List of Australian Ambassadors to the United States

List of Australian Ambassadors to the United States. The Embassy of Australia in Washington is one of Australia's most important diplomatic postings, having been established in 1930.

Several distinguished Australians have been Ambassador, one Governor-General of Australia

Governor-General of Australia

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia at federal/national level of the Australian monarch . He or she exercises the supreme executive power of the Commonwealth...

(Lord Casey), one Chief Justice of Australia

Chief Justice of Australia

The Chief Justice of Australia is the informal title for the presiding justice of the High Court of Australia and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Commonwealth of Australia...

(Sir Owen Dixon), one Governor of Tasmania (Sir James Plimsoll) and former federal political leaders Andrew Peacock

Andrew Peacock

Andrew Sharp Peacock AC, GCL , is a former Australian Liberal politician. He was a minister in the Gorton, McMahon and Fraser governments, and was federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia 1983–1985 and 1989–1990...

from the Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

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and Kim Beazley

Kim Beazley

In the October 1998 election, Labor polled a majority of the two-party vote and received the largest swing to a first-term opposition since 1934. However, due to the uneven nature of the swing, Labor came up eight seats short of making Beazley Prime Minister....

of the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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Ambassador	Start of Term	End of Term
The Rt Hon. The Lord Casey KG GCMG CH DSO MC PC Richard Casey, Baron Casey Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey KG GCMG CH DSO MC KStJ PC was an Australian politician, diplomat and the 16th Governor-General of Australia.-Early life:...	1940	1942
The Rt Hon. Sir Owen Dixon OM GCMG KBE QC Owen Dixon Sir Owen Dixon, OM, GCMG, KC Australian judge and diplomat, was the sixth Chief Justice of Australia. A justice of the High Court for thirty-five years, Dixon was one of the leading jurists in the English-speaking world and is widely regarded as Australia's greatest ever jurist.-Education:Dixon...	1942	1944
The Hon. Sir Frederick Eggleston	1944	1946
The Hon. Norman Makin AO Norman Makin Norman John Oswald Makin AO , Australian politician, was a Cabinet minister, Speaker of the House of Representatives and diplomat.-Early life:...	1946	1951
The Hon. Sir Percy Spender KCVO KBE QC Percy Spender Sir Percy Claude Spender, KCVO, KBE, QC, , was an Australian politician. diplomat and jurist.Spender was born in Sydney and educated at the prestigious Fort Street High School and later the University of Sydney. He joined the Commonwealth Public Service in 1915...	1951	1957
The Hon. Sir Howard Beale KBE Howard Beale (Australian politician) Sir Oliver "Howard" Beale KBE was an Australian politician and Ambassador to the United States. He was the father of Liberal Party of Australia politician Julian Beale...	1958	1964
Sir Keith Waller	1964	1970
Sir James Plimsoll AC CBE KStJ James Plimsoll Sir James Plimsoll AC, CBE, KStJ was an Australian diplomat and Governor of Tasmania.-Life and career:Plimsoll was born in Sydney and educated at Sydney Boys' High School . He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney 1938 and was appointed to the Bank of New South...	1970	1973
Sir Patrick Shaw CBE	1974	1975
Sir Nicholas Parkinson (1)	1976	1976
Alan Renouf OBE Alan Renouf Alan Phillip Renouf was a prominent Australian government official during the 1970s. During 1978 and 1979 he was the Australian Ambassador to the United States...	1977	1979
Sir Nicholas Parkinson (2)	1979	1982
The Hon. Sir Robert Cotton KCMG AO	1982	1985
Rawdon Dalrymple AO	1985	1989
Michael Cook AO	1989	1993
Dr. Donald Russell	1993	1995
John McCarthy AO	1995	1997
The Hon. Andrew Peacock AC GCL Andrew Peacock Andrew Sharp Peacock AC, GCL , is a former Australian Liberal politician. He was a minister in the Gorton, McMahon and Fraser governments, and was federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia 1983–1985 and 1989–1990...	1997	1999
Michael Thawley AO	2000	2005
Dennis Richardson AO Dennis Richardson (diplomat) Dennis James Richardson AO is an Australian public servant. He is the current Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade...	2005	2010
The Hon. Kim Beazley AC Kim Beazley In the October 1998 election, Labor polled a majority of the two-party vote and received the largest swing to a first-term opposition since 1934. However, due to the uneven nature of the swing, Labor came up eight seats short of making Beazley Prime Minister....	2010

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