List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia

High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Australia
Coat of arms of the United Kingdom
Incumbent Victoria Treadell since March 2019
Style	Her Excellency
Residence	Canberra
Inaugural holder	Sir Geoffrey Whiskard
Formation	1936
Website	British High Commission Canberra

The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Australia is an officer of the

Commonwealth of Australia. Despite Britain's close relationship with Australia, the first High Commissioner from London was not appointed until 1936, owing to the clarification of Britain's relations with the Imperial Dominions after the Statute of Westminster 1931

Office history

From the beginning of the British colonisation in 1788 and after Australia's federation in 1901, the

Ernest Tristram Crutchley as their first Representative of His Majesty's Government in Australia, pending the nomination of a High Commissioner

, on the Canadian model.

That same year, the Statute of Westminster made easier the creation of such High Commissions in the Dominions but as the Australian Government delayed its ratification, the United Kingdom had to wait until 1936 to appoint a High Commissioner to regularise the role of the Governor-General in Australia, six years before Australia's actual ratification of the Statute.

Office-holders

British high commission in Canberra

High commissioner	Start of term	End of term
KCMG	1936	1941
PC	1941	1945
PC	1946	1952
KCMG, MC	1952	1956
DL	1956	1959
KCMG	1959	1965
KStJ	1965	1971
PC	1971	1976
GCMG	1976	1980
KCMG	1980	1984
KCMG	1984	1988
GCMG	1988	1991
KCMG	1991	1994
LVO	1994	1997
KCB	1997	1999
PC	1999	2005
PC	2005	2009
PC	2009	2010
CMG^[1]	2011	2015
DCMG^[2]	2015	2019
MVO^[3]	2019

References

^ "British Australia Chamber of Commerce - New British High Commissioner appointed". Retrieved 6 June 2011.
^ "Her Excellency Menna Rawlings CMG". gov.uk.
^ "Change of British High Commissioner to Australia: March 2019". GOV.UK. Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.

External links

British High Commission Canberra - GOV.UK

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Diplomacy	Australia–United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Nauru Island Agreement Commonwealth of Nations 1981 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2002 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Royal tours of Australia Royal visits to Rockhampton, Queensland
Incidents	Sue v Hill
Military relations	AUSCANNZUKUS ANZUK AUKUS Five Eyes UKUSA Agreement Five Power Defence Arrangements Southeast Asia Treaty Organization British Army in Australia British Army regiments in Australia between 1810 and 1870 RAAF Overseas Headquarters British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Second Australian Imperial Force in the United Kingdom
Legislation	Australia Act 1986 Australian Constitution (Public Record Copy) Act 1990 Australian Constitutions Act 1850 New South Wales Act 1823 South Australia Act 1834 South Australia Act 1842 Statute of Westminster 1931 Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 Papua Act 1905
Treaties	Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property Treaty of Bern Berne Convention (1906) International Agreement for the suppression of the White Slave Traffic Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications International Opium Convention Paris Convention of 1919 Declaration recognising the Right to a Flag of States having no Sea-coast International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children Svalbard Treaty Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War (1929) Geneva Convention on the Wounded and Sick (1929)
Nuclear tests	British nuclear tests at Maralinga Operation Blowdown Operation Hurricane Operation Totem McClelland Royal Commission
Related	1919 England to Australia flight Australian Astronomical Observatory Anglo-Australian Telescope Australian State Coach Australian War Memorial, London Big Brother Movement Britain–Australia Society Sports rivalries Monarchy of Australia Palace letters Ten Pound Poms A Bride from the Bush The Queen in Australia
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