List of diplomatic missions in Australia
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Consulates and legations were operating in Australian cities long before the Commonwealth of Australia was founded in 1901. The United States opened a consulate in Sydney in 1836, with other countries later following including Switzerland (1855), Germany (1879) and Japan (1896, in Townsville).
The diplomatic corps was first established in Canberra in 1936 when the United Kingdom appointed its first High Commissioner to Australia. Canada appointed a representative in 1937 and the United States of America established a legation in 1940. This was followed in early 1941 by Japan only for the legation to be closed in December 1941 with the entry of Japan into World War II. The period 1941-1945 saw additional legations opened by wartime allies China, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, France and the Netherlands and the appointment of High Commissioners by New Zealand and India . In 1946, Australia and the United States upgraded their diplomatic relations to ambassadorial level and exchanged ambassadors in September of that year.[1] The other non-Commonwealth permanent members of the UN Security Council, France, China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics followed in 1948 and by the late 1960s all existing legations in Canberra had been upgraded to embassies.
Initially residences and chanceries were in the Canberra suburbs of Red Hill and Forrest. The majority of missions are today in the lakeside suburb of Yarralumla or the suburb of O'Malley in the Woden Valley. Many countries have built their chanceries in distinctive architectural styles reflecting national traditions or aspirations.
Some countries have chosen not to establish an embassy in Canberra but instead operate a consulate in a major city, such as Melbourne.
As of December 2021, Canberra hosts 111 embassies/high commissions.
Diplomatic missions in Canberra[]
Embassies/High Commissions[]
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Holy See
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Latvia[2]
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Samoa
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Tonga
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Other delegations or representative offices[]
- European Union (Delegation)
- Palestine (Delegation)
- Taiwan (Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia)
- United Nations (Information Centre)[3]
Gallery[]
High Commission of Botswana
High Commission of Brunei
Embassy of Cambodia
High Commission of Canada
Embassy of China
High Commission of Cyprus
Embassies of Estonia and Finland
High Commission of India
Embassy of Indonesia
Embassy of Ireland
Embassy of Japan
High Commission of Malaysia
Embassy of Mexico
Embassy of Mongolia
High Commission of New Zealand
High Commission of Pakistan
High Commission of Papua New Guinea
Embassy of the Philippines
Embassy of Poland
High Commission of the Solomon Islands
High Commission of South Africa
High Commission of Sri Lanka
High Commission of the United Kingdom
Embassy of the United States
Consular missions[]
Adelaide[]
- China
- Greece
- Italy
Brisbane[]
- China
- Italy
- Japan
- Nauru
- Papua New Guinea
- Taiwan (Taipei Economic and Cultural Office)
- United Kingdom
Cairns[]
- Japan (Consular office)
Darwin[]
- Indonesia
- East Timor
Melbourne[]
- Chile
- China
- Croatia
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary (Consular office)[4]
- India
- Indonesia
- Italy
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Malta
- New Zealand
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Philippines[5]
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan (Taipei Economic and Cultural Office)
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
Perth[]
- China
- Croatia
- Greece
- India
- Indonesia
- Italy
- Japan
- Malaysia
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Vietnam
Sydney[]
- Argentina
- Austria
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Czechia
- Denmark
- East Timor
- Egypt
- Fiji
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary (Consular office)[6]
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Samoa
- Serbia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Switzerland
- Taiwan (Taipei Economic and Cultural Office)
- Thailand
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Vietnam
Non-resident embassies and high commissions[]
Resident in Tokyo unless otherwise listed
- Angola (Singapore)[7]
- Barbados (Ottawa)[8]
- Bahrain (Jakarta)
- Belarus
- Benin[9]
- Bolivia (Ottawa)
- Burkina Faso
- Central African Republic (Pretoria)
- Chad (Beijing)
- Cape Verde (Beijing)
- Cameroon
- Djibouti[10]
- Dominican Republic (London)[11]
- Eswatini (Kuala Lumpur)[12]
- Equatorial Guinea (Beijing)
- Eritrea (Beijing)
- Ethiopia
- Gambia (Riyadh)[13]
- Guinea[14]
- Guinea-Bissau (Beijing)
- Guyana (Ottawa)
- Haiti
- Iceland (Reykjavik)
- Jamaica[15]
- Kazakhstan (Singapore)[16]
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lesotho (Kuala Lumpur)[17]
- Madagascar (Port Louis)
- Malawi[18]
- Maldives (Colombo)[19][20]
- Mali[21]
- Marshall Islands (Suva)
- Mauritania
- Monaco (Monte Carlo)
- Montenegro (Podgorica)
- Namibia (Kuala Lumpur)
- Nicaragua
- Niger (New Delhi)
- North Korea (Jakarta)
- Oman[22]
- Rwanda (Singapore)[23]
- Sierra Leone (Beijing)
- Senegal
- Seychelles (New Delhi)[24]
- Suriname (Jakarta)
- Togo
- Turkmenistan
- Tajikistan
- Tunisia (Jakarta)
- Tanzania[25][26]
- Uzbekistan (Singapore)[27]
- Yemen (Jakarta)[28]
Closed missions[]
Host city | Sending country | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Canberra | Belarus | Embassy | 2018 | [29] |
Eritrea | Embassy | Unknown | ||
Tunisia | Embassy | 2021 | ||
North Korea | Embassy | 2008 | [30] | |
South Vietnam | Embassy | 1975 | [31][32] | |
Syria | Embassy | 2012 | [33] | |
Adelaide | New Zealand | Consulate General | 1990 | [34] |
United Kingdom | Consulate | 2006 | [35][36] | |
Brisbane | New Zealand | Consulate General | 2010 | [34] |
Perth | New Zealand | Consulate General | 1990 | [34] |
Sydney | Costa Rica | Consulate General | 2020 | [37] |
Finland | Consulate General | 2012 | [38] | |
Mexico | Consulate General | 2001 | [39] | |
Townsville | Japan | Consulate | 1908 | [40] |
See also[]
- Foreign relations of Australia
- Visa requirements for Australian citizens
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