![Broken Hill defendants, 1909 [Holland is far left, front row]](/uploads/obituaries/6708/thumbs/broken hill defendants_246x550.png)
Henry Edmund (Harry) Holland (1868–1933)
Mr. Henry Edward (Harry) Holland, leader of the New Zealand Parliamentary Labor Party, collapsed while attending the funeral of a Maori "King." He died several hours later.
The Prime Minister (Mr. Forbes) said that Mr. Holland's word was always his bond. He never dealt an unfair blow.
Mr. Holland was well known throughout Australia, and was at one time a prominent working class fighter in Broken Hill. At the invitation of the Socialists group he was here during the 1909 lock out.
The moderates on the official combined committee took exception to his coming, and he was refused the right to speak on the official platform. Holland, however, made himself heard on the street corners. His speeches led him into conflict with the law and he was charged with seditious utterances. He was tried at Albury and received a sentence of two years.
Holland on that occasion conducted his own defence, having refused the Combined Unions Committee's offer of legal assistance because of their refusal to allow him to speak at the union meetings when in Broken Hill.
Original publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography entry
- Trove search
- 'Harry Holland's Bail', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), 22 February 1909, p 8
- 'Socialist Meeting Addressed by Harry Holland', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), 22 February 1909, p 8
- 'Harry Holland Arrested', Burra Record (SA), 24 February 1909, p 3
- 'Harry Holland's Defence', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), 22 March 1909, p 2
- 'Mr Harry Holland: Arrival in Broken Hill', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), 31 March 1909, p 5
- 'Trial of Harry Holland', Mercury (Hobart), 5 May 1909, p 4
- 'Harry Holland's Release: Federal Labour Party's Interest', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), 23 September 1909, p 2
- 'Harry Holland's Release: Interviewed in Albury Gaol', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), 4 October 1909, p 5
- 'Harry Holland's Release', Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW), 7 October 1909, p 5
- 'Mr Harry Holland', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), 18 October 1909, p 6
- 'Departure of Harry Holland', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), 29 October 1909, p 2
- 'If I Were Premier: Harry Holland Socialist: What He Would Do', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), 29 September 1911, p 7
- 'Mr Harry Holland to Lecture in Broken Hill', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), 11 April 1912, p 3
- 'Mr Harry Holland and the Defence Act', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), 12 April 1912, p 2
- 'Mr Harry Holland's Lecture', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), 13 April 1912, p 5
- 'Harry Holland's 100 pds Fine', Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW), 20 April 1912, p 9
- 'Harry Holland's Case: Judgment Reserved', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), 23 May 1912, p 4
- 'The Harry Holland Case: Full Court Judgment', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), 27 May 1912, p 8
- 'Dramatic Arrest of Leaders', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), 12 November 1913, p 4
- 'Harry Holland Sentenced', Cairns Post (Qld), 29 April 1914, p 4
- 'Mr Harry Holland's Sentence', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), 9 July 1914, p 4
- 'Late Mr. Holland: Maoris' Tribute', Sydney Morning Herald, 11 October 1933, p 16
- speech by Acting New Zealand High Commissioner, at a ceremony to unveil a memorial plaque to Harry Holland in the ACT, 2 February 2011 (pdf)
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Holland, Henry Edmund (Harry)
- Cocking, Josiah (friend)
- Carson, David (colleague)
- Ivey, John Henry (colleague)
- Dwyer, John George (colleague)
- Eyre, Charles (colleague)
- Kenna, Sarah Maud (colleague)
- Morrish, James John (colleague)
- Drake, Francis Herbert (colleague)
- Nulty, William Murray (colleague)
- Hawkins, Horace John (colleague)
- Batho, Thomas (colleague)
- Morgan, Thomas Richard (colleague)
- Savage, Michael Joseph (colleague)
- Barlow, Charles Medland (colleague)
- Lyons, Joseph John (colleague)
- Robinson, Sydney Charles (colleague)
- Gray, Edmund Harry (colleague)
- Rosser, William (colleague)
- Stokes, Walter James (colleague)
- May, Richard John (colleague)
- Webb, Patrick Charles (colleague)
- Riley, Frederick John (colleague)
- Griffiths, Charles Barrows (acquaintance)
- Longworth, Isabel Frances (acquaintance)
- Gamboni, Thomas (related entry)
Citation details
'Holland, Henry Edmund (Harry) (1868–1933)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/holland-henry-edmund-harry-6708/text24263, accessed 21 November 2024.
Broken Hill defendants, 1909 [Holland is far left, front row]
Leader (Melbourne), 1 May 1909, p 23
Life Summary [details]
Birth
10 June,
1868
Ginninderra,
Australian Capital Territory,
Australia
Death
8 October,
1933
(aged 65)
Huntly,
New Zealand
Cause of Death
Religious Influence
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.