HAROLD HOLT WRITTEN BY HANNAH COLANGELO Young Harold Old Harold BIBLYBIOGRAPHY REPORT

INTRODUCTION IN THE FIRST YEAR OF HIS TENURE, HE WENT SWIMMING WITH HIS FRIENDS AND NEVER CAME BACK. EVEN ONE OF THE LARGEST SEARCH-OPERATION IN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY COULDN'T FIND HIM OR HIS BODY. ON 17 DECEMBER 1967, HAROLD HOLT, THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, DISAPPEARED WHILE SWIMMING IN THE SEA NEAR PORTSEA, VICTORIA.... HOLT WAS EVENTUALLY DECLARED DEAD IN ABSENTIA, AND HIS MEMORIAL SERVICE FIVE DAYS LATER WAS ATTENDED BY MANY WORLD LEADERS.

EARLY LIFE HE THEN COMPLETED SCHOOL AT WESLEY COLLEGE AND A LAW DEGREE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE. HOLT WORKED AS A SOLICITOR, AND FURTHERED HIS INTEREST IN SPORT, DEBATING, ACTING AND POLITICS. HIS FATHER’S NAME WAS THOMAS JAMES HOLT, HIS MOTHERS NAME WAS OLIVE MAY HOLT. HIS BROTHER’S NAME WAS CLIFFORD THOMAS HOLT AND HIS SISTER’S NAME WAS VERA PEARCE.

ADULT LIFE HAROLD HOLTS WIFE'S NAME WAS ZARA BATE. HIS SONS NAMES ARE ANDREW HOLT, SAM HOLT AND NICHOLAS HOLT. HAROLD HOLT WAS THE 17TH PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA. BEFORE BECOMING THE PRIME MINISTER IN 1966, HE HAD BEEN A MP FOR 31 YEARS THE LONGEST WAIT FOR ANY AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER.

MAJOR ACHIEVMENTS HAROLD EDWARD HOLT AT 30 YEARS OLD HE WAS THE YOUNGEST PRIME MINISTER! HE WAS THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER TO EMPLOY A SPEECH WRITER. IN 1941, AS MINISTER FOR LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE, HOLT GOT THE CHILD ENDOWMENT ACT PASSED.

INTERESTING FACTS 1.HE WAS 30 YEARS IN PARLIAMENT BEFORE HE BECAME PRIME MINISTER 2.HE ALSO LOVED MANY SPORTS INCLUDING TENNIS, GOLF, AND ALSO SPEAR-FISHING. 3.HE ONCE AGONIZED OVER AND SUPPORTED THE OUSTING OF HIS MENTOR. THIS WAS CONSIDERED TO BE DISLOYALTY OF HIS ACT TOWARD MENZIES.

REFLECTION HAROLD HOLT HAD AMBITIONS, BUT THEY WERE MORE FOR THE COUNTRY THAN FOR HIMSELF. HE WISHED TO SEE AUSTRALIA BECOME MORE INDEPENDENT FROM BRITAIN AND HENCE BECOME A REPUBLIC. HE TOOK PRIDE IN NOT STEPPING OVER ANYONE'S DEAD BODY TO ASCEND TO THE POSITION OF PRIME MINISTER.

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