Diplomatic Representation for the Commonwealth of Australia
Foreign Embassies in the U.S. and Their Ambassadors
Office of the Chief of Protocol
2007
| March 1, 1940 | LEGATION OPENED |
| March 1, 1940 | Richard G. Casey, Appt. E. E. and M.P. |
| March 5, 1940 | E.E. and M.P. (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary) |
| April 1, 1942 | H..V. Evatt, E.E. and M.P. (Apparently never received by President) |
| June 3, 1942 | Sir Owen Dixon, K.C.M.G. - Appt. E.E. and M.P. |
| June 10, 1942 | E.E. and M.P. |
| November 1, 1944 | Sir Frederic Eggleston, Appt. E.E. and M.P. |
| November 14, 1944 | E.E. and M.P. |
| *July 19, 1946 | LEGATION RAISED TO EMBASSY - BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT* |
| * While it is not customary to raise the rank of a Legation to that of an Embassy prior to the presentation of credentials to the President by the Appointed Ambassador, it was done in this case by special arrangement and with the President's permission. However, Australia was carried on the Diplomatic List as a Legation until the Ambassador was received. | |
| September 5, 1946 | Norman J. 0. Makin, Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| September 11, 1946 | Amb. E. and P. |
| May 31, 1951 | Sir Percy C. Spender, Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| June 8, 1951 | Amb. E. and P. |
| March 20, 1958 | Howard Beale, Q.C. - Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| March 27, 1958 | Amb. E. and P. |
| April 20, 1964 | John Keith Waller, C.B.E. - Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| September 18, 1964 | Amb. E. and P. |
| June 8, 1970 | Sir James Plimsoll, Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| June 11, 1970 | Amb. E. and P. |
| February 21, 1974 | Sir Patrick Shaw, Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| March 13, 1974 | Amb. E. and P. |
| December 27, 1975 | DECEASED |
| Mr. Gordon Noel Upton, Minister, Charge d'Affaires a.i. | |
| March 8, 1976 | Nicholas Fancourt Parkinson, Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| March 16, 1976 | Amb. E. and P. |
| February 9, 1977 | Alan Philip Renouf, O.B.E. - Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| February 17, 1977 | Amb. E. and P. |
| July 20, 1979 | Robert B. Birch, Charge d'Affaires a.i. |
| November 13, 1979 | Nicholas Fancourt Parkinson - Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| November 28, 1979 | Amb. E. and P. |
| January 15, 1982 | Geoffrey J. Price, M.B.E., Minister, Charge d’Affaires a.i. |
| August 16, 1982 | Sir Robert Carrington Cotton, KCMG, Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| September 8, 1982 | Amb. E. and P. |
| June 26, 1985 | Frederick Rawdon Dalrymple, Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| Sept. 17, 1985 | Amb. E. and P. |
| April 20, 1989 | Michael John Cook, Appt. |
| May 11, 1989 | Amb. E. and P. |
| August 22, 1993 | Amb. Donald Eric Russell, Appt. |
| October 1, 1993 | Amb. E. and P. |
| December 5, 1995 | Amb. John McCarthy |
| February 6, 1996 | Amb. E. and P. |
| February 2, 1997 | Amb. Andrew Sharp Peacock, Appt. |
| February 11, 1997 | Amb. E. and P. |
| February 2, 2000 | Michael Joseph Thawley, Appt. |
| February 3, 2000 | Amb. E. and P. |
| June 20, 2005 | Dennis James Richardson, Appt. |
| July 11, 2005 |
Amb. E. and P. |
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