Australian Encounters

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Joe Lyons and Benito Mussolini 1935 and 1937

Episode Synopsis

Herr Hitler was busy in the Rhineland, so Joseph Aloysius Lyons decided to pay a visit to Signor Mussolini instead. It was 1935 and collecting dictators was de rigueur for Australian politicians on visits to Europe.

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