The Robert Menzies Institute is delighted to invite you to an Afternoon Tea book launch of “Collected Poems and Other Writings: RG Menzies”.

Date: Thursday 22 May 2025

Time: 3pm – 5pm

Location: Robert Menzies Museum, East Wing, Old Quad
The University of Melbourne

About the book

This wonderful collection of Sir Robert Menzies’s poems and writings gives us a glimpse into the inner world of Australia’s longest serving Prime Minister – his droll humour, his love of nature, family and Shakespeare and his insights into early twentieth century Australian life and times.

The book includes a foreword by Dr Stephen McInerney, Dean of Studies, and an Associate Professor of Literature at Campion College.

Collected Poems and Other Writings features poems sourced from the Menzies Collection at the University of Melbourne, the Menzies Papers in the National Library of Australia, private family papers, and other published materials.

We thank the Alan and Mary-Louise Archibald Foundation whose generous support made this publication possible.

About Dr Stephen McInerney

Dr Stephen McInerney is Dean of Studies, and an Associate Professor of Literature at Campion College. In 2012, Stephen was awarded the Theological Studies Prize and Lightfoot Prize at the University of Cambridge for his academic works.

Stephen has authored the foreword to this collection.

About Troy Bramston

Troy Bramston is a senior writer and columnist with The Australian newspaper. He was previously a columnist with The Sunday Telegraph. He is the bestselling author or editor of eleven books, including Bob Hawke: demons and destiny (2022), Robert Menzies: the art of politics (2019), and Paul Keating: the big-picture leader (2016). Troy co-authored The Truth of the Palace Letters (2020) and The Dismissal (2015) with Paul Kelly. He is currently writing a biography of Gough Whitlam.