List of Australian ambassadors in China
The Australian Embassy is located at 21 Dong Zhi Men Wai Da Jie Chao Yang Qu, Beijing .
history
As early as 1942, Frederic William Eggleston was the Australian government's envoy to Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing . In 1966, as an anti-communist demonstration against the backdrop of the Vietnam War , the Australian government opened a diplomatic mission in Taipei . After the Paris peace talks and Henry Kissinger's visit to Mao Zedong , Gough Whitlam also traveled to Beijing and agreed to move the embassy to Beijing.
| Appointed | Surname | Remarks | appointed during the reign of | accredited during the government of | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Frederic Eggleston | Chongqing (born October 17, 1875 in Brunswick, Melbourne; November 12, 1954) | Arthur Fadden | Chiang Kai-shek | |
| Nov 26, 1966 | Frank Bell Cooper | Opening of an embassy in Taipei by Frank Bell Cooper (born January 21, 1920) son of Hilda Mary and Rupert Frederick Cooper from Victoria (Australia) , married on August 11, 1945 Marjorie J. Lovelett. Attended the Grammar School in Brighton (Victoria) , Bachelor of the University of Melbourne, studied at Canberra University College (Dip Diplomatic Studies) 1941–1945: Sqdn Ldr Royal Australian Air Force , was in the Nos. 19 and 234 Sqdns. of the Royal Air Force in the European Theater. Joined the foreign service of the Dept. Foreign Affairs has been employed in London, Bonn, Singapore and Vienna. 1964–1966: Chargé d'affaires in Vienna and representative of the Australian government at the International Atomic Energy Agency , 1970–1974: State Secretary in the Foreign Ministry 1974–1977: Ambassador in Lisbon. 1978–1980: State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense | John Gorton | 1969 | |
| 1969 | Hugh Alexander Dunn | (* 1924) | John Gorton | 1972 | |
| Apr 1973 | Stephen Arthur FitzGerald | (Born September 18, 1938 in Hobart ) 1966–1969: Resident Scholar at ANU, 1969–1971: Resident Fellow, Fellow 1972–1973. Head of Dept of Far Eastern | Gough Whitlam | Dong Biwu | Nov 1976 |
| Oct 22, 1976 | Gary Woodard | CG Woodward accredited in November 1976 | Malcolm Fraser | Song Qingling | 1980 |
| Apr. 1980 | Hugh Alexander Dunn | Ye Jianying | 1984 | ||
| 1984 | Dennis Walter Argall | (* July 7, 1943) son of Walter Argall | Bob Hawke | Li Xiannian | 1985 |
| 1985 | Ross Gregory Garnaut | (* July 28, 1946 in Perth ) | 1988 | ||
| 1988 | David Sadleir | Yang Shangkun | 1991 | ||
| Aug 1991 | Michael Lightowler | Paul Keating | Feb 1996 | ||
| Feb 1996 | Ric Smith | January 2001 to October 2002 Ambassador to Jakarta , November 2006 retired . | John Howard | Jiang Zemin | Feb. 2000 |
| Feb. 2000 | David Irvine | March 2003 | |||
| March 2003 | Alan Thomas | Was instructed to submit his accreditation letter in Pyongyang in March 2004 . | Hu Jintao | Jan. 2007 | |
| Feb 2007 | Geoff Raby | Kevin Rudd | Hu Jintao | Aug 2011 | |
| Aug 8, 2011 | Frances Adamson | Julia Gillard |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frank Bell Cooper ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Stephen FitzGerald ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ; PDF; 798 kB) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. viaf.org
- ↑ Michael Lightowler
- ↑ Geoff Raby
- ↑ china.embassy.gov.au
