Diplomatic missions in Australia Australia Countries with embassies/high commissions in Australia Countries with consulates-general only in Australia Consulates 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 1939 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. This was followed for the other legations of permanent members of the UN Security Council, France , China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 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 and Sydney .
As of 2024, Canberra hosts 112 embassies/high commissions.
Diplomatic missions in Canberra
Embassies/High Commissions
Other delegations or representative offices
Consular missions
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Mission
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China
Consulate-General
Greece
Consulate-General
Italy
Consulate
Sending Country
Mission
Notes
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Chile
Consulate-General
Also serves SA , TAS , and WA
China
Consulate-General
Also serves TAS
Croatia
Consulate-General
Also serves TAS
Egypt
Consulate-General
Also serves SA , TAS , and WA
El Salvador
Consulate-General
Eritrea
Consulate-General
Greece
Consulate-General
Hungary
Consulate-General
Also serves SA and TAS
India
Consulate-General
Also serves TAS
Indonesia
Consulate-General
Also serves TAS
Iraq
Consulate-General
Italy
Consulate-General
Also serves TAS
Japan
Consulate-General
Also serves SA and TAS
Lebanon
Consulate-General
Malaysia
Consulate-General
Malta
Consulate-General
New Zealand
Consulate-General
North Macedonia
Consulate-General
Also serves NT , SA , and TAS
Pakistan
Consulate-General
Also serves SA and TAS
Peru
Consulate-General
Also serves TAS
Philippines
Consulate-General
Romania
Consulate
Also serves SA , TAS , and WA
South Korea
Consulate-General
Spain
Consulate-General
Also serves SA , TAS , and WA
Sri Lanka
Consulate-General
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Economic & Cultural Office
Turkey
Consulate-General
Also serves SA , TAS , and WA
United Kingdom
Consulate-General
Also serves SA & TAS
United States
Consulate-General
Also serves NT , SA , and TAS
Non-resident embassies and high commissions
Bahrain North Korea Suriname Tunisia Yemen Kazakhstan Rwanda Uzbekistan Armenia Belarus Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Djibouti Dominican Republic Guinea Jamaica Malawi Mali Mauritania Mozambique Senegal Slovakia Tanzania Turkmenistan Resident elsewhere
Bahamas (Nassau )Barbados (London )Belize (Washington, D.C. )Bolivia (Ottawa)Burundi (Beijing )Cape Verde (Beijing)Central African Republic (Pretoria )Chad (Beijing)Comoros (Beijing)Congo-Brazzaville (Beijing)Congo-Kinshasa Equatorial Guinea (New Delhi )Eritrea (Beijing)Eswatini (Kuala Lumpur)Gabon Gambia (Riyadh )Grenada (Washington, D.C.)Guinea-Bissau (Beijing)Guyana (Ottawa)Haiti Honduras Iceland (Copenhagen )Ivory Coast (Seoul )Kyrgyzstan Lesotho (Kuala Lumpur)Madagascar (Port Louis )Maldives (Colombo )Monaco (Monte Carlo )Marshall Islands (Suva )Montenegro (Podgorica )Namibia (Kuala Lumpur)Nicaragua Niger (New Delhi)Palau (Manila)São Tomé and Príncipe (New York City )Saint Kitts and Nevis (Washington, D.C. )Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Washington, D.C.)Sierra Leone (Beijing)South Sudan (Beijing)Seychelles (New Delhi)Syria (Kuala Lumpur)Tajikistan Togo (Beijing)Trinidad and Tobago (Beijing)Other delegations or representative offices
Closed missions
See also
References
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Appointments of Dominion High Commissioners Archived 23 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine * Current Notes on International Affairs, Vol. 8 No 1 (January 1940), page 22. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
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Japense Minister in Australia Archived 23 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine * Current Notes on International Affairs, Vol. 10 No. 6 (April 1941), pages 132-133. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
Exchange of Diplomatic Representatives Between Australia and China Archived 23 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine * Current Notes on International Affairs, Vol. 11 No 2, page 52. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
Chinese Minister in Australia Archived 23 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine * Current Notes on International Affairs, Vol 11 No 6 Page 151. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
Soviet Minister to Australia Archived 23 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine * Current Notes on International Affairs, Vol. 14 No. 3 (March 1943) pages 61-62. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
French Minister Appointed to Australia Archived 23 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine * Advocate (Burnie) October 25, 1944, Page 5. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
To Open Dutch Legation in Canberra Archived 23 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine * Advocate (Burnie), February 16, 1942 page 2. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
New Zealand High Commissioner Archived 23 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine * Current Notes on International Affairs, Vol. 14, No.3 (March 1943) page 62. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
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"Representative of Polisario Front in Australia: Sahrawi and Palestinian peoples are subjected to most heinous forms of injustice" . Sahara Press Service . 29 January 2023. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023."United Nations Information Centre Canberra" . United Nations. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2016.^ "Consulates in Australia" . Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia . Retrieved 17 September 2024.
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Consulate of Italy in Brisbane
Consular Office of South Korea in Brisbane
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Brisbane
Consulate-General of the United Kingdom in Brisbane
The Consular Office of Japan in Cairns | Consulate-General of Japan in Brisbane
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Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Melbourne
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Consulate-General of Canada in Sydney
Consulate-General of Colombia in Sydney
Consulate-General of East Timor in Sydney
Consulate-General of Fiji in Sydney
Consulate-General of Hungary in Sydney
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Indonesia. "CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA FOR NEW SOUTH WALES, QUEENSLAND, AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA BASED IN SYDNEY" . kemlu.go.id . Retrieved 15 March 2023.
Consulate-General of Italy in Sydney
Consulate-General of Kazakhstan in Sydney
Consulate-General of Malaysia in Sydney
Consulate-General of the Netherlands in Sydney
Consulate-General of Peru in Sydney
Consulate-General of Poland in Sydney
Consulate-General of Portugal in Sydney
Consulate-General of Romania in Sydney
Consulate-General of Russia in Sydney
Consulate-General of Saudi Arabia in Sydney
Consulate-General of Serbia in Sydney
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Sydney
Consulate-General of the United Kingdom in Sydney
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"Canberra, Australia: Pyongyang seeking to reopen North Korea embassy Down Under" . Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.Gobierno de Santiago Peña oficializó el cierre de cuatro embajadas (in Spanish)
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