Robert Gordon Menzies was born in the Victorian town of Jeparit on 20 December 1894. In 1928 he entered politics after being elected to Victoria’s Legislative Council for East Yarra. After six years in Victorian state politics as Attorney-General and Minister for Railways (1928–34), he was elected to federal parliament as Member for Kooyong. On … Continue reading December 20, 1894 – Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia, is born