Timeline

Fred Hollows

• 1929- was born in New Zealand.
• 1960- got a job in Australia.
• 1965- was head of the Eye Department at a Sydney hospital.
• 1970- helped launch a national program to attack eye disease in Aboriginal Australians.
• 1973- his team traveled all over outback Australia.
• 1980- was travelling 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.