Fred Cossom Hollows

Fred Hollows was an eye doctor who helped fix peoples eye sight. By Isaac

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Fred Hollows Early Life What contribution did he make to Australia and the world? How did Fred Hollows work make a difference? Why did he take this path in his life? Interesting facts Fred Hollows Foundation Awards Bibliography

Fred Hollows Early Life

Fred Hollows was born on the 9th of April 1929 Dunedin in New Zealand. Fred was 1 of 4 children. His brothers were John, Maurice and Collin. He went to Palmerston North Boys High School. His parents were Joseph and Clarice.

What contribution did he make to Australia?

He contributed to the Australian people by helping the Indigenous people. He fixed their eye sight by living and working in the outback.

How did Fred Hollows work make a difference?

He made a difference in the world by helping thousands of people correct
their eye sight.

Lots of people had a better life because they could now see.

Why did he take this path in his life?

Fred Hollows began working with Aboriginal people in the 1970s. He was concerned about the high number of Aborigines who had eye problems. He began an Aboriginal Medical Service and set up many more around the world.

Interesting facts
Hollows was a New Zealand citizen until he became an Australian citizen in
1989.

He helped start training programs for doctors to do eye surgery in Nepal and
Vietnam.

He fixed over 60,000 indigenous peoples eyesight. Hollows initially began to study to become a Priest. He died in Sydney in 1993 at the age of 63 years old.

Fred Hollows Foundation

The Fred Hollows Foundation began in Sydney on 3rd of September in

1992.

The foundation began to help give eye care to the poor and to help improve
the health of Aboriginal people.

Awards
In 1981 he received an Advance Australia Award for Aboriginal eye care. In 1990 he received a Human Rights Medal. In 1990 he was named Australian of the Year. In 1993 an area in a rainforest in NSW was named the Fred Hollows
Reserve.

Bibliography

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred Hollows jamesn94.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/biography-on-fred-hollows www.hollows.org.au/Fred-Hollows