List of Australian High Commissioners in Papua New Guinea
The Australian High Commission is located on Godwit Road, Port Moresby .
| Appointed | Surname | Remarks | appointed during the reign of | accredited during the government of | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Jack Keith Murray | Robert Menzies | Robert Menzies | 1952 | |
| 1952 | Donald Cleland | 1966 | |||
| 23 Dec 1966 | David Hay | Harold Holt | Harold Holt | 1970 | |
| 1970 | Leslie Wilson Johnson | John Gorton | John Gorton | 1973 | |
| 1973 | Gough Whitlam | Gough Whitlam | March 1974 | ||
| March 1974 | Thomas Kingston Critchley | 16 Sep 1975 | |||
| 16 Sep 1975 | Malcolm Fraser | Michael Somare | 1978 | ||
| 1978 | Gerry Nutter | 1975–1978: Ambassador to Manila, April 22, 1985 - March 10, 1988 Ambassador to Rome. | 1981 | ||
| 1981 | Robert Nivison Birch | (Born March 6, 1927 in Armidale ) Son of TJ Birch, 1968 High Commissioner in Suva (Fiji) | Julius Chan | 1984 | |
| 1984 | Michael John Wilson | (* April 3, 1928) Son of GC Wilson, MA 1980–1984: Ambassador to Belgrade, accredited to Bucharest and Sofia at the same time, 1988 Ambassador to Vienna | Bob Hawke | Michael Somare | Oct 1986 |
| Oct 1986 | Lance Louis Ettelson Joseph | (* July 26, 1937), 1993 Ambassador to Rome | Paias Wingti | Apr. 1989 | |
| Apr. 1989 | Allan Taylor | Rabbie Namaliu | 1993 | ||
| 1993 | Bill Farmer | Paul Keating | Paias Wingti | Dec 9, 1995 | |
| Dec 9, 1995 | David Irvine | Julius Chan | 1999 | ||
| May 19, 1999 | Nick Warner | John Howard | Mekere Morauta | 2003 | |
| 2003 | Michael Potts | Michael Somare | Nov 23, 2006 | ||
| Nov 23, 2006 | Chris Moraitis | Born January 10, 1962 in Melbourne, son of Anastasia Lalopoulos and Theodoras Moraitis ed. Essendon Gram. | |||
| Jan. 12, 2010 | Ian Kemish | (* 1961) accredited in March 2006 in Berlin, Ian was appointed Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea on 12 January 2010, but his first 'posting' to PNG was as a four year old in 1965. | Julia Gillard | 1st of March 2013 | |
| March 18, 2013 | Deborah Stokes | Kevin Rudd | Peter O'Neill |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Wilson ( Memento of the original from October 2, 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.
- ↑ Bill Farmer ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2014 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.
- ↑ Michael Potts
- ↑ Deborah Stokes
- ↑ png.embassy.gov.au
