List of Australian High Commissioners to the United Kingdom

This is a List of Australian High Commissioners to the United Kingdom. The official title is: Her Majesty's Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

The High Commission of Australia in London is Australia's oldest diplomatic posting, having been established in 1910. Australia House became the site of the mission in 1913.

Prior to this, and prior to federation, Australia was represented through the Agents-General of the colonies, the oldest being New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

in 1864. The colonies became states upon federation in 1901 and many continue to maintain an office in London.

Four of Australia's Prime Ministers

Prime Minister of Australia

The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...

have been High Commissioner (Reid, Fisher, Cook and Bruce).

High Commissioner	Start of Term	End of Term
The Rt Hon. Sir George Reid GCB GCMG KC George Reid (Australian politician) Sir George Houstoun Reid, GCB, GCMG, KC was an Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales and the fourth Prime Minister of Australia....	1910	1916
The Rt Hon. Andrew Fisher Andrew Fisher Andrew Fisher was an Australian politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister on three separate occasions. Fisher's 1910-13 Labor ministry completed a vast legislative programme which made him, along with Protectionist Alfred Deakin, the founder of the statutory structure of the new nation...	1916	1920
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Cook GCMG Joseph Cook Sir Joseph Cook, GCMG was an Australian politician and the sixth Prime Minister of Australia. Born as Joseph Cooke and working in the coal mines of Silverdale, Staffordshire during his early life, he emigrated to Lithgow, New South Wales during the late 1880s, and became General-Secretary of the...	1921	1927
Maj.Gen. Sir Granville Ryrie KCMG CB VD Granville Ryrie Major General Sir Granville de Laune Ryrie KCMG, CB, VD was an Australian soldier and politician who served in the Second Boer War and the First World War.-Early life:...	1927	1932
The Rt Hon. The Viscount Bruce CH MC FRS PC Stanley Bruce Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, CH, MC, FRS, PC , was an Australian politician and diplomat, and the eighth Prime Minister of Australia. He was the second Australian granted an hereditary peerage of the United Kingdom, but the first whose peerage was formally created...	1933	1945
The Rt Hon. Jack Beasley Jack Beasley John Albert "Jack" Beasley was an Australian politician.-Early life:Beasley was born in Werribee, Victoria, but moved to Sydney with his family as a child. He had a primary education in Catholic schools then became an apprentice electrician...	1946	1949
Sir Norman Mighell CMG (Acting)	1949	1950
The Rt Hon. Sir Eric Harrison KCMG KCVO Eric Harrison Sir Eric John Harrison KCMG KCVO was an Australian politician who became the first Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.... (Resident Minister)	1950	1951
The Hon. Sir Thomas White KBE DFC Thomas White (Australian politician) Sir Thomas Walter White KBE DFC was an Australian politician.-Early life and World War I:White was born at Hotham, North Melbourne, Victoria and educated at Moreland State School. In August 1914, he began training as an officer in the Australian Flying Corps at Point Cook...	1951	1956
The Rt Hon. Sir Eric Harrison KCMG KCVO Eric Harrison Sir Eric John Harrison KCMG KCVO was an Australian politician who became the first Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia....	1956	1964
The Hon. Sir Alexander Downer KBE Alexander Downer, Sr. Sir Alexander Russell Downer KBE , Australian politician generally known as Alec Downer, was born in Adelaide, a part of the Downer family and son of John Downer, who was a former Premier of South Australia and member of the Australian Senate.He was educated at Geelong Grammar School and at Oxford...	1964	1972
The Hon. John Armstrong AC John Armstrong (Australian politician) John Ignatius Armstrong, AC was an Australian politician and federal minister.Armstrong was born in the Sydney suburb of Ultimo and ducated at St Bede's School, Pyrmont, and Marist Brothers' High School, Darlinghurst...	1973	1974
Sir John Bunting AC KBE John Bunting (diplomat) Sir John Bunting, AC, KBE was a senior Australian public servant whose career culminated with his appointment as Australian High Commissioner to the UK.-Biography:Edward John Bunting was born in Ballarat, Victoria, in 1918...	1975	1977
The Hon. Sir Gordon Freeth Gordon Freeth Sir Gordon Freeth KBE was an Australian politician.Freeth was born in Angaston, South Australia, the son of Robert Freeth and Gladys Mary Snashall... , KBE	1977	1980
Sir James Plimsoll 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... , AC, CBE	1980	1981
The Hon. Sir Victor Garland Victor Garland Sir Victor Garland KBE , usually known as Vic Garland, is an Australian former politician, Australian High Commissioner in the United Kingdom and director of many UK and US public companies. A Liberal Party member of the Australian House of Representatives, he represented the Division of Curtin in... , KBE	1981	1983
Alfred Parsons Alfred Parsons Alfred Roy Parsons AO , was an Australian diplomat from 1947 to 1988. Hewas the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1987, only the second career diplomat to hold the position.... , AO	1983	1987
The Hon. Doug McClelland, AC	1987	1991
Robert Smith	1991	1994
The Hon. Dr. Neal Blewett Neal Blewett Neal Blewett, AC , Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Bonython, South Australia from 1977 to 1994.-Education and academic career:... , AC	1994	1998
Philip Flood Philip Flood Philip Flood AO, is a senior Australian diplomat. He has served as Australia's Ambassador to Indonesia, Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.-Early life and diplomatic career:... , AO	1998	2000
Michael L'Estrange Michael L'Estrange Michael Gerard L'Estrange AO is an Australian public servant, and worked as the secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade form 2005 to 2009.... , AO	2000	2005
The Hon. Richard Alston Richard Alston (politician) Richard Kenneth Robert Alston was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1986 to 2004, representing the state of Victoria....	2005	2008
John Dauth John Dauth John Cecil Dauth, AO LVO is an Australian diplomat. He has been the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom since 2008.... , AO, LVO	2008	Present

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