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This is a list of nicknames of prime ministers of Australia.

List of nicknames

Edmund Barton

Full name: Edmund Barton

  • Toby Tosspot[1]

Alfred Deakin

Full name: Alfred Deakin

  • Affable Alfred[2]

Chris Watson

Full name: John Christian Watson

George Reid

Full name: George Houston Reid

  • Yes-No Reid in reference a long speech where he was unwilling to take a clear position on federation.[3]

Andrew Fisher

Full name:Andrew Fisher

Joseph Cook

Full name: Joseph Cook

Billy Hughes

Full name: William Morris Hughes

  • The Little Digger
  • The Rat Due to his support for conscription & defection from the Labor Party to the Liberal Party

Stanley Bruce

Full name: Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne

James Scullin

Full name: James Henry Scullin

Joseph Lyons

Full name: Joseph Aloysius Lyons

  • Honest Joe

Earle Page

Full name: Earle Christmas Grafton Page

Robert Menzies

Full name: Robert Gordon Menzies

Arthur Fadden

Full name: Arthur William Fadden

  • Artie

John Curtin

Full name: John Joseph Ambrose Curtin

Frank Forde

Full name: Francis Michael Forde

Ben Chifley

Full name: Joseph Benedict Chifley

Harold Holt

Full name: Harold Edward Holt

John McEwen

Full name: John McEwen

John Gorton

Full name: John Grey Gorton

William McMahon

Full name: William McMahon

  • Billy the Leak[9]
  • Billy Liar[9]
  • Billy Big Ears

Gough Whitlam

Full name: Edward Gough Whitlam

  • The Young Brolga[10]
  • Goughie

Malcolm Fraser

Full name: John Malcolm Fraser

Bob Hawke

Full name: Robert James Lee Hawke

  • The Silver Bodgie[2]
  • Little Caesar[9]

Paul Keating

Full name: Paul John Keating

  • The Mortician
  • The Lizard of Oz[12]

John Howard

Full name: John Winston Howard

  • Honest John
  • Little Johnnie Howard[8]

Kevin Rudd

Full name: Kevin Michael Rudd

  • Kevin07 his campaign slogan for the 2007 election
  • Milky Bar Kid in his likeness to Nestlé Milky Bar Kid
  • Rudd the Dudd

Julia Gilliard

Full name: Julia Eileen Gillard

  • Ju-liar part of a campaign of character assassination led by Alan Jones[13]

Tony Abbott

Full name: Anthony John Abbott

Malcolm Turnbull

Full name: Malcolm Bligh Turnbull

Scott Morrison

Full name: Scott John Morrison

Anthony Albanese

Full name: Anthony Norman Albanese

  • Albo

References

  1. ^ "Edmund Barton". primeministers.naa.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  2. ^ a b corporatename:Old Parliament House, Executive Agency within the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio. "Tosspot to Bodgie: Seven Prime Ministerial nicknames". Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  3. ^ "Dictionary of Australian Biography R". gutenberg.net.au. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  4. ^ "Tosspot to Bodgie: Seven Prime Ministerial nicknames".
  5. ^ "How did former Australian prime ministers get their nicknames?". ABC Radio. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  6. ^ Library (Phone: +61892664205), Curtin University of Technology (2002-12-18). "Bouncedown at Brunswick Football Club". john.curtin.edu.au. Retrieved 2019-07-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "John McEwen". primeministers.naa.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  8. ^ a b "From 'Toby Tosspot' to 'Mr Harbourside Mansion', personal insults are an Australian tradition".
  9. ^ a b c kateg@themonthly.com.au1515708219 (2018-05-14). "What's in a name?". The Monthly. Retrieved 2020-12-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/whitlam/fast-facts.aspx
  11. ^ Oakes, Laurie (2015-03-20). "He was nothing if not consistent". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  12. ^ Marshall, Nikki; Livsey, Anna (12 July 2017). "No hands, ma'am: Australian prime ministers meet the Queen – in pictures". The Guardian.
  13. ^ Kwek, Glenda (2011-02-24). "Alan Jones lets rip at 'Ju-liar' Gillard". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  14. ^ "Profile: Tony Abbott". BBC News. 14 September 2015.
  15. ^ Bongiorno, Frank. "From 'Toby Tosspot' to 'Mr Harbourside Mansion', personal insults are an Australian tradition". The Conversation. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  16. ^ "Turnbull's a turncoat". 23 January 2018.
  17. ^ "Turncoat Turnbull ghosts Dutton". 10 April 2019.
  18. ^ "Turncoat Turnbull - YouTube". YouTube.
  19. ^ "Turncoat Turnbull...from leftie poster boy to villain". Herald Sun. 14 September 2015.
  20. ^ "Fizza". 2016.
  21. ^ Haydar, Nour (22 November 2021). "Prime Minister forced to backtrack after claiming he told opposition about Hawaiian holiday during bushfires". ABC News. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  22. ^ Hewson, John (27 November 2021). "Scott Morrison's election lies". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  23. ^ "Aloha, Scotty from Marketing, is it resurrection you're looking for?". The New Daily. 2019-12-24. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  24. ^ Cashmere, Paul (2020-01-03). "Bette Midler Calls Scotty From Marketing "a Fuckwit"". Noise11.com. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  25. ^ Scott Morrison rejects 'Scotty from marketing' nickname, news.com.au, January 20, 2020
  26. ^ Scotty From Marketing Holds Focus Group To Suss Out If He'll Get Booed At The Sydney Test, The Betoota Advocate
  27. ^ Rigby, Brittney (2020-01-02). "Former marketer Scott Morrison's bushfire messaging isn't good leadership, and it isn't good PR". Mumbrella. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
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