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)