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Fred Hollows : an autobiography / with Peter Corris.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Richmond, Vic. : John Kerr, 1991.Description: 239 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0958800464
  • 9780958800464
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 617.7092 20
LOC classification:
  • DU117.2 H64 1991
NLM classification:
  • WZ 100
Contents:
Prologue Change of heart: Porirua 1948 -- Part One -- 1. Young Fred -- 2. Out of the nest -- 3. Hippocratic and other oaths -- 4. 'On the outer Barcoo' -- 5. The eyes have it -- 6. Resisting Pongophalization -- 7. Epidemiology in Wales -- 8. Setting up and starting to stir -- 9. Stirring: the Gurindji, ASIO and me -- 10. Stirring: the Aboriginal Medical Service -- 11. Stirring: the Springbok demonstrations -- 12. Among the Tarahumaras -- Part Two. 13. The Trachoma Program 1 -- 14. The Trachoma Program 2 -- 15. The Trachoma Program 3 -- 16. High profile and friendship -- 17. Peaks and poetry -- 18. Looking further: Nepal -- 19. In the Horn of Africa -- 20. The amazing Eritreans -- 21. Beyong Asmara -- 22. To have succeeded.
Summary: Includes inspection of Gurindji for eye diseases at Wattie Creek; establishment of Aboriginal Medical Service, National Trachoma and Eye Health Program and lobbying for improved health services for Aborigines.
List(s) this item appears in: Australian Biography
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item reserves
Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Biography 617.709 HOL Available 067624
Total reserves: 0

Includes index.

Available from John Kerr Pty Ltd, 117 Swan St, Richmond Vic 3121.

Prologue Change of heart: Porirua 1948 -- Part One -- 1. Young Fred -- 2. Out of the nest -- 3. Hippocratic and other oaths -- 4. 'On the outer Barcoo' -- 5. The eyes have it -- 6. Resisting Pongophalization -- 7. Epidemiology in Wales -- 8. Setting up and starting to stir -- 9. Stirring: the Gurindji, ASIO and me -- 10. Stirring: the Aboriginal Medical Service -- 11. Stirring: the Springbok demonstrations -- 12. Among the Tarahumaras -- Part Two. 13. The Trachoma Program 1 -- 14. The Trachoma Program 2 -- 15. The Trachoma Program 3 -- 16. High profile and friendship -- 17. Peaks and poetry -- 18. Looking further: Nepal -- 19. In the Horn of Africa -- 20. The amazing Eritreans -- 21. Beyong Asmara -- 22. To have succeeded.

Indexed selectively by ABI, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Biographical Index

Includes inspection of Gurindji for eye diseases at Wattie Creek; establishment of Aboriginal Medical Service, National Trachoma and Eye Health Program and lobbying for improved health services for Aborigines.

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