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governments. However, in 1916 he crossed the floor to vote against a government bill that would have mandated the closure of
Victoria's Lutheran schools (which were primarily German-speaking). He was one of the few MPs to speak out against the discrimination against German-Australians that was
482:...a strongly built man of little more than medium height. His hair was prematurely grey, and became a splendid silver. He had a fairly full moustache, in which he took some pride. The nervous tension which he had tended to make him both dogmatic and intolerant; in a very modified sense, a "
470:("Bob" or "Rob"; b. 1894), and Sydney Keith (b. 1905). The first three were born in Ballarat and the last two in Jeparit. Robert became the longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia, while Frank was Crown Solicitor for Victoria and Isabel managed the
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for 20 years. In 1943, it was renamed in his honour as the
Menzies Home for Boys; it later evolved into an organisation called Menzies: Caring for Kids, which continues to work with young people but no longer maintains residential facilities.
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Menzies "occupied every presidential chair
Jeparit had to offer, political, civic, social, and sporting", and endeared himself to the local farming community by extending generous lines of credit. He was a Methodist
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Menzies had little formal schooling, but was a keen reader. At the time of his father's death, he had just begun an apprenticeship as a coach-painter. After a period as a
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widespread during the war, stating that he knew many of the
Germans in his constituency from his previous business dealings and that he could vouch for their character.
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