People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

9 April, 1929
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Death

10 February, 1993 (aged 63)
Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

cancer (multiple myeloma)

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• New Zealander

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Atheist
• Churches of Christ

Occupation or Descriptor

• academic
• ophthalmologist

Awards

• Officer of the Order of Australia
• Australian of the Year
• Companion of the Order of Australia
• Humanist of the Year

Key Events

• Springboks tour (1971)

Legacies

• Fred Hollows Foundation
• Fred Hollows Reserve (Randwick, Sydney)

Key Organisations

• Aboriginal Medical Service (Redfern, Sydney)
• Save the Gurindji Committee
• National Trachoma and Eye Health Program
• World Health Organisation

Workplaces

• Prince of Wales Hospital (Sydney)
• University of New South Wales (medicine)