Edgar George Holt was a journalist who served on many well-known Australian newspapers. In 1950, he joined the Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 Federal Secretariat in a public relations

Public relations

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 role.

Early life

The Holt family emigrated to Brisbane in 1916. After his initial education at Brisbane High School, he joined the staff of the Telegraph, and enrolled at the newly introduced Diploma of Journalism

Diploma of Journalism

A Diploma of Journalism is an academic qualification in journalism issued by a university or college.The diploma is generally issued after one year of study. As is common with diplomas in general, diplomas in journalism are often more practical or applied than a course leading to a bachelor's or...

at University of Queensland

University of Queensland

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. He edited the student newspaper Galmahra.

Down south

In September 1929 Holt joined the Melbourne Argus, and later the Melbourne Evening Star until it collapsed. In 1935 Holt joined the Melbourne Herald as a special and leader-writer. In 1940 he joined the Daily Telegraph as a journalist, and rose to be their literary editor

Literary editor

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. He joined Smith's Weekly

Smith's Weekly

Smith's Weekly was an Australian tabloid newspaper published from 1919 to 1950. An independent weekly published in Sydney, but read all over Australia, Smith’s Weekly was one of Australia’s most patriotic newspaper-style magazines....

 in 1944, and was editor from 1947 until 1950 when it ceased publication.

He was heavily involved in Australian Journalists' Association.

Audio

• Edgar Holt reads poetry (1960; sound recording), interviewed by Hazel de Berg
• Interview with Edgar Holt (sound recording), with Mel Pratt