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Harold Edward Holt, prime minister of Australia, was born on 5 August 1908 at Stanmore, NSW, Australia; elder son of Thomas James Holt, schoolteacher, and his wife Olive May, née Williams, both Australian born.

In the 1950s he took part in four meetings of the C.P.A. and was chairman (1952-55) of its general council. He was a guest at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953,

Holt became Prime Minister of Australia in January 1966. The Holt Government continued the dismantling of the White Australia policy, amended the constitution to give the federal government responsibility for indigenous affairs. In 1967 Holt disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach, Victoria. His body was never recovered, and he was declared dead in absentia.

Garfield Barwick was born on 22 June 1903 in Stanmore, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was a producer, known for The Reef (1977), Four Corners (1961) and National Press Luncheon Club (1963). He was married to Norma Mountier Symons. He died on 13 July 1997 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.