THE TURBULENT OCEAN should have been an adequate warning on Sunday afternoon, 17 December 1967. But Australia's 18th Prime Minister, Harold Holt - known for his adventurous, outdoor spirit - didn't let that stop him entering the water at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, Victoria.
He never made it back to the beach, and one of the most intriguing mysteries of modern Australia was born.
"He had a real spirit of bravado and it's likely he was trying to impress his mates," says Mark Connellan, former lecturer at the University of Sydney, who now teaches an Australian culture course at Boston University's Sydney campus.
Harold, who was a keen snorkeler, had travelled to his beach residence in Portsea for the weekend.
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