List of ambassadors of Australia to the United States

Ambassador of Australia to the United States
Incumbent Joe Hockey since 29 January 2016
Style	His Excellency
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor-General of Australia
Inaugural holder	Richard Casey
Formation	1 March 1940
Website	Embassy of Australia

The Australian Embassy on 1601 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, D.C.

The Ambassador of Australia to the United States is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the United States of America. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is one of Australia's most important diplomatic postings.

The Ambassador is currently Joe Hockey. The United States and Australia have enjoyed official diplomatic relations since 1 March 1940, when Australia established a legation in Washington as one of its first independent postings. First established as a Legation headed by an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, on 19 July 1946 it was upgraded to Embassy status and the Australian Minister, Frederic Eggleston became the first Ambassador. Several distinguished Australians have served as Ambassador: one Governor-General of Australia (Lord Casey), one Chief Justice of Australia (Sir Owen Dixon), one Governor of Tasmania (Sir James Plimsoll) and former federal leaders of the opposition Andrew Peacock from the Liberal Party of Australia, Kim Beazley of the Australian Labor Party, and former federal Treasurer Joe Hockey of the Liberal Party of Australia.

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Image	Name	Office	Term start date	Term end date
128px	Richard Casey, Baron Casey	Australian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America	1940-03-01	1942-06-01
128px	Owen Dixon	Australian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America	1942-06-03	1944-10-01
	Frederic Eggleston	Australian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America	1944-11-01	1946-07-19
	Norman Makin	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	1946-09-05	1951-01-01
	Percy Spender	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	1951-05-31	1957-01-01
	Howard Beale	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	1958-03-20	1964-04-01
	Keith Waller	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	1964-04-20	1970-06-01
	James Plimsoll	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	1970-06-08	1973-01-01
	Patrick Shaw	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	1974-02-21	1975-12-27
	Gordon Noel Upton	Australian chargé d'affaires to the United States of America	1975-12-27	1976-03-01
	Nick Parkinson	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	1976-03-08	1976-02-01
	Alan Renouf	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	1977-02-09	1979-05-20
	Robert B. Birch	Australian chargé d'affaires to the United States of America	1979-05-20	1979-11-13
	Geoffrey J. Price	Australian chargé d'affaires to the United States of America	1982-07-15	1982-08-16
	Bob Cotton	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	1982-08-16	1985-06-01
	Rawdon Dalrymple	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	1985-06-26	1989-04-01
	Michael Cook	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	1989-04-20	1993-08-01
	Don Russell	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	1993-08-22	1995-12-01
	John McCarthy	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	1995-12-05	1997-02-01
	Andrew Peacock	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	1997-02-02	1999-02-01
	Michael Thawley	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	2000-02-02	2005-06-01
	Dennis Richardson	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	2005-06-20	2010-02-01
	Kim Beazley	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	2010-02-17	2016-01-22
	Joe Hockey	Australian Ambassador to the United States of America	2016-01-29

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See also

• United States Ambassador to Australia
• Australia-United States relations

External links

• Embassy of Australia United States of America