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Event Visit to Indonesia (1959)

From: 2 December 1959
To: 7 December 1959

Details

The Indonesian Prime Minister Dr Djuanda formally invited Robert Menzies and Pattie Menzies to visit Indonesia. Menzies travelled with a small official party and media representatives. Principally a goodwill visit, Indonesian officials also raised concerns about China and Dutch claims over Western New Guinea with Menzies. Menzies visited President Sukarno and was the guest of honour at an official dinner. Menzies travelled to Malaysia after departing Indonesia.

Related People

Menzies, Robert Gordon (Bob) (1894 - 1978)

Digital Resources

Title: Morning coffee in honour of Pattie Menzies.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00366_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Hartini Sukarno presenting a gift to Pattie Menzies in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00375_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: President Sukarno presenting an orchid to Pattie Menzies.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00374_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Hartini Sukarno, Pattie Menzies, President Sukarno and Robert Menzies.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00373_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Pattie Menzies and others at the Ragunan Zoo in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00372_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Pattie Menzies and others at the Ragunan Zoo in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00371_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: The Taman Margasatwa (Ragunan Zoo).
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00370_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Pattie Menzies and others at the Bogor Botanical Gardens.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00369_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and Roeslan Abdulgani in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00279_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: View of the Bogor Palace.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00367_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies being interviewed during a visit to Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00378_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Hartini Sukarno and Pattie Menzies.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00365_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Unidentified Indonesian man, President Sukarno and Robert Menzies.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00364_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Presidential palace in Bogor.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00363_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies addressing guests at a dinner in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00362_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Guests at a dinner hosted by Robert Menzies in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00361_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Pattie Menzies and others at morning coffee.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00360_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Pattie Menzies and an unidentified Indonesian man at the Djakarta Museum.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00359_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Djakarta Museum.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00358_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Pattie Menzies at the Bogor Botanical Gardens.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00368_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies addressing guests at a dinner in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00290_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and others in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00280_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Dewan Perwakilan Rakjat (Parliament) building in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00281_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies, Jim Forbes and others in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00282_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and Raden Mas Sartono in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00283_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Mrs Djuanda and Pattie Menzies in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00284_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Pattie Menzies and Mrs Djuanda in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00285_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Morning coffee for Pattie Menzies hosted by Mrs Djuanda in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00286_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and Subandrio in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00287_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Hartini Sukarno and Pattie Menzies during Menzies' visit to Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00376_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Dinner speech by Djuanda Kartawidjaja in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00289_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: The Australian press interviewing President Sukarno.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00377_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and others at a reception during Menzies' visit to Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00385_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Mr Surjodipuro, Chief of Protocol, and others at a reception during Menzies' visit to Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00384_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Ganis Harsono and others.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00383_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Guests at a reception in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00382_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Jim McIntyre, Robert Menzies and others during Menzies' visit to Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00381_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Members of press interviewing Robert Menzies during Menzies' visit to Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00380_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Press conference during Menzies' visit to Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00379_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Jim McIntyre, Robert Menzies and others in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00355_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Subandrio, Robert Menzies and others at a dinner in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00288_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies addressing the press in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 1 December 1959
Control: MENZ00268_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Talks between Jim McIntyre, Robert Menzies and others in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00357_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: A busy intersection in Bandung.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00333_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Map showing the Republic of Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959 - December 1959
Control: MENZ00261_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Pattie Menzies and Robert Menzies on arrival in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 1 December 1959
Control: MENZ00262_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and Djuanda Kartawidjaja in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 1 December 1959
Control: MENZ00263_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies shaking hands with Subandrio in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 1 December 1959
Control: MENZ00264_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and Djuanda Kartawidjaja in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 1 December 1959
Control: MENZ00265_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies descending stairs at at the Karang Setra recreation ground in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00335_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Djuanda Kartawidjaja welcoming Robert Menzies to Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 1 December 1959
Control: MENZ00267_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Jim McIntyre, Robert Menzies and others in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00336_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies being introduced to members of the diplomatic community in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 1 December 1959
Control: MENZ00269_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies speaking to the press in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 1 December 1959
Control: MENZ00270_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Official residence of the Indonesian Foreign Minister.
Type: Image
Date: 1 December 1959
Control: MENZ00271_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: J. Helmi, Jim McIntyre, Robert Menzies and others in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00273_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Office of the Indonesian Prime Minister.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00274_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Jim McIntyre, Robert Menzies and Djuanda Kartawidjaja in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00275_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Merdeka Palace, Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00276_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: President Sukarno and Robert Menzies in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00277_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Djuanda Kartawidjaja and Robert Menzies inspecting a guard of honour in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 1 December 1959
Control: MENZ00266_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies, President Sukarno and others in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00278_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies shaking hands with Lt General H.H. Nasution.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00354_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and others at a wreath-laying ceremony in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00353_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Wreath-laying ceremony in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00352_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies laying a wreath in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00351_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Wreath-laying ceremony in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00350_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Monument of Indonesia's independence.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00349_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Karang Setra swimming pool in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00334_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Lt General H.H. Nasution presenting a gift to Robert Menzies.
Type: Image
Date: December 1959
Control: MENZ00356_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and Subandrio in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 2 December 1959
Control: MENZ00272_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Jim McIntyre and Robert Menzies.
Type: Image
Date: 4 December 1959
Control: MENZ00346_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Dancers in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 4 December 1959
Control: MENZ00347_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Guests at dinner at Merdeka Palace.
Type: Image
Date: 4 December 1959
Control: MENZ00345_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Jim McIntyre, Robert Menzies and others at a reception in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 4 December 1959
Control: MENZ00344_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Pattie Menzies shaking hands with President Sukarno.
Type: Image
Date: 4 December 1959
Control: MENZ00343_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies inspecting a guard of honour in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 4 December 1959
Control: MENZ00342_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies with two Indonesian women.
Type: Image
Date: 4 December 1959
Control: MENZ00341_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies with two Indonesian men.
Type: Image
Date: 4 December 1959
Control: MENZ00340_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Pattie Menzies receiving an umbrella in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 4 December 1959
Control: MENZ00339_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and Pattie Menzies receiving a tiger ornament in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 4 December 1959
Control: MENZ00338_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies others lunching in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 4 December 1959
Control: MENZ00337_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Pattie Menzies shaking hands with Sukmawati Soekarnoputri in Indonesia.
Type: Image
Date: 4 December 1959
Control: MENZ00348_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

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