Fred Hollows - Timeline

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  • Fred Hollows is Born

    Fred Hollows is born in Dunedin, New Zealand
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    Obtains BA Degree

    Fred Hollows obtains a BA Degree from Victoria University, Wellington
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    Goes to Medical School

  • Marries Mary Skiller

  • Studies Ophthalmology

  • Fred Hollows becomes Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

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    Head of the Ophthalmology department at UNSW and the Prince of Wales and Prince Henry Hospital

  • Fred is invited to Gurindji Camp in the Northern Territory

  • Starts to Work at Bourke

  • Aboriginal Medical Centre is opened at Redfern, Sydney

  • Works in South America

  • Fred goes on a screening trip through NSW, QLD, SA and NT

    Finds out that communities need a lot of attention

  • Fred's first wife dies

  • Fred Becomes Director

    Director of National Trachoma and Eye Health Program (NTEHP)

  • Fred Marries Second Wife

    Married Gabi O'Sullivan

  • Refuses Order of Australia because of the state of Aboriginal Society

  • Visits Nepal

  • Diagnosed with Cancer

  • Becomes Australian Citizen

  • Fred Hollow Foudation Launched

  • Fred Hollows dies

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    IOL Lab and Surgical Eye centre opened at Eritrea and Nepal

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