”It is our job to do something about the disparity between nations. We discover our own humanity by helping others- the halt, the lame, the blind. Don’t ever forget that this is what it is all about”. Fred Hollows, November 1991.
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1929
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Born in New Zealand 9 April
Grew up in Palmerston North
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| 1946 - 1949 |
BA Degree, Victoria University, Wellington
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| 1950 |
Glenleith Bible College, Dunedin |
1951-
1955 |
Medical School, University of Otago, Dunedin |
| 1955 - 1956 |
Wellington Hospital |
| 1957 - 1960 |
House Surgeon, Auckland Hospital |
| 1958 |
Married Mary Skiller |
| 1961 |
Studied ophthalmology, Moorfields, United Kingdom |
| 1961 - 1964 |
Ophthalmic Registrar and Epidemiology, Cardiff, Wales |
| 1965 - 1992 |
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Chairman of Division of Ophthalmology of the UNSW, Prince of Wales and Prince Henry teaching hospitals, Sydney, Australia |
| 1970 |
First worked in Bourke |
| 1971 |
Helped set up first Aboriginal Medical Centre, Redfern, Sydney |
| 1973 |
Worked in South America |
| 1975 |
Fred's first wife, Mary, died
Director of National Trachoma and Eye Health Program (NTEHP) |
| 1980 |
Married Gabi O'Sullivan |
| 1981 |
Resigned from NTEHP |
| 1985 |
Refused Order of Australia because of state of Aboriginal health
First visit to Nepal |
| 1987 |
First visit to Eritrea |
| 1988 |
Diagnosed with cancer |
| 1989 |
Became an Australian citizen on 26 April |
| 1990 |
Second visit to Eritrea |
| 1991 |
Visited Eritrea and received honorary citizenship
Visited Nepal and Vietnam |
| 1992 |
The Fred Hollows Foundation launched in Australia |
| 1993 |
Died in Sydney on 10 February
Survived by Gabi and children Tanya, Ben, Cam, Emma, Anna-Louise, Ruth and Rosa
State Funeral held at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney on 15 February
Buried in Bourke on 17 February |
| 1994 |
IOL Laboratory opened in Eritrea
IOL Laboratory and Surgical Eye Centre opened in Nepal |
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