# Event Details - **Event Name**: Menzies and the British Commonwealth of Nations - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 27 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 am – Fri, 28 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm - **Event Description**: Fifth Annual Conference of the Robert Menzies InstituteAbout this EventThe theme of the Robert Menzies Institute’s 2025 Annual Conference is Menzies and the British Commonwealth of Nations. It marks 90 years since Australia’s longest-serving Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies’s first trip to Britain.The conference will explore the enduring impact of Britain on Australia’s systems of governance, institutions, economy and broader culture which remain influential despite the notion of Britishness no longer being salient to the Australian identity and everyday life.The 24 speakers at the conference include historians and academics from across Australia and the UK.The fifth Annual Conference of the Robert Menzies Institute is the first of a new trilogy of annual conferences on the theme Forging Australia: The Global Forces that Shaped a Nation.The keynote speaker at the Conference is Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History at the University of Newcastle, UK. He is also the President of the Britain and the World Society.Conference Dinner: This year, the conference also includes an intimate Conference Dinner at Woodward Centre, University of Melbourne, on Thursday 27 November 2025. The event includes a Q&A between Georgina Downer, CEO, Robert Menzies Institute and chief guest Martin Farr. The tickets for the dinner must be purchased separately.Details of the ConferenceDate: Thursday 27 November and Friday 28 November 2025Time: 8am-5pmVenue: Library, North Wing, Old Quad, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3052Tickets: Free for RMI members / Between $125 and $300.Details of the Conference DinnerDate: Thursday 27 November 2025Time: 6:30pm-9pmVenue: Woodward Centre, Law Building, 10th floor, 106/185 Pelham St, Carlton VIC 3053Tickets: $150.The speakers at the event will include:Alex McDermott & Henry Ergas: When Menzies met Baldwin: Australian and English conservatism, difference and convergenceAndrew Kemp: A very different world: Robert Menzies, Harold Macmillan, and the end of Greater BritainCharles Richardson: Menzies, Burkean liberal or Burkean conservative?Dan Brettig: Menzies, Cricket and the Cold WarDavid Furse-Roberts: A Twentieth Century Australian Whig: Robert Menzies and the Nineteenth Century British Liberal TraditionDavid Lee: Menzies and Imperial Unity, 1934-1942Eliezer Rubenstein: ‘Equally Sacred Precincts’: Why Lord’s was as central as Westminster to Menzies’s relationship with the British Commonwealth of NationsGreg Melleuish: Being British, Being AustralianJosh Woodward: ‘Enlarged horizons and excited imagination’: Re-reading Robert Menzies’s 1935 overseas diaryKit Kowol: ‘I could not help wondering whether I had an insight into Britain's future’: Australia in the post-war British Conservative Political ImaginationLee Rippon: Britain, Australia, the Empire and prisoner of war diplomacy, 1939 – 1942Lucas McLennan: Menzies and Diefenbaker- Navigating the post-British World Lyndon Megarrity: Anxious to be Seen and to Belong: Queensland, Royalty and the British CommonwealthMark Lunney: A Judicial Commonwealth?Michael de Percy: God, King, and Country: British Identity and the Australian Defence ForcePaul Brown: Sons of Empire: Menzies, Downer and their response to Britain joining the EECPeter Kurti: From Britishness to Pluralism: Civic Identity in Post-Imperial AustraliaTeesta Prakash: Menzies, Commonwealth and KashmirTim Rowse: Menzies's disenchantment with the British CommonwealthTroy Bramston: Menzies and Churchill in War and PeaceSelwyn Cornish & John Hawkins: Menzies & KeynesStewart Gill: Canada and Australia in the Commonwealth: Robert Menzies’s Relationship with Mackenzie King to Lester PearsonSue Thompson: Menzies’s Balancing Act in Southeast Asian SecurityWayne Reynolds: Navigating Imperial Overstretch east of Suez: Menzies and Australian foreign and defence policies 1935-1965Please note that by signing up for this event you are consenting to your information being uploaded to our mailing list. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/parkville/menzies-and-the-british-commonwealth-of-nations/100001384638955389 - **Event Categories**: business, conferences, sports, trips-adventures - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 318.96, currency: AUD ## Event venue details - **city**: Parkville - **state**: VI - **country**: Australia - **location**: Library - **lat**: -37.7974868 - **long**: 144.9610222 - **full address**: Library, North Wing, Old Quad, Parkville, Australia ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Menzies and the British Commonwealth of Nations - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/2df7337b7d39a1a7a4a3e266a52488c4b4e5321d26a3f983f75dbc442565b1c6-rimg-w1200-h600-dc041c3e-gmir.jpg?v=1758876040 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Menzies and the British Commonwealth of Nations being held? - **A:** Menzies and the British Commonwealth of Nations takes place on Thu, 27 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 am to Fri, 28 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm at Library, North Wing, Old Quad, Parkville, Australia. - **Q**: Who is organizing Menzies and the British Commonwealth of Nations? - **A:** Menzies and the British Commonwealth of Nations is organized by Robert Menzies Institute. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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