Portsea, Victoria
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Portsea is a seaside suburb on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, approximately 60 kilometres south-west of Melbourne's city centre, located within the Shire of Mornington Pen
London Bridge Lookout Portsea
Portsea Hotel
Portsea houses
Portsea Pier
Disappearance of Harold Holt
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On 17 December 1967, Harold Holt, the 17th prime minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming in the sea near Portsea, Victoria. An enormous search operation was mounted in and around Cheviot Bea
Portsea, Victoria
…first to use oral techniques in Victoria. OCS Portsea, an army establishment, was located just outside the town. The historic reserve became famous when Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt disappeared while swimming inside the facility at Cheviot Beach on 17 December 1967 and was officially presumed dead two days later, although a formal inquest into…
A search party combing Cheviot Beach after Holt's disappearance
Harold Holt on a spearfishing expedition at Portsea, Victoria, in 1966
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