DANIEL RIDDELLS3053091

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BUNKERWEEK 3:

BIRTH, SCHOOLING, ELECTORATE, DEATH

Birth Place 05-08-1905 Stanmore, NSW

Schooling 1913-1919 Various schools in Sydney and Adelaide. 1921 Attended Wesley in Melbourne at age 16. 1927 Started Law at Queens College at the University of Melbourne.

Electorate 1935 Stood for Federal House of Representitives at a by-election in the seat of Fawkner. Youngest ever MP at age 27. 1939 MinisterinchargeofScientificandIndustrialResearchResearch. 1940 Elevated to Cabinet as Minister for Labour and National Service. 1949 Transferred to seat of Higgings after the redribution saw his majority in Fawkner disapear.Itwascreatedasasafeliberalseat,hewoneasily. 1949-1958 Minister for Labour and National Service. 1949-1956 MinisterforImmigration1949-1956. 1958-1966 Appointed Treasurer following the retirement of Arthur Fadden. 1966-1967 Prime Minister following retirement of Robert Menzies.

Death Place 1967 Drowned in rough seas at Cheviot Beach, Point Nepean, Victoria. (Sunday December

MEMORIALS

Harold Holt Swim Centre Glen Iris, Victoria, Holt was the local Member for Malvern (Higgins)

USS Harold E Holt In 1968, the newly commissioned United States Navy Knox class destroyer escort was named in Holts honour. She was launched by Holt’s widow Dame Zara at the Todd Ship yardsinLosAngeleson3May1969,andwasthefirstAmericanwarshiptobearthe name of a foreign leader.

CheviotBeachSeafloorPlaque In1969,aplaquecommemoratingHoltwasboltedtotheseaflooroffCheviotBeachafter a memorial ceremony. It bears the inscription: ‘In memory of Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, who loved the sea and disappeared hereabouts on 17 December 1967.’

HaroldHoltFisheriesReservesFiveprotectedareasinsouthernPortPhillip,locatedatSwanBay,PointLonsdale,Mud Islands,PointNepeanandPope’sEye(TheAnnulus).

OTHER MEMORIALS Holt, Northern Territory, memorial.

Harold E Hiolt Naval Communication Station.

Division of Holt, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria. Fitzroy Gardens Sundial, Melbourne.

Holt Wing, boarders wing at Wesley College, Melbourne.

HIGGINS

First Election: 1949 (Holt)

The main suburbs include:

Armadale; Ashburton; Kooyong; Malvern; Malvern East; Prahran and Toorak

Parts of:Carnegie;GlenIris;Hughesdale;Murrumbeena;SouthYarraand Windsor.

PROFILE

Covers an area of 39 sq km. Electorate is mainly residential with commercial and retail in intrests in a number of suburbs

Containsmanyaffluentwhitecollarsuburbs,Toorakforex-ampleisAustralia’s12thmostexpensivesuburb,Kooyong,the21stmostexpensive(1).

The seat has been a safe liberal seat since its creation in 1949.

ThefirsttwomembersfortheseatwherePrimeMinisters,Harold Holt (17th) and Sir John Gorton (19th), it is the only seat in the House of Reps to be held by 2 PM’s.

Famoulsy Peter Costello who served as 11 and a half years as treasurer held the seat until he retired in 2009.

(1)http://www.smh.com.au/business/property/australias-25-most-expensive-suburbs-20121011-27fd9.html

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POTENTIAL SITESRESEARCH:

LOCATION 1:

PRAHRAN CARPARKPRAHRAN

LOCATION 2:

CHEVIOT BEACHPOINT NEPEAN

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