Fred's Legacy

The information below is not exhaustive but does provide an introduction to resources about Fred Hollows. For more information contact resources@hollows.org (Australia), or info@hollows.org.nz (New Zealand).

• 'A Century of Innovation' - Fred Hollows and the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program (NTEHP) are recognised as one of 100 significant Australian innovations of the 20th century; 
• Fred Hollows 'Australian of the Year' profile;
• Fred Hollows ‘Civics and Citizenship' online feature;
• ‘Life to Live: the history of people with disabilities in Australia - 100 years'  - Click on the medical advances/health icon and follow the local innovation links to read the feature on Fred Hollows.
• A  'farewell tribute' to Fred Hollows
  
• Fred Hollows inspired support from philanthropic trusts.
  

• 100 Lives of Bourke: A cemetery interpretation book by Barbara Hickson, Ann McLachlan and Heather Nichols. This series of profiles (ISBN 0 646 42513 7) offers a glimpse of Bourke's colourful history (NSW, Australia) and is available for purchase through the Bourke Library.
• Discoveries: Medical Science in Australia. This bound collectionof stamps(ISBN 0 642 22638 5) ws produced by Australia Post to mark some of the highlights of Australian medical science. Fred's work with the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program is featured.
• Fred Hollows by Allan Drummond [Green Barrow Publishing] is a historical biography for young students (ISBN 1 876460 55 5). Purchase the book and access supporting worksheets and online activities here.
• Fred Hollows by Wendy Anderson [Livewires Real Lives Series]
  This biography for students (ISBN 0 521 53837 8) is available for purchase in all good bookstores or at Cambridge University Press.
• Fred Hollows: An autobiography with Peter Corris
  This autobiography (ISBN 1 875 703 24 1) is available for loan from many local libraries and it can also be purchased directly from The Foundation.
• Fred Hollows: Leaving the World a Better Place by Mark Butler [Makers and Shakers Series]. This biography for students (ISBN 1 875633 987) is available for loan from many local libraries.
• Lifework: Heroes of Australian Health by James Murray
  This MBF Jubilee publication (ISBN 1 875359 35 4) pays tributes to the achievements of Australian like Fred Hollows who have had a major impact on health over the past 50 years.
• Memories of Fred by Pat Fiske and Michael Johnson
  This collection of yarns about Fred (ISBN 0 7333 0425 7) is available for loan from many local libraries.
• Seeing is Believing by Simon Balderstone and Michael Amendolia
  This photographic history (ISBN 0 85921 164 9) is available for purchase directly from The Foundation.
• Through Other Eyes: The Fred Hollows Foundation Ten Years On. These essays (ISBN 0 7329 1147 8) offer an insight into the way The Foundation has fulfilled the commitments made by Fred Hollows.It is available for purchase in all good bookstores and can also be purchased directly from The Foundation.
• Fred Hollows: The Making of a Modern Hero by Martina Donaghy
  (condensed version of a thesis)

• For All The World To See: A Portrait of Professor Fred Hollows
  This award winning documentary, directed by Pat Fiske (approx. 73 minutes), is available from Ronin Films: PO Box 1005 Civic Square ACT 2608, Tel: +61 2 6248 0851, Fax: +61 2 6249 1640.

In the early 1990s, Fred Hollows did a series of interviews with Caroline Jones for the ABC Radio National program, The Search for Meaning. 

Hear what Fred had to say about...

• How lucky it is to be living in a developed country  (415kb)
• The basic attribute of human beings  (258kb)
• What makes him angry  (405kb)
• Poetry and his shared interests with his father  (635kb)
• Garry Brian and Eritrea  (635kb)
• Medicine and ophthalmology  (221kb)
• Gabi Hollows  (800kb)
• The National Trachoma and Eye Health Program  (1.7MB)
• Turning down the Australian of the Year Award  (1.7MB)

* These soundtracks are in an MP3 audio format - they may take a moment to load. If you are experiencing any problems loading the files please contact us.

The Fred Hollows Foundation would like to thank ABC Content Sales for supplying the interviews which are subject to copyright law.

Australian author, Peter Corris conducted a series of interviews with Fred Hollows which helped him to co-write Fred Hollows - The Autobiography with Peter Corris, which was first published in 1991.

Listen to the introduction  (215kb) and then hear what Fred had to say about...

• What attracted him to medicine  (63kb)
• Ophthalmology and surgery  (291kb)
• The National Trachoma and Eye Health Program (1)  (166kb)
• The National Trachoma and Eye Health Program (2)  (171kb)
• The National Trachoma and Eye Health Program (3)  (215kb)
• His visit to Nepal with the World Health Organization  (340kb)
• Ophthalmic Assistants in Nepal  (520kb)
• His special friendship with Dr Sanduk Ruit  (284kb)
• Setting up NEPA and Tim McCartney-Snape  (233kb)
• Eye Clinics in Nepal  (465kb)
• Dr Sanduk Ruit's surgical technique  (646kb)
• Dr Sanduk Ruit's 'can do' attitude  (144kb)

*These soundtracks are in an MP3 audio format - they may take a moment to load. If you are experiencing any problems loading the files please contact us.

The Fred Hollows Foundation would like to thank Peter Corris for supplying us with the interviews which are subject to copyright law.

Order your copy of Fred Hollows - The Autobiography with Peter Corris. 

Awards
The Fred Hollows Award: Commissioned by the Eritrean Development Foundation (EDF) and presented at a fundraising dinner in Washington DC, the Award honours the legacy of Fred Hollows and his commitment to eradicating treatable blindness in Eritrea and throughout the world.

Colleges and schools
Fred Hollows College: The University of Western Sydney, Blacktown Campus, Blacktown, NSW, Australia

Hollows House: Peter Moyes Anglican Community School, Mindarie Keys, Perth, WA, Australia

Community
Hollows House: A special needs house at Charingfield Limited Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney Age Care Facility. 

Hotels
Fred Hollows Suite: A dedicated suite at the Bourke Riverside Hotel, Bourke, NSW, Australia

Lecture
The Fred Hollows Lecture: The Fred Hollows Lecture was instituted in 1999 to recognise Professor Fred Hollows' work among indigenous people, and his work in raising the profile of ophthalmology. Held as part of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists Annual Scientific Congress, the lecture traditionally covers a topic of applied public health research, with a community focus.

Medical
The Fred Hollows IOL Laboratory: Opened in 1994 at 13 Fred Hollows Street, Asmara, Eritrea, Africa 

The Fred Hollows Operating Theatre: In 2005 the Canberra Eye Hospital, in the ACT of Australia, named an operating theatre after Fred, who performed surgery there soon after he came back from the United Kingdom in the 1960s.

Parks and gardens
Fred Hollows veggie patch, NT, Australia

Fred Hollows Reserve, Randwick NSW, Australia

Fred Hollows Memorial Garden, Nurragingy Reserve, Knox Road, Doonside. NSW, Australia
A sensory garden opened in February 1994 by the Blacktown City Council. 

"Fred Hollows Vision" Rose - a specially propagated rose that was named 1998 Rose of the Year.

Streets
Fred Hollows Street, Asmara, Eritrea, Africa

Download Fred Online and in Print   (148kb)