American-Australian Relations : What are They, and Why? The Annual W. Riecker Memorial Lecture Series (number 12) (copy 4)

Photography of the Robert Menzies Institute exhibition space. Aaron Francis Photography

Entry type: Book

Call Number: 587

Barcode: 31290035199652

Publication Date

1968
Place of Publication

Arizona
Book-plate

Yes
Edition

First
Number of Pages

14
Publication Info

softcover

Copy specific notes

Robert Menzies opened Australia’s diplomatic ties with the United States by appointing Richard Casey as the first Minister to Washington in 1940 during his first term as Prime Minister. During his second term beginning in 1949, Menzies made it a firm priority to forge closer bonds with the United States in order to protect Australia from threats in the Pacific region during the Cold War. Menzies would later reflect that the signing of the ANZUS treaty between America, Australia and New Zealand in 1951 was one of his greatest achievements.

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