Eight life lessons from some of Wollongong's inspiring older people

Kate McIlwain
October 14 2017 - 8:00am
Trailblazer: UOW Professor Helen Hasan is one of eight diverse Illawarra residents sharing their story for the International Day of Older Persons, on October 1. Picture: Sylvia Liber.
Trailblazer: UOW Professor Helen Hasan is one of eight diverse Illawarra residents sharing their story for the International Day of Older Persons, on October 1. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

When she started studying physics at university, Helen Hasan was sometimes the only woman in a class of 500 men.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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