Fred Hollows
(1929 - 1993)
- Born in New Zealand in 1929
- 1960 Got a job in Australia
- 1965 Head of the Eye Department at a Sydney hospital
- 1970's Helped launch a national program to attack eye disease in Aboriginal Australians
- 1980, Travelled all over the world to help set up eye health programs in developing countries
- 1989 Knew he wouldn't live to see all his ideas happen
- 1993 died at home surrounded by his friends, his wife Gabi and their five children.
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