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Harold and Zara Holt meeting with Harold and Mary Wilson in 1967. Holt was a strong supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations, and believed its member states had moral obligations to one another – particularly Britain, as the former "mother country". [105] However, his relationship with Harold Wilson, the British prime minister, was somewhat ...
Harold Holt became the 17th prime minister of Australia in January 1966, following the retirement of Sir Robert Menzies.Holt was a career politician, entering parliament at the age of 27 and becoming a government minister at the age of 31.
Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt Satellite Image. Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt is a joint Australian and United States naval communication station located on the north-west coast of Australia, 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of the town of Exmouth, Western Australia.
Cheviot Beach is a beach near Point Nepean in Victoria, Australia. It was named after the SS Cheviot, which broke up and sank nearby with the loss of 35 lives on 20 October 1887. [1] [2] It was the site of the disappearance of Prime Minister Harold Holt; on 17 December 1967, Holt went swimming at the beach, disappeared, and was presumed drowned ...
Three former prime ministers lost a majority in the House (Alfred Deakin on two occasions, George Reid and Andrew Fisher), six resigned following leadership spills (John Gorton, Bob Hawke, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull) and three died in office (Joseph Lyons, John Curtin and Harold Holt, who disappeared and is ...
Image credits: Bob Reilly / flickr #5 Harold Holt. Known for being the 17th Prime Minister of Australia, Holt vanished without a trace on December 17, 1967, while swimming at Cheviot Beach ...
The Holt government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Harold Holt. It was made up of members of a Liberal - Country Party coalition in the Australian Parliament from 26 January 1966 to 19 December 1967.
Harold Holt (1908–1967) MP for Higgins, Vic: Gunner: Second Australian Imperial Force, Australian Army: 1939–1940 Australia 2/4th Field Regiment: World War II: Enlisted in the Army in 1939 while a Member of Parliament and was a gunner for 5 months before being recalled after the death of three senior ministers in the Canberra air disaster ...