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	Harold Holt:
		Holt’s body was never found, fuelling many theories regarding his disappearance, ranging from suicide to abduction by a Chinese submarine.
		Whatever it was, Harold Holt on 17 December 1967 died an accidental death.
		Harold Holt disappeared more than 35 years ago, but a bit oddly, a new inquiry by the Victorian coroner was recently opened.
	www.abc.net.au /gnt/history/Transcripts/s951005.htm (1037 words)

	Harold Holt
		Harold Edward Holt (August 5, 1908 - December 19, 1967) was the 17th Prime Minister of Australia and Robert Menzies' successor as Prime Minister of Australia, inheriting the position when Menzies retired in 1966.
		Holt married widow Zara Fell in 1946, adopting her three small children.
		Holt's accidental death resulted in a notable memorial being constructed - a swimming pool in suburban Melbourne named the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ha/Harold_Holt.html (566 words)

	Harold Holt information - Search.com
		Holt had a reputation as a high-living playboy, but in 1947 he married Zara Violet Fell, a fashion designer, and adopted her three young sons from her first marriage.
		Holt was an affable and well-liked figure in politics, and Australians of all political views were saddened by his death.
		He is also commemorated by the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre, a swimming pool complex in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Harold_Holt (914 words)

	Harold N. Holt
		HAROLD N. Harold N. Holt was raised with some of the best horseflesh in the West.
		Harold actually started his horseracing career in 1967, with a three-year old horse named "Timothy Adios", which he purchased from Lorne Clark of Regina.
		Harold kept the horse at the farm in the winter, then brought him to town in the spring to train at the Exhibition grounds.
	www.lloydminster.net /Holt.htm (387 words)

	Askonas Holt: History
		Harold Holt Ltd was founded in 1876 by Alfred Schultz Curtius, who was the first impresario to bring Richard Wagner’s music to the London public.
		Under the artistic direction of Hunter, festivals were founded by Harold Holt in Bath, Hong Kong, Malvern, Windsor, Brighton and the City of London.
		Askonas Holt’s current joint executives both learnt their trades at these two great companies: Robert Rattray with Lies Askonas from 1977, and Martin Campbell-White at Harold Holt from 1972.
	www.askonasholt.co.uk /green/green/home.nsf/about (265 words)

	Prime Minister - Harold Edward Holt
		Holt was a member of the joint committee responsible for parliamentary broadcasting from the first broadcast on July 1946, and served on the committee for the next three years.
		In December 1951, Holt was elected chairman of the Council of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at a meeting in Colombo.
		Holt's government was also under attack over various other issues, including its handling of the Voyager disaster, VIP aircraft flights, and a proposal to break the nexus between the two federal houses of parliament.
	www.gavmag.com /austpm/pm_holt.htm (3308 words)

	Harold Holt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Holt was an affable and well-liked figure in politics, and Australians of all political views were saddened by his death.
		After Harold Holt's death, his widow Zara was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE), becoming Dame Zara Holt.
		He is also commemorated by the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre, a swimming pool complex in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harold_Holt (1024 words)

	ABOUT HAROLD HOLT
		Harold Holt was a strong positive influence on birding in Colorado.
		Holt's book, A Birder's Guide to Colorado, is an invaluable guide to finding birds in the state and has introduced me to many wonderful places I otherwise might have never known existed.
		The majority of the phoros of live birds on CD #2 are by Harold Holt, and the extreme and average arrival/departure dates on the range maps are based on information compiled by Holt.
	www.betterbirdwatching.com /index19.html (170 words)

	ABOUT HAROLD HOLT (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Harold Holt was a strong positive influence on birding in Colorado.
		Holt's book, A Birder's Guide to Colorado, is an invaluable guide to finding birds in the state and has introduced me to many wonderful places I otherwise might have never known existed.
		The majority of the phoros of live birds on CD #2 are by Harold Holt, and the extreme and average arrival/departure dates on the range maps are based on information compiled by Holt.
	members.aol.com /birdcdroms/index19.html (170 words)

	Australia's Prime Ministers - Meet a PM - Holt
		Australia's 17th Prime Minister, Harold Holt was in office from 26 January 1966 to 19 December 1967, when he was officially pronounced dead after drowning at sea.
		Holt held the senior portfolios of Immigration and of Labour and National Service in the 1950s, and became Treasurer in 1958.
		The third Prime Minister to die in office, Harold Holt is widely remembered for the unusual circumstances of his death while swimming off the Victorian coast in December 1967.
	primeministers.naa.gov.au /meetpm.asp?pmId=17 (211 words)

	Holt, Harold Edward - Australian Trade Union Archives Biographical entry
		Harold Holt was born in Sydney to Australian-born parents, educated at Randwick state school and then later at Wesley Preparatory School Melbourne.
		Through his father Tom Holt, a theatre entrepreneur, Holt developed close connections with the film and theatrical communities and was appointed Secretary of the Cinematograph Exhibitors’ Association in 1935.
		In 1939, Holt was promoted to minister without portfolio for supply and later trade and customs, and in 1940 was given the new portfolio of labour and national service.
	www.atua.org.au /biogs/ALE1357b.htm (302 words)

	CNN.com - New probe into missing PM mystery - Aug. 25, 2003
		What is known about the case is that Holt, a keen swimmer, went for a dip in heavy seas off Cheviot Beach on the south coast of Victoria on December 17, 1967, and never returned.
		Others suggest Holt was eliminated by the U.S.'s CIA because he was planning to pull Australian troops out of the war in Vietnam, a theory which finds little tangible support from government documents relating to the period.
		Still others say Holt was met by a boat and spirited off to the south of France where he lived incognito with a French lover.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/08/24/australia.mystery/index.html (524 words)

	Chapter 43 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Harold was a good fellow; a clever chap; and Esther's peculiar fitness for him, under all the circumstances, was extraordinary: it reminded him of something in the classics, though he couldn't think exactly what - in fact, a memory was a nasty uneasy thing.
		As Mrs Holt advanced into closer observation, it became more evident that she was attired with a view not to charm the eye, but rather to afflict it with all that expression of woe which belongs to very rusty bombazine and the limpest state of false hair.
		Mrs Holt fixed her eyes on the distance, and slapped the back of her left hand again: it might be that this kind of mirth was the peculiar effect produced by forcible truth on high and worldly people who were neither in the Independent nor the General Baptist connection.
	www.princeton.edu /~batke/eliot/holt/holt_43.html (5762 words)

	Laying to rest the Harold Holt myths - theage.com.au
		Even so, the mystery surrounding the death of Harold Holt is largely in the minds of those who dwell on such things.
		Mr Holt's disappearance is one of 103 suspected drownings between 1961 and 1985 that the Victorian coroner intends to review.
		Harold Holt eschewed security guards, drove himself down to Portsea that fateful weekend and enjoyed openly socialising with family and friends.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/08/25/1061663731746.html?from=storyrhs&oneclick=true (520 words)

	Doing the Harold Holt
		Harold Holt, heir apparent and deputy leader for almost a decade, sometimes suffered Costello-style frustration, though he never displayed it publicly.
		Holt was more than 10 years older than Costello is now when he finally got the leadership.
		But Holt was treasurer for only seven years, while Costello has already served eight years in that portfolio.
	bulletin.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=136596 (1089 words)

	Harold Edward Holt (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Holt himself won a scholarship while he was at Wesley, bestowed for sporting ability, character and leadership.
		Holt stepped into the top job in the middle of the 'Swinging Sixties', when all the old social values were under fire and people were less and less inclined to believe in the paternal wisdom of politicians.
		For Holt, this mood brought an increasing challenge to the American alliance and involvement in the Vietnam War.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/5557/holt.html (2026 words)

	Phonecall reveals Harold Holt went all the way with LBJ \| The Courier-Mail
		The call was made by Holt on the morning of Monday, November 7, 1966, a fortnight after Johnson's historic visit to Australia and at the start of the campaign for the November 26 election which Holt was to win in a landslide.
		Holt congratulates Johnson on the success of his visit to Australia, during which the importance of winning the Vietnam War in the interests of Australia's national security was a repeated theme.
		Holt went earlier, vanishing in the surf at Cheviot Beach near the Victorian town of Portsea on December 17, 1967.
	www.news.com.au /couriermail/story/0,23739,20805083-2,00.html (1058 words)

	The Holt Family Coat of Arms and Family History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Walter atte Holte was documented in County Somerset during the reign of Edward III (1327-1377).
		Thus: Holt, a market town and parish in the county of Norfolk, having an ancient church, a shire hall, a work house and grammar school founded by Sir J. Gresham in 1654, an excellent library and a scholarship and fellowship at Sidney college, Cambridge.
		Holt, a parilmentary and municipal borough of North Wales, county of Denbigh.
	www.holt.org /holtgen.html (5262 words)

	Holt, Harold Edward - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HOLT, HAROLD EDWARD [Holt, Harold Edward] 1908-67, Australian political leader.
		He held a number of cabinet offices in Menzies's governments and was minister of labor and national service (1949-58), minister of immigration (1949-56), and treasurer (1958-66) in Menzies's Liberal-Country party coalition.
		He disappeared when he went swimming in rough surf in Dec., 1967, and is believed to have died by drowning.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-e-holt-har.html (301 words)

	Fresh inquiry on Harold Holt - National - theage.com.au
		Harold Holt returns from a spear-fishing excursion during the '60s.
		The Holt investigation was originally conducted by Inspector Jack Ford of the Victoria Police and Inspector Aubrey Jackson of the Commonwealth Police.
		Mr Holt, Australia's 18th prime minister, chose to swim at the dangerous beach even though the safer Portsea Beach was closed because of heavy seas.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/08/24/1061663679301.html (562 words)

	Harold Holt. People of the Liberal Party of Australia. Liberals.Net: Liberal Party of Australia
		Harold Holt was born on 5 August 1908.
		Holt enlisted as a gunner in World War II, however he was called back 5 months later without service, when three of Menzies cabinet ministers were killed in an air crash.
		It is believed though, that Holt wished to escape the pressures of the year and in the sea where he was a strong swimmer and felt so comfortable.
	www.liberals.net /haroldholt.htm (365 words)

	Holt Harold Edward - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Holt Harold Edward - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Holt, Harold Edward (1908-1967), Prime Minister of Australia (1966-1967).
		Harold III, called The Hard Ruler (Nor., Hårdråde) (1015-1066), King of Norway (1047-1066), a descendant of Harold I. Harold participated in the...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Holt_Harold_Edward.html (104 words)

	Harold Edward Holt (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As a Melbourne lawyer during the early 1930s, Holt became interested in the United Australia Party, the forerunner of the Liberal Party, and was elected to the federal Parliament in 1935.
		He served as leader of the House of Representatives and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 1956 to 1966 and as federal treasurer (1958-66).
		Succeeding Menzies as prime minister in 1966, Holt generated controversy by increasing Australian troop support of the South Vietnamese military effort, but he was reelected with an increased majority in late 1966.
	www.holt.org /haroldholt.html (223 words)

	USS Harold E. Holt (FF 1074)
		Prime Minister Holt was a staunch anticommunist and an avid supporter of the United States.
		The principal theme of HAROLD E. HOLT's insignia is to denote the unity existing between the nations of Australia and the United States.
		The HAROLD E. HOLT was disposed of as a target on July 10, 2002, during RIMPAC 2002.
	navysite.de /ff/ff1074.htm (420 words)

	Harold Holt Murder - Conspiracy - Alien Implants - Pine Gap
		Harold Holt disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, Victoria on 17 December, 1967.
		Without determining the cause of Holt's death, a joint report by Commonwealth and Victoria Police, submitted in January 1968, concluded that, '...
		Prime Minister Harold Holt was murdered late Saturday night on the 16th of December 1967, and was reported missing around midday on Sunday the 17th of December 1967 while swimming.
	www.harold-holt.net /index.htm (632 words)

	Harold Holt
		Brisbane man Gary Simmons claims to have towed the body of Harold Holt out to a fishing boat and then anchored the body to the sea floor, the day before the Prime Minister was reported missing on 17 December, 1967.
		Harold Holt falls into the same category and Gary Simmons is ready to tell all he knows if anyone will listen.
		Prime Minister Harold Holt was murdered to prevent the establishment of an Australian atomic energy industry, said a retired engineer who was deeply involved in the still-born project.
	members.iimetro.com.au /~hubbca/harold_holt.htm (6441 words)

	Harold Holt drowned, coroner finds - National - smh.com.au
		Wild surf claimed the life of Harold Holt and equally wild rumours about the former prime minister's disappearance may have been avoided if a public inquiry had been held at the time, the Victorian coroner found today.
		Mr Johnstone quoted from a recently released book by Dr Tom Frame, The Life and Death of Harold Holt, which said on first glance there was nothing unusual about the death; hundreds of Australians drown every year in a range of leisure pursuits.
		Mr Holt's death was one of 85 drownings investigated by the coroner, in which no body was ever recovered.
	www.smh.com.au /news/national/harold-holt-drowned-coroner-finds/2005/09/02/1125302722026.html (411 words)

	Harold Holt murder - conspiracy - Alien implants - Pine Gap
		Harold Holt disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, Victoria on 17 December, 1967.
		Without determining the cause of Holt's death, a joint report by Commonwealth and Victoria Police, submitted in January 1968, concluded that, '… there has been no indication that the disappearance of the late Mr Holt was anything other than accidental'.
		Prime Minister Harold Holt was murdered late Saturday night on the 16th of December 1967, as shown in a Brisbane Supreme Court Affidavit in file No. BS 1127/04.
	www.harold-holt.net (704 words)

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