Gillespie at the beach
Title:
Gillespie at the beach
NFSA ID
18097
Year
1967
Courtesy
Nine Network
This unedited, silent broadcast footage from the Nine Network shows Marjorie Gillespie walking up from the beach.
Rumoured at the time to be Holt’s lover, Gillespie was one of the last people to see him alive.
She was at Cheviot Beach when Holt disappeared from view under the waves. Gillespie’s presence at the scene of the tragedy was not initially reported by the police.