Harold Holt is a meme today, but when the prime minister went missing in December 1967, it was no laughing matter
- Written by Joshua Black, Visitor, School of History, Australian National University
At some point, Australians stopped grieving Harold Holt’s death and many started to laugh about it instead. The sudden disappearance of a prime minister at a Victorian beach in December 1967 has furnished many wisecracks and memes. Former Cronulla Sharks coach Jack Gibson famously said that waiting for the team to win was like “leaving...
