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The story gets almost all of the details about Gibson's life wrong:
Years ago a hardworking man took his family from New York State to Australia
to take advantage of a work opportunity there.
This is the sole more or less correct element of the story.
...[Gibson] had aspirations of joining the circus as a trapeze artist or an actor.
False. upon graduating from high school, Gibson considered becoming a chef or a journalist.
This young fellow [Gibson], biding his time, until a circus job
or even a job as a stagehand came along, continued to work at the local
shipyards which bordered on the worse section of town.
False. Gibson went from high school to the National Institute of Dramatic Art at the University of New South Wales. Upon graduation, he joined the State Theatre Company of South Australia.
Walking home from work one evening this young man [Gibson] was attacked by five thugs who wanted to rob him.
False. Gibson did get into a barroom fight the night before his audition for the movie Mad Max. He did not escape unscathed from the brawl and earned himself cuts, bruises and stitches. However, these did not prevent him from successfully auditioning for the lead role in Mad Max, the film that launched his career nor did they require extensive reconstructive surgery.
His [Gibson's] life was the inspiration for his production of the movie "The Man
Without A Face."
False. Gibson's 1993 film, 'The Man Without a Face', is based on Isabelle Holland's 1972 novel, 'The Man Without a Face'.
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Urban Legend Zeitgeist: Mel Gibson