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A Fortunate Life is an autobiography by Albert Facey published in 1981, nine months before his death. It chronicles his early life in Western Australia , his experiences as a private during the Gallipoli campaign of World War I and his return to civilian life after the war.
Jan 1, 2001 · A Fortunate Life is the only book written by Australian author, Albert Bernard Facey. The author recounts the events of his life from the late 19th century through to 1976. There are no literary devices employed: this is simple narration, the honest telling of a tale by a marvellous storyteller.
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A Fortunate Life by Albert Barnett Facey finally appeared in 1981. ‘Bert’ Facey was born in 1894, seven years before Federation and the birth of a modern Australian nation. His life closely mapped the drama of the early decades of the young country, in peacetime and in war.
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Born in 1894, Albert Facey lived the rough frontier life of a sheep farmer, survived the gore of Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression and spent sixty years with his beloved wife, Evelyn. Despite enduring hardships we can barely imagine today, Facey always saw his life as a ‘fortunate’ one. A true classic of Australian literature, his s...
A B Facey’s memoir is one of the Australian classics that I have always wanted to read but am ashamed to say never seemed to find time for until now. It is a privilege to have read this simply told story of a man described as ‘ordinary’. Just the fact that Albert found himself in a position to pen his experiences at such a ripe old age is nothing s...
A.B. Facey was born in 1894and grew up on the Kalgoorlie goldfields and in the wheat-belt of Western Australia. His father died before he was two and he was deserted by his mother soon afterwards. He was looked after by his grandmother until he was eight years old, when he went out to work. His many jobs included droving, hammering spikes on the ra...
Despite the massive deprivations he suffered, he considered his ‘a fortunate life’, describing it as pre-Evelyn (lonely, solitary) and post-Evelyn, more than just himself. He was nominated for Australian of the Year in 1981.
Albert Barnett Facey (31 August 1894 – 11 February 1982), publishing as A.B. Facey, was an Australian writer and World War I veteran, whose main work was his autobiography, A Fortunate Life, now considered a classic of Australian literature.
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Born in 1894, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a sheep farmer, survived the gore of Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression and spent sixty years with his beloved wife, Evelyn. Despite enduring hardships we can barely imagine today, Facey always saw his life as a 'fortunate' one.
