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.

First Aired

Apr 27, 1986

Last Aired

Apr 30, 1986

Episode Runtime

1h 30m

Network

Nine Network

Country

AU