![]() ![]() After his father’s death, his mother went over to support her sons, and Facey was raised by his grandmother along with three of his siblings. His father and two eldest brothers were in Western Australia on the Goldfields. Facey was born in 1894 in Victoria, Australia. This is a heartwarming story which covers many important aspects of Australia’s colonial history. It is the story of a life lived to the full – the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man. A true classic of Australian literature, his simply written autobiography is an inspiration. Despite enduring hardships we can barely imagine today, Facey always saw his life as a ‘fortunate’ one. Publication Date: 19th November 2014 (this edition the story itself was originally published in 1981)īorn 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. ![]()
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