Menzies on Tour is an online archive of photographs donated to the University of Melbourne by Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, former prime minister of Australia and chancellor of the University of Melbourne. The photographs are contained in ten albums held in Special Collections in the Baillieu Library and form part of Robert Menzies’ personal library. The albums document Menzies’ overseas visits to eight countries, as well as the Royal Visit of 1954. This collection is a significant visual account of Menzies’ travels abroad as prime minister and provides a pictorial record of Australia’s expanding international relations during the post-war period.
Visits
- India (December 1950)
- Royal Visit (February-March 1954)
- Netherlands (February 1955)
- Greece (March 1955)
- Germany (July 1956)
- Philippines (August 1957)
- Malta (June 1956)
- Japan (April 1957)
- Indonesia (December 1959)