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6. ‘Robert Menzies’ partner: Pattie Menzies’, National Archives of Australia, accessed 6 October 2021. 7. Australian War Memorial, ‘Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies: wartime broadcast’, accessed 7 October 2021. 8. Menzies initially used the term ‘forgotten class’ in a 22 May 1942 broadcast, describing society’s middle class.
Oct 10, 2023 · Robert P. Menzies, The End of History: Pentecostals and a Fresh Approach to the Apocalypse (ACPT Press, 2022), 207 pages, ISBN 9780578361161.
Robert Menzies served two terms as prime minister of Australia (1939–41 and 1949–66). He was Australia’s longest-serving prime minister. He held the position for more than 18…
May 15, 2022 · On this day, 15 May 1978 at 4.30pm, Sir Robert Menzies passes away in his home at 2 Haverbrack Avenue in Malvern at the age of 83. The cause of death was a coronary heart attack while reading in his study; his doctor and neighbour George Morrison rushed to his aid but it was to no avail.
— Prime Minister Robert Menzies Despite an initial loss at the 1946 election, the Liberal party would go on to win the next six general elections. Menzies’ second term, which began in 1949 and ended in 1966, was regarded as a period of economic growth, increased prosperity for Australians and great social change for Australia despite some periods of political turmoil.
Robert Gordon Menzies was born to James Menzies and Kate Menzies (nee Sampson) in Jeparit, Victoria, a small town in the Wimmera region of western Victoria, on December 20, 1894. His father James was a storekeeper, the son of Scottish crofters who had emigrated to Australia in the mid-1850s in the wake of the Victorian gold rush.
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.
