![]() ![]() Instead, he learned the means of survival in a harsh environment, working as a labourer and farmer on the Australian frontier, enduring extreme hardships and making some unlikely friends. Growing up where and when he did, Albert did not receive the kind of education we do today, in fact he didn't learn to read and write until later in his life. Perhaps Australia's best known memoir, A Fortunate Life tells the story of Albert from his childhood in the Australian outback to his survival of Gallipoli. I was commissioned to create artwork for the third one. The first was to fit into their Australian Classics series, the second was an abridged version for children, and the third was the trade/adult edition for general readership. The book won the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction in the New South Wales Premiers Literary Awards and the National Book Councils Banjo Award for Non. ![]() This is an Australian classic, and with its return to Fremantle Press they decided to create three new editions of it, all with different target markets. They had just regained the rights to one of their original titles, A Fortunate Life by AB Facey. I was contacted by Fremantle Press, a publisher in Western Australia. ![]()
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