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Greece

Robert Menzies

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 and lunched with King Paul and Queen Frederica.

Source

Mr Menzies in Greece. Canberra Times. 2 March 1955, 1.

Images

Title: Erechtheion, Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Group at a state dinner during a visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00420_00001

Title: Group at a state dinner during Menzies' visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Group of men in uniform saluting during Robert Menzies' visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Group of men, including men in uniform, in Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and a guide at the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and a guide in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and Alexander Papagos during Menzies' visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and Alexander Papagos during Menzies' visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and Alexander Papagos during Menzies' visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and Alexander Papagos during Menzies' visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and an unidentified man during a visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and an unidentified man in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and another, unidentified man in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and group at the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and group in front of the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and others at the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and others at the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and others descending stairs at the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and others in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and others in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and others in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and others including Alexander Papagos during Menzies' visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and others looking over Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and others standing in front of the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies and two other men during Menzies' visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies at a state dinner during a visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies at the Acropolis.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies in Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies in front of the Parthenon.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies inspecting a guard of honour in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies inspecting a guard of honour in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies inspecting a guard of honour in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies inspecting a guard of honour in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies listening to a man on a podium in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies listening to an unidentified man during a visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies on arrival in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies speaking in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies standing to attention at a presentation ceremony in Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies talking to Alexander Papagos during a visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies talking to two identified men during a visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies waving during a visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00428_00001

Title: Robert Menzies waving in front of a small group of people.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00412_00001

Title: Robert Menzies with an unidentified woman during a visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00427_00001

Title: Robert Menzies, Alexander Papagos and others during Menzies' visit to Greece.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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Title: Robert Menzies, Alexander Papagos and others.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
Control: MENZ00391_00001

Title: View of Athens.
Type: Image
Date: March 1955
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The Robert Menzies Collection: A Living Library is the product of research by Caitlin Stone and Jim Berryman.

The project uses the Online Heritage Resource Manager, a tool developed by the eScholarship Research Centre, part of the University of Melbourne Library.

Published by the eScholarship Research Centre
The University of Melbourne, 2013
http://www.menziescollection.esrc.unimelb.edu.au