Did I mentioned I enjoyed the Museum of Democracy in Canberra ? Well I loved it actually and here is one more reason why. Then I promise I will stop raving about it.
In a room in the Old Parliament Building there was a whole section devoted to the Prime Ministers of Australia.Lots of standard facts, where they were born, when they were PMs, which party they belong to, what they were most famous or infamous for and what happened to them...
The little note that really tickled me was one saying NICKNAMES. - The Prime Ministers of Australia, in true Aussie style do not take themselves that seriously and are happy to be known, and the people are comfortable calling them by their nicknames.
Here is s smattering of what I mean:
Gough Whitlam - The Young Brolga.
Sir William McMahon - Billy the Leak.
John Grayton- Jolly John.
Sir John McEwen - Black Jack.
Sir Robert Menzies - Pig Iron Bob, Ming.
Arthur Fadden - Artie.
Joseph Aloysius Lyons - Honest Joe.
William Morris Hughes - The Little Digger.
Sir George Houston Reid - Yes - No Reid.
Alfred Deakin- Affable Alfred
And the best of all for the First PM of Australia Sir Edmund Barton - Toby Tosspot.
You gotta give it to them, they have life the right side up even if they are down under.
In a room in the Old Parliament Building there was a whole section devoted to the Prime Ministers of Australia.Lots of standard facts, where they were born, when they were PMs, which party they belong to, what they were most famous or infamous for and what happened to them...
The little note that really tickled me was one saying NICKNAMES. - The Prime Ministers of Australia, in true Aussie style do not take themselves that seriously and are happy to be known, and the people are comfortable calling them by their nicknames.
Here is s smattering of what I mean:
Gough Whitlam - The Young Brolga.
Sir William McMahon - Billy the Leak.
John Grayton- Jolly John.
Sir John McEwen - Black Jack.
Sir Robert Menzies - Pig Iron Bob, Ming.
Arthur Fadden - Artie.
Joseph Aloysius Lyons - Honest Joe.
William Morris Hughes - The Little Digger.
Sir George Houston Reid - Yes - No Reid.
Alfred Deakin- Affable Alfred
And the best of all for the First PM of Australia Sir Edmund Barton - Toby Tosspot.
You gotta give it to them, they have life the right side up even if they are down under.
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