List of Australian High Commissioners in India
Australian High Commission: 1/50-G, Shantipath, Panchsheel Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi .
The Australian High Commissioner was also regularly accredited as ambassador to the governments in Nepal from August 31, 1960 to April 27, 1984 .
High commissioners
| Appointed | Surname | Remarks | appointed during the reign of | accredited during the government of | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 1943 | Iven Giffard Mackay | (* April 7, 1882 in Grafton (New South Wales) ; † September 30, 1966) attended Newington College and studied at the University of Sydney, 1905-1910 taught at the Sydney Church of England Grammar School was a lecturer in physics of Sydney University, 1918: 1st AIF, commanded 1st Inf. Brigade, 1940–1941: GOC 6 Div, 1941–1942: Home Forces, 1942–1943: 2nd Aust Army, 1943–1944: NG Force | Arthur Fadden | Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell | 1948 |
| Oct. 1948 | Herbert Roy Pollock Gollan | (* August 29, 1892 in Gawler ; † March 28, 1968) | Robert Menzies | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 1952 | Walter Crocker | 1955 | |||
| 1957 | Francis Hamilton Stuart | 1961 | |||
| 1958 | Walter Crocker | from August 31, 1960 also accredited in Kathmandu. | 1962 | ||
| June 10, 1962 | William Beal Prichett | Chargé (born January 31, 1921) married Elvira Voorstad had a daughter a son, SCEGS, Univ. of Syd. AMF 1941-1945, Dept. oi External (later Foreign) Aitairs 1945–1973, overseas service Indonesia. Germany. India. Singapore | June 15, 1963 | ||
| June 16, 1963 | James Plimsoll | 1965 | |||
| May 26, 1965 | Arthur Tange | Lal Bahadur Shastri | |||
| Nov 6, 1970 | Patrick Shaw | John Gorton | Indira Gandhi | ||
| 26 Sep 1973 | Bruce A. Grant | (* 1925 in Perth, WA) attended the Perth Modern School and studied at the University of Melbourne, 1959–1962: Senior External Affairs Representative at the Australian High Commission, London. 1968-1972: Columnist for the Age | Gough Whitlam | 1976 | |
| Feb. 27, 1976 | Peter Campbell John Curtis | (* September 8, 1929) son of Alice Ester Moss († 1937) and William John Curtid KC († 1939) attended St Ignatius College in Sydney, Bachelor of the University of Sydney, Master of the University of Oxford, married in 1954 Chantal Marie- Francoise Courant, they have five sons, joined the Foreign Service in 1957 (Dept of Foreign Affairs), 1969–1972: Ambassador to Laos, 1975: Ambassador to Beirut, 1982–1987: Ambassador to Paris, 1990: Ambassador to Brussels and Luxembourg | Malcolm Fraser | Feb. 18, 1980 | |
| Feb. 18, 1980 | Gordon Noel Upton | (* December 24, 1920) son of Ethel May Upton (d 1973, family arrived? 1890) and John Roy Upton (family arrived? 1860), of Penshurst NSW attended the Canterbury Boys' Sen, was a Bachelor of the University of Sydney, married in 1944 Elizabeth JA, da of It, 1966–1970: High Commissioner in Colombo, 1970–1973: Department of Defense (Australia) , 1973–1927 | 02 | 1976: Envoy to the High Commission in London | |||
| Aug 7, 1984 | Graham Barton Feakes | Bob Hawke | Rajiv Gandhi | 1986 | |
| 1988 | David Wyke Evans | (* March 13, 1934) | 1993 | ||
| March 1994 | Darren P. Gribble | (* July 22, 1939) Son of AE Gribble, ed. Brighton Grammar School Anglican Independent Boys School (Vic), Bachelor of the University of Melbourne BCom, Dip For: International Adviser, 1990-1993: Ambassador in Seoul . | Paul Keating | PV Narasimha Rao | July 25, 1997 |
| July 25, 1997 | Rob Laurie | After Operation Shakti (nuclear weapon test in Pokhran 1998 Operation Smiling Buddha ), the Australian government took a firm stand against the Indian government. | John howard } | Indian Kumar Gujral | |
| 2001 | Penelope Wensley | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 2004 | ||
| 2004 | John McCarthy | Manmohan Singh | Aug 2009 | ||
| Sep 24 2009 | Peter Varghese | Kevin Rudd | 2012 | ||
| Jan. 22, 2013 | Patrick Suckling | Julia Gillard |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Iven Giffard Mackay ( Memento of the original from November 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Herbert Roy Pollock Gollan cv
- ↑ Patrick Shaw
- ↑ Bruce A. Grant
- ^ Peter Campbell John Curtis
- ↑ Rob Laurie
- ↑ Peter Varghese
- ↑ Patrick Suckling ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2013 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. pib.nic.in
- ↑ Embassy, india.embassy.gov.au
