Fred Hollows By Taylor and Jimmy
| One of Fred's strongest memories is seeing his dad during the Dunedin days. His father worked as a engine driver for the railways. Watching him at the controls of two roaring hissing steam locomotive linked together two hundred and sixty-five tonnes of steam driven power. Some time he was allowed to join his father in the cabin of a locomotive. He later said that those moments were pure joy for him for even as a young boy he was interested in machinery and how things worked. Fred and his brothers, Colin, John and Maurice, made the most of there time at Oakum camping out and bush walking and learning about wood working. |
Fred Hollows |
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Fred Hollows was born in new Zealand in Dunedin in 1929 on the 9th of April. He had enjoyed many church activities as a child. So he decided to study at university, to become a minister. Fred Hollows is a famous because he helps blind and deaf people with problems. |
| After one year of study he worked at a hospital for mentally ill people. During his holidays he learnt that there are other more practical ways of being a good person. By 1975 Professor Hollows had helped set up the aboriginal medical service in Sydney and he began working to get rid of Trachoma disease through out Australia. As well as being a doctor with special skills, professor hollows is known as a humanist. |
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