Speeches

Start Date
01 January 1950
End Date
31 December 1954
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Physical Context
MS 4936-Papers of Sir Robert Menzies/Class. Consignment received 1993/File 29
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ROYAL VISIT STATE BANQUET PARLIAMENT HOUSE  

CANBERRA  

TUESDAY. STH FEBRUARY. 1Q5I  

PRESENTATION TO THE QUEEN  

MR. MENZIES Your Majesty, before the vocal period of this  

dinner comes to an end, and that will encourage you because  

this means it will be the last time will speak tonight,  

would just like to say this if may. We had in mind Your  

,’iajesty's children, who have marvellous place in our  

affections, and am going to ask Your Majesty to be good  

enough to receive on some appropriate occasion collection  

of books written and printed in Australia for children.  

Somebody suggested that they ought to be bound in leather of  

certain quality, and am bound to’ say that old and decadent  

as am seem still to remember that children do not like to  

read books out of leather bound volumes. And so they will come  

in all their pristine beauty with their dust jackets on them.  

In addition to that Your Majesty, having mentioned the  

books for your children, who are so much in our hearts, want  

to ask you to be so kind as to accept from us, as the Government,  

the Parliament, the people of Australia, souvenir which hope  

will for many years give you some pleasure. It is quite true  

that, rich as we are in many things in Australia, we are not rich  

in diamonds, except in what believe are very loosely described  

as industrial diamonds, rather revolting term. But at any  

rate we have craftsmen and it occurred to us that you might like  

to have as souvenir of your visit to us spray of Australian  

flowers the ti-tree blossom, the wattle in diamonds both  

blue-white and golden. And if may do so Maha without embarrassing  

you as explained to you don't quite know how to open it  

would ask you to do us the singular honour of receiving from us  

what we hope will be memorial in your eyes of your visit to  

Australia, which has been the most joyous thing in our lives.  

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