PM Transcripts

Transcripts from the Prime Ministers of Australia

Holt, Harold

Period of Service: 26/01/1966 - 19/12/1967
Release Date:
26/01/1966
Release Type:
Media Release
Transcript ID:
1238
Document:
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  • Holt, Harold Edward
AUSTRALIA DAY MESSAGE STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON. HAROLD HOLT

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EMBAXGQO I FO REEAS BEORE12 MIDNIIGHT 2TH JANUARY
P. M. No. 2/ 1966
AUSTRALIA DAY MESSAGE
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hen.
Harold Holt
This is our national birthday. Birthdays call
for celebration and we of the Australian family find much to
rejoice about. W~ e see in the Australia of 1966 a prosperous
nation growing in stature and influence as it strides steadily
forward, W: e live our lives in a climate of freedom, secured
by laws of our own making.. For us there are the excitements
and challenges of growth, the responsibilities of keeping our
nation secure and of giving out to others as our expanding
economy enables. Here is a country to be greatly enjoyed with all
its unique beauty and infinite variety. Here is a country to
be lovedto be served with devotion. May we all feel it in
our hearts to strive the harder to make this Australia of ours
a country of even more splendid tomorrows.
CAN~ BERRA,
26th January, 1966.

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