Item #89947 A detached autograph album leaf (120 × 178 mm), signed in ink by Robert Menzies and his wife Pattie M[aie] Menzies (her signature appears first). Sir Robert Gordon MENZIES.

A detached autograph album leaf (120 × 178 mm), signed in ink by Robert Menzies and his wife Pattie M[aie] Menzies (her signature appears first)

Not dated, but we can attest to the fact that the signatures were collected in 1952. Menzies was the Prime Minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966 (still a record term in office). Menzies and his wife made The Lodge in Canberra their home from 1950 to 1966.

'During Menzies' second term as Prime Minister, Pattie Menzies accompanied him on almost all domestic and overseas tours. She undertook many public engagements, her friendly manner and quiet sense of humour winning her many admirers. One observer referred to her as "Menzies' secret weapon"' (National Archives of Australia website).

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