Blog In 1990, the title of Australian of the Year was awarded to Fred Hollows in recognition of his work treating avoidable blindness in some of the world’s poorest communities. Fred Hollows was born in New Zealand in 1929. After completing his studies and specialising as an ophthalmologist (eye...
Sir Edward Weary Dunlop | KBE 1907 – 1993 Veteran of the Second World War, Edward Dunlop became well-known for his medical work with Australian prisoners of the Japanese and subsequent welfare work after the war. He was born on 12 July 1907 at Major’s Plain, Victoria. At 17 he became...
Bernard Thompson is credited in some markets as the founder of the global sun protective textile industry that has estimated annual retail sales value in excess of US $20 million. As a keen surfer who hated wearing sun screens, Bernard looked at alternatives for sun protection and realised that...