A Fortunate Life 38 years old

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.

Credits

Bill Hunter

Charlie Bibby

Ray Meagher

Bad Bob

Bill Kerr

Narrator (voice)

Paul Sonkkila

Archie McCall

John Ley

Eric Facey

Dorothy Allison

Grandma Carr

Cast

Name	Character
Bill Hunter He was 46 , 71 years old when he died	as Charlie Bibby
Ray Meagher He was 41 , now 80 years old	as Bad Bob
Bill Kerr He was 63 , now 102 years old	as Narrator (voice)
Paul Sonkkila He was 13 , 16 years old when he died	as Archie McCall
John Ley He was 403 , 79 years old when he died	as Eric Facey
Dorothy Allison She was 36 , now 75 years old	as Grandma Carr
Jeffrey Rhoe	as Jock McKay

Crew

Name	Job title
Henri Safran Directing He was 53 , now 92 years old	Director
Marcus Cole Directing He was 34 , now 73 years old	Director

A Fortunate Life (38 years)

Ended

First Air Date: 1986-04-27
Runtime: [90] minutes
Number of Episodes: 4