Australian diplomatic missions
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Australian diplomatic missions are posts representing the Commonwealth of Australia in foreign countries. They are mostly maintained of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with some smaller posts being run by Austrade. There are currently over eighty Australian missions overseas.[1]
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[edit] History
After federation in 1901, Australia's presence abroad was largely limited to state and Commonwealth agents and trade offices. Britain 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 and one in Washington attached to the British embassy. The Second World War necessitated increased co-operation with foreign countries independent of the British Foreign and Commonwealth 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 Noumea, Chungking and Moscow.
Australian diplomatic missions today number at over eighty, although the number of Australian diplomats overseas has dramatically been reduced. Missions have been closed in Dar es Salaam, Bridgetown, Berne, Lima, Damascus, Kupang and Caracas.
[edit] Diplomatic missions
Listed below are the countries and cities where an Australian diplomatic mission is situated, including embassies, high commissions, consulates, consulates-general and other delegations (excluding honorary consulates).[2]
[edit] Europe
- Austria
- Vienna (Embassy)
- Belgium
- Brussels (Embassy)
- Croatia
- Zagreb (Embassy)
- Cyprus
- Nicosia (High Commission)
- Czech Republic
- Prague (Consulate)
- Denmark
- Copenhagen (Embassy)
- France
- Paris (Embassy)
- Noumea, New Caledonia (Consulate-General)
- Germany
- Greece
- Athens (Embassy)
- Holy See
- Vatican City (Embassy)
- Hungary
- Budapest (Embassy)
- Ireland
- Dublin (Embassy)
- Italy
- Malta
- Valetta (High Commission)
- Netherlands
- The Hague (Embassy)
- Poland
- Warsaw (Embassy)
- Portugal
- Lisbon (Embassy)
- Russia
- Moscow (Embassy)
- Serbia
- Belgrade (Embassy)
- Spain
- Madrid (Embassy)
- Sweden
- Stockholm (Embassy)
- Switzerland
- Geneva (Consulate-General)
- United Kingdom
- London (High Commission)
[edit] North America
- Canada
- Mexico
- Mexico City (Embassy)
- Trinidad and Togabo
- Port of Spain (High Commission)
- United States
- Washington, D.C. (Embassy)
- New York City (Consulate-General)
- Chicago (Consulate-General)
- San Francisco (Consulate-General)
- Los Angeles (Consulate-General)
- Atlanta (Consulate-General)
- Honolulu (Consulate-General)
[edit] South America
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires (Embassy)
- Brazil
- Chile
- Santiago de Chile (Embassy)
- Peru
- Lima (Consulate-General)
[edit] Asia
- Bangladesh
- Dhaka (High Commission)
- Brunei
- Bandar Seri Begawan(High Commission)
- Burma
- Rangoon (Embassy)
- Cambodia
- Phnom Penh (Embassy)
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Laos
- Vientiane (Embassy)
- Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur (High Commission)
- Nepal
- Kathmandu (Embassy)
- Pakistan
- Islamabad (High Commission)
- Philippines
- Manila (Embassy)
- Singapore
- Singapore (High Commission)
- Sri Lanka
- Columbo (High Commission)
- South Korea
- Seoul (Embassy)
- Taiwan
- Taipei (Australian Commerce and Industry Office)
- Thailand
- Bangkok (Embassy)
- Timor-Leste
- Vietnam
- Hanoi (Embassy)
- Ho Chi Minh City (Consulate-General)
[edit] Middle East
- Afghanistan
- Kabul (Embassy)
- Iran
- Tehran (Embassy)
- Iraq
- Baghdad (Embassy)
- Israel
- Tel Aviv (Embassy)
- Jordan
- Amman (Embassy)
- Kuwait
- Kuwait (Embassy)
- Lebanon
- Amman (Embassy)
- Palestinian Authority
- Ramallah (Representative Office)
- Saudi Arabia
- Riyadh (Embassy)
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
[edit] Africa
- Egypt
- Cairo (Embassy)
- Ghana
- Accra (High Commission)
- Kenya
- Nairobi (High Commission)
- Libya
- Tripoli (Consulate-General)
- Mauritius
- Port Louis (High Commission)
- Nigeria
- Abuja (High Commission)
- South Africa
- Pretoria (High Commission)
- Zimbabwe
- Harare (Embassy)
[edit] Oceania
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Pohnpei (Embassy)
- Fiji
- Suva (High Commission)
- Kiribati
- Tarawa (High Commission)
- Nauru
- Meneng (Consulate-General)
- New Zealand
- Wellington (High Commission)
- Auckland (Consulate-General)
- Papua New Guinea
- Port Moresby (High Commission)
- Samoa
- Apia (High Commission)
- Solomon Islands
- Honiara (High Commission)
- Tonga
- Nuku'Alofa (High Commission)
- Vanuatu
- Port Vila (High Commission)
[edit] Multilateral organisations
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- Brussels (Permanent Mission to the European Union)
- Geneva (Permanent Mission)
- New York City (Permanent Mission to the United Nations)
- Paris (Permanent Mission to the OECD)
- Vienna (Permanent Mission)
[edit] Trivia
- Australia's mission in Dili was opened in 1941, evacuated the following year as the Japanese invaded Portuguese Timor, re-opened in 1946, closed again in 1971, re-opened in May 1999, evacuated in September 1999 in the midst of post-referendum violence and re-opened in 2000 [3].
- The Gringotts interior scenes in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone were filmed at the Australian High Commission in London [4].
- Harry Seidler designed the Australian embassy in Paris, with Marcel Breuer as consulting architect.
- In 1925 Albert Einstein stayed in the building in Buenos Aires that now hosts the Australian Embassy[5].
[edit] References
- "Australian Embassies, high commissions, consulates, multilateral missions and representative offices", Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, retrieved August 22, 2006]
- "Year Book, 2001", Australian Bureau of Statistics, January 25, 2001, retrieved August 22, 2006]
[edit] See also
- Diplomacy
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign relations of Australia
- Australia House (Ottawa)
