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Fred Hollows was born
Fred Hollows was born in Dunedin, New Zealand. His parents were Joseph and Clarice Hollows. He was the eldest of the four children in the family, the others named Colin, John and Maurice. -
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The History of Fred Hollows
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Fred Hollows started going to school at the age of 7
Fred Hollows went to North East Valley Primary School. -
Fred Hollows Family moved to Palmerston
At the age of 7 Fred Hollows Family shifted to Palmerston North where he went to Palmerston North Central School -
Fred Hollows started going to High School at the age of 13
Fred Hollows started going to Palmerston North Boys High school -
Fred Hollows got his BA degree
Fred Hollows got his BA degree from the Victoria University in Wellington -
Fred Hollows went to Medical school
Fre Hollows decided to become an eye doctor and then attended
Medical school at the Otago University from 1951 to 1955 -
Fred Hollows First Marriage
Fred Hollows Married Mary Skiller on the 8 of August, 1958 -
Fred Hollows moved to the UK
Fred Hollows moved to the United Kingdom to study Ophthalmology in 1961 -
Fred Hollows moves to Australia
Fred Hollows moved to Australia in 1965 and became associate professer of Ophthalmology at the University of New South Wales
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Fred Hollows visited Bourke
Fred Hollows visited Bourke and he was suprised and shocked at the number of Aboriginal people with eye diseases. The most common disease he found was a disease named trachoma. Trachoma is a disease that causes blindness. -
Fred Hollows set up the first Aboriginal Medical Clinic
Fred Hollows set up the first Aboriginal Medical Clinic in Sydney in 1971 -
Fred Hollows wife died
Fred Hollows wife, Mary Skiller died on the 7 of July, 1975 -
Fred Hollows started the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program
Fred Hollows started the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program in 1975. In three years, the NTEHP team treated over 465 communities and visited about 100,000 people and screened them, of which about 62,000 were Indigenous Australians. Roundabout 27,000 people were treated for trachoma and more than 1,000 operations were performed. -
Fred Hollows got married for the second time
Fred Hollows married Gabi O'Sullivian which was his second marriage -
Fred Holllows was awarded the Advance Australia Award
Fred Hollows recieved the Advance Australia Award in 1981 because of all his time and effort that he put in his work in Aboriginal eye care. -
Fred Hollows visited Nepal
Fred Hollows visited Nepal because of his promise to help people with curable eye diseases in third world countries. His visit to Nepal helped about 25,000 people with restorable eyesight diseases. -
Fred Hollows visited Eritrea
Fred Hollows visited Eritrea in 1987 and this trip helped about 10,000 with restorable blindness. Fred dream started in Eritrea which was to set up health clinics in third world countries and other poor countries. -
Fred Hollows recieved his Australian Citizenship
Fred Holllows recieved his Australian Citizenship in 1989 -
Fred Hollows recieved the human rights medal
Fred Hollows Recieved the Human Rights medal in 1990 for his hard work in providing better eyesight in third world countries -
Fred Hollows recieved the Australian of the year award
Fred Hollows recieved the Australian of the year award for treating many people with curable blindness in many third world countries. -
Fred Hollows visited Vietnam
Fred Hollows visited Vietnam in 1991 because his trip to Nepal and Eritrea helped a lot of people in need of eye care.Fred's trip to Vietnam helped about 3000 people getting cured from their eye diseases. -
Fred Hollows set up the Foundation
Fred set up the Fred Hollows Foundation in 1992 which continued the work that Fred Hollows started and fulfilled his dream. Since 1992 Fred Hollows Foundation have been setting up eye care clinics in third world countries. -
Fred Hollows died aged 64
Fred Hallows died on the 10 of February, 1993 aged 64 in Sydney and he was buried in the town of Bourke.
