National Archives' records

Our collection includes records from Robert Menzies' time as prime minister and a member of parliament.

This is a selection of records from our collection, including Commonwealth records and Menzies’s personal papers (CP 54).

• Miscellaneous papers of Robert Gordon Menzies, 1933-46 (series CP450/9)
• Personal papers of Menzies as Attorney-General, 1934-39 (series CP450/7)
• Prime Minister notes of speeches by Mr Menzies, 1939-41 (A461, AA4/1/12)
• RG Menzies honours, 1939-50 (A463, 1969/7404)
• Portrait of the Rt Hon. RG Menzies by Charles Wheeler, 1939-56 (A463, 1965/2336)
• Negative master sheets (Daily War and Menzies) inwards cables, 1940-41 (AA1979/333, 1)
• Cables to and from RG Menzies and Party during visit to London, 1941 (series CP290/9)
• Sir Robert Menzies – Commissions signed appointing Sir Robert Menzies to various positions in the Australian Government, 1941-52 (series A6382)
• Statements by Rt Hon. RG Menzies, Leader of the Opposition, 1946-49 (A5954, 2214/1)
• Federal elections – December 1949. Speeches and statements by the Rt Hon. RG Menzies, Leader of the Liberal Party, 1949 (A5954, 2315/13)
• Folders of papers maintained by Menzies as Prime Minister, 1949-66 (series M2576)
• Menzies anti-inflation plans curtailment of Immigration, 1951 (A462, 414/5)
• Correspondence from RG Menzies to the Petrovs granting them political asylum, 1954 (A6201, 16)
• Correspondence between Australian PMs (Menzies/Holt) and heads of other governments: nuclear power,1954 (A6706, 50)
• Prime Minister's Office file on Royal Commission on Espionage, 1954-55 (series A6227)
• Menzies/Spry correspondence re ‘The Petrov case', 1956-58 (A6122, 1418)
• Correspondence between Australian PMs (Menzies/Holt) and Heads of other governments: Indonesia, 1957-66 (A6706, 34)
• Photographic negatives, single number series with ‘RGM' prefix, 1959 (series A1775)
• ELDO/Blue Streak [correspondence between Prime Ministers Menzies/Macmillan re cancellation of missile project at Woomera], 1959-62 (A6706, 24)
• Binder of transcripts of press conferences, interviews and broadcasts given by Prime Minister Menzies,1960-63 (series A4959)
• Attorney General's department – summary of achievements during term of Menzies government 1949–1961, 1960-72 (A432, 1961/2522)
• Atomic tests – Menzies statement – 13 September, 1961 (A6456, R087/096)
• Book (Original). Book 3 – ‘The Notable War record of the Menzies Government 1939–1941’, 1965 (A5954, 765/2)
• Book (Original) Chapter 30 – ‘An Appraisement of Prime Minister Menzies in 1941’, 1965 (A5954, 766/25)
• Menzies, Sir Robert (audio tape), 1966 (C102, 1499371)
• Death of Sir Robert Menzies – condolence messages, arrangements for Memorial Service, United Kingdom,1978 (series A9257)

Research guides

For details of the records on Robert Menzies and Pattie Menzies held by the National Archives and other institutions, you can use Robert Menzies: guide to archives of Australia's prime ministers.