The Australian Prime Minister Who Suddenly Went Missing

The true story of Harold Holt

Matt Lillywhite
Lessons from History
3 min readOct 8, 2022

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Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt and President Lyndon B. Johnson (Public Domain)

A lot of weird things happen in Australia. People ride kangaroos to work. Everything wants to kill you. And whenever you walk past someone in the street, you’re legally obligated to say “G’day.”

I’m joking. Australia’s is a fairly normal place. But a Prime Minister went missing in 1967. And…

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Matt Lillywhite
Lessons from History

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