A Fortunate Life

A Fortunate Life

  • 1986
  • 1 Seasons
  • 4 Episodes
  •  4  (2)
  •   Ended

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.

A Fortunate Life
Seasons
Providence (1914-1916)
4. Providence (1914-1916)
April 30, 1986
A champion prize fighter, Bert enlists when WWI breaks out, surviving the nightmare of Gallipoli.
Journey (1908-1914)
3. Journey (1908-1914)
April 29, 1986
Reunited with his mother after 12 years, Bert soon moves north to seek work.

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Bush Schooling (1905-1908)
2. Bush Schooling (1905-1908)
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Bert goes to work for the Phillips, a childless couple who treat him as one of the family.
Starting Out (1897-1905)
1. Starting Out (1897-1905)
April 27, 1986
Bert Facey's tormented early years through his father's death and harsh economic depression
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.
  • Premiere Date
    April 27, 1986
  • Rating
    4  (2)