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

Dorothy Allison

Grandma Carr

Jeffrey Rhoe

Jock McKay

Cast

Name	Character
Bill Hunter He was 46 , 71 years old when he died	as Charlie Bibby
Ray Meagher He was 41 , now 79 years old	as Bad Bob
Bill Kerr He was 63 , now 101 years old	as Narrator (voice)
Paul Sonkkila He was 13 , 16 years old when he died	as Archie McCall
Dorothy Allison She was 36 , now 75 years old	as Grandma Carr
Jeffrey Rhoe	as Jock McKay
John Ley He was 403 , 79 years old when he died	as Eric Facey

Crew

Name	Job title
Henri Safran Directing He was 53 , now 91 years old	Director
Marcus Cole Directing He was 34 , now 72 years old	Director

A Fortunate Life (38 years)

Ended

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