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Victor Chang is born in Shanghai to Chinese-Australian parents.
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Shanghai was invaded by the Japanese, so the Chang family moved to Hong-Kong.
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Victor chang's mother died of Breast cancer when he was 12. This is the influence that helped his medical career.
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Chang starts primary school and high school in Hong-Kong.
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Victor and his sister migrates to Australia.
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Victor finished his schooling career in Lewisham, Sydney.
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Victor graduates from University of Sydney with the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Surgery.
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Victor Chang works his first year at St. Vincents hospital after graduating university
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Victor meets Dr Shananan at St. Vincent's hospital. He invites Dr Chang to go to England and train as a heart surgeon.
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Victor marries an Englishwoman, Ann simmons, while training in London.
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Victor returns back to Sydney with his family after he completed his training in England.
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Victor has obtained the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of surgeons.
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Victor visits China for the first time in 30 years. Victor usually helped many people there, some for free. He also lectured there.
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Victor starts work on an artificial heart valve. Eventually, this gets made and is sold to help people all over the world.
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Victor Chang is appointed director of 1st heart transplant unit in Sydney.
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Victor is appointed Honoary director of Heart, Lung and Blood-vessel Resesarch institute, Quondong, Provincial peoples Hospital, China.
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Victor Chang is awarded the Advance Australia Award for his contibution to Science.
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Victor performs the first Heart-lung transplant in the world
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Victor is awarded the companion of the Order of Australia award for his contribution to relations of Australia and China as well as medical science.
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Victor is shot by two Malaysian men. His body was found by his car.
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The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Instititute was opened to help the prevention and treatment of the heart in his memory.
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Prime Minister John Howard announces that Victor Chang is Australian of the Century.