We are excited to invite you to the Sydney launch of the final volume in our four‑part history of Menzies and his world, a project shaped by conferences convened by the Robert Menzies Institute at the University of Melbourne.

We are honoured to announce that Kellie Sloane MP, Leader of the Opposition, Leader of the NSW Liberals, and Member for Vaucluse, will officially launch The Menzies Legacy. Kellie will share her reflections on the work and discuss how its themes resonate with a contemporary vision of the Liberal Party.

Event details: 

Date: Monday 23rd February
Time: 5:30pm – 7pm (AEDT)
Venue: King & Wood Mallesons Office, Level 61, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney NSW 2000
Tickets: FREE for members / $30 for non-members. Book your ticket by clicking the Book Ticket button on this page.

Drinks and canapés included.

You can order your copy of The Menzies Legacy HERE. Copies of the book will also 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.