List of Australian ambassadors in East Timor

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The Australian Embassy in East Timor is located on Avenida Nicolau Lobato in the state capital Dili .

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Graffiti on the outside wall of the Australian Embassy in Dili

Before World War II, a consul represented Great Britain and Australia in Portuguese Timor . David Ross , who had been an airline representative for Qantas in Dili since April 1941 , was officially accepted as consul by the Portuguese government on December 10, 1941. It was the British reaction to sending a consul from Japan to Dili, the capital of what was then the Portuguese colony. Ross witnessed the Japanese invasion in 1942, but was later able to escape to Australia.

On January 26, 1946, Australia sent Charles Eaton, a new consul to Dili. He was replaced by Henry Douglas Doug White in October 1949 , who stayed until June 1950. It was not until January 1951 that a vice-consul arrived in Dili as the new representative of Australia. The consulate was closed in 1971. Negotiations were now conducted directly with the colonial power Portugal, and later with the occupying power Indonesia .

With James Batley , a Senior Diplomatic Representative was sent to Dili in 1999 . When East Timor was granted independence on May 20, 2002, Batley became Australia's first ambassador to East Timor.

List of consuls

Consul Charles Eaton with his son on his arrival in Dili in 1946 with Governor Óscar Freire de Vasconcelos Ruas
Surname Term of office Remarks
David Ross December 10, 1941 - 1942 ( invasion of Japan )
Charles Eaton January 1, 1946-18. October 1947
Henry Douglas White October 18, 1947-24. June 1950
N. Elliot January 7, 1951-26. February 1952 Vice Consul
Francis Whittaker November 4, 1953-27. November 1959
WA Luscombe November 27, 1959-24. January 1962
James Dunn January 24, 1962-12. August 1964
DW Milton August 12, 1964-16. December 1965 in charge
John Colquhoun-Denvers December 16, 1965-27. November 196
Max Berman November 27, 1968-20. January 1970
GW Shannon January 20, 1970-14. January 1971
DW Milton January 14, 1971-31. August 1971

List of ambassadors

image Surname Term of office Remarks
James Batley (1) .jpg James Batley (1999 )-2002 Served as Senior Diplomatic Representative of Australia in Dili from June 8, 1999 when East Timor was under the administration of the United Nations. From 2002 he was Australia's first ambassador to the Democratic Republic of East Timor.
Paul Foley (2) .jpg Paul Foley 2002-2004
Margaret Twomey (1) .jpg Margaret Twomey 2004-2008
Peter Heyward (1) .jpg Peter Heyward 2008-2010
Miles Armitage (1) .jpg Miles Armitage 2011-2014
Peter Doyle (1) .jpg Peter Doyle 2014-2018
1 Peter Llewelyn Roberts 2018-02-22.jpg Peter Roberts since 2018 Appointed January 4, 2018; Accreditation: February 22, 2018

See also

Web links

Commons : Ambassador of Australia to East Timor  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Materials on East Timor during World War II , 2008 (Japanese, English)
  2. ↑ Steven Farram: Eaton and White in Portuguese Timor: The first two Australian consuls, 1946–1950 (PDF; 388 kB), accessed on September 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Mark Latham, Alexander Downer: Questions: Australian Consulate, Dili: Closure (Hansard) Parliament of Australia. March 30, 1999. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  4. ↑ Australian Foreign Office: Mr James Batley ( Memento July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Australian Foreign Office: Mr. Paul Foley
  6. ↑ Foreign Ministry of Australia: Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Russia , April 30, 2008 .
  7. ↑ Australian Foreign Ministry: Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to East Timor , October 4, 2007
  8. ↑ Diplomacy Training Program: http://www.dtp.unsw.edu.au/mr-peter-heyward Mr Peter Heyward
  9. ^ Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to East Timor , November 17, 2010
  10. ↑ news.com.au: Tough times for new East Timor ambassador , February 12, 2014.
  11. ^ Department of Foreign Affairs: Ambassador to Timor-Leste , January 4, 2018 , accessed January 6, 2018.
  12. ^ President of East Timor: PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC RECEIVES CREDENTIAL LETTERS FROM FOUR NEW AMBASSADORS , February 22, 2018 , accessed February 25, 2018.