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50th anniversary of former PM Harold Holt's disappearance

An undated supplied image from the home movies of former prime minister Harold Holt.

Holt's legacy is dominated by his disappearance. Source: AAP

Parliament has marked the 50th anniversary of the disappearance of Harold Holt, Australia's 17th Prime Minister, who went missing while swimming off Cheviot Beach in Melbourne in 1967 never to be seen again.



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