehman

as Bert's Mother

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Ray Meagher

as Bad Bob

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Bill Hunter

as Charlie Bibby

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Bill Kerr

as Narrator (voice)

Seasons

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S1

Miniseries

4 Episodes

1986