In commemoration of 80 years of Liberalism, The Robert Menzies Institute curated an exhibit to showcase all over Australia, highlighting the fundamental role Robert Menzies played in forming the Liberal Party and in turn forging the political, social and cultural landscape of modern Australia.

The exhibit welcomed hundreds of visitors from June 2024 to November 2024 at conferences in: Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Launceston, Adelaide, Perth and Albury.

“Australia is undoubtedly at the beginning of a revival of liberal political thought… there will be involved many conferences, much thought and work, a great stirring of minds… Great movements are never purely a matter of organisation, tremendously important though organisation is. Nor can they be produced merely by artificial means. To have a really great movement, one worth while, you must have great ideas.”

Robert Menzies, 29 October 1943

Scans of the individual Panels

Images of the Exhibit and Visitors