The Robert Menzies Institute invites you to the official launch of ‘The Menzies Legacy: Ideals, Change, Procession, 1960s and Beyond’

This is the last of our four-volume history of Menzies and his world, based on conferences convened by the Robert Menzies Institute at the University of Melbourne.

We are honoured to announce that QLD Deputy Premier The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie MP will launch the book. Jarrod will discuss the book and reflect on a Liberal approach to home ownership given that a staggering rise in home ownership from 53 per cent to over 70 per cent was one of the Menzies government’s most remarkable legacies.

Event Details

Date: Tuesday 3 February 2026
Time: 5:30pm – 7pm (AEST)
Venue: King & Wood Mallesons Office, Level 33, One Eagle Waterfront Brisbane, 1 Eagle Street, Brisbane QLD 4000
Tickets: FREE for members / $30 for non-members. Book your ticket HERE.

Drinks and canapés included.

Copies of The Menzies Legacy will be available for purchase and signing on the night.

About The Book

Menzies led Australia for over half the decade, finally retiring in 1966 as our oldest prime minister. His reputation for stability and continuity appears opposed to everything we commonly associate with the 1960s. Yet he governed during a dynamic period marked by rising levels of homeownership, university education, opportunities for women, engagement with Asia, instantaneous communications, space exploration, international travel and trade.

These years also saw the decline of bitter sectarian divisions, an evolving Australian identity and even the introduction of a new currency. Multitudinal transformations occurred against a backdrop of stormy geopolitical tensions, involving a presidential assassination, a clandestine war with Indonesia, the introduction of conscription and the commitment of a combat battalion to Vietnam.

Australia would never be the same, but was this because of or despite Menzies?

Contributors include Christopher Beer, Geoffrey Blainey, Frank Bongiorno, Nicholas Brown, Andrew Carr, Jennifer Clark, Selwyn Cornish, Gwilym Croucher, Peter Dean, Damien Freeman, David Furse-Roberts, Matilda Hatcher, John Hawkins, Anne Henderson, Sean Jacobs, David Lee, Tom Lewis, Stephen Loosley, Lucas McLennan, Lyndon Megarrity, Michael de Percy, Charles Richardson, Dean Smith, William Stoltz, James Waghorne, James Walter and Joshua Woodward.