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Harold Edward Holt was born to parents Thomas Holt and Olive Holt
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Holt first became interested in politics while studying Law and Politics at the University of Melbourne.
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Harold Holt bacame a lawyer and established a legal firm in Collins Street in partnership with Jack Graham.
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Nicholas Holt was born to parents Harold Holt and Zara Bate.
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Andrew and Sam Holt are born to parents Harold Holt and Zara Bate.
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As Minister for Labour and National Services, Holt introduced a national child endowment scheme for second and subsequeatnt children.
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Dame Zara Kate Bate was an Australian fashion designer who was best known as the wife of Harold Holt, the 17th Prime Minister of Australia. She grew up in Melbourne, attending Ruyton Girls' School and Toorak College.
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The Menzies and Holt Governments effectively changed the White Australia policy between 1949 and 1966. This meant that over a thousand non-European immigrants were allowed to come into Australia every year.
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The Vietnam War dominated Holt’s leadership. As the war dragged on, more people became opposed to Australia’s commitment to it, and to Holt’s government, which kept sending young men to Vietnam.
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Earlier in Holt's career as Treasurer, he established the Reserve Bank of Australia. The Reserve Bank helps to foster financial system stability and promotes the safety and efficiency of the Australian dollar.
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After a record 16-year term, Sir Robert Menzies resigned and Harold Holt was sworn in as Prime Minister for Australia.
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The Holt government changed Australia's currency. Pounds, shillings and pence were replaced with the new currency, dollars and cents which was originally Robert Menzies' idea.
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Australians voted in favour of changes to the Australian Constitution to improve the services available to Indigenous Australians. The changes focused on two sections of the Constitution, which discriminated against Aboriginals.
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Harold Holt had only been Prime Minister for a year, when he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach in Portsea on a family holiday.
