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'How did Menzies develop as the giant of Australian politics?
'Sir Robert Menzies is a towering figure in Australian history. As the nation's longest-serving prime minister, he transformed and ultimately dominated the political landscape, implementing policies that laid the foundations of modern Australia. The story of Menzies and his governments is essential to the Australian narrative- the centrality of political liberalism, the defence of democracy through trying times, and the expanding horizons of our identity, prosperity and appreciation.
'The Young Menzies- Success, Failure, Resilience 1894-1942 explores the formative period of Menzies's life, when his personal outlook and system of beliefs that would help shape modern Australia were themselves still being formed. Contributors look at Menzies's ideas prior to their political practice and examine their context and origins. This period is also the time in which Menzies first attained power, though in difficult circumstances, when the focus of the nation was on survival. It was in losing office that Menzies was given the impetus to develop his vision for post-war Australia.
'This is the first of a four-volume history of Menzies and his world, based on conferences convened by the Robert Menzies Institute at the University of Melbourne. Contributors include Troy Bramston, Judith Brett, David Kemp and Frank Bongiorno. ' (Publication summary)
Contents
- Introduction, single work biography
- Robert Menzies : The Long Assessment, single work biography
- Young Robert, single work biography
- Menzies and the Law, single work biography
- Menzies : Democracy, Spirit and Education, single work biography
- Robert Menzies's Debt to Deakinite Liberalism, single work biography
- A Simple Presbyterian in Politics : Robert Menzies, Liberalism and Anti-Sectarianism, single work biography
- Peace and War, single work biography
- Menzies and Curtin at War, single work biography
- Menzies : The Learning Leader (and Why He Kept on Winning), single work biography
- A Little Piece of Earth : The Enduring Legacy of the Forgotten People Radio Talk, single work biography
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Younger Menzies
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , February 2024;
— Review of The Young Menzies 2022 anthology biography'Australia’s longest-serving prime minister emerges sympathetically from the first two of a projected four-volume survey'
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Menzies before the Liberal Party
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 67 no. 3 2023; (p. 90-92)
— Review of The Young Menzies 2022 anthology biography 'After a brilliant career at the Melbourne bar in the 1920s and a period as Victoria’s Attorney-General, Robert Gordon Menzies eventually became the most towering federal parliamentarian ever seen in Australian politics. But until now, few books, even including Allan Martin’s magisterial two-volume biography (1993, 1999), have dealt in any length or clarity with Menzies’s childhood, personality and early adulthood.' (Introduction) -
House and Garden : Examining Menzies’ Early Life and Career
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 451 2023; (p. 16-17)
— Review of The Young Menzies 2022 anthology biography'Robert Menzies retired as prime minister more than fifty-three years ago and died in 1978, yet he remains not just a dominant figure in Australian political history but a strong influence on modern political affairs. As Zachary Gorman, editor of this latest book on Menzies, argues, ‘it has become almost a cliché to say that he built or at least shaped and moulded modern Australia’. He created the Liberal Party that has governed Australia for fifty of the past seventy-three years, and modern Liberal politicians still draw on Menzies’ ideals.' (Introduction)
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Introduction
2022
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Young Menzies 2022;
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House and Garden : Examining Menzies’ Early Life and Career
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 451 2023; (p. 16-17)
— Review of The Young Menzies 2022 anthology biography'Robert Menzies retired as prime minister more than fifty-three years ago and died in 1978, yet he remains not just a dominant figure in Australian political history but a strong influence on modern political affairs. As Zachary Gorman, editor of this latest book on Menzies, argues, ‘it has become almost a cliché to say that he built or at least shaped and moulded modern Australia’. He created the Liberal Party that has governed Australia for fifty of the past seventy-three years, and modern Liberal politicians still draw on Menzies’ ideals.' (Introduction)
-
Menzies before the Liberal Party
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 67 no. 3 2023; (p. 90-92)
— Review of The Young Menzies 2022 anthology biography 'After a brilliant career at the Melbourne bar in the 1920s and a period as Victoria’s Attorney-General, Robert Gordon Menzies eventually became the most towering federal parliamentarian ever seen in Australian politics. But until now, few books, even including Allan Martin’s magisterial two-volume biography (1993, 1999), have dealt in any length or clarity with Menzies’s childhood, personality and early adulthood.' (Introduction) -
The Younger Menzies
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , February 2024;
— Review of The Young Menzies 2022 anthology biography'Australia’s longest-serving prime minister emerges sympathetically from the first two of a projected four-volume survey'
-
Introduction
2022
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Young Menzies 2022;