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A Fortunate Life

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A Fortunate Life — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • April 27, 1986
  • Runtime
  • 90 min
  • TMDB score
  • 5
1 seasons Drama Creator: Ken Kelso

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A Fortunate Life — 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 photo Paul Sonkkila Archie McCall

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Miniseries4 episodesSeason page

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