List of nicknames of prime ministers of Australia

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Edmund Barton

Full name: Edmund Barton

Alfred Deakin

Full name: Alfred Deakin

Chris Watson

Full name: John Christian Watson

George Reid

Full name: George Houston Reid

Andrew Fisher

Full name: Andrew Fisher

Joseph Cook

Full name: Joseph Cook

Billy Hughes

Full name: William Morris Hughes

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

Earle Page

Full name: Earle Christmas Grafton Page

Robert Menzies

Full name: Robert Gordon Menzies

Arthur Fadden

Full name: Arthur William Fadden

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

Gough Whitlam

Full name: Edward Gough Whitlam

Malcolm Fraser

Full name: John Malcolm Fraser

Bob Hawke

Full name: Robert James Lee Hawke

Paul Keating

Full name: Paul John Keating

John Howard

Full name: John Winston Howard

Kevin Rudd

Full name: Kevin Michael Rudd

Julia Gillard

Full name: Julia Eileen Gillard

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

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  2. 1 2 corporatename:Old Parliament House, Executive Agency within the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio (19 June 2017). "Tosspot to Bodgie: Seven Prime Ministerial nicknames". Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
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