Sir Robert Menzies

Posted in 1953

  • Visit of US Vice-President Richard Nixon and Mrs Nixon, with PM Menzies, OctoberFlies to England to attend Queen Elizabeth's Coronation on 2nd June, followed by the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference. Travels home via South Africa where he spends 10 days, the first Australian Prime Minister to visit South Africa for 43 years.

 

"My hero!", Frith, Melbourne Herald, 17/2/1953