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Harold Holt, prime minister 1966-67

Image Harold Holt, prime minister 1966-67

TLF ID M006932

This is a black-and-white photograph of Harold Holt, Australia's seventeenth prime minister. It shows him alongside Lyndon Baines Johnson, the first US president to visit Australia, and 'First Lady' Lady Bird Johnson in October 1966.

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Educational value
  • Holt became prime minister in January 1966 after being elected leader by Liberal Party parliamentarians as a result of Menzies's resignation. He is most famously known as the prime minister who went missing in December 1967 while swimming off Cheviot Beach in Victoria. His body was never recovered.
  • Holt's educational resource page offers a variety of archival material such as letters, parliamentary documents, photographs and links to National Archives of Australia websites such as 'Australia's Prime Ministers'.
Year level

5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12

Topics Active citizenship Australian history Prime ministers International relations Presidents
Learning area
  • Studies of society and environment
  • History

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  • Name: National Archives of Australia
  • Organization: National Archives of Australia
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  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.naa.gov.au
  • Name: Department of Information
  • Organization: Department of Information
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  • Publisher
  • Name: National Archives of Australia
  • Organization: National Archives of Australia
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.naa.gov.au
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  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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  • © Education Services Australia Ltd and the National Archives of Australia, 2010 (except where otherwise indicated). You may view, display, print out, copy and modify this material for non-commercial educational purposes provided you retain all acknowledgements associated with the material.