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Jul 17, 2021 · The Robert Menzies Institute is a prime ministerial library and museum that commemorates the life and legacy of Australia’s longest serving Prime Minister. Board of Directors Mr Leigh Clifford AO (Chairman) Prof Su Baker AM Ms Peta Credlin Prof Ian Harper AO Mr Geoffrey Hone The Hon Dr David Kemp A
Aug 9, 2023 · On this day, 9 August 1862, James Menzies (Sir Robert’s father and a future Victorian MLA) is born in Ballarat. James was the son of Robert Menzies, a Scottish seaman who in 1854 at 22 years of age had jumped ship from the vessel Thomas Fieldon in the hope of striking it rich in the Australian gold rush. In 1855 he had married Elizabeth Brand ...
20th December: Robert Gordon Menzies was born in Jeparit in Victoria's Mallee district, the third son and fourth child of James and Kate Menzies. 1899 Starts state school in Jeparit and later Ballarat.
Menzies was born in Ballarat West, Victoria, one of the nine surviving children of Elizabeth (née Band) and Robert Menzies.His parents were both Scottish immigrants, meeting soon after their arrival in Australia in 1854 and marrying the following year.
Robert Gordon Menzies was born in rural Victoria in 1894. He went to primary school in Ballarat, then to high school at Wesley College in Melbourne. He graduated in law from the University of Melbourne in 1916, and became a barrister in 1918.
In his role as Federal Attorney-General - and thus a spokesperson for the government, Menzies became embroiled in some contentious issues which plagued the Lyons Government. These included the attempt to bar the entry of communist activist Egon Kisch into Australia and an disagreement with the trade unions over the export of pig-iron to Japan.
Robert Menzies. Actor: Cactus. Robert Menzies was born on 4 November 1955 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor, known for Cactus (1986), Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995) and Three Dollars (2005).
