Education
Born at Wonthaggi to farmer Henry Hollins and Lilian Mary Theresa Gardner, he attended local state schools before becoming an automotive engineer
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Career
He worked with the Melbourne General Omnibus Company in 1915 before serving in the Australian Imperial Force from 1916 to 1919. After the war he worked in England for a motor engineering firm before returning to Melbourne, establishing his own business, Hollins Motors, in 1921. A social cr campaigner, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1940 as the Independent member for Hawthorn.
He was appointed Minister of Public Instruction and Labour in October 1945, but he was defeated at the election in November.
Hollins died in 1984 at Croydon.
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September 4, 1984 (aged 86)