Time line of Fred Hollows

Fred Hollows (1929 - 1993)

1929 -  born in New Zealand1960  -  got a job in Australia
1965  - was head of the Eye Department at a Sydney hospital
1970's -  helped launch a national program to attack eye disease in Aboriginal Australians
1980  - traveled all over the world to help set up eye health programs in developing countries1989  - knew he wouldn't live to see all his ideas happen/ had a cancer
1993  -  died at home surrounded by his friends, his wife Gabi and their five children