A Fortunate Life

A Fortunate Life is an Australian mini-series from 1985 that consists of 4 feature-length episodes. Based on the autobiographical novel by A.B. Facey and his turn-of-the-century childhood in Western Australia.
http://www.australiantelevision.net/fortunatelife/fortunatelife.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129681/