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3 days ago · Sir Robert Gordon Menzies KT AK CH QC FAA FRS (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978) was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th prime minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and 1949 to 1966.
- Arthur Fadden
In August 1941 Robert Menzies resigned as Prime Minister....
- Peter Henderson
In May 1955, Henderson married Heather Menzies, daughter of...
- Arthur Fadden
16 hours ago · The grandson and namesake of our longest-serving prime minister, Robert Menzies, is set to take to the stage as King Lear. R.L. Stewart. Hugely admired in theatre circles, he is not widely known ...
16 hours ago · Indeed, even Beaurepaire’s Footscray tyre factory, which Menzies helped to open as acting premier in 1934, was named the Olympic Tyre Factory. Beaurepaire was a close contemporary of Menzies. Born in Melbourne in 1891, he attended Wesley College forging a name for himself as a sportsman that would have been much revered when Menzies himself ...
Jun 6, 2024 · Robert Menzies loved novels, plays and poetry, and dabbled in the odd rhyme himself. TROY BRAMSTON | The Australian, 1 June 2024 From his earliest days as a schoolboy to his time as a lawyer, politician and prime minister, Robert Menzies loved to read the works of great writers, playwrights and poets.
May 28, 2024 · On 29 April 1965 Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced in parliament that Australia would send a battalion of combat troops to Vietnam. The decision was motivated by a desire to strengthen strategic relations with the United States and to halt the spread of communism in South-East Asia.
Jun 7, 2024 · There are three senses in which he is relevant to this discussion. First, he was a major player when the Australian Settlement was being dismantled in the 1980s by Hawke and Keating, and his role as shadow treasurer enabled this major reform to occur in an uncontentious way.
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May 30, 2024 · Prime Minister Robert Menzies This weblink by the National Archives of Australia provides content relating to when Robert Menzies was in office as Prime Minister of Australia. Menzies Virtual Museum is produced by the Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Foundation.