The Commonwealth of Australia possesses an extensive network of diplomatic and consular missions. They are mostly maintained by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with some smaller consular posts being run by Austrade. There are currently over 100 Australian missions overseas.1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2001 - Australian Bureau of Statistics

As Australia is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, its diplomatic missions in the capitals of other Commonwealth countries are referred to as High Commissions (as opposed to embassies). Australia's diplomatic missions have a key focus on Commonwealth, Asian, and Pacific Islander countries.

Under the terms of the Canada–Australia Consular Services Sharing Agreement, the two countries provide consular services to each other's citizens at a number of locations around the world. At this time, there are 12 cities where Canadians can obtain consular services from Australian offices, and 19 locations where Canadian offices provide consular services to Australians. In an emergency, Australians can also seek assistance from British diplomatic missions around the world in the absence of an Australian consulate or embassy.

Honorary consulates are excluded from this listing.

History After federation in 1901, Australia's presence abroad was largely limited to state and Commonwealth agents and trade offices. The United Kingdom played a defining role in Australia's foreign policy, limiting its need for missions abroad. In 1939 there were only two External Affairs officers posted overseas: one in London (known as Australia House), and one in Washington attached to the British Embassy.

The Second World War necessitated increased co-operation with foreign countries independent of the UK's Foreign Office. By 1940, a base of four missions had been established in Washington, Ottawa, London, and Tokyo, and as World War II progressed missions to Australia's wartime allies were established in Nouméa, Chongqing, and Moscow.

Australian diplomatic missions today number at over 100, although the number of Australian diplomats overseas has dramatically been reduced. Missions have been closed in Almaty, Damascus, Kupang, Lusaka, Algiers, Cape Town, Dar es Salaam, and Bridgetown.

Current missions

Africa Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Cairo Embassy 1950 Addis Ababa Embassy 2014 Accra High Commission 1957 Nairobi High Commission 1976 Port Louis High Commission 1984 Rabat Embassy 2017 Abuja High Commission 1960 Pretoria High Commission 1946 Harare Embassy 1980

Americas Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Buenos Aires Embassy 1959 Brasília Embassy 1946 São Paulo Consulate-General Ottawa High Commission 1939 Toronto Consulate-General 1975 Vancouver Consulate 1975 Santiago de Chile Embassy 1946 Bogotá Embassy 2017 Mexico City Embassy 1967 Lima Embassy 1968 Port of Spain High Commission 2004 Washington, D.C. Embassy 1918 Chicago Consulate-General 1971 Honolulu Consulate-General 1973 Houston Consulate-General 1982 Los Angeles Consulate-General 1971 New York City Consulate-General 1945 San Francisco Consulate-General 1946

Asia Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Dhaka High Commission 1972 Bandar Seri Begawan High Commission 1979 Phnom Penh Embassy 1957 Beijing Embassy 1973 Chengdu Consulate-General 2013 Guangzhou Consulate-General 1992 Hong Kong Consulate-General 1972 Shanghai Consulate-General 1984 New Delhi High Commission 1943 Bengaluru Consulate-General 2023 Chennai Consulate-General 2007 Kolkata Consulate-General 1970 Mumbai Consulate-General 1967 Jakarta Embassy 1950 Denpasar Consulate-General 1981 Makassar Consulate-General 2016 Surabaya Consulate-General 2017 Baghdad Embassy 1974 Tel Aviv Embassy 1949 Tokyo Embassy 1940 Osaka Consulate-General 1947 Amman Embassy 1975 Kuwait City Embassy 2004 Vientiane Embassy 1963 Beirut Embassy 1967 Kuala Lumpur High Commission 1955 Malé High Commission 2023 Ulaanbaatar Embassy 2015 Yangon Embassy 1956 Kathmandu Embassy 1960 Islamabad High Commission 1949 Ramallah Representative Office 2000 Manila Embassy 1946 Doha Embassy 2016 Taipei Office 1981 Riyadh Embassy 1974 Singapore High Commission 1965 Seoul Embassy 1962 Colombo High Commission 1946 Bangkok Embassy 1952 Phuket Consulate-General 2016 Dili Embassy 2002 Ankara Embassy 1968 Istanbul Consulate-General 2006 Çanakkale Consulate 2006 Abu Dhabi Embassy 1999 Dubai Consulate-General 2000 Hanoi Embassy 1952 Ho Chi Minh City Consulate-General 1994

Europe Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Vienna Embassy 1966 Brussels Embassy 1959 Zagreb Embassy 1992 Nicosia High Commission 1975 Copenhagen Embassy 1970 Tallinn "Pop-up" Embassy 2018 Paris Embassy 1945 Nouméa, New Caledonia Consulate-General 1940 Papeete, French Polynesia Consulate-General 2021 Berlin Embassy 1952 Frankfurt Consulate-General 2019 Athens Embassy 1964 Rome Embassy 2008 Dublin Embassy 1946 Rome Embassy 1949 Milan Consulate-General 1968 Valletta High Commission 1967 The Hague Embassy 1942 Nicosia High Commission annex office Warsaw Embassy 1973 Lisbon Embassy 1970 Moscow Embassy 1943 Belgrade Embassy 1967 Madrid Embassy 1969 Stockholm Embassy 1961 Bern Embassy 1961 Geneva Consulate-General 1961 Kyiv Embassy 2014 London High Commission 1910

Oceania Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Avarua High Commission 1994 Suva High Commission 1964 Tarawa High Commission 1982 Majuro Embassy 2021 Kolonia Embassy 1987 Yaren High Commission 1968 Wellington High Commission 1943 Auckland Consulate-General 2008 Alofi High Commission 2020 Koror Embassy 2019 Port Moresby High Commission 1973 Lae Consulate-General 2017 Apia High Commission 1977 Honiara High Commission 1982 Nukuʻalofa High Commission 1980 Funafuti High Commission 2018 Port Vila High Commission 1980

Multilateral organisations Organization Host city Host country Mission Concurrent accreditation Association of Southeast Asian Nations Jakarta Indonesia Mission OECD Paris France Permanent Delegation Pacific Community Nouméa New Caledonia, France Mission Welcome to the Australian Consulate-General in Noumea New York City United States Permanent Mission Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission Paris France Permanent Delegation Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission

Closed missions

Africa Host country Host city Mission Year closed Algiers Embassy 1991 Tripoli Consulate-General 2011 Dar Es Salaam High Commission 1987 Cape Town Consulate 1984 Lusaka High Commission 1991

Americas Host country Host city Mission Year closed Bridgetown High Commission 2004 Atlanta Consulate-General 2012 Caracas Embassy 2002

Asia Host country Host city Mission Year closed Kabul Embassy 2021 Shenyang Consulate-General 2024 Kupang Consulate 1999 Medan Consulate Unknown Tehran Embassy 2025 Fukuoka Consulate-General 2019 Sapporo Consulate 2019 Almaty Embassy 1999 Nanjing Embassy 1949 Taipei Embassy 1973 Saigon Embassy 1975 Damascus Embassy 1999

Europe Host country Host city Mission Year closed Budapest Embassy 2013 Manchester Consulate 2001

See also

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Foreign relations of Australia Visa policy of Australia

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References

External links

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australian embassies, consulates and missions around the world