State of Residency: Connecticut
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 12, 1940
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 17, 1940
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 5, 1941
Name: Nelson T. Johnson
State of Residency: Okla.
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 11, 1941
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 12, 1941
Termination of Mission: Left Australia, Apr 20, 1945
Note: John R. Minter was serving as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim when Legation Canberra was raised to Embassy status, Jul 19, 1946
Name: Edward J. Flynn
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
Name: Robert Butler
State of Residency: Minnesota
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 12, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 25, 1946
Termination of Mission: Left Australia, Mar 31, 1948
Name: Myron Melvin Cowen
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 1, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 20, 1948
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 17, 1949
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 2, 1949.
Name: Pete Jarman
State of Residency: Alabama
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 8, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 7, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 31, 1953
Name: Amos J. Peaslee
State of Residency: New Jersey
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 15, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 12, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left Australia, Feb 16, 1956
Name: Douglas Maxwell Moffat
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 23, 1956
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 27, 1956
Termination of Mission: Died at Sydney, Aug 30, 1956
Name: William J. Sebald
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 14, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 7, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left Australia, Oct 31, 1961
Name: William C. Battle
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 7, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 13, 1962
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 31, 1964
Name: Edward Clark
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 22, 1965
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 23, 1965
Termination of Mission: Left Australia, Dec 31, 1967
Name: William H. Crook
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 24, 1968
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 22, 1968
Termination of Mission: Left Australia, Apr 18, 1969
Name: Walter L. Rice
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 19, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 11, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 26, 1973
Name: Marshall Green
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 27, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 8, 1973
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 31, 1975
Name: James W. Hargrove
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 4, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 19, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 8, 1977
Name: Philip H. Alston, Jr.
State of Residency: Georgia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 29, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: May 23, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 23, 1981
Note: Also accredited to Nauru; resident at Canberra.
Name: Robert D. Nesen
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 20, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 17, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 2, 1985
Name: Laurence W. Lane, Jr.
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 6, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 7, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 29, 1989
Name: Melvin F. Sembler
State of Residency: Florida
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 10, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 25, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 28, 1993
Name: Edward J. Perkins
State of Residency: Oregon
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 8, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 24, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 19, 1996
Name: Genta H. Holmes
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 10, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 11, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 23, 2000
Name: Edward William Gnehm, Jr.
State of Residency: Georgia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 14, 2000
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 30, 2000
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 22, 2001
Name: J. Thomas Schieffer
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 27, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 23, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 18, 2005*
*The following officers served as Charges d'Affaires ad interim: William A. Stanton (Feb 2005?Jul 2006) and Michael P. Owens (Jul?Aug 2006)
Name: Robert D. McCallum
State of Residency: Georgia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 5, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 24, 2006
Termination of Mission: January 20, 2009
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