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Event Visit to Greece (1955)

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Robert Menzies visited Greece after attending the Prime Ministers' Conference in London in 1955. While there, he met Prime Minister Alexander Papagos and performed official wreath-laying ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Commonwealth war memorial in Athens. Menzies and his entourage also enjoyed a guided tour of the Acropolis.

Related People

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

Digital Resources

Title: Group of men at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00399_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and others at the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00411_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and a guide at the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00410_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies at the Acropolis.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00409_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and others at the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00408_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies in front of the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00407_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies at the monument to British and Commonwealth soldiers in Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00406_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies at the monument to British and Commonwealth soldiers in Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00405_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Monument to British and Commonwealth soldiers in Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00404_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies at the monument to British and Commonwealth soldiers in Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00403_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies in Syntagma Square in Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00402_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Erechtheion, Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00387_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00400_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and group in front of the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00414_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00398_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and others in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00397_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00396_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and two other men during Menzies' visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00395_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and Alexander Papagos during Menzies' visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00394_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and Alexander Papagos during Menzies' visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00393_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies, Alexander Papagos and others during Menzies' visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00392_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies, Alexander Papagos and others.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00391_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and Alexander Papagos during Menzies' visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00390_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies on arrival in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00388_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00401_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and an unidentified man in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00425_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and others including Alexander Papagos during Menzies' visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00389_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies standing to attention at a presentation ceremony in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00436_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and others in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00435_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and an unidentified man in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00434_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and others in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00433_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00432_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and another, unidentified man in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00431_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies speaking in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00430_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies listening to a man on a podium in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00429_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies waving during a visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00428_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and others at the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00412_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies listening to an unidentified man during a visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00426_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and group at the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00413_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and Alexander Papagos.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00424_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies talking to two identified men in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00423_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies speaking to Alexander Papagos in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00422_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies at a state dinner in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00421_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Group at a state dinner in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00420_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Group at a state dinner in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00419_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and others descending stairs at the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00418_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and a guide in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00417_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and others looking over Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00416_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies and others in front of the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00415_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: View of Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00386_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

Title: Robert Menzies with an unidentified woman during a visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00427_00001
Repository: Special Collections, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne

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The University of Melbourne, 2013
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