
Dame Zara Bates was in Canberra when the tragedy happened. She was hastily flown to Melbourne and driven to the Cheviot Beach. Despite his many infidelities, Zara grieved for the husband she loved.
This clip is from the documentary, The Harold Holt Mystery (1985).
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.