PhD graduate at 94 marks Australian record

Updated February 6 2019 - 1:21pm, first published 1:17pm
David Bottomley has become Australia's oldest PhD graduate at the age of 94.
David Bottomley has become Australia's oldest PhD graduate at the age of 94.

A 94-year-old great-grandfather has become Australia's oldest PhD graduate and says he felt numb by the end of it.

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