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Robert Menzies Robert Menzies i(A62837 works by) (a.k.a. Sir Robert Gordon Menzies; Robert G. Menzies; R. G. Menzies; Bob Menzies)
Born: Established: 20 Dec 1894 Jeparit, Nhill - Dimboola - Albacutya area, North West Victoria, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 15 May 1978 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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1 6 y separately published work icon Letters to My Daughter : Robert Menzies, Letters, 1955-1975 Robert Menzies , Heather Henderson (editor), Sydney : Murdoch Books , 2011 Z1795443 2011 selected work correspondence 'As Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister and the founder of the Liberal Party, Sir Robert Menzies is a towering figure in our political and cultural history. Letters to My Daughter is a collection of letters written by Menzies to his only daughter, Heather, throughout the fifties, sixties and seventies, when she was living overseas with her diplomat husband. They are full of warmth, love, humour and insights - both political and personal - and they allow us to see a completely different side of a man most Australians think of as a rather stern and forbidding authoritarian figure.

'The letters are so beautifully written they make you realise what a lost art letter writing is, and they are introduced by Heather herself, who explains the insider references and humorous asides. The collection also includes fascinating correspondence between Menzies and leaders of the day, including President John F. Kennedy and Gough Whitlam. Even the most rusted-on Labor voter will come away with a different view of Menzies and his legacy after reading this book.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Measure of the Years Robert Menzies , North Melbourne : Cassell Australia , 1970 Z1414096 1970 single work autobiography
1 2 y separately published work icon Afternoon Light : Some Memories of Men and Events Robert Menzies , Melbourne : Cassell Australia , 1967 Z1414087 1967 single work autobiography
1 y separately published work icon The Forgotten People : A Broadcast Address Robert Menzies , Melbourne : Robertson and Mullens , 1942 Z1630855 1942 single work prose
1 In Praise of Artists Robert Menzies , 1942 single work column
— Appears in: ABC Weekly , 10 October vol. 4 no. 41 1942; (p. 11)
1 Untitled Robert Menzies , 1931 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Quarterly , 14 September vol. 3 no. 11 1931; (p. 124-126)
— Review of Henry Bournes Higgins : A Memoir Nettie Palmer , 1931 single work biography
1 y separately published work icon Club Fever i "You must come down to the Club again, to the place where the Savages are,", Robert Menzies , 1926 (Manuscript version)x401796 Z1414079 1926 single work poetry humour
1 A Century of Australian Song : Part III Robert Menzies , 1918 single work criticism
— Appears in: Melbourne University Magazine , October vol. 12 no. 3 1918; (p. 105-107)
1 A Century of Australian Song : Part II Robert Menzies , 1918 single work criticism
— Appears in: Melbourne University Magazine , August vol. 12 no. 2 1918; (p. 57-59)
1 A Century of Australian Song : Part I Robert Menzies , 1918 single work criticism
— Appears in: Melbourne University Magazine , May vol. 12 no. 1 1918; (p. 8-11)
1 An Imagined Place i "Great Master, let us sit down and learn of thee!", Robert Menzies , 1913 single work poetry
— Appears in: Melbourne University Magazine , vol. 7 no. 2 1913; (p. 57)
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