List of nicknames of Prime Ministers of Australia

This is a list of nicknames of Prime Ministers of Australia.

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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]

Gough Whitlam

Full name: Edward Gough Whitlam

  • The Young Brolga[10]

Malcolm Fraser

Full name: John Malcolm Fraser

Bob Hawke

Full name: Robert James Lee Hawke

  • The silver bodgie[12]
  • Little Caesar[9]

Paul Keating

Full name: Paul John Keating

  • The Mortician

John Howard

Full name: John Winston Howard

  • Honest John
  • Little Johnnie Howard[13]

Kevin Rudd

Full name: Kevin Michael Rudd

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

Julia Gillard

Full name: Julia Eileen Gillard

  • Ju-liar part of a campaign of character assassination led by Alan Jones[14]

Tony Abbott

Full name: Anthony John Abbott

Malcolm Turnbull

Full name: Malcolm Bligh Turnbull

Scott Morrison

Full name: Scott John Morrison

References
  1. "Edmund Barton". primeministers.naa.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  2. 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. https://www.moadoph.gov.au/blog/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.
  7. "John McEwen". primeministers.naa.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  8. https://theconversation.com/from-toby-tosspot-to-mr-harbourside-mansion-personal-insults-are-an-australian-tradition-98928
  9. [email protected] (2018-05-14). "What's in a name?". The Monthly. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  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. 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.
  13. https://theconversation.com/from-toby-tosspot-to-mr-harbourside-mansion-personal-insults-are-an-australian-tradition-98928
  14. Kwek, Glenda (2011-02-24). "Alan Jones lets rip at 'Ju-liar' Gillard". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  15. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-10645410
  16. Bongiorno, Frank. "From 'Toby Tosspot' to 'Mr Harbourside Mansion', personal insults are an Australian tradition". The Conversation. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  17. https://www.northwesttelegraph.com.au/news/north-west-telegraph/turnbulls-a-turncoat-ng-b88720977z
  18. https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/turncoat-turnbull-ghosts-dutton/
  19. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv6r_4c-WZzSajwDs_Nnx-Nk7GG7a4W9l
  20. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/rita-panahi/turncoat-turnbullfrom-leftie-poster-boy-to-villain/news-story/8b2aa2a05745ad276ad308acbb60de09
  21. https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7125949
  22. jadechinese (2019-08-07). ""How many lies would a Liar from the Shire lie if a Liar from the Shire could lie? He would lie, he would, as much as he could, and lie as many lies as a Liar from the Shire would if a Liar from the Shire could lie his lies." PS – I reckon @ScottMorrisonMP is a Liar". Jade News and Media Photos. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  23. 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.
  24. "Aloha, Scotty from Marketing, is it resurrection you're looking for?". The New Daily. 2019-12-24. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  25. Cashmere, Paul (2020-01-03). "Bette Midler Calls Scotty From Marketing "a Fuckwit"". Noise11.com. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
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