Fred Hollows: A Short Biography with Student Activities

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Fred Hollows (1929-1993)

Thanks to Fred Hollows well over a million people in this world, who would otherwise have been blind, can see. The world is a better place for his having lived in it. He gave sight to the blind in far away places such as Nepal, Eritrea and Vietnam, but it was his unselfish commitment to health and eye care among Australian Aborigines that first made us all sit up and take notice. He worked amongst them, with them and for them in urban Redfern and throughout the red dirt country of Australia. At the end of his life, he was buried at Bourke, in that same red dirt that he had grown to love as a symbol of Australia and its indigenous people. Fred Hollows has become a part of the Australian Dreaming. His spirit still exists in the Fred Hollows Foundation which continues to do his work in Australia and in many other countries of the world.

This digital publication is supplied in interactive PDF format with a school site licence to reproduce for hard copy use and electronic use on all devices. The purchase of one copy allows its use in the whole school forever! This is a new edition of Fred Hollows. All previous editions are out of print.

·       Read on an electronic book reader (Computer, iPad, Kindle, iPhone)

·       Print to read in hard copy

·       Make class sets (No restrictions!)

·       School site licence

Activities book (40 pages). School site licence. These resources can be used by teachers to encourage students to read widely and be inspired by the deeds of others.

• Reading and Comprehension Test
• Language Conventions Test
• Time Trial
• Crossword
• Interview
• Research activity
• Answers