Fred Hollows among new entries to The Australian Dictionary of Biography

Fred Hollows really stood out. He's just one of these larger than life characters who achieved an enormous amount in a relatively short life. Celebrated eye surgeon Professor Fred Hollows and disgraced former NSW Chief Magistrate Murray Farquhar are among the ninety-five new official entries added to The Australian Dictionary of Biography (ABD). The Dictionary, based out of The Australian National University (ANU), has also included entries for activist, poet, and educator Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), former governor-general, politician and historian Sir Paul Hasluck, and Australia's first female soldier to die on overseas duty, Susan Felsche. The Australian Dictionary of Biography is Australia's foremost record of prominent and colourful Australians. ABD Deputy General Editor Dr Malcolm Allbrook said the latest additions were of Australians who died in 1993. He described them as a 'stellar bunch this year'.