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A Fortunate Life (1986)

Ended ★ 4.0/10 1 Season 4 Episodes 1h 30m Drama
Network: Nine Network

Description

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.

Top 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
KEYWORDS: world war i biography australia miniseries colonialism 18th century historical drama gallipoli campaign

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