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Fred Hollows

Fred Hollows was born in Dunedin, New Zealand.In 1961 he went to Moorfeilds Eye Hospital in England to study ophthalmology. In 1960 Fred Hollows came to Australia by plane in 1960 to continue eye surgery.Early in the 1970s Hollows began visiting  New South Wales towns and stations and Aboriginal communities . He became especially concerned with the high number of Aborigines who had eye defects, in particular trachoma which causes blindness if not treated quickly. In 1971 he set up the Aboriginal Medical Service in suburban in Sydney, and was subsequently responsible for the establishment of medical services for Aboriginal throughout Australia. Hollows himself spent three years visiting Aboriginal communities to provide eye care and carry out a survey of eye defects. More than 460 Aboriginal communities were visited, and 62,000 Aboriginals were examined, leading to 27,000 being treated for trachoma and 1000 operations being carried out. Without Fred Hollows there would probably be no Eye Surgery Hospitals today.

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FRED HOLLOWS

 

 

Fred Hollows was born in Dunedin, New Zealand. He became a doctor and began to specialise in the treatment of diseases of the eye. He had to travel to England to do this and won a prize as one of the top .
After he returned to Australia, Hollows spent a lot of his time studying and treating an eye disease called 'trachoma',

 

Fred Hollows helped set up the Aboriginal Medical Service in Sydney and arranged for teams of people to travel all over the country to treat trachoma. This saved many people from becoming blind. He also helped to train doctors for work in Africa and set up a program to cure another common eye disease called 'cataracts'.

His work has been recognised in many ways. He was given a Human Rights Medal, an Australian Achiever Award, made Australian of the Year, given an Order of Australia Award and had a medical foundation named after him.

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Dr Victor Chang

Victor Chang (Yam Him) was born in Shanghai of Australian-born Chinese parents. He came to Australia in 1953 to complete his secondary schooling at Christian Brothers College, Lewisham. Graduating from Sydney University with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1962, he became an intern and later a registrar in cardiothoracic surgery at St Vincent's Hospital.

Victor Chang was not only an accomplished surgeon,he was also a respected humanitarian and skilled campaigner responsible for the development of  Australia's National Heart Transplant Program.

The Program has performed more than 1200 successful heart, heart-lung, and single lung transplants at St Vincent's hospital since 1984. He was one of Australian best heart surgen.

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Fred Hollows

Fred Hollows was a eye doctor for aboriginals.                                                       

Fred Hollows (1929–1993)
Fred Hollows was born in Dunedin, New Zealand. He became a doctor and began to specialise in the treatment of diseases of the eye. He traveled to England to do this and won a prize as one of the top student.                                                                                                                                                                                                      After he returned to Australia, Hollows spent a lot of his time studying and treating an eye disease called         trachoma which causes blindness most people in Australia had this.Fred Hollows helped set up the Aboriginal Medical Service in Sydney and arranged for teams of people to travel all over the country to treat trachoma. This saved many people from becoming blind.

                                                                                                                                                                       His work has been recognised in many ways. He was given a Human Rights Medal, an Australian Achiever Award. Given an Order of Australia Award and had a medical foundation named after him.

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William Hudson

William Hudson was born in New Zealand.He was born on August 4, 1841 in New Zealand and died in October 15, 1862. He came over in 1948 by boat.  It was very hard to get on a boat to Australia in 1841 because australia was not letting people into the country. Some people tried to swim to Australia but they were never seen again.

He became a cival engineer.His disappointed father said: "Bill, that is about all you are bloody good for."   Commissioner of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority in 1949, the engineer and conservationist built 16 large dams, 145 kilometres of tunnels and seven power stations, transforming inland areas by diverting rivers he told migrant workers: "You aren't any longer Czechs or Germans, you are men of the Snowy." 

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Douglas Mawson

Douglas mawson was born in England. Douglas wasthe cpatain of the people that discovered and claimed our part of antartica.This helped us discover many animals and compounds.while at Antarctica he also the forst to ascend to on mount Erebus. Also was the first to reach the south magnetic pole. 

Douglas mawson came to australia in 1884 when he was 2 years old.His father was a poor cloth maker with a farming backround.Douglas was born in Yorkshire in 1882 and died in october 14,1958(aged 76 in bighton south Australia).

 
I personally think that Douglas mawson was an inspiring man becuase of what he did for us and the world. As well as exploring the Antarctic he was a Geologist.He also was the only sole survivor of the far eastern party(A gruop of men that explored most of the antarctic coast by dog sledge).

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TAN LEE

Tan Lee was born in Vietnam 1978 and because of the wars in her country, her family escaped to Australia as refugees when she was four. She was so hard working that she entered university at the age of 16.  

Since then, she worked in Melbourne, Victoria. Her job is to help immigrants find jobs. She became the president of the group that do the same job. 

Also she tries to help with other problems Vietnamese and Australians might have. Tan has raised money for a number of poor people in Melbourne. Now she is helping business with other asian countries.

In 1998 she was named Young Australian Of The Year. Also, a television program has been made all about her life.

She is still working hard until this day.