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Title	A fortunate life.
Published	[Kew, Victoria] Umbrella Entertainment [distributor], [2013]
Published	©1985
Description	2 DVD-videos (371 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm.
Notes	Based on the novel by A. B. Facey.
	Originally broadcast in 1985.
	"DAVID2851."
Contents	Part I: Starting out (1897-1905) -- Part II: Bush schooling (1905-1908) -- Part III: Journey (1908-1914) -- Part IV: Providence (1914-196).
Credits	Producer, Bill Hughes ; director, Henri (Safron) Safron ; screenplay, Ken Kelso.
Performers	Narrated by Bill Kerr.
Performers	Bill Hunter, Martin Vaughan, Dorothy Alison, Val Lehman, Pat Bishop.
Summary	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.
Target audience note	Rating: PG.
System details	PAL ; All regions.
Language note	In English.
Subjects	Facey, A. B. (Albert Barnett), 1894-1982 -- Drama
	World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Drama
	Men -- Australia -- 1890-1920 -- Drama
	World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia
	Television mini-series -- Australia
Genre	Television mini-series
Genre	Coming-of-age television programs
Other Names	Facey, A. B. (Albert Barnett), 1894-1982 author.
	Hunter, Bill, 1940-2011 actor.
	Vaughan, Martin actor.
	Allison, Dorothy, 1925-1992 actor.
	Lehman, Val actor.
	Bishop, Pat actor.
	Kerr, Bill, 1922-2014 narrator.
	Kelso, Ken screenwriter.
	Hughes, Bill producer.
	Safron, Henri director.
Series	Classic Australian stories
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Coming-of-age television programs . Facey, A. B. -- (Albert Barnett), -- 1894-1982 -- Drama . Men -- Australia -- 1890-1920 -- Drama . Television mini-series . Television mini-series -- Australia . World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia . World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Drama . Authors: Allison, Dorothy, 1925-1992 . Bishop, Pat . Facey, A. B. (Albert Barnett), 1894-1982 . Hughes, Bill . Hunter, Bill, 1940-2011 . Kelso, Ken . Kerr, Bill, 1922-2014 . Lehman, Val . Safron, Henri . Vaughan, Martin . Series: Classic Australian stories .

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