A Fortunate Life

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 AllisonGrandma Carr

Dale RandallRoy Facey

John LeyEric Facey

Anthony RichardsBert (9 Years)

Benedict SweeneyBert (14 Years)

Dominic SweeneyBert

Pat BishopAlice McCall

Paul SonkkilaArchie McCall

Jeffrey RhoeJock McKay

Maurie OgdenCop

Leslie WrightJack Lander

Raelene HughesYoung Alice McCall

Val LehmanBert's Mother

Ray MeagherBad Bob

Bill HunterCharlie Bibby