Sir Robert Gordon Menzies was and in fact still holds the title of Australia�s longest serving Prime Minister, being for a period of 17 years. Born in the small country town of Jeparit in 1894. Just into his teens Menzies was taken to live with his Grandparents in Ballarat where he attained the top place in the State in his school exams. After High School Robert Menzies then attended Melbourne University where he attained class honours at Law. As a lawyer, Menzies was exceptionally highly regarded but he had long held political ambitions, which he desperately wanted to act upon. His initial stint in Parliament was in the Victorian State Parliament. After some years he then entered Federal politics as a member of the United Australia Party.

Robert Gordon Menzies was elected to the position of Prime Minister on the 26th April 1939 on the death of the then Prime Minister Joseph Lyons, this was of course just prior to the commencement of the Second World War. After the breaking up and dissolution of his United Australia Party Menzies created the Liberal Party and made a winning return to politics in 1949 by leading his new Party to a landslide election victory. Menzies then became well known for numerous sayings such as "populate or perish" when referring to the need for Australia to populate the country in order to expand and be competitive internationally. Robert Menzies was knighted in 1963 just three years prior to his retirement from politics. During his "reign" Menzies was responsible for seven Federal election victories, the building of the National Capital at Canberra as well as his many visits to England as our roving representative. Sir Robert Menzies passed away at the age of 83 with his funeral being attended by world leaders including Royalty.