About
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.
Cast
Dorothy Allison
as Grandma Carr
Dale Randall
as Roy Facey
John Ley
as Eric Facey
Anthony Richards
as Bert (9 Years)
Benedict Sweeney
as Bert (14 Years)
Dominic Sweeney
as Bert
Pat Bishop
as Alice McCall
Paul Sonkkila
as Archie McCall
Jeffrey Rhoe
as Jock McKay
Maurie Ogden
as Cop
Leslie Wright
as Jack Lander
Raelene Hughes
as Young Alice McCall
Val Lehman
as Bert's Mother
Ray Meagher
as Bad Bob
Bill Hunter
as Charlie Bibby
Bill Kerr
as Narrator (voice)
Seasons
Episodes
Miniseries
Starting Out (1897-1905)
Bert Facey's tormented early years through his father's death and harsh economic depression
Bush Schooling (1905-1908)
Bert goes to work for the Phillips, a childless couple who treat him as one of the family.
Journey (1908-1914)
Reunited with his mother after 12 years, Bert soon moves north to seek work.
Providence (1914-1916)
A champion prize fighter, Bert enlists when WWI breaks out, surviving the nightmare of Gallipoli.
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