A Fortunate Life
A Fortunate Life
Drama

A Fortunate Life

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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.

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

Cop

Leslie Wright

Jack Lander

Raelene Hughes

Young Alice McCall

Val Lehman

Val Lehman

Bert's Mother

Ray Meagher

Ray Meagher

Bad Bob

Bill Hunter

Bill Hunter

Charlie Bibby

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