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Harold Holt and the beautiful people.(History)(Liberal Party in the 1960's)
THE SLOW MARCH through the National Archives is turning into a trot, and we are getting new biographies of eminent persons, as well as of past politicians. Harold Holt is the latest to be recalled for reassessment. Anglican cleric Tom Frame describes him (in The Life and Death of Harold Holt) as "the real Whiflamite", because Holt introduced "all the many progressive reforms that historians say Gough Whitlam implemented". Maybe. But the Holt and Whitlam regimes were very different creations, despite Frame's detection of similarities.
Those Liberals never produced a Lionel Murphy, an Al Grassby, a Rex Connor or a Khemlani. But I do remember Holt (and Zara) ...
- The life and death of Harold Holt.(Crows Nest NSW: Allen and Unwin)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Australian Journal of Social Issues Frame, Tom March 22, 2005 700+ words
The life and death of Harold Holt. Crows Nest NSW: Allen &...2005. ISBN 1741146720. $35.00 Harold Holt, the longest serving parliamentarian...greatest and enduring mystery stories. Harold Holt set his sights on becoming prime...
- The legacy of Harold Holt.(Biography)
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Costello, Peter October 1, 2005 700+ words
...REMEMBER December 17, 1967--the day Harold Holt disappeared in the surf off Portsea...Holt, the real Whitlamite . I think Harold Holt would have been shocked too. The idea...have come as even more shocking news to Harold Holt. What Tom Frame was arguing was that...
- The Life and Death of Harold Holt.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History Williams, Paul September 1, 2007 700+ words
The Life and Death of Harold Holt. By Tom Frame (Crows Nest Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2005...00. Most Australians would have only two colourful memories of Harold Holt, Liberal Prime Minister of Australia, 1966-67. The first...
- An unsatisfactory life.(The Life and Death of Harold Holt)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Allsop, Richard October 1, 2005 700+ words
The Life and Death of Harold Holt, by Tom Frame; Allen & Unwin, 2005, $35. ANOTHER GAP...with the recent publication of the first serious biography of Harold Holt. Unlike the authors of most Australian prime ministerial biographies...
- Guide to Archives of Australia's Prime Ministers.(Our First Six Susan Marsden...
- Magazine article from: Australian Academic & Research Libraries Powell, Graeme March 1, 2005 700+ words
...Canberra National Archives of Australia and John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library 2004 251pp ISBN 1 920807 12 8 $19.95 ex GST Harold Holt Pennie Pemberton Canberra National Archives of Australia 2003 171pp ISBN 0 642 34484 1 $19.95 ex GST These five guides...
- Holt, the reforming PM.(Letter to the Editor)
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Frame, Tom October 1, 2005 700+ words
SIR: The article "Harold Holt and the Beautiful People" by Max Teichmann (September 2005) contains...misquotations from my new book The Life and Death of Harold Holt. First, I did not describe Harold Holt as "the real Whitlamite". This description...
- The plain truth about the Beautiful People: Simon Doonan grew up worshipping...
- Magazine article from: O, The Oprah Magazine Doonan, Simon December 1, 2006 700+ words
...lived a long-lost tribe called the Beautiful People. We earthlings worshipped at their...the Bronx, that's for sure. The Beautiful People were totally Euro-fabulous: For...their palazzi, their caftans (the Beautiful People always seemed to be photographed wearing...
- Just how beautiful are our beautiful people; Dating website gives its verdict...
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) May 1, 2005 700+ words
...dating agency strictly for stunners. Beautiful People.Net is exactly what it sounds like...just how beautiful the so-called 'Beautiful People' really are and enrolled 10 Scots...Greg Hodge, managing director of Beautiful People's UK website, said: 'The site...
