Harold Holt
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Harold Edward Holt was an Australian politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Australia from 1966 until his disappearance and presumed death in 1967. He held office as leader of the Liberal
Holt at a SEATO leader's summit, 1966
Holt as a young man in the 1930s
Holt with Robert Menzies on 26 April 1939, the day Menzies first became prime minister
Holt in 1940
Robert Menzies
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Sir Robert Gordon Menzies was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th prime minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966. He held office as the leader of the United
Harold Holt
…death in 1967. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and held various ministerial positions from 1949 to 1966 in the governments of Robert Menzies and Arthur Fadden. Holt was born in Sydney and moved to Melbourne in childhood, studying law at the University of Melbourne. Before entering politics…
Official portrait, 1950
Article in Melbourne Punch detailing Menzies's feat of topping the state school examinations at the age of 13
Declaration of War Broadcast, September 1939
Australian Prime Minister, Robert Menzies, with his British counterpart, Winston Churchill, London 1941