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[[File:ac.dfat.jpg|250px|right|thumb|RG Casey House, Canberra, is the headquarters of the [[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade]].]]

'''Foreign relations of Australia''' are influenced by its position as a leading trading nation and as a significant donor of humanitarian aid. [[Australia]]'s foreign policy is guided by a commitment to [[multilateralism]] and [[Regionalism (international relations)|regionalism]], as well as to build strong bilateral relations with its allies. Key concerns include free trade, terrorism, refugees, economic co-operation with [[Asia]] and stability in the [[Indo-Pacific]]. Australia is active in the [[United Nations]] and the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. Given its history of starting and supporting important regional and global initiatives, it has been described as a regional middle power par excellence.<ref name="Fels2017">{{cite book|author1=Fels, Enrico|title=Shifting Power in Asia-Pacific? The Rise of China, Sino-US Competition and Regional Middle Power Allegiance|url=https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319456881|year=2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-45689-8|page=365|access-date=25 November 2016}}</ref>

It maintains significant ties with [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations|ASEAN]] and has become steadfastly allied with [[Australia–New Zealand relations|New Zealand]], through long-standing ties dating back to the 1800s. The country also has a longstanding alliance with the United States of America. Over recent decades Australia has sought to strengthen its relationship with Asian countries, with this becoming the focus of the country's network of diplomatic missions.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Growing Importance of the ASEAN–Australia Relationship – Australian Institute of International Affairs|url=https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/the-growing-importance-of-the-asean-australia-relationship/|work=Australian Institute of International Affairs|archive-date=30 March 2020|access-date=16 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330181720/https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/the-growing-importance-of-the-asean-australia-relationship/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PM Lee congratulates new Australian PM Morrison, pens valedictory letter to former leader Turnbull|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/pm-lee-congratulates-new-australian-pm-morrison-pens-valedictory-10654384|work=Channel NewsAsia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Stolarchuk|first1=Jewel|title=Reflecting on the ASEAN–Australian relationship|url=http://theindependent.sg/reflecting-on-the-asean-australian-relationship/|work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New poll suggests Trump causes Australians to form unfavourable view of US|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/new-poll-suggests-trump-causes-australians-to-form-unfavourable-view-of-us|work=SBS News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump a 'critical threat' to Australia's interests as trust in US hits record low|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-20/donald-trump-a-threat-as-trust-hits-new-low-lowy-institute-finds/9879924|work=ABC News|date=20 June 2018|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Curran|first1=J.|title=The Dilemmas of Divergence: The Crisis in American-Australian Relations, 1972–1975|journal=Diplomatic History |date=2013|volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=377–408|doi=10.1093/dh/dht097 |url=https://academic.oup.com/dh/article-abstract/38/2/377/355536?redirectedFrom=PDF|language=en}}</ref> In 2021, Australia signed a significant security partnership with the United Kingdom and the United States of America ([[AUKUS]]) aimed at upholding security in the Indo-Pacific region.

==History==
{{Further|Diplomatic history of Australia}}

===Post-Federation period===
The [[Department of External Affairs (1901–1916)|Department of External Affairs]] was one of the inaugural departments created upon the [[Federation of Australia|federation of the Australian colonies]] in 1901, but largely remained an appendage of the [[Prime Minister's Department (Australia)|Prime Minister's Department]].  Outside of the prime minister, the role of [[Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom]] (established in 1910) remained the most significant conduit for Australian foreign relations, with its significance emphasised by the fact that the first three appointees were former prime ministers. It has been suggested that, for Australia's early governments, foreign policy meant "relations with London on matters of imperial foreign policy on which Australia might have an interest".<ref name=lowy>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/alfred-deakin-roots-australian-foreign-policy|title=Alfred Deakin and the roots of Australian foreign policy|first=Judith|last=Brett|date=19 September 2017|publisher=Lowy Institute|access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref>

Australia's first prime minister [[Edmund Barton]] was in favour of a uniform foreign policy for the British Empire, suggesting Australia could have no "foreign policy of its own" but expected that the British government would defer to the Australian perspective for "regional" imperial policy.{{sfn|Bird|2008|p=3}} Barton's successor [[Alfred Deakin]] also repeatedly lobbied the British government for greater consultation on imperial foreign policy and suggested the establishment of an imperial department of state to coordinate policy, as part of his broader support for an [[Imperial Federation]].{{sfn|Bird|2008|p=4}} Deakin took some of the first steps towards diplomatic independence by dealing directly with the Japanese consul-general, for which he was reminded by the [[Colonial Office]] that it "expected Australia to conduct any dealings with a foreign power through London". He also dealt directly with the U.S. consul in Sydney to engineer the visit of the [[Great White Fleet]] in 1908.<ref name=lowy/> His actions "set a precedent for unilateralism" in foreign policy that was followed by his immediate successors as prime minister, although with a continued reliance on the British diplomatic service and policy-making apparatus and no efforts to develop Australian equivalents.{{sfn|Bird|2008|p=4}}

===World War I and 1920s===
World War I brought about an increase in direct Australian engagement with governments outside the British Empire, prompted by strategic concerns including the fate of German territories in the Pacific captured by Australian troops during the war. Prime Minister [[Billy Hughes]] visited the United States in 1918 and "in a series of meetings and speeches, called on the US to cooperate with Australia in ensuring postwar security in the Far East".{{sfn|Cuffe|2021|p=16}} At the [[1919 Paris Peace Conference]], Hughes led an Australian section within the British Empire delegation and co-signed the [[Treaty of Versailles]] on behalf of Australia, as with other British [[dominion]]s. Hughes lobbied powerfully for Australian interests at the conference, including the granting of [[League of Nations]] mandates over the former [[German New Guinea]] and [[Nauru]] and opposition to Japan's [[Racial Equality Proposal]] to protect the [[White Australia policy]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/versailles-treaty|title=Versailles Treaty|publisher=National Museum of Australia|access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref>

The 1920s marked "the genesis of a distinct Australian foreign policy", largely in response to changing power dynamics and the decline in British influence in the Pacific following the [[Washington Naval Conference]] of 1922 influence.{{sfn|Cuffe|2021|p=5}} Australia continued continued to rely on "the UK and its imperial machinery for diplomatic representation and economic and material security".{{sfn|Cuffe|2021|p=4}} Following the [[1923 Imperial Conference]], attempts to formulate a uniform imperial foreign policy were largely abandoned in favour of a system of dominion ratification of British decisions.{{sfn|Bird|2008|p=6}} Governmental interest in foreign policy declined during the [[Great Depression in Australia|Great Depression]] as the [[James Scullin|Scullin government]] concentrated on internal economic matters. In 1929, internationalist [[Frederic Eggleston]] complained to a [[Australian Senate committees|Senate committee]] that "no parliament which is responsible for its own foreign policy has less discussion on foreign affairs than does the Australian Parliament".{{sfn|Bird|2008|p=7}}

While yet to exchange formal diplomatic representatives, Australia made a number of "quasi-diplomatic" appointments in the post-war period, who functioned as official representatives of the Australian government but held no [[diplomatic rank]]. These included appointment of [[Henry Braddon]] to the United States in 1918 with the title of "commissioner" and the appointment of Clive Voss as "commercial agent" in France in 1919.{{sfn|Schedvin|2008|p=24}} In 1921, Australia appointed its first official representative in Asia, with the appointment of Edward S. Little as trade commissioner to China, based in Shanghai.{{sfn|Schedvin|2008|p=28}} Senator [[Thomas Bakhap]] undertook a trade mission to China in 1922 at the instigation of Hughes,{{sfn|Schedvin|2008|p=31}} and in the same year Egbert Sheaf was appointed as a trade commissioner to "the East", based in Singapore.{{sfn|Schedvin|2008|p=34}} The initial trade commissioner service was partially funded by state governments and ultimately failed due to a lack of support from Prime Minister [[Stanley Bruce]] and state premiers.{{sfn|Schedvin|2008|p=36}}

===1930s: appeasement and rearmament===
The appointment of the [[Lyons government]] in 1932 marked a renewed interest in foreign policy, complemented by the establishment of foreign policy departments at universities and non-governmental advisory bodies like the [[Australian Institute of International Affairs]]. Prime Minister [[Joseph Lyons]] took a keen interest in foreign relations and exerted significant influence over the government's foreign policy.{{sfn|Bird|2008|p=23}} He authorised three "Pacific initiatives" as a sign of greater Australian interest in the Asia-Pacific. The first was the [[Australian Eastern Mission]] of 1934, led by deputy prime minister [[John Latham (judge)|John Latham]], which visited seven Asian countries and has been identified as a milestone in the early development of Australian foreign policy.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2008-08/apo-nid2694.pdf|title=Within China's Orbit?: China Through the Eyes of the Australian Parliament|first=Timothy|last=Kendall|year=2008|publisher=Department of Parliamentary Services, Parliament of Australia|isbn=978-0975201589|page=37}}</ref> The second initiative was the appointment in 1935 of Australian representatives in China, the Dutch East Indies, Japan, and United States – albeit below the rank of ambassador – where previously Australia's interests had been represented solely by British officials. The third was Lyons's "Pacific Pact" proposal, which envisioned a [[non-aggression pact]] between the major powers in the Pacific. Although he championed the pact at the [[1937 Imperial Conference]], discussions failed to progress.{{sfn|Bird|2008|p=25}} In Bird's opinion, "the Lyons years should thus be seen as a part of the evolution of Australian external policy from dependency towards autonomy […] it is perhaps the continuation and acceleration of the process of transition for which Lyons as Prime Minister ought to be best remembered".{{sfn|Bird|2008|p=336}}

===World War II===
The first accredited diplomat sent to a foreign country was [[Richard Casey, Baron Casey|Richard Casey]], appointed as the first Minister to the United States in January 1940.<ref>Roger John Bell, ''Unequal allies: Australian-American relations and the Pacific war'' (Melbourne University Press, 1977)</ref> This was followed shortly after by the arrival of the first Australian high commissioner to Canada,  and by appointments of Ministers to Japan in 1940 and China in 1941.  With the entry of Japan into the war in December 1941 and the failure of British forces at Singapore, there was a genuine fear of an imminent Japanese invasion. The only solution was to  come under American  protection.<ref>Peter Edwards, "Curtin, MacArthur and the 'surrender of sovereignty': A historiographical assessment." ''Australian Journal of International Affairs'' 55.2 (2001): 175-185.
</ref>  Ever since that time, United States has been the most important security ally. The close security relationship with the United States was formalized in 1951 by the Australia, New Zealand, United States Security ([[ANZUS]]) Treaty which remains the cornerstone of Australian security arrangements.<ref>T.V. Millar, ''Australia in peace and war: External relations. 1788–1977'' (1978), pp.135–210.</ref>

In parallel with the evolution of the British Empire to the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], Australia progressively took responsibility for fully managing its foreign relations with other states.  Australia concluded an agreement in 1944 with New Zealand dealing with the security, welfare, and advancement of the people of the dependent territories of the Pacific (the ANZAC pact).<ref>Joseph Gabriel Starke, ''The [[ANZUS]] Treaty Alliance'' (Melbourne University Press, 1965)</ref>  Australia was one of the founders of the [[United Nations]] (1945) and the [[South Pacific Commission]] (1947), and in 1950, it proposed the [[Colombo Plan]] to assist developing countries in Asia.  After the war, Australia played a role in the [[Far Eastern Commission]] in Japan and supported Indonesian independence during that country's revolt against the Dutch (1945–49).<ref>E. G. Whitlam, "Australia, Indonesia and Europe's empires." ''Australian Journal of International Affairs'' (1980) 34#1 pp: 3–12.</ref>

=== Cold War ===

As the [[Cold War]] deepened, Australia aligned itself fully with the Western Powers.  In addition to contributing to UN forces in the [[Korean War]] – it was the first country to announce it would do so after the United States – Australia sent troops to assist in putting down the communist revolt in Malaya in 1948–60 and later to combat the Indonesian-supported invasion of [[Sarawak]] in 1963–65.<ref>Percy Claude Spender, ''Exercises in diplomacy; the ANZUS treaty and the Colombo Plan'' (1969).</ref>  Australia sent troops to repel communism and assist South Vietnamese and American forces in the [[Vietnam War]], in a move that stirred up antiwar activism at home.<ref>Peter Geoffrey Edwards, ''A Nation at War: Australian Politics, society and diplomacy during the Vietnam War 1965–1975'' (Allen & Unwin, 1997)</ref>  Australia has been active in the [[Five Eyes]] intelligence alliance, and in the Australia – New Zealand – [[United Kingdom]] agreement and the [[Five Power Defence Arrangement]]—successive arrangements with Britain and New Zealand to ensure the security of Singapore and [[Malaysia]].{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

===Contemporary issues===
After the end of the Cold War, Australia remained an important contributor to UN peacekeeping missions and to other multilateral security missions, often in alliance with the United States.  Notably, it joined coalition forces in the Persian [[Gulf War]] in 1991, the [[War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)]], the [[Iraq War]] of 2003–2011 and the [[War in Iraq (2013-2017)]].  In 1999 Australian peace keeping forces intervened in [[East Timor]] following its referendum to secede from Indonesia. In 2006 Australia sent a contingent of Australian troops to the state to assist in the [[2006 East Timor crisis]].<ref>James Cotton, ''East Timor, Australia and regional order: intervention and its aftermath in Southeast Asia'' (Routledge, 2004)</ref>  Australia has also most recently{{when|date=August 2025}} led security assistance, peacekeeping and policing missions elsewhere in its neighbourhood, including in the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Papua New Guinea]] and [[Tonga]].

In the late 20th Century and early 21st Century, a new element in Australia's foreign relations was the growing relationship with the [[People's Republic of China]].  After the establishment of diplomatic relations in December 1972, Sino-Australian relations grew rapidly, to a point where China became Australia's main trading partner and extensive official and people-to-people links were well established. In the first 15 years of the 21st Century, Australia maintained privileged relations with both the United States and China.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}} Since 2017, Sino-Australian relations have deteriorated dramatically, as a result of Australian criticism of policies and actions taken under [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] [[Xi Jinping]].{{citation needed|date=August 2025}} This has strongly influenced recent Australian bilateral and multi-lateral engagements such as the Pacific Step-Up with Pacific Island states, the development of comprehensive strategic partnerships with a number of regional states, and the pursuit of alliances directed at countering Chinese predominance in the Indo-Pacific region. Since 2017, existing security arrangements have been augmented by a revived [[Quadrilateral Security Dialogue]] involving India, Japan and United States, the 2021 [[AUKUS]] security partnership with the United States and United Kingdom and the 2022 Australia-Japan [[Reciprocal Access Agreement]], which provides for closer Australian-Japanese cooperation on defence and humanitarian operations.

==International agencies, treaties, and agreements==

=== Membership of international organizations and groupings ===
{{see also|Australia and the United Nations}}

One of the drafters of the UN Charter, Australia has given firm support to the United Nations system. Australia held the first Presidency of the [[United Nations Security Council|Security Council]] in 1946 and provided the first military observers under UN auspices a year later, to Indonesia. It has been a member of the [[United Nations Security Council|Security Council]] a further four times, in 1956–57, 1973–74, 1986–87 and 2013–14.<ref>*[https://www.unaa.org.au/learn/australia-and-the-un/australia-and-un-security-council/ Australia and the UN Security Council]* United Nations Association of Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2022.</ref>  It has been regularly elected a member of the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council|Economic and Social Council]] most recently for 2020–22, a member of the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]] in 2018–20 and its predecessor the [[United Nations Commission on Human Rights|UN Commission on Human Rights]] in the 1990s. Australia takes a prominent part in many other UN activities, including peacekeeping, disarmament negotiations, and narcotics control.  In September 1999, acting under a UN Security Council mandate, Australia led an international coalition to restore order in East Timor upon Indonesia's withdrawal from that territory.  Australia has also been closely engaged in international development cooperation and humanitarian assistance through the [[Specialized agencies]], Funds and Programmes and Regional Commissions of the United Nations and major International Financial Institutions, in particular the [[World Bank]], the [[International Monetary Fund]], the [[Asian Development Bank]] and the [[Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank]].

Australia is a member of the [[G20]], the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] (OECD), and the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation|APEC]] forum.  It is active in meetings of the [[Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting|Commonwealth Heads of Government]], the [[Pacific Islands Forum]] and other Pacific Islands regional organizations and the [[Indian Ocean Rim Association]].  It has been a leader in the [[Cairns Group]] – countries pressing for agricultural trade reform in the [[Uruguay Round]] of the [[General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]] (GATT) negotiations. Australia is also a member of [[MIKTA]],  an informal and diverse middle power partnership between Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey and Australia, led by its foreign ministers, which seeks to promote an effective, rules-based global order.

Australia has devoted particular attention in the early 21st century to promoting regional architecture centred around the countries of the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN), to support dialogue on political, security and economic challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. Australia is an active participant in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), and the ASEAN sponsored [[East Asia Summit]]. Australia's place at the 2005 inaugural summit was only secured after it agreed to [[doi:10.1093/chinesejil/jms057|reverse its policy and accede]] to ASEAN's [[Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia]]. Australia had been reluctant to sign the treaty out of concerns regarding how it would affect Australia's obligation under other treaty arrangements including [[ANZUS]].

=== Security groupings ===

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!Countries
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|[[ANZUS]]  || {{flag|Australia}} • {{flag|New Zealand}}  (partially suspended) • {{flag|United States}}
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|[[AUKUS]]  || {{flag|Australia}} • {{flag|United Kingdom}} • {{flag|United States}}
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|[[Five Power Defence Arrangements]] || {{flag|Australia}} • {{flag|New Zealand}} • {{flag|Singapore}} • {{flag|Malaysia}} • {{flag|United Kingdom}}
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|[[Quadrilateral Security Dialogue]]  || {{flag|Australia}} • {{flag|India}} • {{flag|Japan}} • {{flag|United States}}
|-
|}

=== Special strategic partnership ===
*[[Japan]] (as of 2014).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://japan.embassy.gov.au/tkyo/Strategic-partnership.html|title=Australian Embassy in|website=japan.embassy.gov.au}}</ref>  Under this partnership, Australia and Japan have established a strong and broad-ranging security relationship under the renewed 2022 Australia-Japan Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/countries/japan/australia-japan-joint-declaration-security-cooperation Australia-Japan Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 16 March 2024.</ref>

=== Comprehensive strategic partnerships ===
Comprehensive strategic partnerships are broad, high level relationships which have increasingly been formalized in the Asia-Pacific region under this description since the early 21st century.  They are arrangements which, in general, convey a sense of mutual value, strategic alignment and positive intent to further strengthen ties.<ref>*[https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/do-comprehensive-strategic-partnerships-matter Do comprehensive strategic partnerships matter?]* The Interpreter 9 November 2021. Lowy Institute. Retrieved 16 March 2024.</ref>  They establish the framework for an intensified level of engagement across governments and indicate particularly close bilateral relations. Australia has a formal comprehensive strategic partnership with the following countries and multi-national organizations:

*[[Philippines]] (as of 2015)<ref>[http://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/Documents/joint-declaration-on-australia-the-philippines-comprehensive-partnership.pdf Joint Declaration on Philippines-Australia Comprehensive Partnership]</ref>
*[[Singapore]] (as of 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/singapore/Pages/joint-announcement-australia-singapore-comprehensive-strategic-partnership|title=Joint announcement: Australia-Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership|website=Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date=13 December 2021|archive-date=13 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213075617/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/singapore/Pages/joint-announcement-australia-singapore-comprehensive-strategic-partnership|url-status=dead}}</ref> (Enhanced CSP 2.0 as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/countries/singapore/australia-singapore-comprehensive-strategic-partnership-csp-20-2025-35|title=Australia-Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) 2.0 2025-35|website=Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref>
*[[Indonesia]] (as of 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/indonesia/joint-declaration-comprehensive-strategic-partnership-between-the-commonwealth-of-australia-and-republic-of-indonesia|title=Joint Declaration on a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Australia and the Republic of Indonesia|website=Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date=13 December 2021|archive-date=13 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213075620/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/indonesia/joint-declaration-comprehensive-strategic-partnership-between-the-commonwealth-of-australia-and-republic-of-indonesia|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[India]] (as of 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/india/joint-statement-comprehensive-strategic-partnership-between-republic-india-and-australia|title=Joint Statement on a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Republic of India and Australia|website=Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date=13 December 2021|archive-date=13 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213075617/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/india/joint-statement-comprehensive-strategic-partnership-between-republic-india-and-australia|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Papua New Guinea]] (as of 2020)<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/papua-new-guinea-australia-comprehensive-strategic-and-economic-partnership-signed.pdf Papua New Guinea-Australia Comprehensive Strategic and Economic Partnership]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 16 March 2024.</ref>
*[[Malaysia]] (as of 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/malaysia/joint-statement-comprehensive-strategic-partnership-between-australia-and-malaysia|title=Joint Statement on a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Australia and Malaysia|website=Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date=13 December 2021|archive-date=13 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213075620/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/malaysia/joint-statement-comprehensive-strategic-partnership-between-australia-and-malaysia|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[South Korea]] (as of 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/australia-south-korea-sign-historic-defense-agreement/a-60099713|title=Australia, South Korea sign historic defense agreement &#124; DW &#124; 13.12.2021|website=DW.COM}}</ref>
*[[ASEAN]] (as of 2021)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-asean-establish-comprehensive-strategic-partnership-asean-2021-10-27/|title=Australia, ASEAN to establish comprehensive strategic partnership – ASEAN|newspaper=Reuters|date=27 October 2021|via=reuters.com}}</ref>
*[[Vietnam]] (as of 2024)<ref>*[https://thediplomat.com/2024/03/vietnam-and-australia-announce-long-awaited-diplomatic-upgrade/ Vietnam and Australia announce long-awaited diplomatic upgrade]* The Diplomat 7 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.</ref>

In 2014, the Australian Prime Minister and Chinese President agreed to describe the relationship as a "comprehensive strategic partnership", and this helped facilitate an extensive program of engagement. This partnership went into dormancy, particularly from 2020, but is being gradually revived with the improvement of relations since 2023.<ref>* [https://thediplomat.com/2024/11/australia-china-relations-from-comprehensive-strategic-partners-to-frenemies/]* The Diplomat, November 25, 2024. Retrieved December 6, 2024.</ref>

=== Formal Defense Allies  ===

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!Country
!Signed
!Treaty
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|{{Flag|New Zealand}} || 1 September 1951 || [[ANZUS]]
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|{{Flag|United States}} || 1 September 1951 || [[ANZUS]] 
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|{{Flag|Papua New Guinea}} || 6 October 2025 || [[Australia–Papua New Guinea relations#Pukpuk Treaty|Pukpuk Treaty]]
|-
|}

==Trade==
{{See also|Free trade agreements of Australia}}
[[File:Map of countries with which Australia has free trade agreements.svg|thumb|{{Legend|#ff0000|Australia}}{{Legend|#00bf00ff|Free trade agreements in force}}|400x400px]]
Overall Australia's largest trading partners are the United States, South Korea, Japan, China, and the United Kingdom. Australia currently has bilateral [[Free Trade Agreement]]s with New Zealand, the United States, Thailand and Singapore as of 2007 and the United Kingdom as of 2021. As well as this, Australia is in the process undertaking studies on Free Trade Agreements with ASEAN, China, Chile, India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
* [[Australia–Chile Free Trade Agreement]]
* [[Australia–China Free Trade Agreement]]
* [[Australia–Korea Free Trade Agreement]]
* [[Closer Economic Relations|Australia–New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement]]
* [[Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement]]
* [[Australia–United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement]]
* Australia–Fiji Free Trade Agreement

===Armaments===

To bolster its foreign policy, Australia maintains a very well-equipped military.
According to [[SIPRI]], Australia is the eight largest importer of major weapons in the world. The US supplied 80 per cent of Australia's imports and Spain 15 per cent.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wezeman |first1=Pieter D. |last2=Djokic |first2=Katarina |last3=George |first3=Mathew |last4=Hussain |first4=Zain |last5=Wezeman |first5=Siemon T. |title=Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2023 |url=https://www.sipri.org/publications/2024/sipri-fact-sheets/trends-international-arms-transfers-2023 |website=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |date=March 2024 |access-date=4 February 2025}}</ref> All armed services have received new major arms in 2014–18, but mainly aircraft and ships. The F-35 combat aircraft and antisubmarine warfare aircraft from the USA made up 53 per cent of Australian arms imports in 2014–18, while ships from Spain accounted for 29 per cent.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.sipri.org/publications/2019/sipri-fact-sheets/trends-international-arms-transfers-2018|title=Trends in international arms transfers, 2018 &#124; SIPRI|website=sipri.org|date=March 2019|last1=Wezeman|first1=Pieter D.|last2=Fleurant|first2=Aude|last3=Kuimova|first3=Alexandra|last4=Tian|first4=Nan|last5=Wezeman|first5=Siemon T.}}</ref>

Australia is modernising its armed forces but also acquiring weapons that significantly increase its long-range capabilities. Among the weapons imported in 2010–14 were 5 tanker aircraft and the first of 2 amphibious assault ships from Spain, along with 2 large transport aircraft and 4 airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft from the USA. Australia also received 26 combat aircraft from the US, with 82 more on order (see box 3), as well as 8 anti-submarine warfare aircraft from the US and 3 Hobart destroyers from Spain.

In 2021, after Australia ended its 20-year military mission in Afghanistan, the defence officials held formal talks on strengthening military ties with the [[United Arab Emirates]]. However, the human rights groups said that it was "very concerning" to witness, as the Emirates was accused of carrying out "unlawful attacks" in war-torn nations like [[Libya]] and [[Yemen]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-09/australia-military-ties-united-arab-emirates-war-crime-concerns/100279162|title=Australia pushes close military ties with United Arab Emirates despite war crime concerns|access-date=8 July 2021|website=ABC News|date=8 July 2021}}</ref>

In contrast to 2014–18, the period from 2019 to 2023 saw a 21 per cent decline in Australia's major arms imports.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wezeman |first1=Pieter D. |last2=Djokic |first2=Katarina |last3=George |first3=Mathew |last4=Hussain |first4=Zain |last5=Wezeman |first5=Siemon T. |title=Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2023 |url=https://www.sipri.org/publications/2024/sipri-fact-sheets/trends-international-arms-transfers-2023 |website=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |date=March 2024 |access-date=4 February 2025}}</ref> 
However, in December 2021, Australia signed a defence procurement deal with [[South Korea]] worth $1billion AUD (US$720 million) for modern [[artillery]], supply trucks and radars supplied by South Korean defense company [[Hanwha]]. The South Korean President [[Moon Jae-in]] and Australian Prime Minister [[Scott Morrison]] met for the signing of the agreement and additionally announced they were formally upgrading the Australian-South Korean relationship to a "comprehensive strategic partnership".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/business-china-asia-australia-south-korea-da5f264a9b7b04d34734e139429b102d|title=Australia and South Korea sign defence deal as leaders meet|date=13 December 2021|website=AP NEWS}}</ref> Moreover, in 2023 Australia reached an agreement with the UK and the USA to import at least six nuclear-powered submarines.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wezeman |first1=Pieter D. |last2=Djokic |first2=Katarina |last3=George |first3=Mathew |last4=Hussain |first4=Zain |last5=Wezeman |first5=Siemon T. |title=Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2023 |url=https://www.sipri.org/publications/2024/sipri-fact-sheets/trends-international-arms-transfers-2023 |website=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |date=March 2024 |access-date=4 February 2025}}</ref>

==International aid==
According to the Australian [[think tank]] [[Lowy Institute]], Australia is the Pacific region's largest development partner, disbursing A$17 billion worth of international aid between 2008 and 2021, accounting for 40% of the region's overseas development finance (ODF). Australian international aid in the Pacific exceeded other regional partners including the [[Asian Development Bank]], [[China]], [[New Zealand]] and [[Japan]]. Between 2019 and 2021, Australian's overseas development finance in the Pacific rose from A$1.34 billion in 2019 to A$1.89 billion in 2021.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Letman|first1=John|title=Australia's support to Pacific surges as China focuses on 'friendly' states, aid map shows|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/31/australias-support-to-pacific-surges-as-china-focuses-on-friendly-states-aid-map-shows|access-date=27 May 2024|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=30 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519144628/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/31/australias-support-to-pacific-surges-as-china-focuses-on-friendly-states-aid-map-shows|archive-date=19 May 2024}}</ref>

In May 2024, [[RNZ]] reported that the Albanese Government had slightly increased Australia's foreign aid budget by four percent, bringing its total 2024–2025 aid o A$4.961 billion budget. In August 2023, the Government had released its new international development strategy, which promised new country, gender, disability and humanitarian aid strategies.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Howes|first1=Stephen|title=2024 Australian aid spending and effectiveness update|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/516989/2024-australian-aid-spending-and-effectiveness-update|access-date=27 May 2024|work=[[RNZ]]|date=16 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520091129/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/516989/2024-australian-aid-spending-and-effectiveness-update|archive-date=20 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Diplomatic relations==

As of 2011, Australia had established formal diplomatic relations with all members of the United Nations as well as the [[Holy See]], [[Kosovo]], [[Cook Islands]] and (in 2014) [[Niue]]. In many cases, diplomatic relations are maintained on a non-resident basis, with the Australian ambassador or high commissioner based in another country. Since 2012, diplomatic relations have been effectively suspended with the [[Syrian Arab Republic]], with no diplomatic accreditation by either country maintained, but consular relations continue.<ref>*[https://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Public/Consulates/192/State Consular List – Syrian Arab Republic]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 13 January 2022.</ref> In the case of Afghanistan, following the Taliban takeover in 2021, diplomatic relations are in an ambiguous status with Australia "temporarily" closing its embassy in [[Kabul]] and not recognizing the Islamic Emirate government but maintaining the credentials of the embassy of the [[Islamic Republic of Afghanistan]] in Canberra.<ref>*[https://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Public/Missions/4 Diplomatic List – Afghanistan]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 25 January 2022.</ref> A number of Canadian missions provide consular assistance to Australians in countries in Africa where Australia does not maintain an office (and Australia reciprocates this arrangement for Canada in some other countries) through the [[Canada-Australia Consular Services Sharing Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://travel.gc.ca/about/assistance/consular/framework/canada-australia|title=Canada-Australia Consular Services Sharing Agreement – Travel.gc.ca|access-date=6 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629042040/http://travel.gc.ca/about/assistance/consular/framework/canada-australia|archive-date=29 June 2013}}</ref>

Due to the [[One China Policy]] of the People's Republic of China, the Australian Office in Taiwan (formerly the Australian Commerce and Industry Office) unofficially represents Australia's interest in [[Taiwan]], serving a function similar to other Australian Consulates.

=== List ===
List of countries which Australia maintains diplomatic relations with:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic_relations_of_Australia.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
|-
!#
!Country
!Date
|-
|1
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{dts|22 January 1910}}<ref>{{Cite journal |year=2010 |title=The High Commissioners |url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/high-commissioners.pdf |journal=[[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade]] |pages=239}}</ref>
|-
|2
|{{flag|Canada}}
|{{dts|2 November 1939}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Linwood|first=DeLong|date=January 2020|title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925–2019|url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019|access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
|3
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{Dts|8 January 1940}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=All Countries|url=https://history.state.gov/countries/all|access-date=12 November 2021|website=Office of the Historian}}</ref>
|-
|4
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 August 1940}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023|title=THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY IN TOKYO AND AUSTRALIA–JAPAN RELATIONS|url=https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/63881/book.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|access-date=19 October 2023|page=xi}}</ref>
|-
|5
|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|{{dts|1 February 1942}}<ref name=":10">{{Cite book |last=M. Epstein |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wtbMDQAAQBAJ&dq=Iven+Mackay+australian+high+commissioner+to+India+...+1943&pg=PA350 |title=The Statesman's Year-Book Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1945 | date=27 December 2016 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |pages=350 | isbn=978-0-230-27074-9 }}</ref>
|-
|6
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{dts|10 October 1942}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Soviet Foreign Policy: 1945–1980 |publisher=Progress Publishers |year=1981 |pages=642–681}}</ref>
|-
|7
|{{flag|New Zealand}}
|{{dts|27 February 1943}}<ref>{{cite web |date=8 July 2006 |title=Heads of Missions List: A |url=http://www.mfat.govt.nz/about/ipd/homslista.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060930064841/http://www.mfat.govt.nz/about/ipd/homslista.html |archive-date=30 September 2006 |publisher=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref>
|-
|8
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{Dts|1 November 1943}}<ref name=":10" />
|-
|9
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{Dts|4 November 1944}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 November 2024 |title=Celebrating 80 years of French-Australian diplomatic relations |url=https://au.ambafrance.org/Celebrating-80-years-of-French-Australian-diplomatic-relations |access-date=10 March 2025 |website=Embassy of France in Canberra}}</ref>
|-
|10
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|{{dts|7 June 1945}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sk_ODQAAQBAJ&dq=Brasil+L.+R.+Mcgregor+...+1945&pg=PA353|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1946|date=28 December 2016|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|pages=353|isbn=978-0-230-27075-6}}</ref>
|-
|11
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{Dts|27 December 1945}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=RELACIONES DIPLOMATICAS DE CHILE CON LOS PAISES DE LA CUENCA DEL PACIFICO|url=https://archivospublicos.uahurtado.cl/uploads/r/archivo-institucional-universidad-alberto-hurtado/1/1/9/119a982db9b66f569a5d546b86f31a59dcb53b2815c3e28f774ad8bab7704d3c/31-2-12.pdf|access-date=27 November 2021|language=es|archive-date=27 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127123104/https://archivospublicos.uahurtado.cl/uploads/r/archivo-institucional-universidad-alberto-hurtado/1/1/9/119a982db9b66f569a5d546b86f31a59dcb53b2815c3e28f774ad8bab7704d3c/31-2-12.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|12
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|{{dts|4 July 1946}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 July 2023|title=The Republic of the Philippines and the Commonwealth of Australia celebrate 77 years of formal diplomatic relations today, July 04!|url=https://twitter.com/DFAPHL/status/1676214137473609728|access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|13
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{dts|August 1946}}<ref>{{Cite thesis|last=Tothill|first=Francis David|date=1995|title=South African-Australian diplomatic relations 1945–1961|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/43175514.pdf|pages=i}}</ref>
|-
|14
|{{flag|Ireland}}
|{{dts|15 October 1946}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=Extract from a letter from Thomas J. Kiernan to Frederick H. Boland (Dublin) |url=https://www.difp.ie/volume-8/1946/conversation-with-dr-evatt/4311 |access-date=9 August 2025 |work=Documents on Irish Foreign Policy}}</ref>
|-
|15
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|{{dts|format=dmy|1947|3|18}}<ref name=":9">{{Cite book |last=S. Steinberg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TY3JDQAAQBAJ&dq=Australia:+Lundquist+...+1947&pg=PA378 |title=The Statesman's Year-Book Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1948 | date=23 December 2016 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |pages=378 | isbn=978-0-230-27077-0 }}</ref>
|-
|16
|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{dts|29 April 1947}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations |url=https://mfa.gov.lk/dpl-relations/ |access-date=10 July 2022 |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321072720/https://mfa.gov.lk/dpl-relations/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|17
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{Dts|23 June 1947}}<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 1999 |title=Norges opprettelse af diplomatiske forbindelser med fremmede stater |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>
|-
|18
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|{{Dts|15 August 1947}}<ref>{{cite journal |date=August 1947 |title=REPRESENTATION. EXCHANGE OF DIPLOMATIC: REPRESENTATIVES WITH PAKISTAN |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1249674839 |journal=Current Notes on International Affairs |publisher=Department of External Affairs |volume=18 |issue=7 |page=480 |access-date=28 November 2022 |via=National Library of Australia (Trove)}}</ref>
|-
|19
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{dts|24 September 1947}}<ref name=":9" />
|-
|20
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 January 1948}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 1948 |title=Personal |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52626041?searchTerm=Verstraeten |access-date=9 August 2015 |work=Examiner}}</ref>
|-
|21
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 December 1948}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 December 2023 |title=75 años RRDD entre Uruguay y Australia: mensaje del Subsecretario Albertoni |url=https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-relaciones-exteriores/comunicacion/noticias/75-anos-rrdd-entre-uruguay-australia-mensaje-del-subsecretario-albertoni |access-date=21 December 2023 |website=gub.uy |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|22
|{{flag|Israel}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 January 1949}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rutland |first=Suzanne D. |title=The Jews in Australia |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2006 |pages=87}}</ref>
|-
|23
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{dts|format=dmy|1949|05|31}}<ref name="ties">{{cite web |title=Countries and regions A–Z |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17195&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330044440/http://formin.finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?nodeid=17195&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |archive-date=30 March 2018 |access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
|24
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{dts|24 November 1949}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18128813 |title=AUSTRALIAN ENVOY. |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=25 November 1949 |access-date=29 May 2015 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
|25
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{dts|27 December 1949}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 December 2024 |title=Today we mark the 75th anniversary of bilateral relations between 🇦🇺 Australia & 🇮🇩 Indonesia, beginning on 27 December 1949, when 🇦🇺 was among the first nations to formally recognise 🇮🇩 following its struggle for independence. |url=https://www.instagram.com/kedubesaustralia/p/DEEbz2MPQbM/?img_index=1 |website=kedubesaustralia on Instagram |access-date=15 January 2025}}</ref>
|-
|26
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{dts|23 July 1950}}<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1947928433457304014 |user=dfat |title=Today, Australia and Egypt celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations. |date=23 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
|27
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}
|{{dts|15 January 1952}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIST OF MEMBER STATES OF THE UNITED NATIONS (193) HAVING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CAMBODIA |url=https://www.mfaic.gov.kh/page/2021-02-10-LIST-OF-MEMBER-STATES-OF-THE-UNITED-NATIONS--193--HAVING-DIPLOMATIC-RELATIONS-WITH-CAMBOIDA |access-date=2 October 2021 |website=mfaic.gov.kh}}</ref>
|-
|28
|{{Flag|Laos}}
|{{dts|16 January 1952}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.mofa.gov.la/index.php/lo/2015-04-07-02-45-52/1950 |access-date=30 June 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Laos}}</ref>
|-
|29
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{dts|28 January 1952}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 January 2022 |title=70 years of friendship between Germany and Australia |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/laenderinformationen/australien-node/70-years-diplo-relations-2508880#:~:text=Australia%20and%20the%20Federal%20Republic,zones%20separate%20Berlin%20and%20Canberra. |website=Auswärtiges Amt |access-date=6 March 2025}}</ref>
|-
|30
|{{flag|Austria}}
|{{dts|3 December 1952}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2022 |title=It's time to celebrate Australia and Austria are marking the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations today On 3 December 1952 ... |url=https://www.facebook.com/AusEmbassyVie/videos/its-time-to-celebrate-australia-and-austria-are-marking-the-7%EF%B8%8F%E2%83%A30%EF%B8%8F%E2%83%A3th-anniversary/671027444556000/?_rdr |access-date=10 March 2025 |website=Australian Embassy and Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Vienna on Facebook}}</ref>
|-
|31
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{DTS|19 December 1952}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=เครือรัฐออสเตรเลีย (Australia) |url=https://www.mfa.go.th/th/country/AU?page=5d5bcb3915e39c3060006814&menu=5d5bd3c715e39c306002a87c |access-date=19 October 2023 |language=th |archive-date=20 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420063949/https://www.mfa.go.th/th/country/AU?page=5d5bcb3915e39c3060006814&menu=5d5bd3c715e39c306002a87c |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|32
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{DTS|30 March 1953}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Consular and Diplomatic presence of Greece in Australia |url=https://www.mfa.gr/australia/en/the-embassy/history/consular-and-diplomatic-presence-of-greece-in-australia.html |access-date=24 October 2023}}</ref>
|-
|33
|{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 August 1953}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Diplomatic relations |url=http://myanmarbsb.org/_site/diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=13 May 2022 |archive-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014192116/http://myanmarbsb.org/_site/diplomatic-relations/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|34
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|{{dts|31 August 1957}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senarai tarikh penubuhan hubungan diplomatik Malaysia dan negara – negara luar |url=https://www.data.gov.my/data/dataset/30411e5d-8c25-47fb-940e-0d51149afe20/resource/fc684f56-c8bb-4f65-ab65-8eb5e68c9b5d/download/01-tarikh-penubuhan-hubungan-diplomatik-malaysia.xlsx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113141021/https://www.data.gov.my/data/dataset/30411e5d-8c25-47fb-940e-0d51149afe20/resource/fc684f56-c8bb-4f65-ab65-8eb5e68c9b5d/download/01-tarikh-penubuhan-hubungan-diplomatik-malaysia.xlsx |archive-date=13 November 2021 |access-date=13 November 2021 |language=ms}}</ref>
|-
|35
|{{flag|Ghana}}
|{{dts|21 February 1958}}<ref name="SWJ2">{{cite journal |date=February 1958 |title=Australian Representation Overseas |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1259335706 |journal=Current Notes on International Affairs |publisher=Department of External Affairs |volume=29 |issue=2 |page=128 |access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
|36
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{DTS|10 December 1959}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vol. 30 No. 12 (December 1959) |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1201596742 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|37
|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{DTS|15 February 1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://mofa.gov.np/foreign-policy/bilateral-relation/ |access-date=25 June 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal |archive-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816132805/https://mofa.gov.np/foreign-policy/bilateral-relation/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|38
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|{{dts|4 August 1960}}<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Países |work=Portal Diplomático |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises |access-date=2 July 2022 |language=pt}}</ref>
|-
|39
|{{Flag|Nigeria}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref>{{cite journal |date=March 1961 |title=The Federation of Nigeria – Relations with Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1255423684 |journal=Current Notes on International Affairs |publisher=Department of External Affairs |volume=32 |issue=3 |page=15 |access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nigeria in Australia|url=https://api.research-repository.uwa.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/345514780/Fulltext_Nigeria_in_Australia.pdf|access-date=3 December 2024|website=The University of Western Australia|page=3}}</ref>
|-
|40
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|{{dts|3 June 1961}}<ref>{{cite news |date=3 June 1961 |title=AUST. TO HAVE SWISS EMBASSY. |page=3 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130713631 |access-date=13 November 2015 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
|41
|{{flag|South Korea}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 October 1961}}<ref name="koremau">{{Cite web |title=Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Commonwealth of Australia |url=https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/au-en/index.do |access-date=10 January 2025 |quote=Establishment of Diplomatic Relations 30, October 1961}}</ref>
|-
|42
|{{flag|Tanzania}}
|{{Date table sorting|12 May 1962}}<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130574542 |title=The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995) |newspaper=Canberra Times |date=12 May 1962 |publisher=12 May 1962 |pages=2 |access-date=24 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|43
|{{flag|Peru}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 March 1963}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relaciones Bilaterales Perú – Australia |url=http://www.rree.gob.pe/politicaexterior/Paginas/Relaciones-Bilaterales-Peru-Australia.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201113559/http://www.rree.gob.pe/politicaexterior/Paginas/Relaciones-Bilaterales-Peru-Australia.aspx |archive-date=1 December 2016 |access-date=19 October 2023 |website=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Peru)|Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores]]}}</ref>
|-
|44
|{{flag|Malta}}
|{{dts|21 September 1964}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=The High Commission|url=https://missionsforeign.gov.mt/en/Embassies/hc_canberra/Pages/HC_Canberra.aspx|access-date=11 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|45
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|{{dts|18 August 1965}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic & consular list|url=https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Missions/-/media/D74B3129AEFA44BB8FC411746F005489.ashx|access-date=11 July 2022|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore}}</ref>
|-
|46
|{{flag|Kenya}}
|{{dts|23 August 1965}}<ref name="Ties with Africa2">{{cite news|date=24 August 1965|title=Ties with Africa.|page=8|newspaper=The Canberra Times|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131834619|access-date=4 June 2015|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
|47
|{{flag|Uganda}}
|{{dts|23 August 1965}}<ref name="Ties with Africa2" />
|-
|48
|{{flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{dts|13 December 1965}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vol. 36 No. 12 (December 1965)|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1207792277|access-date=2023-10-19|website=Trove|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|49
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|{{dts|14 March 1966}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Dictamen de las Comisiones Unidas de Relaciones Exteriores y de Relaciones Exteriores, Asia-Pacífico|url=https://www.senado.gob.mx/comisiones/relext_ap/docs/Dictamen23.pdf|access-date=9 July 2023|language=es}}</ref>
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|50
|{{flag|Serbia}}
|{{dts|25 April 1966}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Bilateral cooperation|url=https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-cooperation|access-date=24 December 2021|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia}}</ref>
|-
|51
|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|{{Date table sorting|5 February 1967}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Mideast Mirror, Volume 19|publisher=Arab News Agency, 1967|pages=20}}</ref>
|-
|52
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{dts|28 February 1967}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Büyükelçilik|url=https://canberra-emb.mfa.gov.tr/Mission/About|access-date=16 June 2024|website=Republic of Türkiye Turkish Embassy in Canberra}}</ref>
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|53
|{{flag|Spain}}
|{{dts|26 October 1967}}<ref name=":32">{{Cite web|title=Ficha de paises y territorios|url=https://www.exteriores.gob.es/es/Comunicacion/Paginas/Ficha.aspx|access-date=13 August 2022|language=es}}</ref>
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|54
|{{flag|Romania}}
|{{dts|18 March 1968}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania|url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187|access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref>
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|55
|{{flag|Iran}}
|{{dts|21 September 1968}}<ref name="Iranian Government">{{Cite book|title=The White Revolution and Iran's Independent National Policy|publisher=Iranian Government|year=1973|pages=88}}</ref>
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|56
|{{Flag|Afghanistan|2013}}
|{{dts|30 March 1969}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 March 2019|title=Australia and Afghanistan mark 50 years of diplomatic relations|url=https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/australia-and-afghanistan-mark-50-years-diplomatic-relations|access-date=17 October 2023|archive-date=27 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027153613/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/australia-and-afghanistan-mark-50-years-diplomatic-relations|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|57
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{DTS|18 September 1970}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Appointments|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1180319938/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1192762443&searchTerm=Australia+and+Luxembourg+had+agreed+to+the+establishment+of+diplomatic+relations&partId=nla.obj-1180449667#page/n44/mode/1up|access-date=24 May 2023|website=nla.gov.au}}</ref>
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|58
|{{Flag|Mauritius}}
|{{DTS|25 September 1970}}<ref name="mauritius.embassy.gov.au">{{Cite web|title=Australian High Commission welcomes its new High Commissioner|url=https://mauritius.embassy.gov.au/plut/WelcomeReceptionNewHOM2020.html|access-date=18 April 2023|website=Australian High Commission Mauritius}}</ref>
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|59
|{{Flag|Fiji}}
|{{DTS|10 October 1970}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Formal diplomatic relations list|url=http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.fj/images/FDR_LIST_version_of_6_June_2016.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827171052/http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.fj/images/FDR_LIST_version_of_6_June_2016.pdf|archive-date=27 August 2019|access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref>
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|60
|{{Flag|Tonga}}
|{{Dts|3 December 1970}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Echoes of Pacific War|year=1998|isbn=9780646360003|pages=65|last1=Scarr|first1=Deryck|last2=Gunson|first2=Niel|last3=Terrell|first3=Jennifer|publisher=Target Oceania}}</ref>
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|61
|{{flag|Samoa}}
|{{dts|31 March 1971}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Countries with Established Diplomatic Relations with Samoa|url=http://www.mfat.gov.ws/embassies/countries-with-established-diplomatic-relations-with-samoa/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214005624/https://www.mfat.gov.ws/embassies/countries-with-established-diplomatic-relations-with-samoa/|archive-date=14 February 2020|access-date=19 August 2018|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Samoa}}</ref>
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|62
|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{dts|31 January 1972}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bangladesh|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/bangladesh/bangladesh-country-brief|access-date=19 October 2023|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401175713/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/bangladesh/bangladesh-country-brief|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|63
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{dts|20 February 1972}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australia|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/australia/relacje-dwustronne|access-date=23 July 2023|language=pl}}</ref>
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|64
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{dts|5 April 1972}}<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Установяване, прекъсване u възстановяване на дипломатическите отношения на България (1878–2005)|url=http://filip-nikolov.com/files/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%20%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F.doc|language=bg}}</ref>
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|65
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{dts|6 April 1972}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=KÉTOLDALÚ KAPCSOLATOK|url=https://canberra.mfa.gov.hu/eng/page/ketoldalu-kapcsolatok|access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref>
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|66
|{{Flag|Bahrain}}
|{{dts|24 April 1972}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bilateral relations|url=https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505195337/https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US|archive-date=5 May 2012|access-date=15 May 2023}}</ref>
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|67
|{{Flag|Zambia}}
|{{dts|18 May 1972}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australian Representation Overseas|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-889634636/view?sectionId=nla.obj-891602398&partId=nla.obj-889662036#page/n78/mode/1up|access-date=31 May 2023|website=Current notes on international affairs.Vol. 43 No. 5 (May 1972)|page=263}}</ref>
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|68
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{Dts|18 June 1972}}<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|last=Petruf|first=Pavol|title=Československá zahraničná politika 1945 – 1992|pages=99–119|language=sk}}</ref>
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|69
|{{flag|Mongolia}}
|{{Date table sorting|15 September 1972}}<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Countries Maintaining Diplomatic Relations with Mongolia|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf|access-date=21 December 2021|page=3|archive-date=28 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928021439/http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|70
|{{Flag|Nauru}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 November 1972}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Australia in Facts and Figures, Issues 116–120|publisher=Australian Information Service.|pages=18}}</ref>
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|71
|{{Flag|China}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 December 1972}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 December 2017|title=Celebrating 45 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Australia and China|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/news/news/Pages/celebrating-45-years-since-the-establishment-of-diplomatic-relations-between-australia-and-china|access-date=19 October 2023|archive-date=27 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027153614/https://www.dfat.gov.au/news/news/Pages/celebrating-45-years-since-the-establishment-of-diplomatic-relations-between-australia-and-china|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|72
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
|{{dts|26 February 1973}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 2010|title=Pacific|url=https://lamdong.gov.vn/sites/lderd/operationnotes/countriesandregions/SitePages/pacific.aspx|access-date=29 April 2023|publisher=Government of Vietnam}}</ref>
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|—
|{{flag|Holy See}}
|{{dts|24 March 1973}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations of the Holy See|url=https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php|access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref>
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|73
|{{flag|Venezuela}}
|{{dts|31 March 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Libro amarillo correspondiente al año ...: presentado al Congreso Nacional en sus sesiones ordinarias de ... por el titular despacho|publisher=Venezuela. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores|year=2003|pages=528–529|language=es}}</ref>
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|74
|{{flag|Botswana}}
|{{dts|9 July 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Facts and Figures of Australia at War |publisher=Australian News and Information Bureau, Department of the Interior |year=1973 |volume=119 |pages=95}}</ref>
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|75
|{{flag|Eswatini}}
|{{dts|9 July 1973}}<ref name="nla.gov.au2">{{Cite web |title=Vol. 44 No. 7 (July 1973) |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-906419061 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref>
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|76
|{{flag|Lesotho}}
|{{dts|9 July 1973}}<ref name="nla.gov.au2" />
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|77
|{{flag|Iraq}}
|{{dts|2 December 1973}}<ref name="Diplomatic relations with Iraq">{{Cite book|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-906419251/view?sectionId=nla.obj-912486829&partId=nla.obj-906549043#page/n38/mode/1up|title=Diplomatic relations with Iraq|publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 44 No. 12 (December 1973)|pages=Image 39|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>
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|78
|{{flag|Oman}}
|{{dts|18 December 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=ARR, Arab Report and Record |publisher=Arab Report and Record |year=1973 |volume=1–18; 21–24 |pages=5}}</ref>
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|79
|{{Flag|Bahamas}}
|{{dts|7 January 1974}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=THE BAHAMAS CONGRATULATES THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA ON THE OCCASION OF ITS NATIONAL HOLIDAY |url=https://mofa.gov.bs/bahamas-congratulates-commonwealth-australia-occasion-national-holiday/ |access-date=19 October 2023}}</ref>
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|80
|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|{{dts|7 January 1974}}<ref name="diplomaticrelations">{{Cite web |title=LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH WHICH BARBADOS HAS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BY REGIONS |url=http://foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813184054/https://www.foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |archive-date=13 August 2017 |access-date=25 March 2021 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Barbados)}}</ref>
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|81
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|{{dts|7 January 1974}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Relaciones Diplomáticas de Guatemala |url=https://www.minex.gob.gt/DirectorioPaisesRelacion.aspx |access-date=24 July 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
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|82
|{{flag|Guyana}}
|{{dts|7 January 1974}}<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |title=Australian Government Digest Volume 2, Issues 1–2 |publisher=Australian Government Pub. Services |year=1974 |pages=66 |quote=... 7 January 1974 The Minister for Foreign Affairs , Senator Don Willesee , announced today the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Bahamas , Barbados , Guyana , Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago .}}</ref>
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|83
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|{{dts|7 January 1974}}<ref>{{cite web |date=16 April 2021 |title=Countries with which Jamaica has Established Diplomatic Relations |url=http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308040029/http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=8 March 2016 |access-date=16 April 2021}}</ref><ref name=":7" />
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|84
|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{dts|7 January 1974}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919279267/view?partId=nla.obj-919293349#page/n54/mode/1up |title=Australia's Diplomatic Relations with the Caribbean |publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 45 No. 1 (January 1974) |pages=53 |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref>
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|85
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{dts|15 January 1974}}<ref name="ReferenceC">{{Cite book |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919279267/view?sectionId=nla.obj-921497998&partId=nla.obj-919293790#page/n57/mode/1up |title=Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with Saudi Arabia |publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 45 No. 1 (January 1974) |pages=Image 58 |access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>
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|86
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{dts|25 January 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2023 |title=Countries with which the Republic of Maldives has established Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.gov.mv/en/files/dpl-full-country-list-as-of-11-may-2023--8993.pdf |access-date=7 July 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629032804/https://www.gov.mv/en/files/dpl-full-country-list-as-of-11-may-2023--8993.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|87
|{{Flag|Sudan}}
|{{dts|8 February 1974}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919279280/view?sectionId=nla.obj-921656391&partId=nla.obj-919302819#page/n50/mode/1up |title=Diplomatic Relations with the Sudan |publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 45 No. 2 (February 1974) |page=117 |access-date=16 September 2023}}</ref>
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|88
|{{Flag|Senegal}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 February 1974}}<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=11 February 2025 |title=Diplomatic and consular post appointments |url=https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/12772/response/40111/attach/html/2/LEX%2012008%20DIPLOMATIC%20AND%20CONSULAR%20POST%20APPOINTMENTS.pdf.html |access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref>
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|89
|{{Flag|Panama}}
|{{dts|format=dmy|1974|2|20}}<ref name="date">{{cite web |title=RELACIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS DE LA REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ |url=http://www.mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806131148/https://mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2020 |access-date=30 November 2021 |page=195}}</ref>
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|90
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{Dts|29 April 1974}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=Νέος Ύπατος Αρμοστής της Αυστραλίας εν Κύπρω |url=http://www.cyprusdigitallibrary.org.cy/items/show/56551 |access-date=22 June 2025 |work=Ψηφιακή Πλατφόρμα Κυπριακής Βιβλιοθήκης |language=el}}</ref>
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|91
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{dts|1 July 1974}}<ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite book |title=Australian Government Digest – Volume 2 |publisher=Australian Government Pub. Services |year=1974 |pages=679}}</ref>
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|92
|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|{{dts|8 July 1974}}<ref name="Vol 1974">{{Cite book |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919321964/view?sectionId=nla.obj-922575021&partId=nla.obj-919371083#page/n69/mode/1up |title=Australia and Algeria Establish Relations |publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 45 No. 7 (July 1974) |pages=Image 70 |access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>
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|93
|{{Flag|Madagascar}}
|{{dts|22 August 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vol. 45 No. 8 (August 1974) |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919321986 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref>
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|94
|{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{dts|17 September 1974}}<ref name="Australian Representation Overseas2">{{Cite web |title=Vol. 45 No. 9 (September 1974) |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919333331 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref>
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|95
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{dts|9 October 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 October 2024 |title=Costa Rica y Australia conmemoran 50 años de relaciones diplomáticas |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=servicios&cat=prensa&cont=593&id=8001 |access-date=10 February 2025 |website=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto Costa Rica |language=es}}</ref>
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|96
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|{{dts|2 December 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vol. 45 No. 12 (December 1974) |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919333849/view?partId=nla.obj-919352369#page/n52/mode/1up |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref>
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|97
|{{Flag|North Korea}}
|{{dts|31 December 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016|title=DPRK Diplomatic Relations|url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/issue-briefs/DPRK_Diplo_Relations_August2016.pdf|access-date=14 July 2022|publisher=NCNK|pages=8–9|archive-date=9 October 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/issue-briefs/DPRK_Diplo_Relations_August2016.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|98
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{DTS|9 January 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 April 2015|title=Directorio del Cuerpo Diplomático y Consular acreditado en la República de Colombia|url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/sites/default/files/directoriocuerpodiplomatico-14abril2015jsre.pdf|access-date=4 July 2023|website=cancilleria.gov.co|pages=7–12|language=es}}</ref>
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|99
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|{{DTS|3 February 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australian Representation Overseas|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-904644721/view?sectionId=nla.obj-905877419&partId=nla.obj-904679984|access-date=5 November 2023|website=Trove. Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 46 No. 2 (February 1975)}}</ref>
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|100
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{DTS|10 March 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=About the Embassy|url=https://www.mofa.gov.ae/en/Missions/Canberra/The-Embassy/About-the-Embassy|access-date=14 May 2024|website=United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
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|101
|{{Flag|Bolivia}}
|{{DTS|10 April 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bolivia country brief|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/bolivia-country-brief.pdf|access-date=19 October 2023|archive-date=7 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007152930/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/bolivia-country-brief.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|102
|{{Flag|Jordan}}
|{{DTS|29 April 1975}}<ref name=":4">{{citation|last=Hutton|first=Pierre|title=The Legacy of Suez|date=1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118225836/http://www.mq.edu.au/research/centres_and_groups/centre_for_middle_east_north_african_studies/research/materials/the_legacy_of_suez/chapter_2/|chapter=Chapter 2: Iraq, Syria and Jordan|chapter-url=http://www.mq.edu.au/research/centres_and_groups/centre_for_middle_east_north_african_studies/research/materials/the_legacy_of_suez/chapter_2/|publisher=Macquarie University|archive-date=18 November 2016}}</ref>
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|103
|{{Flag|Syria}}
|{{DTS|12 May 1975}}<ref name=":4" />
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|104
|{{Flag|Papua New Guinea}}
|{{Date table sorting|16 September 1975}}<ref name=":04">{{Cite book|title=Guidelines of the Foreign Policy of Papua New Guinea: Universalism|publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Papua New Guinea|year=1976|pages=55|language=English}}</ref>
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|105
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 June 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 July 2020|title=Australian High Commissioner to Seychelles bids Farewell|url=https://www.statehouse.gov.sc/news/4910/australian-high-commissioner-to-seychelles-bids-farewell|access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref>
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|106
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{dts|13 July 1976}}<ref name="Diplomatic relations with Morocco">{{Cite book|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-894547352/view?sectionId=nla.obj-895137705&partId=nla.obj-894565485#page/n53/mode/1up|title=Diplomatic relations with Morocco|publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 47 No. 7 (July 1976)|pages=Image 54|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>
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|107
|{{Flag|Tunisia}}
|{{dts|17 February 1977}}<ref name="Australia's relations with Tunisia">{{Cite book|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-911255392/view?sectionId=nla.obj-912698225&partId=nla.obj-911273877#page/n51/mode/1up|title=Australia's relations with Tunisia|publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 48 No. 2 (February 1977)|pages=Image 52|access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Tuvalu}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 November 1977}}<ref>{{cite journal|date=May 1976|title=High Commissioner to Fiji and Tonga|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-894998680|journal=Australian Foreign Affairs Record|publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs|volume=47|issue=5|page=275|access-date=7 November 2022}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Libya}}
|{{dts|4 January 1978}}<ref name="Diplomatic and Consular Relations2">{{Cite web |title=Editors --- "Diplomatic and Consular Relations: Diplomatic and Consular Relations" [1980] AUYrBkIntLaw 19; (1978–1980) 8 Australian Year Book of International Law 392 |url=https://corrigan.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUYrBkIntLaw/1983/19.pdf |access-date=19 January 2025}}</ref>
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|110
|{{Flag|Solomon Islands}}
|{{dts|7 July 1978}}<ref name=":03">{{Cite book|title=Briefing Notes for Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Rt. Honourable Sir Peter Kenilorea|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Solomon Islands|year=1988|page=32}}</ref>
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|111
|{{Flag|Kiribati}}
|{{dts|12 July 1979}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-891967397/view?sectionId=nla.obj-893367125&partId=nla.obj-892023113#page/n69/mode/1up|title=Australian Representations Overseas, image:70|publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 50 No. 7 (July 1979)}}</ref>
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|112
|{{Flag|Grenada}}
|{{dts|18 December 1979}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Daily Report: Asia & Pacific|publisher=1979|volume=242–252|pages=23}}</ref>
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|113
|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{Dts|18 April 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Sub-Saharan Africa Report Issues 2243–2247 |publisher=United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1980 |quote=A statement issued yesterday said the High Commission was opened in line with the Zimbabwe Governments agreement to establish diplomatic relations with Australia. It began operating on Indepenpence Day.}}</ref>
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|114
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|{{dts|1 May 1980}}<ref name="Diplomatic and Consular Relations2" />
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|{{Flag|Vanuatu}}
|{{Dts|30 July 1980}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Daily Report: Asia & Pacific, 150–165|publisher=United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service|year=1980|pages=K-12}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Yemen}}
|{{dts|20 December 1980}}<ref name="Diplomatic and Consular Relations2" />
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|{{Flag|Gambia}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 July 1981}}<ref name=":11" />
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|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 July 1981}}<ref name=":11" />
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|119
|{{Flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 January 1982}}<ref name="FOI">{{cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/diplomatic_relations_2#incoming-35186 |website=righttoknow.org.au |date=5 June 2024 |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>
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|120
|{{flag|Belize}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 January 1982}}<ref name=":05">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230194831/http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2017 |access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>
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|121
|{{flag|Dominica}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 January 1982}}<ref name=":11" />
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|122
|{{Flag|Saint Lucia}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 January 1982}}<ref name=":11" />
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|123
|{{Flag|Mozambique}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 April 1982}}<ref name=":11" />
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|124
|{{Flag|Malawi}}
|{{dts|1 July 1983}}<ref name="Vol 1983">{{Cite book|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1220706105/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1274049701&partId=nla.obj-1220941480#page/n73/mode/1up|title=Australian Representation Overseas|publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 54 No. 7 (July 1983) National Library of Australia (Trove)|pages=376|access-date=13 July 2023}}</ref>
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|125
|{{Flag|Comoros}}
|{{dts|27 July 1983}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vol. 54 No. 7 (July 1983)|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1220706105|access-date=19 October 2023|website=nla.gov.au}}</ref>
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|126
|{{Flag|Gabon}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 September 1983}}<ref name=":11" />
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|127
|{{flag|El Salvador}}
|{{dts|4 December 1983}}<ref name=":8">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.03894/page/822/mode/1up?q=+Honduras |title=Establishment of diplomatic relations with El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras |publisher=Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Vol-54, Issue no.-1, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12 |year=1983 |pages=822}}</ref>
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|128
|{{Flag|Honduras}}
|{{dts|4 December 1983}}<ref name=":8" />
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|129
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{dts|4 December 1983}}<ref name=":8" />
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|130
|{{Flag|Brunei}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 January 1984}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1220715458/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1274145097&partId=nla.obj-1221027271#page/n76/mode/1up |title=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 54 No. 12 |publisher=December 1983 |access-date=25 April 2023}}</ref>
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|131
|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{dts|12 February 1984}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iceland – Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/protocol/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=1 August 2021 |website=Government of Iceland}}</ref>
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|132
|{{Flag|Mali}}
|{{dts|15 March 1984}}<ref name="Vol 1984">{{Cite book |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1122142960/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1265967470&partId=nla.obj-1122258246#page/n133/mode/1up |title=Foreign Representation in Australia |publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 55 No. 3 (March 1984) |pages=300 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref>
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|133
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{dts|16 September 1984}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 September 1984 |title=Australia-Albania Ties |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/16/world/australia-albania-ties.html |access-date=19 October 2023}}</ref>
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|134
|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{Date table sorting|31 January 1986}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic and Consular List|url=https://foreign.gov.vc/foreign/images/stories/DiplomaticRelations/Updated_Diplomatic_List_Revised-as_at_February_2020_1_1.pdf|access-date=11 July 2023|pages=104–112}}</ref>
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|135
|{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|{{Date table sorting|9 February 1986}}<ref name=":11" />
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|136
|{{flag|Marshall Islands}}
|{{DTS|8 July 1987}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=LISTING OF ALL COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS (As of 13 February 2019)|url=https://www.rmiembassyus.org/about-2|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718175857/https://www.rmiembassyus.org/about-2|archive-date=18 July 2023|access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref>
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|137
|{{flag|Angola}}
|{{Date table sorting|30 March 1988}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations – establishment of diplomatic relations – Angola – Federated States of Micronesia|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUYrBkIntLaw/1988/24.pdf|access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref>
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|138
|{{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 July 1988}}<ref name="Dates">{{cite web|title=FSM Diplomatic Relations List|url=http://www.fsmgov.org/diprel.html|access-date=13 November 2022|publisher=Government of the Federated States of Micronesia}}</ref>
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|139
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{dts|31 January 1989}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015|title=Memoria anual 2015|url=https://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190813/https://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf|archive-date=7 May 2019|pages=19–25|language=es}}</ref>
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|140
|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{dts|27 August 1991}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 July 2021|title=Dates of establishment and renewal of diplomatic relations|url=https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/dates-establishment-and-renewal-diplomatic-relations|access-date=5 October 2022|website=mfa.gov.lv}}</ref>
|-
|141
|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{dts|6 November 1991}}<ref>{{cite web|title=List of countries with which Lithuania has established diplomatic relations|url=https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110123939/https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations|archive-date=10 January 2022|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
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|142
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|{{dts|21 November 1991}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 January 2018|title=Diplomaatiliste suhete (taas)kehtestamise kronoloogia|url=https://www.vm.ee/rahvusvaheline-suhtlus-uleilmne-eestlus/suhted-teiste-riikidega/diplomaatiliste-suhete|access-date=26 October 2022|language=et}}</ref>
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|143
|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{Date table sorting|format=dmy|1991|12|26}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Список стран, с которыми КР установил дипломатические отношения|url=https://mfa.gov.kg/kg/osnovnoe-menyu/vneshnyaya-politika/mezhdunarodnye-dogovory/spisok-stran-s-kotorymi-ustanovleny-dipotnosheniya/spisok-stran-s-kotorymi-kr-ustanovil-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya|access-date=10 October 2021|language=ru}}</ref>
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|144
|{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{dts|26 December 1991}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=LIST OF STATES WITH WHICH THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS|url=https://mfa.tj/uploads/main/2022/12/12-12-2022-11-21.pdf|access-date=6 April 2023}}</ref>
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|145
|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{Date table sorting|26 December 1991}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=States with Which the Republic of Uzbekistan Established Diplomatic Relations |url=https://2014-2024.mfa.uz/en/pages/strani-kotoriye-uzbekistan-ustanovil-diplomaticheskiye-otnosheniya |website=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uzbekistan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan]] |access-date=6 February 2025}}</ref>
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|146
|{{flag|Belarus}}
|{{dts|9 January 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australia|url=https://japan.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/political/australia/|access-date=29 July 2021|archive-date=7 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207105953/https://japan.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/political/australia/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|147
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|{{dts|10 January 1992}}<ref name="Asiapacific">{{cite web|title=Asia and Oceania countries|url=https://mfa.gov.ua/en/about-ukraine/bilateral-cooperation/asia-and-oceania-countries|access-date=11 January 2022|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine}}</ref>
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|148
|{{flag|Armenia}}
|{{dts|15 January 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bilateral relations|url=https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/|access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
|149
|{{flag|Slovenia}}
|{{Dts|5 February 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Đogić|first=Mojca Pristavec|date=September 2016|title=Priznanja samostojne Slovenije|url=https://fotogalerija.dz-rs.si/datoteke/Publikacije/Zborniki_RN/2016/Priznanja_samostojne_Slovenije_.pdf|access-date=11 July 2023|language=sl|archive-date=26 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426044554/https://fotogalerija.dz-rs.si/datoteke/Publikacije/Zborniki_RN/2016/Priznanja_samostojne_Slovenije_.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|150
|{{flag|Croatia}}
|{{Dts|13 February 1992}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Bilateral relations – Date of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relations|url=https://mvep.gov.hr/foreign-policy/bilateral-relations/date-of-recognition-and-establishment-od-diplomatic-relations/22800|access-date=5 February 2022|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia}}</ref>
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|151
|{{flag|Moldova}}
|{{dts|1 April 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bilateral relations|url=https://mfa.gov.md/en/content/republic-afghanistan|access-date=31 July 2021|website=MFA Moldova}}</ref>
|-
|152
|{{Flag|Turkmenistan}}
|{{Dts|14 May 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=STATES WITH WHICH TURKMENISTAN ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS|url=https://www.mfa.gov.tm/en/articles/55?breadcrumbs=no|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508101911/https://www.mfa.gov.tm/en/articles/55?breadcrumbs=no|archive-date=8 May 2019|access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref>
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|153
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{dts|19 June 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Foreign policy – bilateral relations|url=https://mfa.gov.az/en/category/bilateral-relations|access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>
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|154
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 June 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Страны, установившие дипломатические отношения с Республикой Казахстан|url=http://mfa.kz/ru/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220233503/http://mfa.kz/ru/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk|archive-date=20 February 2020|access-date=30 April 2022|language=ru}}</ref>
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|155
|{{flag|Georgia}}
|{{dts|16 July 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bilateral relations|url=https://mfa.gov.ge/MainNav/ForeignPolicy/BilateralRelations.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619062211/https://mfa.gov.ge/MainNav/ForeignPolicy/BilateralRelations.aspx|archive-date=19 June 2022|access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref>
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|156
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{Dts|1 January 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Štáty a teritóriá|url=https://www.mzv.sk/staty|access-date=26 May 2023|language=sk}}</ref>
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|157
|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 January 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022|title=Datumi priznanja i uspostave diplomatskih odnosa|url=https://mvp.gov.ba/vanjska_politika_bih/bilateralni_odnosi/datumi_priznanja_i_uspostave_diplomatskih_odnosa/?id=6|access-date=26 April 2022|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina|language=bs}}</ref>
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|158
|{{Flag|Eritrea}}
|{{dts|24 November 1993}}<ref name="Eritrea Update2">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxgOAQAAMAAJ&dq=Fessehaie+Abraham+to+Australia+on+24+November&pg=RA10-PP4 |title=Eritrea Update |publisher=Provisional Government of Eritrea (EPLF), Mission to the USA and Canada |year=1992 |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
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|159
|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 June 1994}}<ref name=":23">{{Cite book|title=List of Diplomatic Consular Missions and International Organizations|publisher=Namibia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs|year=1998|pages=4}}</ref>
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|160
|{{flag|Palau}}
|{{Date table sorting|1 October 1994}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Countries with which Palau has Diplomatic Relations|url=https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/migrated/oia/islands/upload/PalauDipRelations.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317135821/https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/migrated/oia/islands/upload/PalauDipRelations.pdf|archive-date=17 March 2016|access-date=4 April 2022|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior}}</ref>
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|—
|{{Flag|Cook Islands}}
|{{dts|1994}}<ref name=":07">{{cite web|author=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration|date=2015|title=Foreign Affairs|url=http://www.mfai.gov.ck/index.php/foreign-affairs.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018090642/http://www.mfai.gov.ck/index.php/foreign-affairs.html|archive-date=2015-10-18|access-date=2015-10-08|publisher=Cook Islands Government}}</ref>
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|161
|{{flag|Andorra}}
|{{dts|2 March 1995}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Diplomatic relations|url=https://www.exteriors.ad/en/101-continguts-angles/diplomatic-representations/diplomatic-relations|access-date=3 July 2021|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Andorra}}</ref>
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|162
|{{Flag|San Marino}}
|{{Dts|13 September 1995}}<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Rapporti bilaterali della Repubblica di San Marino|url=https://www.esteri.sm/pub2/EsteriSM/Relazioni-Internazionali/Rapporti-Bilaterali.html|access-date=15 December 2021|language=it}}</ref>
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|163
|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 October 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bilateral relations|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=310|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930040551/http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=310|archive-date=30 September 2011|access-date=3 April 2021|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia}}</ref>
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|164
|{{Flag|Suriname}}
|{{dts|19 January 1996}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between Australia and ...|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Australia+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&action_search=Search&sf=title&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0|access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref>
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|165
|{{flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{dts|14 March 1997}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 March 1997|title=Botschafter akkreditiert|url=https://www.eliechtensteinensia.li/viewer/image/000476564_1997/1198/LOG_0064/|access-date=11 December 2024|work=[[Liechtensteiner Volksblatt]]|language=de}}</ref>
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|166
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 April 1997}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dominican Republic country brief|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/dominican-republic/dominican-republic-country-brief|access-date=26 March 2022|archive-date=26 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326142316/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/dominican-republic/dominican-republic-country-brief|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|167
|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 November 2000}}<ref name=":11" />
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|168
|{{flag|Mauritania}}
|{{dts|13 December 2001}}<ref name="Butterworths">{{Cite book|title=The Australian Year Book of International Law – Volume 22|publisher=Butterworths|year=2002|pages=330}}</ref>
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|169
|{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|{{dts|2 March 2002}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Garrett, Justine --- "Australian Practice in International Law 2002" [2004] AUYrBkIntLaw 12; (2004) 23 Australian Year Book of International Law 189|url=http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUYrBkIntLaw/2004/12.html#Heading659|access-date=19 October 2023}}</ref>
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|170
|{{Flag|Timor-Leste}}
|{{dts|20 May 2002}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Timor-Leste country brief Overview|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/timor-leste/timor-leste-country-brief|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225211609/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/timor-leste/timor-leste-country-brief|archive-date=25 December 2021|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>
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|171
|{{Flag|Bhutan}}
|{{dts|14 September 2002}}<ref name=":0" />
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|172
|{{Flag|Guinea}}
|{{Date table sorting|17 June 2004}}<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Heads of Diplomatic Missions |url=http://www.info.dfat.gov.au/Info/WebProtocol/WebProtocol.nsf/homeformhom?openform&H |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051218063658/http://www.info.dfat.gov.au/Info/WebProtocol/WebProtocol.nsf/homeformhom?openform&H |archive-date=18 December 2005}}</ref>
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|173
|{{Flag|Benin}}
|{{Date table sorting|28 April 2005}}<ref name=":12" />
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|174
|{{Flag|Chad}}
|{{dts|19 December 2005}}<ref name="FOI" />
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|175
|{{flag|Montenegro}}
|{{dts|format=dmy|2006|9|1}}<ref name="mfa">{{cite web |title=Tabela priznanja i uspostavljanja diplomatskih odnosa |url=https://mvp.gov.me/rubrike/bilateralni-odnosi/Tabela-priznanja-i-uspostavljanja-diplomatskih-odn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213235103/https://mvp.gov.me/rubrike/bilateralni-odnosi/Tabela-priznanja-i-uspostavljanja-diplomatskih-odn |archive-date=13 February 2020 |access-date=16 April 2021 |publisher=Montenegro Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration}}</ref>
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|176
|{{flag|Monaco}}
|{{dts|3 May 2007}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Rapport de Politique Extérieure 2007 |url=https://www.gouv.mc/Action-Gouvernementale/Monaco-a-l-International/Publications/Rapports-de-Politique-Exterieure |access-date=11 October 2020 |page=44 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|177
|{{Flag|Rwanda}}
|{{DTS|9 May 2007}}<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=Heads of Diplomatic Missions – Ordered by Precedence (* Non Resident)|url=http://protocol.dfat.gov.au/HeadOfMission/list.rails|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604191825/http://protocol.dfat.gov.au/HeadOfMission/list.rails|archive-date=4 June 2009|access-date=20 October 2023}}</ref>
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|178
|{{Flag|Burundi}}
|{{dts|23 August 2007}}<ref name="FOI" />
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|{{Flag|Kosovo}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 May 2008}}<ref name="Visoka2">{{cite book|author1=Gëzim Visoka|title=Acting Like a State: Kosovo and the Everyday Making of Statehood|date=2018|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781138285330|location=Abingdon|pages=219–221}}</ref>
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|179
|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|{{dts|26 September 2008}}<ref name=":0" />
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|180
|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{dts|13 November 2008}}<ref name=":0" />
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|181
|{{Flag|Djibouti}}
|{{DTS|23 April 2009}}<ref name=":6" />
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|182
|{{Flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|{{dts|7 May 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
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|183
|{{Flag|Niger}}
|{{dts|7 May 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
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|184
|{{Flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}
|{{dts|8 July 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
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|185
|{{Flag|Togo}}
|{{dts|22 July 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
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|186
|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|{{dts|23 July 2009}}<ref name=":0" />
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|187
|{{Flag|Cape Verde}}
|{{dts|22 September 2009}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=22 September 2009|title=Establishment of diplomatic relations with Cape Verde|url=https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2009/fa-s090922a.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326161719/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2009/fa-s090922a.html|archive-date=26 March 2012}}</ref>
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|188
|{{Flag|Central African Republic}}
|{{dts|18 January 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
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|189
|{{Flag|Somalia}}
|{{dts|20 April 2010}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chapter 2 Government to Government Links|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Completed_Inquiries/jfadt/africa%2009/report/chapter2|access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref>
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|190
|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|{{dts|18 January 2011}}<ref name=":11" />
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|191
|{{Flag|Guinea-Bissau}}
|{{dts|14 March 2011}}<ref name="FOI" />
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|192
|{{Flag|South Sudan}}
|{{dts|24 September 2011}}<ref name="reliefweb.int">{{Cite web|date=24 September 2011|title=Australia Establishes Diplomatic Ties with the World's Newest Nation|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/south-sudan-republic/australia-establishes-diplomatic-ties-worlds-newest-nation|access-date=24 July 2023|website=reliefweb}}</ref>
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|—
|{{Flag|Niue}}
|{{dts|27 February 2014}}<ref>{{cite web|year=2014|title=Niue country brief|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/niue/niue_brief.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829123900/http://dfat.gov.au/geo/niue/niue_brief.html|archive-date=2014-08-29|access-date=2015-01-26|publisher=[[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade]]}}</ref>
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==Bilateral relations==

===Africa===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
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! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations began
!Notes
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|{{flag|Algeria }}||8 July 1974<ref name="Vol 1974"/>||
* Australia and Algeria enjoy friendly relations and cooperate in international fora on areas of mutual interest.
* Algeria has an embassy in [[Canberra]].
* Australia is accredited to Algeria from its embassy in [[Paris]], France.
* An Australian resident embassy was established in [[Algiers]] in 1975 and was closed in 1991 for budgetary reasons. For a history of Australian representation to Algeria see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Algeria]].
* Bilateral goods and services trade in 2020 was valued at approximately A$165 million, mostly Australian imports of crude petroleum.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/algr-cef.pdf Algeria Country/Economy Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201104018/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/algr-cef.pdf |date=1 February 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 15 May 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Angola}}||30 May 1988<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-909372130/view?sectionId=nla.obj-912691741&partId=nla.obj-909435812#page/n38/mode/1up|title=Australia establishes formal diplomatic relations with Angola|publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 59 No. 6 (June 1988)|pages=Image 39|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>||
* Australia and Angola established diplomatic relations in May 1988 with the accreditation by Australia of an ambassador resident in [[Lusaka]], Zambia.<ref>*[http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUYrBkIntLaw/1988/24.pdf Diplomatic and consular relations]* Australian Year Book of International Law, Volume 24, page 444. Retrieved 30 September 2021</ref> Accreditation soon switched to the High Commissioner in [[Pretoria]], South Africa.
* Australia also has an honorary consulate in [[Luanda]].
* Angola has an embassy in Canberra, opened in December 2024.
* The trade and investment relationship between the two countries is limited, with two way merchandise trade being just over A$5.6m in 2019–20.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ango-cef.pdf Angola Country/Economy Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321192123/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ango-cef.pdf |date=21 March 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Benin}}||11 September 2010<ref>{{cite news|title=Aussie News Issue 3|url=https://nigeria.embassy.gov.au/files/aaja/Aussie%20News%20Issue%203.pdf|access-date=4 November 2022|publisher=Australian High Commission Abuja|date=December 2011}}</ref>||

* Australia's ambassador is accredited from [[Abuja]], Nigeria.
* Benin's ambassador is accredited from [[Tokyo]], Japan.
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|{{flag|Botswana}}||9 July 1973<ref name="nla.gov.au">*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-906419061/view?partId=nla.obj-906465644#page/n51/mode/1up High Commissioner to Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Volume 44, No. 7 (July 1974) page 488.  Retrieved 31 August 2021</ref>||
* Australia and Botswana have enjoyed good relations since Botswana's independence, as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].  The two countries formally established diplomatic relations in July 1973 with the non-resident accreditation of an Australian High Commissioner based in [[Pretoria]]. 
* Australia also has an honorary consulate in [[Gaborone]].
* Botswana has a high commission in Canberra and has honorary consulates in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, and the New South Wales mid-north coast town of [[Kendall, New South Wales|Kendall]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Department – About us – Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|url=https://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Public/ConsulatesInAustralia|access-date=2021-11-18|website=protocol.dfat.gov.au|language=en}}</ref>
* Governor General [[Quentin Bryce]] made the first official visit of an Australian Governor-General to Botswana in March 2009.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/monday-23-march-2009-bilpin-nsw-administrator-her-excellency-professor-marie-bashir-ac Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409130823/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/monday-23-march-2009-bilpin-nsw-administrator-her-excellency-professor-marie-bashir-ac |date=9 April 2022 }} Australian Governor-General, 23 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref> President [[Ian Khama]] made the first official visit of a Botswanan President to Australia in March 2010.
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|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}||13 November 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1325912|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Burkina Faso and Australia as of 13 Nov. 2008|date=13 November 2008|access-date=25 February 2024|website=digitallibrary.un.org}}</ref>||

* Australia and Burkina Faso established diplomatic relations in 2008 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au">*[https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20190808185434/https://foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2010/100319_australia_and_africa.html Australia and Africa: Looking to the Future]* National Library of Australia. Retrieved 31 August 2021</ref>
* Australia's ambassador is accredited from [[Accra]], Ghana.
* Burkina Faso's ambassador is accredited from [[Tokyo]], Japan.
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|{{flag|Burundi}}|| ||
* Australia's ambassador to [[Burundi]] is accredited from [[Nairobi]], Kenya.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/our-locations/missions/Pages/our-embassies-and-consulates-overseas.aspx|title=Our embassies and consulates overseas}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mae.gov.bi/en/foreign-missions-in-burundi-with-residence-abroad/|title=Foreign Missions in Burundi with Residence Abroad}}</ref>
* Burundi has an honorary consulate in [[Perth]].

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|{{flag|Cape Verde}}||22 September 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/GoogleNewsCV/status/4311915444|title=Australia – Establishment of diplomatic relations with Cape Verde – ISRIA|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>||

* Australia and Cape Verde established diplomatic relations in 2009 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au"/>
* Australia is accredited to Cape Verde from its embassy in [[Lisbon]], Portugal.
* Cape Verde has not yet established diplomatic representation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Cameroon}}||2 March 2002<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUYrBkIntLaw/2004/12.html|title=Garrett, Justine --- "Australian Practice in International Law 2002" [2004] AUYrBkIntLaw 12; (2004) 23 Australian Year Book of International Law 189|website=www5.austlii.edu.au|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>||

* Australia and Cameroon enjoy good relations as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. The two countries formally established diplomatic relations in March 2002 with the non-resident accreditation of an Australian High Commissioner based in [[Abuja]], Nigeria.
* Australia also maintains an honorary consulate in [[Yaoundé]].
* The Cameroonian high commissioner is accredited from [[Tokyo]], Japan.
* Cameroon also maintains an honorary consulate in [[Sydney]].
* The two countries have modest trade links.  In 2019–2020 total merchandise trade was A$1.3 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/croo-cef.pdf Cameroon economic fact sheet]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 7 November 2021.</ref>
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|{{flag|Central African Republic}}||18 January 2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1318464|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Australia and Central African Republic as of 18 Jan. 2010|date=18 January 2010|access-date=25 February 2024|website=digitallibrary.un.org}}</ref>||

* Australia and the Central African Republic established diplomatic relations in 2010 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au"/>
* Australia is accredited to the Central African Republic from its embassy in [[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia.
* The Central African Republic has not yet established diplomatic representation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Chad}}||<!--Date started-->2007||

* Diplomatic relations were formalized in 2007 with the accreditation of the first Australian ambassador, resident in [[Abuja]], Nigeria. 
* Australia is currently accredited to Chad from its embassy in Paris, France.
* Chad initially accredited its ambassador resident in [[Beijing]], China but does not currently have an accreditation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Comoros}}||27 July 1983<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1220706105/view?partId=nla.obj-1220941480#page/n73/mode/1up Representation]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Vol. 54 No. 7 (July 1983), page 376. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref>||
* Australia and Comoros established diplomatic relations in July 1983 with the presentation of credentials of Australia's first ambassador. The two countries cooperate as members of the [[Indian Ocean Rim Association]] and through small development cooperation projects.
* Australia's ambassador to Comoros is accredited from [[Port Louis]], Mauritius.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/comoros/Pages/comoros.aspx|title=Comoros|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref> 
* Comoros has not yet established diplomatic representation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Congo}}||7 May 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1325370|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Australia and Congo as of 7 May 2009|date=7 May 2009|access-date=25 February 2024|website=digitallibrary.un.org}}</ref>||

* Australia and Congo established diplomatic relations in 2009 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au"/>
* The Australian ambassador is accredited from [[Harare]], Zimbabwe.
* Congo has not yet established diplomatic representation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}||2011||

* Australia and the DRC established diplomatic relations in 2011 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].
* The Australian ambassador is accredited from [[Harare]], Zimbabwe.
* The DRC has not yet established diplomatic representation to Australia.
* Immigration from the DRC to Australia has occurred mainly since the early 2000s.  At the end of June 2019, 7,210 people born in the DRC were living in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-statistics/statistics/country-profiles/profiles/democratic-republic-of-the-congo DRC country profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123200807/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-statistics/statistics/country-profiles/profiles/democratic-republic-of-the-congo |date=23 January 2022 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 23 January 2022.</ref>
* Trade between the two countries is small.  In 2019–2020 total merchandise trade was only A$3.4 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/drc-cef.pdf DRC Country/Economy Fact Sheet]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved on 23 January 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Djibouti}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Australia is accredited to Djibouti from its embassy in [[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
* Djibouti is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Tokyo]], Japan.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
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|{{flag|Egypt }}||8 April 1950, severed diplomatic relations from 6 November 1956 to 19 October 1959||See [[Australia–Egypt relations]]

* Egypt was the first Arab country with which Australia established diplomatic relations, with the opening of an Australian legation in [[Cairo]] in 1950.
* Following President [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]'s nationalization of the Suez Canal in July 1956, Australian Prime Minister [[Robert Menzies]] lead a five-nation delegation to Cairo in August 1956 to negotiate with Nasser about the return of the Canal to international control.  The Suez Canal was the preeminent economic trade route for Australia at that time.<ref>*[https://www.robertmenziesinstitute.org.au/in-the-media/lessons-for-australia-from-the-suez-crisis Lessons for Australia from the Suez Crisis]* Robert Menzies Institute. Retrieved 23 January 2022.</ref> Diplomatic relations were broken by Egypt in November 1956 in protest over subsequent Australian support for the Anglo-French invasion during the [[Suez Crisis]].<ref>*[https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/the-suez-dispute-and-the-death-of-empire/ The Suez Dispute and the Death of Empire] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123200807/https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/the-suez-dispute-and-the-death-of-empire/ |date=23 January 2022 }}* Australian Institute of International Affairs. Retrieved 23 January 2022.</ref>  Relations were restored in 1959 and raised to embassy-level in 1961. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Egypt see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Egypt]].
* Egypt has an embassy in Canberra and two consulates-general (in Melbourne and Sydney).<ref>*[https://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Public/Consulates/61/State Consular List] Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 23 January 2022.</ref>
* There is a significant community in Australia of Egyptian-born immigrants and their descendants, resulting in significant people-to-people ties between the two countries.  Immigration from Egypt became significant after the Second World War, including by a large number of Coptic Christians.  The 2016 Australian census recorded almost 40,000 Egyptian-born residents.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-egypt.PDF Egypt-born Community Information Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123200807/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-egypt.PDF |date=23 January 2022 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 23 January 2022.</ref> (See also [[Egyptian Australians]])
* Australia supported the 1979 [[Egypt-Israel peace treaty]] and has provided deployments of military personnel to the [[Multinational Force and Observers]] in the Sinai since 1982. Australia engages with Egypt on a number of shared regional and international priorities, including counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism.<ref name="Egypt Country Brief">*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/egypt/egypt-country-brief Egypt Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123200806/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/egypt/egypt-country-brief |date=23 January 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 23 January 2022.</ref> 
* in 2016–17 two-way merchandise trade totalled A$582 million (A$533 million in exports from Australia and A$49 million in imports from Egypt). Australia's principal exports to Egypt are agricultural products including vegetables, wool and wheat. Australian companies are prominent investors in Egypt's mining sector.<ref name="Egypt Country Brief"/>
* Governor-General [[Peter Cosgrove]] visited Egypt in October 2017 to attend commemorations for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein and make an official visit that included a meeting with President [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]]. This was followed by the visit of Governor General [[Sam Mostyn]] to mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations. Coptic Orthodox Pope [[Tawadros II]] visited Australia in September 2017.<ref name="Egypt Country Brief"/>

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|{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}||23 July 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1324615|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Equatorial Guinea and Australia as of 23 July 2009|date=4 September 2009|access-date=25 February 2024|website=digitallibrary.un.org}}</ref>||

* Australia and Equatorial Guinea established diplomatic relations in 2009 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au"/>
* Australia's ambassador is accredited from [[Madrid]], Spain.
* Equatorial Guinea's ambassador is accredited from [[Beijing]], China.
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|{{flag|Eritrea}}||24 November 1993||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 November 1993 when first Eritrea's Ambassador to Australia Mr. Fessehaie Abraham presented his credentials<ref name="Eritrea Update2"/>
* Australia is accredited to Eritrea from its embassy in [[Cairo]], Egypt.
* Eritrea is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Beijing]], China and has a consulate-general in [[Melbourne]].
* A small but influential Eritrean refugee community in Australia since the 1970s promoted a sympathetic view of Eritrean independence and in 1989 Australia hosted a quasi-official visit of Eritrean rebel leader [[Issaias Afewerki]]. The Australian NGO [[Fred Hollows Foundation]] has been active in Eritrea since the 1980s in supporting the elimination of trachoma and established Africa's only factory making intra-ocular lenses required for cataract operations.<ref>*[https://devpolicy.org/aidprofiles/2017/11/30/fessehaie-abraham-the-refugee-who-brought-eritrea-to-australia/  Fessehaie Abraham: The Refugee who brought Eritrea to Australia]* Devpolicy.org. Retrieved 8 January 2022.</ref> 
* Australia established diplomatic relations with Eritrea following its internationally recognised independence in 1993 and implemented a significant aid program. Eritrea opened an embassy in Canberra that year, which remained open until 2013. 
* Political repression in Eritrea, human rights violations and war with neighbouring Ethiopia led to a chill in political relations and Australia has applied Eritrea-related UN sanctions.
* The 2016 Australian census recorded 4,303 Eritrean-born residents, mostly living in Melbourne.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-eritrea.PDF Eritrean-born Community Information Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108125113/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-eritrea.PDF |date=8 January 2022 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 8 January 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Eswatini}}||9 July 1973<ref name="nla.gov.au"/>||

* Australia and Eswatini have enjoyed good relations since Eswatini's independence, as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].  The two countries formally established diplomatic relations in July 1973 with the non-resident accreditation of an Australian High Commissioner based in [[Pretoria]], South Africa. 
* Eswatini is accredited to Australia from its High Commission in [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia.
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|{{flag|Ethiopia }}||13 December 1965<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1207792277/view?partId=nla.obj-1207931938#page/n75/mode/1up Representation]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol. 36 No. 12 (December 1965), page 866. Retrieved 23 April 2023.</ref>||

* Ethiopia and Australia have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1965 with an Australian ambassador accredited on a non-resident basis from [[Nairobi]], Kenya. In 1984 an Australian embassy was opened in [[Addis Ababa]]. It was closed in 1987 due to budget cuts and accreditation returned to the High Commission in Nairobi. In September 2010, a resident Ambassador was reappointed and since then Australia has continued to maintain an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]], with concurrent accreditation to the African Union. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Ethiopia see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Ethiopia]].
* Ethiopia opened an embassy in Canberra in December 2013.  Prior to this Ethiopia's ambassador was accredited from [[Tokyo]].<ref>*[http://www.mfa.gov.et/Home/TemplateI?PageName=Ethiopia-Australia&TYPE=Policy%20Issue&SUBTYPE=Asia%20Countries&Language=English&Layout=_Layout Ethio-Australia Relations]* Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 8 November 2021.</ref>
* Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] I paid a 5-day state visit to Australia in May 1968. This was commemorated, ahead of its 50th anniversary, in a 2017 visit by the President of the [[Crown Council of Ethiopia]] Prince [[Ermias Sahle Selassie]], the Emperor's grandson.<ref>*[http://www.tadias.com/06/28/2017/in-australia-grandson-marks-50th-anniversary-of-haile-selassies-state-visit/ In Australia, Grandson Marks 50th Anniversary of Haile Selassie's State Visit]* TADIAS online.  Retrieved 8 November 2021.</ref><ref>*[https://www.strategicstudies.org/Monarchy%20Center/Australia-Ethiopia%20Visit/Perth%20Remarks%20by%20Prince%20Ermias%20-%20Jun%2029%202017.pdf The Importance of Ethiopian-Australian Relations]* International Strategic Studies Association. Retrieved 8 November 2021.</ref>
* Australian Governor-General [[Quentin Bryce]] made a state visit to Ethiopia in March 2009.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/thursday-26-march-2009-government-house-canberra-administrator-her-excellency-professo Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309211337/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/thursday-26-march-2009-government-house-canberra-administrator-her-excellency-professo |date=9 March 2022 }}* Australian Governor-General. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref>
* A Memorandum of Understanding on Development Cooperation and a Bilateral Cooperation Agreement were signed by the two countries in May 2012 and January 2013 respectively.
* Australia has a small but growing Ethiopian-born community, primarily in Melbourne, Victoria.  The 2016 Australian census recorded 11,792 Ethiopia-born people of diverse ethnic and linguistic heritage.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-ethiopia.PDF Ethiopia-born Community Information Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408114316/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-ethiopia.PDF |date=8 April 2020 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs.  Retrieved 8 November 2021.</ref>  See also [[Ethiopian Australians]]. 
* Merchandise trade between Australia and Ethiopia is small, valued at A$31 million in 2019–2020 and mainly comprising Australian imports of coffee.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ethi-cef.pdf Ethiopia Country/Economy Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103064120/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ethi-cef.pdf |date=3 November 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 8 November 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|Gabon}}||20 October 1984||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 October 1984 when Mr. A. R.Taylor, presented his letter of credence as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Gabon.<ref name="ReferenceD">{{Cite book |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1122264692/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1268003392&partId=nla.obj-1125272809#page/n129/mode/1up |title=Australian Representation overseas |publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 55 No. 10 (October 1984) |pages=1160 |access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref>
* At the time Gabon joined the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] in 2022, Australia's accredited representative was redesignated high commissioner.
* Gabon has not yet accredited a representative to Australia.
* Two way merchandise trade between the two countries was almost A$120 million in 2019–2020.  A significant part of that trade is Australian imports of crude petroleum and Gabonese imports of aircraft.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/gbon-cef.pdf Gabon country/economy fact sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023125514/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/gbon-cef.pdf |date=23 October 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 23 October 2021.</ref>
* President [[Ali Bongo Ondimba]] made a state visit to Australia in 2012.<ref>*[https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/release/transcript-18473 Joint Statement with President of Gabon]* Australian Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 23 October 2021.</ref>  His father, President Omar Bongo, had earlier been officially welcomed to Australia during a largely private visit in 1978.<ref>*[https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/original/00004925.pdf Luncheon for President Bongo]* Australian Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 23 October 2021.</ref>
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|{{flag|Gambia}}||<!--Date started-->15 February 1982<ref name="gambia">{{cite journal|title=Australian Representation Overseas|journal=Australian Foreign Affairs Record|date=February 1982|volume=53|issue=2|page=92|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-891003459|access-date=3 November 2022|publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>||

* Australia and The Gambia have enjoyed good relations as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. Diplomatic relations were established upon the presentation of credentials in February 1982 of Australia's first high commissioner, then resident in [[Accra]], Ghana. 
* Australia is currently accredited to The Gambia from its high commission in [[Abuja]], Nigeria.
* The Gambia is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia.
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|{{flag|Ghana }}||6 December 1957||

* Australia has a high commission in [[Accra]].  For a detailed history of Australian representation in Ghana see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Ghana]].
* Ghana has a high commission in [[Canberra]] and a consulate-general in [[Sydney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Consulate/view.rails?id=76|title=Foreign embassies and consulates in Australia – Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|work=dfat.gov.au|access-date=25 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724043315/http://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Consulate/view.rails?id=76|archive-date=24 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ghana.org.au/|title=Ghana Visas, Passports, Travel Advice – Ghana Consulate, Sydney|work=ghana.org.au|access-date=25 September 2014|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506140245/https://ghana.org.au/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Australia's trade relations are modest, valued at A$113&nbsp;million in 2007, most of that exports to Ghana. Australian mining investment in Ghana has grown in recent years, primarily in the gold mining sector.
* Australia also provides foreign aid to Ghana to alleviate poverty, improve the environment and promote human rights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/ghana/ghana_brief.html|title=Ghana country brief|access-date=27 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616101609/http://dfat.gov.au/geo/ghana/ghana_brief.html|archive-date=16 June 2012}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Guinea}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Australia and Guinea share close interests in the mining sector.  They are the two largest bauxite producers in the world (see [[List of countries by bauxite production]]) and were founding signatories in the 1970s of the (now defunct) International Bauxite Agreement.  Australian companies are involved in developing the Guinean mining sector.
* Australia is accredited to Guinea from its high commission in [[Accra]], Ghana.
* Guinea is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Tokyo]], Japan. 
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|{{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}|| ||

* Australia granted ''de jure'' recognition to Guinea-Bissau on 11 August 1974, having extended ''de facto'' recognition in June 1974 in support of its independence campaign.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919321986/view?partId=nla.obj-919391956#page/n50/mode/1up Australia recognizes Guinea-Bissau]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 45 No. 8 (August 1974), pages 553–554. Retrieved 23 April 2023.</ref>
* Australia and Guinea-Bissau established diplomatic relations in March 2011 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rudd|first1=Kevin|title=Building bridges between Africa and Australia|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/Pages/2011/kr_sp_110513.aspx?w=GYLX0mNSz4nLQKYuPOSgLQ%3D%3D|website=Minister for Foreign Affairs|publisher=Australian Government|access-date=2 June 2017|location=International Forum on Africa, University of Sydney|format=Speech|date=13 May 2011}}</ref>
* Australia's ambassador is accredited from [[Lisbon]], Portugal.
* Guinea-Bissau has not yet established representation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}||17 September 1974<ref name="Australian Representation Overseas">*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919333331/view?partId=nla.obj-919373077#page/n58/mode/1up Australian Representation Overseas]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Volume 45 No. 9 (September 1974). Retrieved 25 October 2021</ref>||

* Australia and Côte d'Ivoire established diplomatic relations with the accreditation in September 1974 of an Australian ambassador resident in [[Accra]], Ghana.
* Côte d'Ivoire opened an embassy in Canberra in 2016 but this was closed in 2021.<ref>*[https://www.embassypages.com/cotedivoire-embassy-canberra-australia Côte d'Ivoire embassy in Canberra, Australia]* Embassypages.com.  Retrieved 21 February 2022.</ref>
* Two way merchandise trade between the countries was A$123 million in 2019–2020.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/cote-cef.pdf Côte d'Ivoire Country/Economy Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025211419/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/cote-cef.pdf |date=25 October 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 25 October 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|Kenya }}||23 August 1965||See [[Australia–Kenya relations]]

* Australia's relations with Kenya are based on Kenya's key role and position in East Africa and its importance in multilateral bodies such as the United Nations, the Commonwealth and the World Trade Organization. 
* Australia has a high commission in [[Nairobi]], opened in September 1965.<ref name="Ties with Africa">{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131834619|title=Ties with Africa.|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=24 August 1965|access-date=4 June 2015|page=8|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> For a detailed history of Australian representation in Kenya see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Kenya]].
* Kenya has a high commission in Canberra, opened in 1983.<ref>*[https://www.kenya.asn.au/copy-of-about-kenya About]* Kenya High Commission. Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref>
* Australian Governor-General [[Quentin Bryce]] made a state visit to Kenya in March 2009 to promote bilateral relations.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/saturday-28-march-2009-governor-general-ms-quentin-bryce-ac-and-mr-michael-bryce-am-ae-depar Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309211449/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/saturday-28-march-2009-governor-general-ms-quentin-bryce-ac-and-mr-michael-bryce-am-ae-depar |date=9 March 2022 }}* Australian Governor-General, 28 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref>
* There is a small but growing Kenya-born community in Australia.  The latest Australian Census in 2016 recorded 17,652 Kenya-born people in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-kenya.PDF Kenya-born Community Information Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129170050/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-kenya.PDF |date=29 January 2022 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs.  Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref> 
* Trade has been growing between the two countries, with two-way merchandise trade reaching $115 million in 2018–19. Wheat and minerals are Australia's main exports to Kenya, while coffee and vegetables make up the bulk of imports.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/kenya Kenya country profile]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref>
* Australia has provided development assistance to Kenya since the late 20th Century.

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|{{flag|Lesotho}}||9 July 1973<ref name="nla.gov.au"/>||

* Australia and Lesotho have enjoyed good relations since Lesotho's independence, as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].  The two countries formally established diplomatic relations in July 1973 with the non-resident accreditation of an Australian High Commissioner based in [[Pretoria]], South Africa.
* Lesotho is accredited to Australia from its High Commission in [[Kuala Lumpur]].  It also has an honorary consulate-general in [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Public/Consulates/112/State|title=The Department – About us – Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|website=protocol.dfat.gov.au}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Liberia}}||26 September 2008<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Liberia and Australia as of 26 Sept. 2008|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1325979?ln=en|access-date=18 April 2023|website=United Nations Digital Library|date=26 September 2008}}</ref><ref>*[https://www.mofa.gov.lr/public2/2press.php?news_id=103 Liberia and Australia Formalized Diplomatic Agreement At Ambassadorial Level] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710115602/https://www.mofa.gov.lr/public2/2press.php?news_id=103 |date=10 July 2023 }}* Liberian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 10 July 2023.</ref>||
* Australia and Liberia established diplomatic relations in 2008 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]],<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au"/> with Australia's high commissioner in [[Accra]], Ghana becoming Australia's first Ambassador to Liberia in February 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Liberia and Australia to Establish Ties|url=https://www.emansion.gov.lr/2press.php?news_id=890&related=7&pg=sp#:~:text=New%20York%2C%20USA%20%2D%20Liberia%20and,New%20York%2C%20the%20United%20States.|access-date=4 November 2022|publisher=Liberia Executive Mansion|date=25 September 2008|format=Media Release|archive-date=4 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104083336/https://www.emansion.gov.lr/2press.php?news_id=890&related=7&pg=sp#:~:text=New%20York%2C%20USA%20%2D%20Liberia%20and,New%20York%2C%20the%20United%20States.|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Ambassador of the Commonwealth of Australia to Liberia presents Letters of Credence|url=https://www.mofa.gov.lr/public2/2press.php?news_id=795&related=7&pg=sp&sub=44|access-date=4 November 2022|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Liberia|date=2013|format=Media Release|archive-date=4 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104083339/https://www.mofa.gov.lr/public2/2press.php?news_id=795&related=7&pg=sp&sub=44|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Liberia has not yet established representation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Libya}}||2 January 1978, broke off 19 May 1987, Restored in June 2002||See [[Australia–Libya relations]]

* Australia and Libya announced the establishment of diplomatic relations on 4 January 1978.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-901003351/view?partId=nla.obj-901014909#page/n52/mode/1up Relations with Libya]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 49 No. 1 January 1978, page 51. Retrieved 14 February 2022.</ref> A Libyan People's Bureau was opened in Canberra and the Australian ambassador to Italy was accredited on a non-resident basis.  Concerns about Libyan destabilising activities in the Pacific region, part of a broader sponsorship by [[Muammar Gaddafi]] of such activities around the world, led to the expulsion of the Bureau in Canberra in 1987.<ref>*[https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/original/00007176.pdf Prime Minister's Media Statement 19 May 1987]* Australian Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 14 February 2022</ref><ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1219765749/view?partId=nla.obj-1219785162#page/n39/mode/1up Libya: Military activities in the South Pacific]. Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 58 No. 5 (May 1987) page 270. Retrieved 14 February 2022.</ref>
* As part of the thawing of relations between Libya and Western nations following Gaddafi's post 9-11 policy u-turns, diplomatic relations were restored in 2002, the Libyan People's Bureau reopened in Canberra and the Australian ambassador in Rome resumed non-resident accreditation.  This has remained the case, though with the Bureau's name reverting to embassy following the overthrow of Gaddafi.
* Australia was a major non-military backer of the revolutionaries during the [[2011 Libyan Civil War|Libyan Civil War]], sending more humanitarian aid to Libya than any other single country after the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://trademinister.gov.au/releases/2011/ce_mr_110901c.html|agency=Australian Minister of Trade|title=Australia Supports the New Libya at International Conference|date=1 September 2011|access-date=22 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227072243/http://www.trademinister.gov.au/releases/2011/ce_mr_110901c.html|archive-date=27 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/australia-funding-libyan-evacuation-ship-reveals-rudd-20110427-1dwx0.html|work=[[The Age]]|date=28 April 2011|access-date=30 April 2011|title=Australia Funding Libyan Evacuation Ship, Reveals Rudd|author=Willingham, Richard}}</ref> It was relatively early to recognise the NTC, doing so on 9 June 2011, months before the [[Battle of Tripoli (2011)|capture]] of [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]].<ref>{{cite news|agency=Xinhua|date=9 June 2011|access-date=9 June 2011|title=Australia's FM says Libyan opposition NTC only representative of Libya|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-06/08/c_13917867.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610113335/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-06/08/c_13917867.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/canberra-backs-new-libya-20110609-1fvas.html|agency=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=10 June 2011|access-date=10 June 2011|first=Dan|last=Oakes|title=Canberra backs new Libya}}</ref>
* In December 2011, when then Australian Foreign Affairs Minister [[Kevin Rudd]] travelled to Libya to meet with Libyan Prime Minister [[Abdurrahim El-Keib]]. Rudd ceremonially hoisted the [[flag of Australia]] at his country's consulate-general in Tripoli and pledged [[Canberra]]'s support for efforts to remove unexploded [[landmines]] in Libya, as well as advice on Libya's planned transition to democratic governance.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/australia-extends-a-helping-hand-to-libya-20111209-1onlb.html|agency=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=10 December 2011|first=Ruth|last=Pollard|access-date=22 January 2012|title=Australia extends a helping hand to Libya}}</ref>
* There is a small Libyan community in Australia, mainly in Victoria.  The 2016 Australian census recorded 2,535 Libyan-born people.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-libya.PDF Libyan-born Community Information Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214123120/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-libya.PDF |date=14 February 2022 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 14 February 2022.</ref>
* The Libyan civil war that has followed Gaddafi's overthrow and the lack of a stable political settlement has constrained the development of trade and investment links between the countries.  In 2019–20 total merchandise trade was valued at A$738 million, almost all being imports by Australia of Libyan crude petroleum.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/lbya-cef.pdf Libya Country Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219111613/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/lbya-cef.pdf |date=19 February 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 14 February 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Madagascar}}||22 August 1974<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919321986/view?partId=nla.obj-919398040#page/n62/mode/1up Representation]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record. Vol. 45 No. 8 (August 1974), page 565. Retrieved 23 April 2023.</ref>||

* Australia and Madagascar have enjoyed friendly relations since Madagascar's independence in 1960.  President [[Philibert Tsiranana]] was the first African head of state to make an official visit to Australia in November 1965.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1207545099/view?partId=nla.obj-1207748721#page/n35/mode/1u Australian Foreign Policy]* Current Notes on International Affairs, Vol 37 No 3 (March 1966) page 134. Retrieved 23 July 2023.</ref> 
* Australia and Madagascar established diplomatic relations in 1974 with the accreditation of an Australian ambassador on a non-resident basis.
* Australia is currently accredited to Madagascar from the high commission in [[Port Louis]], Mauritius and maintains an honorary consulate in [[Antananarivo]]. 
* Madagascar is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Port Louis]], Mauritius and maintains an honorary consulate-general in Sydney.
* Two-way merchandise trade in 2019–2020 was valued at a modest A$40 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/masy-cef.pdf Madagascar Country/Economy Fact Sheet]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs.  Retrieved 2 September 2021</ref>

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|{{flag|Malawi}}||1 July 1983||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 July 1983 when Mr. I. L. James, the first High Commissioner of Australia to Malawi presented his letters of credentials.<ref name="Vol 1983"/>
* Australia and Malawi have enjoyed good relations as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
* Australia's high commissioner is accredited from [[Harare]], Zimbabwe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/malawi/Pages/malawi.aspx|title=Malawi|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref> Australia also has an honorary consulate in [[Lilongwe]].
* Malawi's high commissioner is accredited from [[Tokyo]]. Malawi also has an honorary consulate in [[Melbourne]].
* Australian companies have mining interests in Malawi, including the Kayelekera uranium project.<ref>*[https://lotusresources.com.au/about-lotus/ About Lotus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913045905/https://lotusresources.com.au/about-lotus/ |date=13 September 2021 }}* Lotus Resources Ltd. Retrieved 23 September 2021.</ref>

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|{{flag|Mali}}||15 March 1984||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 March 1984 when first non-resident Ambassador of Mali to Australia Mr. Boubacar Toure presented his credentials<ref name="Vol 1984"/>
* Australia is accredited to Mali from its high commission in [[Accra]], Ghana.
* Mali is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Tokyo]], Japan. 
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|{{flag|Mauritania}}||13 December 2001||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 December 2001.<ref name="Butterworths"/>
* Australia's ambassador is accredited from [[Paris]], France.
* Mauritania's ambassador is accredited from [[Tokyo]], Japan.
* Australian companies are present in Mauritania's mining sector and two-way trade between the two countries is mainly mining-related,  In 2019–2020 Australia imported about A$100m in iron ore, and exported about A$8 million, mainly in specialized civil engineering equipment.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/mrtn-cef.pdf Mauritania economic fact sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023185824/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/mrtn-cef.pdf |date=23 October 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 23 September 2021.</ref>

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|{{flag|Mauritius }}||25 September 1970<ref name="mauritius.embassy.gov.au"/>||
* Australia and Mauritius have enjoyed good relations as members of the Commonwealth of Nations since Mauritius's independence.  The two countries formally established diplomatic relations in 1970.  There are strong economic, education and people-to-people links.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/mauritius|title=Mauritius|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date=2 July 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430030427/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/mauritius|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* Australia has a high commission in [[Port Louis]].  For a detailed history of Australian representation in Mauritius see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Mauritius]].
* Mauritius has a high commission in Canberra and four Honorary Consuls based in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
* Australian Governor-General [[Quentin Bryce]] made a state visit to Mauritius in March 2009 to promote bilateral relations.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/wednesday-18-march-2009-government-house-sydney-administrator-her-excellency-professor Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309211451/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/wednesday-18-march-2009-government-house-sydney-administrator-her-excellency-professor |date=9 March 2022 }}* Australian Governor-General, 18 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Morocco }}||13 July 1976<ref name="Diplomatic relations with Morocco"/>||
See [[Australia–Morocco relations]]

* Australia has had an embassy in [[Rabat]], which opened in 2017. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Morocco see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Morocco]].
* Morocco has an embassy in Canberra, which opened in 2005.
* Two-way trade between Australia and Morocco was valued at over A$144 million in 2021, with the main imports from Morocco being chemicals and manufactured clothing, and the main Australian exports being meat, fruit and vegetables.
* Australian Parliamentary Delegations have visited Morocco in 1993, 2011 and 2013.
* Australia provided five contingents of signals staff to the UN peace-keeping mission in the Western Sahara ([[MINURSO]]) between September 1991 and May 1994.<ref>*[https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/peacekeepers-sahara Australian Peacekeepers in Western Sahara]* Australian War Memorial, 6 September 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2023.</ref>
* Australia follows the UN position on Western Sahara as territory yet to be formally decolonized, and has neither recognised Moroccan sovereignty nor the [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]].
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|{{flag|Mozambique}}||1 April 1982<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-889467052/view?partId=nla.obj-889476365#page/n39/mode/1up Australian Ambassador to Mozambique]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Vol. 53 No. 6 (June 1982), page 382. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref><ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-889411618/view?partId=nla.obj-889452392#page/n97/mode/1up Australian Representation Overseas]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Vol. 53 No. 4 (April 1982), page 248. Retrieved 15 June 2024.</ref>||

* Diplomatic relations were established in April 1982 when the first Ambassador of Australia to Mozambique with residence in Harare presented his credentials to President [[Samora Machel]]. Since Mozambique was admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations, the two countries have exchanged High Commissioners.
* Australia is currently accredited from its High Commission in [[Pretoria]], South Africa.  In addition, Australia has an honorary consulate in [[Maputo]].
* Mozambique is accredited from its embassy in [[Tokyo]], Japan. Mozambique also has an honorary consulate in [[Melbourne]].
* Bilateral merchandise trade reached A$484 million in 2019–20, comprising mostly Australian aluminium exports.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/moza-cef.pdf Mozambique Country/Economy Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321192128/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/moza-cef.pdf |date=21 March 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref> 
* Australian Governor-General [[Quentin Bryce]] made a state visit to Mozambique in April 2009 to promote bilateral relations. This was reciprocated by the state visit of President [[Armando Guebuza]] in March 2013.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/governor-general-welcomes-president-republic-mozambique Governor-General welcomes President of the Republic of Mozambique] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309211450/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/governor-general-welcomes-president-republic-mozambique |date=9 March 2022 }}* Australian Governor General's Office, 15 March 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Namibia}}||1990||

* Australia was an active supporter for the peaceful decolonization of Namibia, becoming a member of the United Nations Council on Namibia in 1974 and contributing military engineers to the United Nations Transition Assistance Group in 1989–1990 (see [[Australian contribution to UNTAG]]).
* Australia's high commissioner to Namibia is accredited from [[Pretoria]] and has an honorary consulate in [[Windhoek]].
* Namibia has an honorary consulate-general in [[Sydney]].
* Australian Governor General [[Quentin Bryce]] made a state visit to Namibia in March 2009 to promote bilateral relations.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/thursday-19-march-2009-watters-gallery-sydney-administrator-her-excellency-professor-ma Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309211448/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/thursday-19-march-2009-watters-gallery-sydney-administrator-her-excellency-professor-ma |date=9 March 2022 }}* Australian Governor-General, 19 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Niger}}||7 May 2009<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations between Australia and Niger as of 7 May 2009|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1325368?ln=en|access-date=18 April 2023|website=United Nations Digital Library| date=7 May 2009 }}</ref>||

* Australia and Niger established diplomatic relations in 2009 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au"/>
* Australia is accredited to Niger from [[Abuja]], Nigeria.  The first Australian ambassador presented credentials in Niamey on 25 January 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aussie News Issue 2|url=https://nigeria.highcommission.gov.au/files/aaja/aussie-news-201106-issue-2.pdf|access-date=4 November 2022|publisher=Australian High Commission Abuja|date=June 2011}}</ref>)
* Niger is accredited to Australia through its embassy in [[New Delhi]], India.
* President Issoufou Mahamadou made the first visit to Australia by a Nigerien President in October 2017, to promote bilateral relations in such areas as mining, energy and dryland agriculture and security and counter-terrorism cooperation.<ref>*[http://www.government-world.com/visit-to-australia-by-the-president-of-the-republic-of-niger/ Visit to Australia]* Government-world.com. Retrieved 31 August 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|Nigeria }}||1 October 1960||

* Australia and Nigeria enjoy good relations as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].  Diplomatic relations were established upon Nigeria's independence in 1960 with the appointment of an Australian high commissioner based in the then capital of [[Lagos]].
* Periodic Nigeria-Australia Senior Officials Talks are held under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade signed in September 2012. The third such bilaterial discussions were held in [[Abuja]] in February 2020.<ref>*[https://www.sunnewsonline.com/nigeria-australia-move-to-develop-ict-sector-others/ Nigeria, Australia move to develop ICT sector, others]* The Sun (Nigeria). Retrieved 7 November 2021</ref> 
* Australia has a high commission in [[Abuja]] and an honorary consulate in [[Lagos]]. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Nigeria see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Nigeria]].
* Nigeria has a high commission in [[Canberra]].
* There is a small but growing Nigerian-born community in Australia.  The 2016 Australian census recorded 8,488 Nigerian-born residents.  Migration from Nigeria started with students in the 1960s and nowadays continues through skilled and family migration.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-nigeria.pdf Nigeria-born Community Information Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107134921/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-nigeria.pdf |date=7 November 2021 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 7 November 2021.</ref>  See also [[Nigerian Australians]].
* Total merchandise trade between the countries in 2019–2020 was A$460 million, a significant element being Australian imports of crude petroleum.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ngra-cef.pdf Nigeria economic fact sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107134922/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ngra-cef.pdf |date=7 November 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 7 November 2021.</ref>  Nigeria-Australia Investment Fora, most recently held in Melbourne in 2020, have sought to promote an expansion of Australian investment.<ref>*[https://mine.nridigital.com/mine_australia_may20/australia_nigeria_mining Can Australian expertise help Nigeria's mining industry to take flight?]* Mine Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.</ref> 
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|{{flag|Rwanda}}||2007||

* Australia and Rwanda enjoy good relations as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. Diplomatic relations were formalized in 2007.<ref>*[https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/56466#:~:text=Rwanda-Australia%20diplomatic%20relations%20were%20established%20in%202007.%20Today%2C,and%20Rwanda%20as%2033rd%20Australia%E2%80%99s%20principal%20import%20sources. Australia, Rwanda Strengthen Ties]* The New Times, 22 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref>
* Australia's high commissioner is accredited from [[Nairobi]], Kenya.
* Rwanda's high commissioner is accredited from [[Singapore]].  It also has an honorary consulate-general in [[Melbourne]].
* The two countries' trading relationship is modest.  In 2019–2020 the two-way merchandise trade was A$1.6 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/rwan-cef.pdf Rwanda country and economic fact sheet]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 22 September 2021</ref>  Rwanda exports coffee and tea to Australia while it has also attracted Australian companies in mining, agro-inputs and technology to Rwanda. Additionally, a sizable number of Rwandans have benefited from Australian government scholarships to pursue graduate and post-graduate courses in Australia over the years.<ref>*[https://rwandacg.dev.fweb.com.au/ambassador-uwihanganye-presents-his-credentials-to-governor-general-of-australia/ Ambassador presents credentials] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027202936/https://rwandacg.dev.fweb.com.au/ambassador-uwihanganye-presents-his-credentials-to-governor-general-of-australia/ |date=27 October 2021 }}* Consulate-General of Rwanda in Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2021</ref>
* In 1994–1995 Australia provided two small military medical contingents to support the post-genocide United Nations Assistance Mission to Rwanda (UNAMIR II).<ref>*[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U60680 Rwanda (UNAMIR) 1993–1996]* Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 22 September 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}||8 July 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1325136|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Sao Tome and Principe and Australia as of 8 July 2009|date=8 July 2009|access-date=25 February 2024|website=digitallibrary.un.org}}</ref>||

* Australia and São Tomé and Príncipe established diplomatic relations in 2009 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au"/>
* Australia is accredited to São Tomé and Príncipe from its embassy in [[Lisbon]], Portugal.<ref name="dfat.gov.au">{{Cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/sao-tome-principe/Pages/sao-tome-and-principe.aspx|title=Sao Tome and Principe}}</ref>
* São Tomé and Príncipe is accredited to Australia through its embassy in Lisbon.
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|{{flag|Senegal}}||26 September 1974<ref name="Australian Representation Overseas"/>||See [[Australia–Senegal relations]]
* Australia and Senegal established diplomatic relations with the accreditation in September 1974 of an Australian ambassador resident in [[Accra]], Ghana.
* Senegal's ambassador to Australia is accredited from [[Tokyo]], Japan.  It maintains an honorary consulate-general in [[Melbourne]].
* Two way merchandise trade between the countries was A$110 million in 2019–2020.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/sene-cef.pdf Senegal Country/Economy Fact Sheet]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 25 October 2021</ref>

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|{{flag|Seychelles}}||29 June 1976||

* Australia and Seychelles have enjoyed good relations, as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and the [[Indian Ocean Rim Association]], dating back prior to Seychelles' independence.  Then Prime Minister [[James Mancham]] made an official visit to Australia in April 1976.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-893777212/view?partId=nla.obj-893834489#page/n30/mode/1up Seychelles: Prime Minister visits Australia]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record. Volume 47, No. 5 (May 1976). Retrieved 3 September 2021</ref> Diplomatic relations were established on 29 June 1976, Seychelles' independence day.<ref>*[https://www.statehouse.gov.sc/news/4910/australian-high-commissioner-to-seychelles-bids-farewell Australian High Commissioner bids farewell]* Office of the President of the Republic of Seychelles, 23 July 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021</ref>
* Australia's high commissioner to Seychelles is resident in [[Port Louis]], Mauritius.
* Seychelles' high commissioner to Australia is resident in [[New Delhi]], India.
* There has been a significant Seychellois diaspora living in Australia, traditionally the largest outside Seychelles, although the number of Seychelles-born residents has dropped in recent years. The latest Australian Census in 2016 recorded 2,519 Seychelles-born people in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-seychelles.PDF Seychelles-born Community Information Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903154236/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-seychelles.PDF |date=3 September 2021 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 3 September 2021</ref> The diaspora is significantly enlarged by second and third-generations of Seychellois ancestry who maintain links with the island nation. Many Seychelles political and business leaders have studied in Australia.
* Total merchandise trade between the two countries in 2019–2020 was valued at A$10.6 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/seyc-cef.pdf Seychelles Country Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903154237/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/seyc-cef.pdf |date=3 September 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 September 2021</ref> 
* Australian Governor General [[Quentin Bryce]] made a state visit to Seychelles in April 2009 to promote bilateral relations. This was reciprocated in August 2011 by the state visit of President [[James Michel]].<ref>*[https://www.statehouse.gov.sc/news/1744/president-concludes-australia-visit- President concludes Australia visit]* Office of the President of the Republic of Seychelles 29 August 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2021</ref>
* An Australian lawyer heads the Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) established by the Seychelles National Assembly in 2018. The TRNUC is examining the political, human rights and legal legacy of Seychelles long-time authoritarian ruler [[France-Albert René]].<ref>*[https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/seychelles-truth-justice-and-australia Truth, Justice and Australia]* The Interpreter 1 June 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|Sierra Leone}}||<!--Date started-->9 October 1981<ref name=SL>{{cite journal|title=Diplomatic appointments|journal=Australian Foreign Affairs Record|date=October 1981|volume=52|issue=10|page=520|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-890909352|access-date=3 November 2022|publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>||

* Australia and Sierra Leone have enjoyed good relations as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. Diplomatic relations were formally established in October 1981 with the appointment of the first non-resident Australian high commissioner.
* Australia is accredited to Sierra Leone from its high commission in [[Accra]], Ghana.
* Sierra Leone is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Beijing]], China.  It also has an honorary consulate-general in [[Sydney]]. 
* There is a small Sierra Leone community in Australia, the majority of whom have come after 2001 under the Humanitarian Program.  The 2016 Australian census recorded 3,410 Sierra Leone-born persons.<ref>*[Sierra Leone-born Community Information Summary]* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 24 February 2022.</ref>
* Australia has been active in contributing capacity development and small development projects in Sierra Leone,  including support to peace building through financial and technical assistance to the UN Peace building Fund and the Special Court for Sierra Leone.<ref>*[https://awokonewspaper.sl/australian-special-envoys-visit-strengthens-relations-with-sierra-leone/  Australian Special Envoy's Visit Strengthens Relations with Sierra Leone]* Awoko Newspaper, 14 March 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2023.</ref>
* Bilateral trade is modest.  Total merchandise trade in 2019–2020 was A$4.5 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/sleo-cef.pdf Sierra Leone Country/Economic Fact Sheet]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 24 February 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Somalia }}||<!--Date started-->16 February 1982||

* Australia and Somalia first formalized diplomatic relations in February 1982 when a non-resident Somali ambassador presented credentials in Canberra.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-889411574/view?partId=nla.obj-889430255#page/n49/mode/1up Foreign Representation in Australia]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 53 No 2 February 1982, Retrieved 15 June 2024.</ref>  This subsequently lapsed and the two countries re-established diplomatic relations in 2010.<ref>*[https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/wayback/20190808185434/https://foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2010/100319_australia_and_africa.html Australia and Africa: Looking to the Future]* National Library of Australia archive. Retrieved 31 August 2021</ref>
* Australia's ambassador to Somalia is accredited from [[Nairobi]], Kenya. 
* Somalia currently does not have representation to Australia.
* Australia has supported the state-building and counter-terrorism efforts of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and has provided humanitarian assistance.  Australia's first involvement was to support the United Nations-approved [[Unified Task Force]] (UNITAF) which delivered humanitarian aid in 1992–1993. The Australian operation was called [[Operation Solace]] and involved the deployment of some 900 military personnel to provide a secure environment for the distribution of humanitarian aid in the Baidoa region.  In May 1993, UNITAF handed over to a reinforced UNOSOM II. The Australian Battalion Group withdrew to Australia. The Australian Defence Force Contingent provided movement control, air traffic control, some HQ staff and a ready reaction security team at the Mogadishu airport.  The Australian force was withdrawn in 1996.<ref>*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061201124302/http://www.anzacday.org.au/history/peacekeeping/anecdotes/somalia.html Somalia 1993–1996]* AnzacDay.com.  Retrieved 31 August. 2021</ref>
* Australia provided over $61&nbsp;million to Somalia in 2011 in response to the Horn of Africa humanitarian crisis and has since provided funding to support the AMISOM mission and humanitarian projects.<ref>*[https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australia-gives-10m-aid-to-somalia Australia gives $10 million aid to Somalia]* SBS News 10 March 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2021</ref> 
* In September 2012 following the election of Hassan Sheikh Ahmed Mohamoud, foreign minister [[Bob Carr]] said," Australia shares the cautious optimism of the international community about Somalia's future prospects."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2012/bc_mr_120919a.html|title=Election of Somalia's President|author=Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|work=foreignminister.gov.au|access-date=19 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410033629/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2012/bc_mr_120919a.html|archive-date=10 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* There is a small Somali community in Australia. Most Somalis began to settle in Australia in the early 1990s following the outbreak of the civil war in Somalia. About 80 per cent of the new arrivals came under the aegis of the local Refugee and Special Humanitarian Program. The latest Census in 2016 recorded 7,668 Somalia-born people in Australia, half of whom are resident in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-somalia.PDF#:~:text=The%20latest%20Census%20in%202016%20recorded%207%2C668%20Somalia-born,%281%2C334%29%2C%20Queensland%20%281%2C271%29%20and%20New%20South%20Wales%20%28824%29. Somalia-born Community Information Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031103907/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-somalia.PDF#:~:text=The%20latest%20Census%20in%202016%20recorded%207%2C668%20Somalia-born,%281%2C334%29%2C%20Queensland%20%281%2C271%29%20and%20New%20South%20Wales%20%28824%29. |date=31 October 2022 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs.  Retrieved 31 August 2021</ref>  See [[Somali Australians]] for more information. 
* Trading ties are modest and mainly comprise Australian merchandise exports. In 2019–2020 this was valued at A$1.8m<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/soml-cef.pdf Somalia economic fact sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831093736/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/soml-cef.pdf |date=31 August 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 31 August 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|South Africa }}||8 May 1946||See [[Australia–South Africa relations]]
[[File:Quentin Bryce and Nelson Mandela.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Australian Governor-General Quentin Bryce meets with Nelson Mandela during her stopover in South Africa, 24 March 2009.]]
* Australia announced the appointment of its first High Commissioner to South Africa in May 1946, with the high commission being established in Cape Town from August 1946. 
* The Australian High Commission later moved to [[Pretoria]].  For a detailed history of Australian representation in South Africa see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to South Africa]].
* South Africa established a High Commission in [[Canberra]] in 1949.  For a detailed history of South African representation in Australia see [[List of high commissioners of South Africa to Australia]].
* Both countries are historically linked through the [[British Empire]] and are members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. Following the adoption of the [[apartheid]] policy by South Africa in 1948, relations became increasingly strained, particularly from the 1970s onwards, although diplomatic relations were maintained.  Relations have been normalized since the inauguration of the first democratically elected Government of South Africa in May 1994, and there are substantial political, economic and people-to-people links between the two countries.
* In his first year of freedom, [[Nelson Mandela]] visited Australia in 1990 to thank the country for opposing apartheid.<ref>*[https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2017/10/27/day-mandela-spoke-opera-house Why did the newly freed Nelson Mandela pick Australia in 1990 for one of his first speeches?]* SBS Australia 17 November 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2023.</ref>
* According to the 2016 Australian census, 162,450 Australian residents were born in South Africa. South African-born immigrants have distinguished themselves in sport, the arts, media and business – see [[South African Australians]]. 
* South Africa is Australia's largest export market in Africa with two-way trade in goods and services totaling A$3.141 billion in 2021. South Africa is also Australia's most significant investment partner in Africa, with bilateral investment valued at A$15.2 billion in 2021.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/south-africa South Africa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316102928/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/south-africa |date=16 March 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 16 March 2023.</ref>
* Both countries are members of the [[Indian Ocean Rim Association]] (IORA) and the [[Antarctic Treaty System]]. 
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|{{flag|South Sudan}}||24 September 2011||
[[File:Nhial Deng Nhial and Kevin Rudd (2).jpg|200px|right|thumb|Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and his South Sudanese counterpart, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Nhial Deng Nhial, sign a joint communique establishing diplomatic relations between Australia and South Sudan.]]
* Australia and South Sudan established diplomatic relations on 24 September 2011.<ref name="reliefweb.int"/>
* Australia's ambassador is accredited on a non-resident basis from [[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia.
* South Sudan's ambassador is accredited on a non-resident basis from [[Beijing]].
* Australia is home to a significant South Sudanese community. According to the 2016 Australian Housing and Population Census, 7,699 Australian residents were born in South Sudan.  Community leaders estimate that, counting persons born when South Sudan was part of the Republic of Sudan, and who report their birthplace as Sudan, the total is about 20,000. The majority of the South Sudan-born population arrived in Australia between 2001 and 2006 under Australia's refugee resettlement program.<ref>*[https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/south-sudanese-culture/south-sudanese-culture-south-sudanese-in-australia South Sudanese in Australia]* SBS Cultural Atlas. Retrieved 1 September 2021</ref> [[South Sudanese Australians]] have distinguished themselves in a wide variety of fields including sport, fashion, music and law.
* Australia has contributed almost $113 million in humanitarian assistance to South Sudan since the outbreak of conflict in December 2013, including over $60 million since 2017.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/south-sudan South Sudan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922115558/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/south-sudan |date=22 September 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 1 September 2021</ref>
* Australia has a contingent of Australian Defence Force personnel in South Sudan who have been deployed with the [[United Nations Mission in South Sudan]] (UNMISS) since its inception in 2011. 
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|{{flag|Sudan}}||8 February 1974<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919279280/view?sectionId=nla.obj-921656391&partId=nla.obj-919302819#page/n50/mode/1up|title=Diplomatic Relations with the Sudan|publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 45 No. 2 (February 1974)|pages=Image 51|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>||
* Australia is accredited to Sudan from its embassy in [[Cairo]], Egypt.
* Sudan has an embassy in [[Canberra]], which took over the old Eritrean embassy and opened in 2017. 
* Although Australia had been critical of human rights violations and political repression in Sudan, and has applied Sudan-related UN sanctions, relations have improved since 2017.  In September 2018, Australia and Sudan held inaugural Senior Officials Talks in Canberra.
* The 2016 Australian Census recorded 17,031 Sudan-born people in Australia.  Since 2001 many immigrants from Sudan, or those born to Sudanese parents in regugee camps, have come under the Humanitarian Program.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-sudan.PDF Sudan-born Community Information Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108125117/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-sudan.PDF |date=8 January 2022 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 8 January 2022.</ref>
* Trade between the two countries is modest, totalling about A$10m in 2019–2020.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/suda-cef.pdf Sudan economic fact sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219020518/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/suda-cef.pdf |date=19 February 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.  Retrieved 8 January 2022.</ref>  Sudan regularly attends the Africa Down Under and the International Mining and Resources Conferences at ministerial level.
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|{{flag|Tanzania }}||11 May 1962||

* Australia announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with Tanganyika on 11 May 1962.  A resident high commission was opened in July 1962.<ref name="auto1"/>
* The post was closed in 1987 for budgetary reasons.
* Australia has since been accredited to Tanzania from its high commission in [[Nairobi]], Kenya.
* Tanzania is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Tokyo]], Japan.  It also has honorary consulates in [[Adelaide]] and Perth.
* President [[Julius Nyerere]] made a 5-day state visit to Australia in March 1974.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919279307/view?partId=nla.obj-919314955#page/n45/mode/1up Visit by President Nyerere]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record. Volume 45.  No. 3 (March 1974). Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref><ref>*[https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA9N56LEUIVNR6P6BCVBTDVW7IZ-AUSTRALIA-TANZANIAS-PRESIDENT-NYERERE-ENDS-AUSTRALIAN-VISIT/query/Colleg President Nyerere ends Australian Visit]* British Pathé. Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref>
* Australian Governor-General [[Quentin Bryce]] paid a state visit to Tanzania in March 2009.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/tuesday-31-march-2009-national-maritime-museum-sydney-administrator-her-excellency The Governor-General's programme 31 March 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129170043/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/tuesday-31-march-2009-national-maritime-museum-sydney-administrator-her-excellency |date=29 January 2022 }}* Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref>
* There is a small Tanzanian community in Australia, with the Australian Census in 2016 recording 3,830 Tanzanian-born persons.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-tanzania.PDF Tanzanian-born Community Information Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129170046/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-tanzania.PDF |date=29 January 2022 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref>
* Several Australian companies are involved in mining projects in Tanzania, and minerals and engineering equipment are Australia's main exports to the country. Tanzania's main exports to Australia are coffee and agricultural crops. Two-way merchandise trade between Australia and Tanzania was over $61 million in 2018–19.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tanzania Tanzania country brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129170047/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tanzania |date=29 January 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Togo}}||22 July 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1324616|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Togo and Australia as of 22 July 2009|date=4 September 2009|access-date=25 February 2024|website=digitallibrary.un.org}}</ref>||

* Australia and Togo established diplomatic relations in 2009 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au"/><ref>*[https://ghana.embassy.gov.au/acra/Togo.html#:~:text=Australia%20was%20pleased%20to%20establish,diplomatic%20relations%20with%20Togo%20in%202009. Togo]* Australian High Commission, Ghana. Retrieved 23 April 2023.</ref>
* The Australian high commissioner is accredited from [[Accra]].
* Togo has not yet established representation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Tunisia}}||17 February 1977<ref name="Australia's relations with Tunisia"/>||
* Australia is accredited to Tunisia from its high commission in [[Malta]].
* Tunisia maintained an embassy in Canberra for a number of years until 2021 and is now accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Jakarta]], Indonesia.  It also has an honorary consulate in [[Brisbane]].
* Australia and Tunisia have a modest trading relationship, with two-way merchandise trade valued at about A$40 million in 2019–2020.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/tuni-cef.pdf Tunisia Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107035400/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/tuni-cef.pdf |date=7 January 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 6 January 2022</ref>
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|{{flag|Uganda}}||23 August 1965<ref name="Ties with Africa"/>||

* Australia and Uganda have enjoyed good relations as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].  Diplomatic relations were announced in August 1965 with the accreditation of Australia's high commissioner based in [[Nairobi]], Kenya. Australia also has an honorary consulate in [[Kampala]].
* Uganda has a high commission in [[Canberra]] and an honorary consulate in [[Perth]].
* The Australian-Uganda trade relationship is modest, with two-way merchandise trade and investment reaching almost A$7 million in 2018–19. The main Australian exports are engineering equipment, and the main imports are coffee and spices.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/uganda Uganda country brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106214750/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/uganda |date=6 January 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 6 January 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Zambia }}||1972||
* Australia is accredited to Zambia from its embassy in [[Harare]], Zimbabwe.
* Zambia has a high commission in [[Canberra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Mission/view.rails?id=221|title=Search results|website=protocol.dfat.gov.au|access-date=5 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218063456/http://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Mission/view.rails?id=221|archive-date=18 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* Both countries are full members of [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
* Australian Governor-General [[Quentin Bryce]] made a state visit to Zambia in March 2009 to promote bilateral relations.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/friday-20-march-2009-government-house-sydney-administrator-her-excellency-professor-mar Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409130850/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/friday-20-march-2009-government-house-sydney-administrator-her-excellency-professor-mar |date=9 April 2022 }} Australian Governor-General, 20 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Zimbabwe }}||18 April 1980||See [[Australia–Zimbabwe relations]]

* Australia and Zimbabwe established diplomatic relations upon Zimbabwe's independence on 18 April 1980.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sub-Saharan Africa Report Issues 2243–2247|publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service.|year=1980}}</ref>  The Australian liaison office in [[Harare]] (then Salisbury) was upgraded on that date to a high commission (embassy since 2003 when Zimbabwe left the Commonwealth).  For a detailed history of Australian representation in Zimbabwe see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Zimbabwe]].
* Zimbabwe has an embassy in Canberra, which opened in 1988.
* Australia played a leading role in the Lancaster House negotiations for the internationally recognised decolonisation of Southern Rhodesia and the then Australian Prime Minister [[Malcolm Fraser]] attended the independence celebrations on the invitation of then Prime Minister [[Robert Mugabe]].  Australia had contributed to the Commonwealth Ceasefire Monitoring Force.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-888925434/view?partId=nla.obj-888960407#page/n9/mode/1up Australia-Zimbabwe]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Volume 51, No. 4 (April 1980). Retrieved on 2 September 2021</ref>
* Relations between the two countries soured in the late 1990s, following the implementation in Zimbabwe of a controversial land reform program and later the increasingly autocratic behaviour of the Mugabe government. In 2002, the Howard government in Australia imposed targeted sanctions against members of the Zimbabwean government in protest against the deteriorating political situation in Zimbabwe. These sanctions, adjusted over time, remain in force as of 2021.  They include an arms embargo and sanctions against listed individuals designated as having seriously undermined democracy, respect for human rights or the rule of law in Zimbabwe.
* There is a significant Zimbabwean diaspora in Australia.  The latest Census in 2016 recorded 34,787 Zimbabwe-born people in Australia. While most of these are white Zimbabweans and of English or Scottish backgrounds, there are growing numbers of people of indigenous Shona and Ndebele ethnicities.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-zimbabwe.PDF Zimbabwe-born Community Information Summary]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 2 September 2021</ref> [[Zimbabwean Australians]] across ethnic backgrounds have distinguished themselves in sports, music and the arts.
* Following Zimbabwe's independence, trade between the countries developed modestly, but is presently minimal (two-way trade in 2019–2020 was only about A$2 million).<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/zimb-cef.pdf Zimbabwe Economy/Country Fact Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902174716/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/zimb-cef.pdf |date=2 September 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 2 September 2021</ref>
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===Americas===
{{See also|Australia–Latin America relations}}
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|{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}|| ||

* Australia and Antigua and Barbuda enjoy good relations, with links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket.
* Both countries have established diplomatic relations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dfat.gov.au/geo/antigua-barbuda/Pages/antigua-and-barbuda.aspx|title=Antigua and Barbuda}}</ref> 
* Australia is accredited to Antigua and Barbuda from its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 
* Antigua and Barbuda have not yet established representation in Australia.

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|{{flag|Argentina }}||<!--Date started-->10 December 1959||See [[Argentina–Australia relations]]
* Australia and Argentina agreed in December 1959 through an exchange of notes to establish diplomatic relations.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1201596742/view?partId=nla.obj-1201733592#page/n28/mode/1up Development of Australian Diplomatic Relations with Argentina]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol. 30 No. 12 (December 1959) page 671. Retrieved 16 March 2023.</ref> 
* Australia has an embassy in [[Buenos Aires]], established in 1962.  For a detailed history of Australian representation in Argentina see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Argentina]].
* Argentina has an embassy in [[Canberra]] and a consulate-general in [[Sydney]].
* There is significant trade and investment between the two countries. Two-way merchandise trade in 2021–22 was over A$1.5 billion.  In 2021 Australian investment in Argentina was valued at just over A$1 billion.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/arge-cef.pdf Argentina Trade/Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316183128/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/arge-cef.pdf |date=16 March 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 16 March 2023.</ref>
* The two countries have a reciprocal work and holiday visa agreement and Australia is a destination for Argentine students studying abroad.
* In July 1986, President [[Raúl Alfonsin]] became the first Argentine head of state to visit Australia. In March 1998, President [[Carlos Menem]] also made a state visit to Australia. Governor-General [[Peter Cosgrove]] made a state visit to Argentina in 2016.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/buenos-aires-argentina Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317164501/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/buenos-aires-argentina |date=17 March 2023 }}* Australian Governor-General, 9 August 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2023.</ref> [[Scott Morrison]] was the first Australian Prime Minister to visit Argentina during 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit. 
* Both countries are members of multi-national groups such as the [[G20]] and [[Cairns Group]] and share common interests in many issues such as Antarctica and international peacekeeping.
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|{{flag|Bahamas }}||<!--Date started-->7 January 1974||

* Australia and the Bahamas enjoy good relations, with links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket. 
* Formal diplomatic relations between the two countries were announced on 7 January 1974.<ref name="Australia 1974 page 53">*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919279267/view?partId=nla.obj-919293349#page/n54/mode/1up Australia's Diplomatic Relations with the Caribbean]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Vol. 45 No. 1 (January 1974) page 53. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to the Bahamas from its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
* The Bahamas has an honorary consulate in [[Sydney]].
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|{{flag|Barbados }}||7 January 1974||See [[Australia–Barbados relations]]

* Australia and Barbados enjoy good relations, with links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket. 
* Formal diplomatic relations between the two countries were announced on 7 January 1974.<ref name="Australia 1974 page 53"/>
* Australia is accredited to Barbados from its high commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.<ref>[http://www.trinidadandtobago.embassy.gov.au/ Australian High Commission to Trinidad and Tobago]   {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703154340/http://www.trinidadandtobago.embassy.gov.au/ |date=3 July 2009 }} (Accredited to Barbados)</ref>
* The lone Australian High Commission in the Caribbean was located in [[Bridgetown]], Barbados from 1994 to 2004, before it moved to Port of Spain. Australia also has an honorary consulate in Bridgetown.
* Barbados is accredited to Australia from its High Commission in [[Ottawa]], Canada. 
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|{{flag|Belize}}||17 January 1982||

* Australia and Belize enjoy good relations, with links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].  Australia and Belize are Co-Chairs with Mauritius of the Commonwealth Blue Charter Action Group on Coral Reef Protection and Restoration, and members of the International Coral Reef Initiative.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/belize-country-brief.pdf Belize Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215214913/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/belize-country-brief.pdf |date=15 February 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref> 
* Australia is accredited to Belize from its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/belize/Pages/belize.aspx|title=Belize|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref> 
* Belize has an honorary consulate in [[Sydney]].

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|{{flag|Bolivia}}||10 April 1975<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bolivia country brief (MFA Australia)|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/bolivia/bolivia-country-brief#:~:text=Australia%20and%20Bolivia%20(formally%20known,relations%20on%2010%20April%201975.&text=The%20Consulate%20of%20Bolivia%20in,Australia%20is%20resident%20in%20Ottawa.|access-date=2 February 2022|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404175628/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/bolivia/bolivia-country-brief#:~:text=Australia%20and%20Bolivia%20(formally%20known,relations%20on%2010%20April%201975.&text=The%20Consulate%20of%20Bolivia%20in,Australia%20is%20resident%20in%20Ottawa.|url-status=dead}}</ref>||
* The first non-resident Australian ambassador to Bolivia presented credentials on 14 October 1975.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-909444359/view?partId=nla.obj-909491385#page/n57/mode/1up Australian Representation Overseas]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 46 No. 10 (October 1975). Retrieved 18 April 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Bolivia from its embassy in [[Lima]], Peru and maintains an honorary consulate in [[La Paz]].
* Bolivia is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Ottawa]], Canada and maintains an honorary consulate in Sydney.
* Bolivia and Australia work together, as part of the [[Cairns Group]], on agricultural trade reform. In 2002 the Australian Minister for Trade and Investment [[Mark Vaile]] visited [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra|Santa Cruz]] for a Cairns Group meeting.  Australia also provides a small amount of development assistance to Bolivia at local community level through its Direct Aid Program.
* There is a small bilateral trade relationship.  Total merchandise trade in 2020 was A$26 million, mostly comprising Bolivian food-related exports to Australia.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/boli-cef.pdf Bolivia Trade/Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006204829/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/boli-cef.pdf |date=6 October 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 18 April 2022.</ref> There is investment in mining services and technology.
* [[Australia–Bolivia bilateral treaties]] include two extradition treaties.
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|{{flag|Brazil }}||7 June 1945||See [[Australia–Brazil relations]]
* Australia has an embassy in [[Brasília]], a consulate-general in [[São Paulo]] and an honorary consulate in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Brazil see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Brazil]].
* Brazil has an embassy in [[Canberra]] and a consulate general in [[Sydney]] and honorary consulates in Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, and Perth. 
* Brazilians form the largest migrant group from Latin America resident in Australia – see Brazilian Australians. The 2016 Australian census recorded 27,625 residents born in Brazil and 21,353 residents of Brazilian descent. As of 2020, Brazil was also the fifth largest source of international students studying in Australia.
* Two-way trade in goods and services in 2021–22 was A$4.8 billion, a significant element of which was Australian exports of coal.  Australian investments in Brazil in 2021 was valued at A$9.6 billion and Brazilian investments in Australia totaled almost A$5 billion.
* Prime Minister [[Julia Gillard]] visited Brazil in 2012 and Brazilian President [[Dilma Rousseff]] visited Australia for a [[G20]] meeting in 2014.  Governor-General [[Peter Cosgrove]] visited Brazil during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 
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|{{flag|Canada }}||12 September 1939||See [[Australia–Canada relations]]
[[File:Australia House, Ottawa.JPG|200px|right|thumb|[[Australia House (Ottawa)|Australia House]], Canada, is an example of an Australian mission (it serves as the ambassadorial residence). As Canada is a fellow [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] nation, Australia maintains a High Commission there.]]
* Australia and Canada have a longstanding relationship that has been fostered by both countries' shared history and culture as former British Dominions and present members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. There are significant political, economic, academic and people-to-people links.
* Australia has a high commission in [[Ottawa]], a consulate-general in [[Toronto]], and a consulate in [[Vancouver]]. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Canada see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Canada]].
* Canada has a high commission in [[Canberra]] and a consulate-general in [[Sydney]]. For a detailed history of Canadian representation in Australia see [[List of high commissioners of Canada to Australia]].
* The Australian 2016 Census recorded 43,053 Canada-born people in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-canada.PDF Canada-born Community Information Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320183821/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-canada.PDF |date=20 March 2023 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 20 March 2023.</ref> There is a working holiday program in place which allows young people to travel and work for set periods in each other's country. 
* Bilateral trade and investment is substantial. In 2019–20, two-way trade was $4.7 billion in goods and A$3 billion in services. At the end of 2019, Australian investment in Canada was valued at $83.4 billion and Canadian investment in Australia was valued at $60.7 billion.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/canada/canada-country-brief Canada Country Brief] Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 20 March 2023.</ref>  Both countries are members of the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] forum and signatories to the [[Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership]] (CPTPP).
* Canada's and Australia's militaries have fought alongside each other numerous times including the [[Second Boer War]], [[World War I]], [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]] and many [[United Nations Security Council]]-sanctioned missions. To maintain this military alliance, a Canadian Defence Advisor is stationed at the High Commission in Canberra to share [[intelligence (military)|intelligence]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geo.international.gc.ca/asia/australia/relations/canausdefence-en.aspx|title=Australia-Canada bilateral relations|access-date=12 November 2008|publisher=[[Government of Canada]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912195111/http://geo.international.gc.ca/asia/australia/relations/canausdefence-en.aspx|archive-date=12 September 2008}}</ref> Australia and Canada both contributed to the International force in [[East Timor]] and both worked closely together to fight terrorism in Afghanistan. They are both members of the [[Five Eyes]] intelligence alliance.
* Canada, Australia and New Zealand have a history of working together in the United Nations (UN) on issues ranging from security to development to human rights, including through an informal grouping known as CANZ.
* There are regular high level exchanges of political visits between the two countries. Australian Prime Ministers [[John Curtin]] and [[John Howard]] have addressed joint sessions of the Canadian Parliament in 1944 and 2006 respectively. In 2007 [[Stephen Harper]] became the first Canadian Prime Minister to address the Australian Parliament.  Australian Governor-General [[Quentin Bryce]] visited Canada in 2013.

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|{{flag|Chile }}||27 December 1945||See [[Australia–Chile relations]]

* During the Australian gold rush of the 1850s, Chile became one of Australia's major food suppliers. After 1866, however, interaction and trade was minimal until after the Second World War.<ref>{{cite book|first=James|last=Jupp|title=The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yTKFBXfCI1QC&pg=PA196|year=2001|page=196|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521807890}}</ref> 
* The intention to exchange diplomatic representatives between the two countries was announced in April 1945. The Chilean consulate was upgraded to a legation and headed by a Chargé d'Affaires ''en titre'' from July 1945.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1209095311/view?partId=nla.obj-1209158729#page/n24/mode/1up Chile: Review of Events since 1942] Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 17 No 9 (September 1946) page 547. Retrieved 27 April 2022.</ref> The first Australian Minister to Chile was appointed in January 1946<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1208824250/view?partId=nla.obj-1208868085#page/n38/mode/1up Representation]* Current Notes on International Affairs, Vol, 17 No. 1 (January 1946) page 35. Retrieved 27 April 2022.</ref> and presented credentials in August 1946. The Australian legation closed for budgetary reasons in 1949.  Relations were upgraded to ambassadorial level in the 1960s when the Australian embassy was opened in 1968 and Chile reciprocated with an upgrade of its legation in 1969. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Chile see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Chile]].
* Australia has an embassy in [[Santiago]].
* Chile has an embassy in [[Canberra]], consulates-general in [[Melbourne]] and [[Sydney]] and honorary consulates in Brisbane and Perth.
* In 1993, President [[Patricio Aylwin]] became the first Chilean head of state to pay an official visit to Australia.<ref>[https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/release/transcript-8991 Speech at luncheon in Honour of his Excellency, Mr. Patricio Aylwin, President of the Republic of Chile, Parliament House-Canberra]</ref> In 2004, Prime Minister [[John Howard]] became the first Australian head of government to visit Chile and to attend the [[APEC Chile 2004|APEC Summit]]. Governor General [[Peter Cosgrove]] made a state visit to Chile in 2016.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/santiago-chile-0 Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317164503/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/santiago-chile-0 |date=17 March 2023 }}* Governor-General of Australia, 10 August 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2023.</ref>
* There are strong people-to-people links between the two countries. The 2016 Australian census recorded 26,086 Chile-born people in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-chile.PDF Chile-born Community Information Summary]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 27 April 2022.</ref>  Australia is also a popular destination for Chilean students and there is a working holiday agreement between the two countries. See also [[Chilean Australians]].
* Both countries are members of [[APEC]] and the [[Cairns Group]]. Australia and Chile signed the [[Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement]] on 30 July 2008. The agreement came into effect in the first quarter of 2009.
* Two-way merchandise trade in 2020 was over A$1.26 billion and Australian investment in Chile was A$2.8 billion.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/chle-cef.pdf Chine Trade/Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427145855/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/chle-cef.pdf |date=27 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 27 April 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Colombia}}||9 September 1975
|See [[Australia–Colombia relations]]
* Australia has an embassy in [[Bogotá]], upgraded from a consulate-general in 2017. Prior to this it was accredited on a non-resident basis from neighbouring Latin American countries. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Colombia see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Colombia]].
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Canberra]], a consulate-general in [[Sydney]] and honorary consulates in Brisbane, Darwin and Perth. 
* Economic problems and violence led to an emigration of Colombians to Australia in the 1980s. Colombians are one of the largest South American migrant groups in Australia – see [[Colombian Australians]].  The 2016 Australian census recorded 18,996 residents born in Colombia and 17,984 residents of Colombian descent. Australia is also an increasing destination for Colombians studying abroad, with almost 19,000 recorded in 2020.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/colombia/colombia-country-brief-bilateral-fact-sheet Colombia Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317164503/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/colombia/colombia-country-brief-bilateral-fact-sheet |date=17 March 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 17 March 2023.</ref> 
* Two-way trade in goods and services in 2021–22 totaled A$867 million, a significant element of which was Australian educational services to Colombian students. In 2021 Australian investments in Colombia totaled A$633 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/comb-cef.pdf Colombia Trade/Economic Fact Sheet]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 17 March 2023.</ref>
* Both armies fought alongside each other in the [[Korean War|Korean]] war.
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|{{flag|Costa Rica }}||<!--Date started-->15 October 1974||

* In 1884, Costa Rica opened a consular office in New South Wales.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/costa-rica/costa-rica-country-brief Costa Rica Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318204655/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/costa-rica/costa-rica-country-brief |date=18 March 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 18 March 2022.</ref>  Australia and Costa Rica established formal diplomatic relations in October 1974, with the presentation of credentials of Australia's first non-resident Ambassador.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919333462/view?partId=nla.obj-919400846#page/n85/mode/1up Representation]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record. Retrieved 18 March 2022.</ref> 
* Australia is accredited to Costa Rica through its embassy in [[Mexico City]].  It also has an honorary consulate in San Jose.
* Costa Rica opened an embassy in Canberra in 2017. It also has an honorary consulate in Sydney.
* Costa Rica is Australia's second largest trading partner in Central America.  Bilateral merchandise trade in 2019–2020 was A$132 million, mostly Australian imports of medical instruments and other manufactured goods.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/cost-cef.pdf Costa Rica Economic Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409130855/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/cost-cef.pdf |date=9 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 18 March 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Cuba}}||31 January 1989
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* Australia is accredited to Cuba from its embassy in [[Mexico City]], Mexico.
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Canberra]], opened on 24 October 2008, and a consulate-general in [[Sydney]].
* Prior to a thawing of relations in the late 1980s, official exchanges between the two countries were limited and, from the early 1960s, characterized by the two countries being firmly on opposite sides of the [[Cold War]].  Australia was suspicious of Cuban internationalist activities in the Pacific and only in the 1980s was a Cuban consulate allowed to open in Sydney.  This changed substantially as the Cold War began to be wound down. Full diplomatic relations were established under the [[Bob Hawke]] government in January 1989.
* Since 1996, Australia has voted in favor of Cuba's annual resolution in the United Nations General Assembly calling for an end to the [[United States embargo against Cuba]].
* Since the 1990s, Australia has recognised the value of Cuban development engagement in the Pacific and has worked with Cuba to support the integration of Cuban-trained doctors into Pacific Island health systems.
* An Australia-Cuba Business Council, set up on 2015, promotes business, sport, and cultural exchange.
* There have been exchanges in recent years at senior ministerial level, with Australian foreign ministers Gareth Evans, Stephen Smith and Julie Bishop visiting Cuba in 1995, 2009 and 2017 respectively, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez visiting Australia in 2010 and Cuban Vice Foreign Minister Marcelino Medina González visiting in 2018.
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|{{flag|Dominica}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Australia and Dominica enjoy good relations, with links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket.
* Australia is accredited to Dominica from its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 
* Dominica has not yet established representation in Australia.
* The Australian Government provided A$1.5 million in humanitarian assistance to Dominica through the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Population Fund after [[Hurricane Maria]] in 2017.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/dominica-country-brief.pdf Dominica Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215214909/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/dominica-country-brief.pdf |date=15 February 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref>
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|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|22 April 1997
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* Australia and the Dominican Republic established diplomatic relations on 22 April 1997<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dominican Republic country brief (MFA Australia)|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/dominican-republic/dominican-republic-country-brief#:~:text=Australia%20and%20the%20Dominican%20Republic,relations%20on%2022%20April%201997.&text=The%20Dominican%20Republic%20has%20a,non%2Dresident%20accreditation%20for%20Australia.|access-date=13 June 2022|archive-date=9 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409130850/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/dominican-republic/dominican-republic-country-brief#:~:text=Australia%20and%20the%20Dominican%20Republic,relations%20on%2022%20April%201997.&text=The%20Dominican%20Republic%20has%20a,non%2Dresident%20accreditation%20for%20Australia.|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Australia is accredited to the Dominican Republic from its embassy in [[Mexico City]], Mexico.
* The Dominican Republic is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Tokyo]], Japan.  It also has an honorary consulate in Adelaide.
* Bilateral merchandise trade in 2019–20 was valued at almost A$69 million, a large component being Australian imports of medical instruments.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/domi-cef.pdf Dominican Republic Trade/Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403213657/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/domi-cef.pdf |date=3 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Ecuador}}||
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* Australia is accredited to Ecuador from its embassy in Santiago, Chile and has an honorary consulate in [[Guayaquil]].
* Ecuador has an embassy in Canberra and honorary consulates in Adelaide and Melbourne.
* There is a small Ecuadorian community in Australia.  The 2016 Australian census recorded 2,225 Ecuador-born residents and 2,153 residents of Ecuardorian descent. A new Work and Holiday Visa arrangement between Australia and Ecuador commenced in 2019–20.
* Trade between the two countries is modest, amounting to A$93 million in 2021–22.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ecua-cef.pdf Ecuador Economic Factsheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401175712/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ecua-cef.pdf |date=1 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 1 April 2023.</ref> In November 2017, an Australia-Ecuador Business Summit was held in Quito to promote Australia's expertise and capacity to support Ecuador's growing mining sector. 
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|{{flag|El Salvador}}||<!--Date started-->5 December 1983
|See [[Australia–El Salvador relations]]

* Australia is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico and has an honorary consulate in [[San Salvador]].
* El Salvador has an embassy in Canberra, a consulate-general in Melbourne and honorary consulates in Brisbane and Sydney.
* In response to the civil war in El Salvador, between 1983 and 1986 Australia accepted around 10,000 Salvadorans under the Special Humanitarian Program. The Salvadoran community in Australia is estimated at 20,000. Australia is home to the third largest Salvadoran community living abroad.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/el-salvador/el-salvador-country-brief El Salvador Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401175709/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/el-salvador/el-salvador-country-brief |date=1 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 1 April 2023.</ref>  See also [[Salvadoran Australians]].

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|{{flag|Grenada}}||<!--Date started-->
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* Australia and Grenada enjoy good relations, with political links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket. 
* Australia is accredited to Grenada from its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/grenada/Pages/grenada.aspx|title=Grenada}}</ref>
* Grenada has not yet established diplomatic representation in Australia.
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|{{flag|Guatemala}}||7 January 1974
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* Australia is accredited to Guatemala from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico and has an honorary consulate in [[Tegucigalpa]].
* Guatemala has an embassy in Canberra and honorary consulates in Melbourne and Sydney.
* Bilateral trade is modest, amounting to A$46m in 2021–22.  An important element of this was Australian imports of coffee.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/guat-cef.pdf Guatemala Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401175708/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/guat-cef.pdf |date=1 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 1 April 2023.</ref>
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|{{flag|Guyana }}||<!--Date started-->7 January 1974||

* Australia and Guyana enjoy good relations, with political links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket. 
* Formal diplomatic relations between the two countries were announced on 7 January 1974.<ref name="Australia 1974 page 53"/>
* Australia is accredited to Guyana from its high commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
* Guyana is accredited to Australia from its high commission in Ottawa, Canada.
* Bilateral merchandise trade between the two countries was A$7 million in 2019–20.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/guya-cef.pdf Guyana Trade/Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619223030/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/guya-cef.pdf |date=19 June 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref> Guyana attended at ministerial level the 2017 Latin America Down Under Conference in Perth, to promote investment and cooperation in the mining sector.<ref>*[https://dpi.gov.gy/australian-investors-express-interest-in-guyana/ Australian Investors Express Interest in Guyana]* Guyana Department of Public Information 23 May 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Haiti }}||<!--Date started-->2000||

* Australia and Haiti established diplomatic relations in 2000.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/haiti-country-brief.pdf Haiti Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403213700/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/haiti-country-brief.pdf |date=3 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Haiti from its High Commission in [[Trinidad and Tobago]].
* Haiti has an honorary consulate in Melbourne.
* After the devastating 2010 earthquake, the Australian Government provided A$26.7 million in humanitarian assistance to Haiti which was matched by A$26 million from the Australian public. Australia has since provided further humanitarian aid to Haiti after subsequent natural disasters, including [[Hurricane Matthew]] in 2016.

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|{{flag|Honduras }}||10 July 1984||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 July 1984 when Mr. Cavan Hogue, Australian Ambassador presented his credentials to President of Honduras Roberto Suazo Cordova.<ref name="Latin America Report">{{Cite book |title=Latin America Report |publisher=[Executive Office of the President], Federal Broadcast Information Service, Joint Publications Research Service |year=1984 |pages=38}}</ref>
* Australia and Honduras established diplomatic relations in 1984.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/honduras-country-brief.pdf Honduras Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403213659/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/honduras-country-brief.pdf |date=3 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Honduras from its embassy in [[Mexico City]], Mexico.  It also has an honorary consulate in [[Tegucigalpa]].
* Honduras has not yet established representation in Australia.
* Bilateral merchandise trade in 2019–20 reached A$81 million, mostly Australian imports of mineral ores, coffee and textiles.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/hond-cef.pdf Honduras Country Information Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417193247/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/hond-cef.pdf |date=17 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Jamaica}}||7 January 1974
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* Australia and Jamaica enjoy good relations through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket.
* Formal diplomatic relations between the two countries were announced on 7 January 1974.<ref name="Australia 1974 page 53"/>
* Australia is accredited to Jamaica from its high commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.  It has an honorary consulate in Kingston.  The Australian high commission to the Caribbean was located in Kingston From 1975 until 1994, when it moved to Barbados. 
* Jamaica is accredited to Australia from its embassy in Tokyo, Japan.  It has an honorary consulate in Sydney.
* Bilateral merchandise trade in 2019–20 was valued at A$33 million, a large component of which was Australian meat exports.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/jmca-cef.pdf Jamaice Trade/Economic Fact Sheet}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 April 2022.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403213702/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/jmca-cef.pdf |date=3 April 2022 }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Mexico }}||14 March 1966<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/australia/index.php/bilreleng|title=Bilateral relationship|website=embamex.sre.gob.mx|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>||See [[Australia–Mexico relations]]

* Australia has an embassy in [[Mexico City]] and an honorary consulate in Cancun.
* Mexico has an embassy in Canberra and honorary consulates in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
* Mexico is Australia's largest merchandise trading partner in Latin America. Two way trade in goods and services in 2021–22 was over $4.4 billion, substantially Australian imports of vehicles and other manufactures and metal ores. Australian investments in Mexico in 2021 totaled A$5.9 billion, primarily in the infrastructure and energy sectors, and Mexican investments in Australia were valued at A$0.5 billion.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/mexi-cef.pdf Mexico Economic and Trade Data] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317150403/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/mexi-cef.pdf |date=17 March 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 17 March 2023.</ref>
* The expanding trade relationship is supported by mutual membership of [[APEC]] and the [[Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership]] (CPTPP), Australia's first free trade agreement with Mexico.
* The two countries also work closely together on international questions through the [[MIKTA]] group, an informal middle power partnership between Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, and Australia.
* In 1973, Prime Minister [[Gough Whitlam]] became the first Australian head-of-government to pay an official visit to Mexico, followed later by Prime Ministers [[Malcolm Fraser]], [[John Howard]] and [[Julia Gillard]] in 1981, 2002 and 2012 respectively. In 1990, [[Carlos Salinas de Gortari]] became the first Mexican President to visit Australia. This was followed by President [[Felipe Calderón]] in 2007 and President [[Enrique Peña Nieto]] in 2014. Governor-General [[Peter Cosgrove]] made a state visit to Mexico in August 2016, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/mexico-city-mexico Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317150401/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/mexico-city-mexico |date=17 March 2023 }}* Governor General of Australia, 1 August 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2023.</ref>
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|{{flag|Nicaragua }}||<!--Date started-->1987||
* Australia and Nicaragua established diplomatic relations in 1987.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/nicaragua-country-brief.pdf Nicaragua Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403163633/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/nicaragua-country-brief.pdf |date=3 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Nicaragua from its embassy in [[Mexico City]], Mexico.
* Nicaragua is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Tokyo]], Japan.
* Bilateral merchandise trade is modest.  In 2019–20 this was valued at A$18.6 million, half of which was Australian imports of coffee.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/nica-cef.pdf Nicaragua Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403163635/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/nica-cef.pdf |date=3 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Panama }}||<!--Date started--> 1974||
* Australia and Panama established diplomatic relations in 1974.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/panama/panama-country-brief Panama Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403163632/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/panama/panama-country-brief |date=3 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Panama from its embassy in [[Mexico City]], Mexico. It has an honorary consulate in [[Panama City]].
* Panama opened an embassy in Canberra in 2018.  It also has an honorary consulate-general in Sydney.
* Bilateral merchandise trade is modest.  In 2019–20 this reached A$80 million, mostly Australian exports of manufactured articles.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/pana-cef.pdf Panama Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403163635/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/pana-cef.pdf |date=3 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Paraguay }}||30 November 1974||See [[Australia–Paraguay relations]]
* Australia and Paraguay established diplomatic relations in 1974, with the first non-resident Australian ambassador presenting his credentials on 2 December 1974.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919333849/view?partId=nla.obj-919352369#page/n52/mode/1up Representation]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 45 No. 12 (December 1974) page 859. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Paraguay from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  It has an honorary consulate in [[Asunción]].
* Paraguay opened an embassy in Canberra in 2011 but this was closed in 2024.  Representation is maintained through a consulate-general in Sydney.
* As agricultural producers and exporters, the two countries work together to achieve fairer international trade in agricultural products through membership of the Cairns Group and co-operation in other multilateral fora. Australia is also increasing its engagement with Paraguay through development co-operation and people-to-people exchanges. An increasing number of Paraguayan students are pursuing their education at Australian institutions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/paraguay/paraguay_brief.html|title=Paraguay|work=dfat.gov.au}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Peru }}||1 March 1963||{{main|Australia–Peru relations}}
* Australia has an embassy in [[Lima]].  For a detailed history of Australian representation in Peru see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Peru]].
* Peru has an embassy in Canberra, a consulate-general in Sydney, and honorary consulates in Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.
* There are growing people-to-people links between Australia and Peru. The 2016 Australian census recorded 9,553 residents born in Peru.  There is a working holiday visa agreement between the two countries and Australia is a destination for Peruvian students studying abroad. 
* Economic ties between the two countries have developed rapidly in recent years. In 2018–19, Australia's two-way trade with Peru was worth A$656 million. A Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement (PAFTA) entered into force on 11 February 2020.
* Australian Prime Minister [[Malcolm Turnbull]] visited Peru in 2016 to attend the [[APEC]] summit.
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|{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis }}||<!--Date started-->6 February 1986||
* Australia and Saint Kitts and Nevis enjoy good relations, with political links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket.  Formal diplomatic relations were established with the presentation of credentials of Australia's first non-resident high commissioner on 6 February 1986.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/saint-kitts-and-nevis-country-brief.pdf Saint Kitts and Nevis Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215214903/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/saint-kitts-and-nevis-country-brief.pdf |date=15 February 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref><ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1213698430/view?partId=nla.obj-1213764263#page/n107/mode/1up Australian Representation Overseas]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 57 No. 2 (February 1986) page 142. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to St Kitts and Nevis from its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
* St Kitts and Nevis have not yet established diplomatic representation in Australia.
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|{{flag|Saint Lucia }}||<!--Date started-->1982<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/saint-lucia-country-brief.pdf Saint Lucia Country Brief]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref>||
* Australia and Saint Lucia enjoy good relations, with political links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket.
* Australia is accredited to Saint Lucia from its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
* Saint Lucia has not yet established diplomatic representation in Australia.

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|{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines }}||<!--Date started-->31 January 1986||
* Australia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines enjoy good relations, with political links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket.  Formal diplomatic relations were established with the presentation of credentials of Australia's first non-resident high commissioner on 31 January 1986.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1213698417/view?partId=nla.obj-1213738624#page/n37/mode/1up Australian Representation Overseas]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 57 No. 1 (January 1986) page 36. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/saint-vincent-grenadines/Pages/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines.aspx|title=Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref> 
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have an honorary consulate in Sydney.

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|{{flag|Suriname}}||3 February 1994<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/suriname/suriname-country-brief Suriname Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405174517/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/suriname/suriname-country-brief |date=5 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 5 April 2023.  There is also a reference to a later date in UN archives {{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Australia and Suriname as of 19 Jan. 1996 (UN Digital Library)|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1477462?ln=en}}</ref>||
* Australia is accredited to Suriname from its high commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
* Suriname is accredited to Australia from its embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia.
* Bilateral trade is modest, valued at A$12 million in 2021-11 and mostly Australian vehicle exports.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/suri-cef.pdf Suriname Trade/Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405174515/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/suri-cef.pdf |date=5 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 5 April 2023.</ref>
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|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}||7 January 1974<ref name="Australia 1974 page 53"/>||

* Australia and Trinidad and Tobago enjoy good relations, with political links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and have sporting ties, particularly cricket. 
* Australia has a high commission in [[Port of Spain]] which is also accredited on a non-resident basis to other Commonwealth Caribbean countries. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Trinidad and Tobago see [[Australian High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago]].
* Trinidad and Tobago has not yet established representation in Australia.
* Prime Minister [[Keith Rowley]] visited Australia in May 2018. 
* Bilateral trade reached A$75 million in 2020–21, the main elements being Australian meat and cheese exports and fertilizer imports.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/trin-cef.pdf Trinidad and Tobago Trade/Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405174513/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/trin-cef.pdf |date=5 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 5 April 2023.</ref> BHP is Australia's largest investor in Trinidad and Tobago, accounting for approximately 10% of Trinidad and Tobago's oil and gas production.
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|{{flag|United States }}||8 January 1940
|[[File:Howard and Bush.jpg|thumb|Prime Minister of Australia, [[John Howard]], with US President [[George W. Bush]] on 16 May 2006, during Howard's seventh official visit to the [[White House]] as Prime Minister. From left to right: the Prime Minister's wife [[Janette Howard]], former [[First Lady of the United States|US First Lady]] [[Laura Bush]], Howard and Bush.]]
See [[Australia–United States relations]]

While Australia has emphasised its relationship with the United States since 1942, as Britain's influence in Asia declined. At the governmental level, United-States-Australia relations are formalized by the [[ANZUS]] treaty and the [[Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement]].
* Australia has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]], and has consulates-general in [[Chicago]], [[Honolulu]], [[Houston]], [[Los Angeles]], [[New York City]] and [[San Francisco]].
* United States has an embassy in Canberra and consulates-general in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
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|{{flag|Uruguay }}||<!--Date started-->1948||See [[Australia–Uruguay relations]]

* Australia is accredited to Uruguay from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina and maintains an honorary consulate in [[Montevideo]].
* Uruguay has an embassy in Canberra and a consulate-general in Sydney.
* Australia and Uruguay have had consular relations since 1923 and diplomatic relations since 1948 through an exchange of notes.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/uruguay/uruguay-country-brief Uruguay Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317164505/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/uruguay/uruguay-country-brief |date=17 March 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 17 March 2023.</ref> Uruguay opened a legation in Canberra in 1958 and this was raised to embassy in 1968 with the concurrent non-resident accreditation of an Australian ambassador.
* The first migrants from Uruguay came to Australia in the 1960s with growing numbers in the 1970s due to repression by the then military dictatorship in Uruguay.  The 2016 Australian census reported almost 9,000 Uruguay-born residents, and over 7,800 residents of Uruguayan descent.
* The two countries share a long history of collaboration to advance global reforms of agricultural trade through the [[Cairns Group]]. Australia and Uruguay also share an interest in the [[Southern Ocean|Antarctic waters]] and the [[Fishery|fisheries]] therein and collaborate through the [[Antarctic Treaty System]]. 
* Governor-General [[Peter Cosgrove]] made an official visit to Uruguay in August 2016.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/montevideo-uruguay-buenos-aires-argentina Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317164459/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/montevideo-uruguay-buenos-aires-argentina |date=17 March 2023 }}* Australian Governor-General, 8 August 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2023.</ref>
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|{{flag|Venezuela }}||31 May 1973<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-906419020/view?partId=nla.obj-906433142#page/n2/mode/1up Relations with Venezuela]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Vol. 44 No. 6 (June 1973), page 422. Retrieved 14 April 2022.</ref>||

* Australia is currently accredited to Venezuela from its embassy in [[Mexico City]], Mexico. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Venezuela see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Venezuela]].
* Venezuela has an embassy in Canberra.
* During the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s Australian governments were keen to promote expanded trade and investment between the two countries.  Australia maintained an embassy in [[Caracas]] from 1979 until 2002. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade [[Tim Fischer]] visited Caracas in June 1996 and as a result a number of key areas for development were identified including the mining, agriculture and maritime sectors.<ref>*[https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Completed_Inquiries/jfadt/samer/SAMch10 Australia's Trade and Investment Relationship with South America. Chapter 10 Venezuela]* Australian Parliament. Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Report September 2000. Retrieved 14 April 2022.</ref>  However progress has been constrained by political and economic instability in Venezuela, particularly since the launch of the [[Bolivarian Revolution]] by President [[Hugo Chávez]] .
* Bilateral trade is currently small, amounting to about A$20 million in 2020, mostly related to export of educational services to Venezuelan students.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/venz-cef.pdf Venezuela Country Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202045140/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/venz-cef.pdf |date=2 February 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 14 April 2022.</ref>  Australia's investment interests in Venezuela have focussed on the mining and related services sectors. 
* There is a small Venezuelan community in Australia, expanded by skilled immigration since 2005. The 2016 Australian census recorded 5,460 Venezuela-born people in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-venezuela.PDF Venezuela-born Community Information Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030134107/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-venezuela.PDF |date=30 October 2022 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 14 April 2022.</ref>
* Notwithstanding Australia's decision in January 2019 to formally recognise Juan Guaidó as interim President of Venezuela,<ref>*[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/28/australia-recognises-juan-guaido-venezuela-president?ref=hvper.com Australia Recognizes Juan Guaidó as Venezuela president]* The Guardian, 27 January 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2022.</ref><ref>*[https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/barely-noticed-momentous-change-australian-foreign-policy The Barely Noticed Momentous Change in Australian Foreign Policy]* The Interpreter (Lowy Institute) 14 February 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2022.</ref> the embassy in Canberra representing the [[Nicolás Maduro]] Government has remained fully accredited.

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|{{flag|Afghanistan }}||30 March 1969<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canberra.mfa.af/news/celebrating-50-years-of-afghanistan-australia-diplomatic-relations.html|title=Celebrating 50 years of Afghanistan-Australia Diplomatic Relations – EMBASSY OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN CANBERRA – AUSTRALIA|first=Afghan Embassy-|last=Canberra|website=canberra.mfa.af|access-date=25 February 2024|archive-date=1 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301155419/https://www.canberra.mfa.af/news/celebrating-50-years-of-afghanistan-australia-diplomatic-relations.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>||
[[File:ASLAV in Afghanistan during early 2011.jpg|200px|right|thumb|An Australian service light armored vehicle drives through Tangi Valley, Afghanistan, 29 March 2011.]]
* Australia and Afghanistan have shared a friendly and long-standing relationship which can be traced back as far as the 1860s when Afghan cameleers came to Australia to contribute to the carriage of explorers, assistance in transportation for the wool and mining industry and supporting major inland infrastructure projects such as the overland telegraph and railways. The early cameleers built the first mosques in Australia, with the oldest permanent mosque built in Adelaide in 1888.<ref>"[https://www.canberra.mfa.af/news/joint-celebration-of-160th-anniversary-with-the-afghan-cameleers-descendants.html Cameleers 160th anniversary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711054543/https://www.canberra.mfa.af/news/joint-celebration-of-160th-anniversary-with-the-afghan-cameleers-descendants.html |date=11 July 2021 }}" Embassy of Afghanistan to Australia.  Retrieved 3 July 2021</ref> [[The Ghan]] train is named in their honour.<ref>"[https://www.canberra.mfa.af/news/celebrating-50-years-of-afghanistan-australia-diplomatic-relations.html Celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182918/https://www.canberra.mfa.af/news/celebrating-50-years-of-afghanistan-australia-diplomatic-relations.html |date=9 July 2021 }}" Embassy of Afghanistan to Australia. Retrieved 3 July 2021</ref>
* Formal diplomatic relations were established in 1969.  The Australian ambassador was accredited from [[Islamabad]] and the Afghan ambassador was accredited from Tokyo.<ref>*[https://www.canberra.mfa.af/publications_pdf/australia_afghanistan_relations.pdf Australia-Afghanistan Relations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814205436/https://www.canberra.mfa.af/publications_pdf/australia_afghanistan_relations.pdf |date=14 August 2021 }}* Embassy of Afghanistan to Australia. Retrieved 14 August 2021</ref>
* In 1975 the then Australian Governor General Sir John Kerr made the first state visit between the countries.<ref>"[https://www.canberra.mfa.af/news/governor-general-sir-john-kerr-visits-afghanistan-in-1975.html Governor General Visits Afghanistan 1975}" Embassy of Afghanistan to Australia. Retrieved 3 July 2021] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183733/https://www.canberra.mfa.af/news/governor-general-sir-john-kerr-visits-afghanistan-in-1975.html |date=9 July 2021 }}</ref> 
* Diplomatic relations were suspended between the 1978 coup which deposed President [[Mohammed Daoud Khan]] and the overthrow of the Taliban regime in 2002.  However consular relations were re-established in 1994 with the opening of an Afghan honorary consulate in Australia by the government of the Islamic State of Afghanistan.  The consulate continued operation after the Taliban seized power in Kabul in 1996.<ref>* 
[https://www.canberra.mfa.af/publications_pdf/australia_afghanistan_relations.pdf Australia-Afghanistan Relations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814205436/https://www.canberra.mfa.af/publications_pdf/australia_afghanistan_relations.pdf |date=14 August 2021 }}* Embassy of Afghanistan to Australia. Retrieved 14 August 2021</ref> 
* In late 2001, the [[Australian Defence Force]] commenced [[Operation Slipper]] as Australia's contribution to assist the [[NATO]]-led [[International Security Assistance Force]] mission in the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]] and the [[war on terror]] to combat the [[Taliban]] and their allied groups.<ref>{{cite web|title=Operation Slipper|url=http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/History-in-Focus/Operation-Slipper|publisher=[[Australian Army]]|access-date=18 January 2016|date=20 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229060633/http://army.gov.au/Our-history/History-in-Focus/Operation-Slipper|archive-date=29 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The operation ended on 31 December 2014 and was replaced with Operation Highroad, which commenced on 1 January 2015 to assist the NATO-led [[Resolute Support Mission]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia supports new mission in Afghanistan|url=http://news.defence.gov.au/2014/12/31/australia-supports-new-mission-in-afghanistan/|publisher=[[Department of Defence (Australia)|Australian Department of Defence]]|access-date=18 January 2016|date=31 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309221349/http://news.defence.gov.au/2014/12/31/australia-supports-new-mission-in-afghanistan/|archive-date=9 March 2015}}</ref>  Australia completed a withdrawal of its remaining troops based in Afghanistan in June 2021<ref>"[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-01/final-australian-troops-leave-afghanistan-after-20-year-mission/100256294 Australian troops leave Afghanistan after 20 year mission]" Australian Broadcasting Commission. Retrieved 3 July 2021</ref>
* Diplomatic relations resumed in 2002.  An Afghan embassy was opened in Canberra in July 2002 by the Interim Afghan administration of [[Hamid Karzai]].  The same year, Australia resumed its non-resident accreditation from Islamabad.
* An Australian embassy was opened in Kabul in 2006.  It has been closed since the end of May 2021.<ref>"[https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/statement-australian-embassy-afghanistan Closure of Australian Embassy in Kabul] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703005139/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/statement-australian-embassy-afghanistan |date=3 July 2021 }}" Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 July 2021</ref> Since September 2021, an Australian Interim Mission on Afghanistan has been based in Doha, Qatar, headed by a Special Representative.  For a detailed history of Australian diplomatic representation to Afghanistan see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Afghanistan]].
* A Comprehensive Long-term Partnership Between Australia and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was signed in 2012 to provide the framework for Australian development assistance and the promotion of political, security, economic, social and cultural ties between the two nations.<ref>"[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/afghanistan/pages/comprehensive-long-term-partnership-between-australia-and-the-islamic-republic-of-afghanistan Comprehensive Long-term Partnership Agreement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709193451/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/afghanistan/pages/comprehensive-long-term-partnership-between-australia-and-the-islamic-republic-of-afghanistan |date=9 July 2021 }}" Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.  Retrieved 3 July 2021</ref>
* Between 2001 and 2021, Australia provided more than $1.5 billion in Official Development Assistance to Afghanistan<ref>"[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/development-cooperation-fact-sheet-afghanistan.pdf Development Cooperation Fact Sheet for Afghanistan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182956/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/development-cooperation-fact-sheet-afghanistan.pdf |date=9 July 2021 }}" Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 July 2021</ref>
* Australia has also accepted many Afghan refugees, with the first wave following the Soviet invasion in 1979. According to the 2016 Australian census 46,800 Australians were born in Afghanistan – see [[Afghan Australians]].
* President [[Ashraf Ghani]] made the first visit to Australia by an Afghan head of state in April 2017. Governors-General [[Quentin Bryce]], [[Peter Cosgrove]] and [[David Hurley]] and successive Prime Ministers visited Afghanistan in the period when Australian troops were stationed there. 
* Since the Taliban victory in 2021, Australia has not recognised the Islamic Emirate government and continues to accredit the embassy of the Islamic Republic in Canberra. 
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|{{flag|Armenia}}||15 January 1992||
See [[Armenia–Australia relations]]
* The Australian government recognised Armenia's independence on 26 December 1991, upon the dissolution of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]<ref name="Australia recognizes the 11 republics but not Georgia">*[https://www.afr.com/politics/aust-recognises-the-11-republics-but-not-georgia-19911227-k4p5m Australia recognizes the 11 republics but not Georgia] Australian Financial Review 27 December 1991. Retrieved 12 April 2023.</ref> and established diplomatic relations early the following year.
* Australia's ambassador is accredited from Moscow, Russia.
* Armenia's ambassador is accredited from Tokyo, Japan.  The first Armenian ambassador presented credentials in December 2022.
* A substantial number of Australians are of Armenian descent. The Armenian community in Australia is estimated to be 50,000 people, primarily residing in Sydney and Melbourne. The first Armenians migrated to Australia in the 1850s, during the gold rush. The majority came to Australia in the 1960s – 1990s from Egypt, Cyprus and Lebanon.<ref>*[http://www.anc.org.au/community Armenian-Australian Community]* Armenian National Committee of Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2023.</ref> Australians of Armenian descent have attained prominence in politics, business, sport, academia and culture – see [[Armenian Australians]].
* The Armenian Foreign Minister, H.E. Mr [[Vardan Oskanyan]], visited Australia in October 2005. 
* The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia has not passed a motion recognising the Armenian genocide in 1915, although the State of New South Wales has done so. 
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|{{flag|Azerbaijan }}||19 June 1992||See [[Australia–Azerbaijan relations]]
* The Australian government recognised Azerbaijan's independence on 26 December 1991, upon the dissolution of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]<ref name="Australia recognizes the 11 republics but not Georgia" /> and established diplomatic relations the following year.
* Australia is accredited to Azerbaijan from its embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
* Azerbaijan has an embassy in Canberra.
* Bilateral trade in 2021–22 was almost A$80 million, the major element being Australian imports of crude petroleum.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/azer.pdf Azerbaijan Economic Fact sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622023612/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/azer.pdf |date=22 June 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 1 April 2023.</ref>
* In February 2020, the government of Azerbaijan provided material assistance to Australia to combat the impact of forest fires.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Азербайджан выделяет Австралии $50 тыс. для ликвидации последствий лесных пожаров|url=http://interfax.az/view/793067/ru|access-date=13 September 2020|website=interfax.az}}</ref>
* With regard to Azerbaijan's conflict with Armenia over the [[Nagorno-Karabakh]] region, Australia supports the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and the efforts of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] Minsk Group to resolve the conflict.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/azerbaijan/azerbaijan-country-brief Azerbaijan Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401175707/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/azerbaijan/azerbaijan-country-brief |date=1 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 1 April 2023.</ref>
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|{{flag|Bahrain }}||13 April 1987||

* Australia has long standing ties with Bahrain that predate its full independence in 1971.  Australia maintained a consulate-general in [[Manama]] from 1964 to 1986.
* Formal diplomatic relations were established in April 1987 with the presentation of credentials of Australia's first non-resident ambassador.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1219765664/view?partId=nla.obj-1219820456#page/n55/mode/1up Bahrain: Presentation of Credentials]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol.58 No.4 (April 1987), page 226. Retrieved 19 March 2022.</ref>
* Australia's ambassador is accredited from [[Riyadh]] and Bahrain's ambassador is accredited from [[Jakarta]].
* Bahrain is an important trading partner for Australia.  In 2018–19, Australian merchandise exports were worth $1.43 billion. Australia's exports mainly comprised alumina, meat, dairy products and wheat.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/bahrain/bahrain-country-brief Bahrain Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825090637/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/bahrain/bahrain-country-brief |date=25 August 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 25 August 2021</ref>
* Bahrain provides port access to Australian naval ships.
* The two countries participate in the Australia, Bahrain and Israel Food Security Initiative under the 2020 [[Abraham Accords]].<ref>*[https://australiabahrain.com/561-2/ Food Security Initiative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825090639/https://australiabahrain.com/561-2/ |date=25 August 2021 }}* Australia-Bahrain Business Council.  Retrieved 25 August 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|Bangladesh }}||31 January 1972||See [[Australia–Bangladesh relations]]

* On 31 January 1972, Australia became the first country in the developed world to recognize Bangladesh's independence following the end of the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2849922774/view?partId=nla.obj-2849980583#page/n17/mode/1up Australia Recognizes Bangla Desh]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 43 No 1 (January 1972), pages 18–19. Retrieved 11 January 2024.</ref>  An Australian deputy high commission was opened in [[Dhaka]] in April 1969 and this was upgraded to an embassy on 31 January 1972 and then high commission following Bangladesh's admission to the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] in April 1972. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Bangladesh see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Bangladesh]].
* Bangladesh has a high commission in Canberra, a consulate-general in Sydney and an honorary consulate in Perth. 
* Since 1970, migration to Australia from Bangladesh steadily increased with the majority arriving as skilled migrants.  The 2021 Census recorded more than 51,000 people born in Bangladesh living in Australia.  Australia has also been an increasing destination for Bangladeshi students.  In 2018, just under 7,000 Bangladeshi students enrolled to study in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/bangladesh/bangladesh-country-brief Bangladesh Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401175709/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/bangladesh/bangladesh-country-brief |date=1 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 1 April 2023.</ref>
* The two countries enjoy a competitive sporting relationship in Test Cricket.
* Australia and Bangladesh work closely on a range of common strategic interests in regional and global forums, including as members of the [[Indian Ocean Rim Association]] and the [[Bali Process]] on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime. In 2008, Bangladesh signed a bilateral counter-terrorism MOU with Australia, their first with any country. 
* Bilateral trade in 2021–22 reached over A$3.6 billion, including A$1.5 billion in Australian imports mostly in the textile sector.  Bangladesh is an important importer of Australian agricultural produce and education services. Australian investments in Bangladesh totaled A$324 million in 2021.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/bade-cef.pdf Bangladesh Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401175712/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/bade-cef.pdf |date=1 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 1 April 2023.</ref>
* Bangladesh is a significant recipient of foreign aid from Australia. Total official development assistance in 2023–2024 was A$116.2 million<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/bangladesh/development-assistance/development-assistance-in-bangladesh Development Assistance in Bangladesh]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 11 January 2024.</ref>
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|{{flag|Bhutan}}||14 September 2002<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1472575|title=Diplomatic Relations between Australia and Bhutan as of 14 Sept. 2002|date=14 September 2002|access-date=25 February 2024|via=digitallibrary.un.org}}</ref>||

* Relations between Bhutan and Australia date back to 1962 when Bhutan was just emerging from self-imposed isolation and starting to engage with the rest of the world. Australia's support at the time was instrumental in Bhutan being admitted as a member of the Colombo Plan. Subsequently, Australia was among the first countries to support and welcome Bhutan's membership to the United Nations in 1971.<ref>*[https://kuenselonline.com/ambassador-to-australia-presents-credentials/ Ambassador to Australia presents credentials]{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}* Kuensel Online 30 September 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.</ref>
* Australia and Bhutan established formal diplomatic relations on 14 September 2002.
* Australia's ambassador is accredited from [[New Delhi]]. 
* Bhutan established a resident embassy in Canberra in September 2021, having previously accredited its ambassador from [[Bangkok]].  Bhutan also has an honorary consulate in Sydney.
* There has been a rapid increase in recent years in Bhutanese immigration and student enrollments in Australia, resulting in Bhutan's largest diaspora.<ref>*[https://businessbhutan.bt/more-bhutanese-leaving-the-country-and-going-abroad/ More Bhutanese Leaving the Country and Going Abroad] BusinessBhutan.bt 22 March 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.</ref> More than 35,000 Bhutanese are resident in Australia as of October 2024.<ref>*[https://theconversation.com/bhutans-king-is-set-to-visit-australia-for-the-first-time-heres-why-thousands-will-line-the-streets-to-see-him-239932 Bhutan's King is set to visit Australia for the first time]* The Conversation 8 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.</ref>
* Australia is a modest trade and development cooperation partner to Bhutan.  Total Australian Official Development Assistance to Bhutan in 2023–2024 was budgeted for A$4.9m million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/bhutan/development-assistance/development-assistance-in-bhutan Development Assistance in Bhutan]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 11 January 2024</ref> 
* In October 2016, LyonchhenTshering Tobgay made the first visit by a Bhutanese Prime Minister to Australia.  His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck made the first visit by a Bhutanese head of state in October 2024.
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|{{flag|Brunei}}||1 January 1984||See [[Australia–Brunei relations]]

* Bilateral historical links stretch back to the Second World War when, in 1945, Australian forces landed at Muara Beach as part of the Allied campaign to liberate Borneo, and common membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
* Australia established a resident commission in [[Bandar Seri Begawan]] in March 1983 and this was upgraded to high commission in 1984 upon Brunei's full independence. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Brunei see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Brunei]].
* Brunei has a high commission in [[Canberra]].
* Australian Governor-General [[Quentin Bryce]] made a state visit to Brunei in October 2012.  This was reciprocated by the Sultan of Brunei in May 2013.<ref>*[https://www.9news.com.au/national/sultan-of-brunei-welcomed-to-australia/897a626c-cffb-45b7-8da0-b1f0373b11b6 Sultan of Brunei welcomed to Australia]* Nine News 2 May 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2023.</ref>
* Bilateral trade in merchandise and services reached A$933 million in 2018, the main element being Australian imports of crude petroleum.  Australia was Brunei's fourth largest export destination in 2018.  Australian investments in Brunei totaled A$77 million and Brunei investments in Australia were valued at A$114 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/brun.pdf Brunei Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405174514/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/brun.pdf |date=5 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 5 April 2023.</ref> They are both party to the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA), and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). They are also both signatories to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and founding members of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). 
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|{{flag|Cambodia}}||15 January 1952||See [[Australia–Cambodia relations]]

* Australia has an embassy in [[Phnom Penh]] and Cambodia has an embassy in Canberra. 
* Diplomatic relations between Australia and Cambodia were established in 1952 with the appointment of an Australian Minister, resident in [[Saigon]].<ref name="Australian Minister to Indo-China">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133572362|title=Australian Minister to Indo-China|date=13 November 1952|page=6|newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate}}</ref> An Australian legation was opened in Phnom Penh in 1955.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75434777|title=Legation in Cambodia|date=27 January 1955|page=11|newspaper=The Central Queensland Herald}}</ref>
* Diplomatic relations were raised to Ambassadorial level in 1959.  Australia maintained relations with the Khmer Republic following the military coup of 1970.  The Australian embassy closed in 1975 ahead of the fall of Phnom Penh to the [[Khmer Rouge]] on 17 April 1975. That day, Australia recognised the [[Royal Government of National Union of Kampuchea]], soon replaced by the fully Khmer Rouge-controlled government of Democratic Kampuchea, but diplomatic relations were effectively suspended during the entire period of Khmer Rouge rule.
* In solidarity with ASEAN countries, Australia did not recognise the [[People's Republic of Cambodia]] following the 1979 Vietnamese invasion, and continued to recognise the Democratic Kampuchea government-in-exile.  However, it withdrew recognition on 14 February 1981 in response to information about the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge.<ref>*[https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/the-executions-behind-andrew-peacock-s-cambodia-crusade-20210422-p57lbx The executions behind Andrew Peacock's Cambodia crusade]* Australian Financial Review, 30 April 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021</ref>
* Australia played a leading role in the [[United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia]] in the early 1990s. In November 1991, Australia's diplomatic presence in Phnom Penh resumed with the appointment of a Permanent Representative to the Supreme National Council of Cambodia,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122394239|title=Ambassador named|date=1 December 1991|page=2|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}</ref>  upgraded in 1993 to Ambassador to the restored Royal Government of Cambodia.
* Australia has been a substantial contributor to Cambodian development projects since the early 1990s.  Cambodia and Australia signed a controversial refugee resettlement deal in September 2014.<ref>*[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29373198 Australia and Cambodia sign Refugee Resettlement Deal]* BBC News 26 September 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2021</ref>
* There are over 66,000 people of Cambodian origin living in Australia (2016 Census). Cambodian refugees began arriving in Australia after the Khmer Rouge regime gained power in 1975, with numbers peaking in the 1980s.  Approximately 6,000–7,000 Australians reside in Cambodia, most being dual Cambodian-Australian citizens or expatriates involved in development assistance work or business.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/cambodia/cambodia-country-brief Cambodia Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131142100/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/cambodia/cambodia-country-brief |date=31 January 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 13 August 2021</ref>
* The two-way trade relationship is modest ($752 million in 2019) but has been growing quickly. Australia and Cambodia are parties to the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement.
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|{{flag|China }}||21 December 1972||See [[Australia–China relations]]
[[File:Whitlam in China.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Gough Whitlam during his visit to China in 1973.]]
* Australia and the People's Republic of China established formal diplomatic relations on 21 December 1972. 
* Australia has an embassy in [[Beijing]] and consulates-general in [[Chengdu]], [[Guangzhou]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Shanghai]] and [[Shenyang]].
* China has an embassy in Canberra and consulates-general in [[Adelaide]], [[Brisbane]], [[Melbourne]], [[Perth]] and [[Sydney]]. * Significant Chinese migration started in the middle of the nineteenth century and Chinese now form the second largest migrant community in Australia. The 2016 Australian census recorded 509,555 China-born people in Australia.<ref>[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-china.PDF "China-born community information summary"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123093706/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-china.PDF |date=23 November 2022 }} Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 7 November 2022.</ref> 
* Prime Minister [[Gough Whitlam]]'s 1973 diplomatic trip was the first visit to China by an Australian Prime Minister<ref>"[https://www.naa.gov.au/learn/learning-resources/learning-resource-themes/government-and-democracy/prime-ministers-and-politicians/gough-whitlam-visiting-echo-wall-diplomatic-trip-china Whitlam's 1973 Visit to China] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702130854/https://www.naa.gov.au/learn/learning-resources/learning-resource-themes/government-and-democracy/prime-ministers-and-politicians/gough-whitlam-visiting-echo-wall-diplomatic-trip-china |date=2 July 2021 }}" National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 3 July 2021.</ref>   This was followed over the years by regular visits of China's [[Paramount leader]]s and Premiers and Australia's Governors-General and Prime Ministers as the relationship deepened.  On two occasions, in 2003<ref>"[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hu+jintao+address+australian+parliament Hu Jintao address to Australian Parliament]" YouTube. Retrieved 3 July 2021</ref> and 2014,<ref>"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqx9GWffbPs Xi Jinping Address to Australian Parliament]" YouTube. Retrieved 3 July 2021</ref> China's [[Paramount leader]]s have accepted rare invitations to address the Australian Parliament.
* In 2014, the Australian Prime Minister and Chinese President agreed to describe the relationship as a "comprehensive strategic partnership"<ref>"[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/china/china-country-brief China Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704220457/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/china/china-country-brief |date=4 July 2021 }}" Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 July 2021</ref> A [[China-Australia Free Trade Agreement]] (ChAFTA) entered into force in December 2015.<ref>"[https://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/in-force/chafta/Pages/australia-china-fta ChAFTA Agreement in force] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702165454/https://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/in-force/chafta/Pages/australia-china-fta |date=2 July 2021 }}" Australian Department of Foreign Affairs.  Retrieved July 2021</ref> China is Australia's largest two-way trading partner in goods and services. In 2020 Australia accounted for $53.5 billion (2.1%) of China's exports, ranking 13th among its top trade partners.<ref>"[https://www.worldstopexports.com/chinas-top-import-partners/ China's top import partners]"  Retrieved 3 July 2021</ref> Prior to travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia was a major destination for Chinese tourists and students.
*Beginning in mid-2017, the relationship has significantly deteriorated.  Points of friction include Australia's ban on [[Huawei]]'s participation in the implementation of a 5G network on national security grounds; new Australian foreign investment and anti-espionage laws; Australian criticism of China in relation to its stance on the [[South China Sea dispute]], the treatment of the [[Uyghurs]] in [[Xinjiang]] and changes in electoral and security laws in Hong Kong; a new defence pact between Australia and Japan and reactivation of the [[Quadrilateral Security Dialogue]] with the United States, Japan and India; Australia's lead in calling for an independent international investigation into the origins of COVID-19; and the formation of [[AUKUS]] in September 2021, under which the US and the UK will help Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.<ref>*[https://www.voanews.com/a/china-australia-relations-hit-new-low-over-military-politics-science/6481950.html Australia-China relations hit new low over military, politics, science]* Jennings, R (12 March 2022) VoA News. Retrieved 17 October 2022.</ref> By 2020 China had suspended all high-level diplomatic and trade dialogue channels and halted trade in a number of economically important sectors.<ref>"[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-australia-relations-hit-new-low-as-beijing-halts-trade-dialogue/ar-BB1gpSOP China-Australia relations hit new low]" Retrieved 3 July 2021</ref>
* In July 2019, the UN ambassadors from 22 nations, including Australia, signed a joint letter to the [[United Nations Human Rights Council|UNHRC]] condemning China's [[Persecution of Uyghurs in China|human rights abuses of the Uyghurs]] as well as its mistreatment of other minority groups, urging the Chinese government to close the [[Xinjiang internment camps]].<ref>{{cite web|title=More than 20 ambassadors condemn China's treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/11/more-than-20-ambassadors-condemn-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-in-xinjiang|work=The Guardian|date=11 July 2019}}</ref> 
* In November 2020 the Chinese embassy in Australia released to the media a long list of grievances, which were promptly rejected by the Australian Government.<ref>"[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-18/china-australia-relations-sour--diplomat-releases-list/12897788 China-Australia relations sour]" Retrieved 3 July 2021</ref> Through 2021 and much of 2022, relations between the two countries remained tense.<ref>*[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-29/australia-china-relations-in-2022-tensions-trade-rights-olympics/100719632 Australia-China relations continued to sour in 2021. What can we expect in 2022?]* ABC news 9 December 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2022.</ref> Following the election of the Albanese government in May 2022, leader and ministerial contacts restarted,<ref>* 
 [https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/xi-jinping-meets-with-albanese-ending-diplomatic-deep-freeze-20221115-p5byhb.html Xi-Jinping meets with Albanese, ending diplomatic deep freeze]* Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 November 2022.</ref> and regular leaders' meetings under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership have resumed from 2023.
* Australians` trust in China has plunged.  The 2021 [[Lowy Institute]] Poll, released in June 2021, found only 16 per cent of Australian respondents trusted China "a great deal" or "somewhat" to act responsibly in the world – a third of the number from 2018.<ref>"[https://poll.lowyinstitute.org/themes/china/ Lowy Institute Poll 2021]" Lowy Institute. Retrieved 3 July 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|Georgia }}||16 July 1992||

* Australia recognised Georgia's independence and established diplomatic relations in 1992. 
* Australia's embassy in Turkey is accredited to Georgia. Georgia has an embassy in Canberra and an honorary consulate in Melbourne. 
* In 2008 Australia provided $1&nbsp;million in humanitarian aid to Georgia in the aftermath of the [[Russo-Georgian War]].  Australia has supported Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity in international fora and does not recognise the breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia established with Russian support.
* There is a small community of Georgian-born people in Australia and modest trade relations.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/geor.pdf Georgia Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027171623/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/geor.pdf |date=27 October 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 18 August 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|India }}||1941||See [[Australia–India relations]]<ref>[[Foreign relations of India#Australia]]</ref>

[[File:Celebrating 75 years of friendship though cricket PM's together.jpg|thumb|Australian PM Albanese along with Indian PM [[Narendra Modi|Modi]] during the [[75 Years of Friendship through Cricket Event]].]]

* India established diplomatic relations with Australia in 1941, six years before its independence. The Australian Government subsequently supported the independence of India and Pakistan from the British Empire.<ref name=indopakistan>{{cite web|url=http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/meetpm.asp?pmId=16&pageName=inoffice|title=Ben Chifley|work=Australia's Prime Ministers|publisher=National Archives of Australia|access-date=26 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709150554/http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/meetpm.asp?pmId=16&pageName=inoffice|archive-date=9 July 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* India and Australia share close historical ties, with both countries being former British colonies and members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. They also share close sporting ties, with both countries sharing their passion for [[cricket]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/2288152/Harbhajan-Singh-handed-lengthy-ban.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|title=Harbhajan Singh handed lengthy ban|first=Nelson|last=Clare|date=7 January 2008|access-date=25 April 2010}}</ref> They also compete against each other in [[field hockey]] and in the [[Commonwealth Games]].
* Economic relations between the two nations is strong, with India being Australia's fourth largest export partner and the eighth largest trading partner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/indiaaustralia-trade-on-new-pitch/article4534548.ece|title=India-Australia trade on new pitch|author=Vinay Kamath, Swetha Kannan|work=The Hindu Business Line}}</ref>
* In 1963 Australia provide defence aid to India in the face of Chinese action.<ref>[http://www3.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1963/27.html "Exchange of Notes constituting an Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of India on Defence Aid to India ATS 27 of 1963 "] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414082155/http://www3.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1963/27.html |date=14 April 2017 }}. Australasian Legal Information Institute, Australian Treaties Library. Retrieved on 15 April 2017.</ref>
* In 2009, relations were strained between the two nations by [[Violence against Indians in Australia controversy|attacks on Indian students]] (termed ''Curry Bashings'') in [[Melbourne]].<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090531/wl_sthasia_afp/australiaindiacrimeeducation;_ylt=AkJrXO9YD_7e7LLPlwm.qquQOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTNhMzNvdHJ2BGFzc2V0Ay9hZnAvMjAwOTA1MzEvd2xfc3RoYXNpYV9hZnAvYXVzdHJhbGlhaW5kaWFjcmltZWVkdWNhdGlvbgRwb3MDMzcEc2VjA3luX3N1YmNhdF9saX Yahoo News] {{dead link|date=October 2016}}</ref> Police denied any racial motivation, but this was viewed differently by the [[Government of India]] leading to high-level meetings with Australian officials.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8075855.stm|title=BBC NEWS – Asia-Pacific – 'Race' attacks spark Indian rally|work=bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* The persistent refusal of Australia to sell uranium to India due to the latter not being a signatory to the [[Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons|NPT]] has also hampered bilateral relations. However, this policy was reversed in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-04/labor-delegates-debate-india-uranium-sale/3711512|title=Labor ends ban on uranium exports to India|work=ABC News|date=4 December 2011}}</ref>
* On 4 June 2020, India and Australia signed an agreement to provide access to one another's military bases, in order to help facilitate joint military exercises. Known as the Mutual Logistics Support Agreement, it allows each country to use the other's bases for the refuelling and maintenance of aircraft and naval vessels.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-australia-idUSKBN23B0LC|title=India and Australia sign military base and cyber accords|publisher=Reuters|date=4 June 2020|access-date=13 September 2020}}</ref> The agreement was reached over a virtual summit between Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and [[Scott Morrison]] due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/india-australia-sign-deal-military-bases-200604083007978.html|title=India and Australia sign deal to use each other's military bases|publisher=Aljazeera|date=4 June 2020|access-date=13 September 2020}}</ref>
* PM Albanese attended the [[75 Years of Friendship through Cricket Event]] hosted by PM Modi in March 2023 to celebrate 75 years of strong diplomatic and cricketing ties between the two nations. During this trip, Albanese visited New Delhi to attend the Australia-India Annual Leaders' Summit. During the visit, he also led a trade delegation, which included Trade Minister [[Don Farrell]] and Resources Minister [[Madeleine King]], after the implementation of the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) between Australia and India on 29 December 2022.
* Albanese attended the [[2023 G20 New Delhi summit]] in India.
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|{{flag|Indonesia }}||17 March 1950||See [[Australia–Indonesia relations]]

* Bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries are among their most important.
* Australia was supportive of Indonesian independence after [[World War II]], particularly after giving de facto recognition to the Republican government of Indonesia on 9 July 1947,<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1207574204/view?partId=nla.obj-1207685930#page/n7/mode/1up Diary of Events]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 18 No 6 (June–July 1947) page 335. Retrieved on 27 January 2024.</ref> and subsequently advocated for it in the United Nations.  Australia recognized the [[United States of Indonesia]] on 27 December 1949, immediately following the completion that day of transfer of sovereignty by the Netherlands.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1193326723/view?partId=nla.obj-1193449644#page/n43/mode/1up Australian Recognition of Indonesia]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 20 No 12 (December 1949), pages 1248–1249. Retrieved on 27 January 2024.</ref> Diplomatic relations were formally established on 17 March 1950 and the Australian consulate-general in Jakarta was raised to an embassy.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1185219638/view?partId=nla.obj-1185335697#page/n59/mode/1up Diplomatic Representation with Netherlands, Indonesia and Philippines]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 21 No 3 (March 1950), page 226. Retrieved on 27 January 2024.</ref> An Indonesian embassy was opened in Canberra in April 1950.
* Australia maintains an embassy in Jakarta (see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Indonesia]]) and consulates-general in Bali, Makassar and Surabaya.
* Indonesia maintains an embassy in Canberra (see [[List of ambassadors of Indonesia to Australia]]), consulates-general in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney and a consulate in Darwin.
* The relationship has gone through some strained periods, despite which both countries sought to avoid ruptures and Australia has maintained a significant development aid program since Indonesian independence.
* Throughout the 1950s Australia did not recognize Indonesian claims to [[Western New Guinea]] though by the early 1960s it became reconciled to Indonesian administration and recognized the results of the controversial 1969 [[Act of Free Choice]] whereby Indonesia assumed full sovereignty over the territory. While in subsequent decades the Australian government has taken care to reassure Indonesia with regard to its full support for Indonesian territorial integrity, there continues to be an important constituency within Australia supporting Western New Guinea self-determination and the switch of Australian policy on [[East Timor]] remains a cautionary example for Indonesian politicians.
* Australia vigorously supported Malaysia during the [[Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation]] during 1963–1966, contributing to the Commonwealth military forces supporting Malaysia. 
* Australia was suspicious of President [[Sukarno]]'s flirtation with the [[Communist Party of Indonesia]] and relations stabilized and grew closer following President [[Suharto]]'s rise to power in 1966 and adoption of a strong anti-communist stance. 
* Australia and Indonesia share the world's longest maritime boundary and are naturally close maritime partners. In 1971 and 1972, Australia and Indonesia agreed to maritime boundaries establishing the limits of their respective continental shelves. 
* The [[Whitlam government]] and [[Fraser government]] supported Indonesia's seizure of [[Portuguese Timor]] in 1975, and Australia granted de facto recognition in January 1978 and de jure recognition effectively by early 1979 when seabed boundary negotiations for the East Timor sector and Australian ministerial visits to the territory commenced.  This was not formally confirmed until the mid 1980s under the [[Hawke government]].<ref>[http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade/Completed_inquiries/1999-02/east_timor/report/index "Final Report on the Inquiry into East Timor"], Senate Report, Commonwealth Government of Australia, 7 December 2000, section 7.2</ref> The Timor Gap Zone of Co-operation Treaty was signed in December 1989. In late 1998, the [[Howard government]] advised Indonesia of a change in policy, advocating for a referendum in East Timor in which independence was an option. Public anger in Australia towards the Indonesian military and paramilitary violence in the province during the [[1999 East Timorese crisis]] was followed by an Australian-led international peace-keeping force taking control of the territory in the lead up to formal independence.
* Since the early 2000s the bilateral relationship has been on a stronger footing, despite the 2013 [[Australia–Indonesia spying scandal]]. 
* The [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]] prompted a significant humanitarian response from Australia, including a A$1 billion aid package for Indonesia from the Australian federal government supplemented by over A$150 million in aid from state government and private contributions. 
* Australia's development partnership with Indonesia has continued and the annual budget in 2022–23 was $307.3 million. An A$200 million Australia-Indonesia Climate and Infrastructure Partnership was announced by Prime Minister [[Anthony Albanese]] following his visit to Jakarta in June 2022.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/indonesia/indonesia-country-brief Indonesia Country Brief]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved on 27 January 2024.</ref>
* The Australia-Indonesia relationship was elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2018.  Regular high level dialogue is maintained through the Indonesia-Australia Annual Leaders' Meeting; Foreign and Defence Ministers' 2+2 Meeting; Ministerial Council on Law and Security; Economic, Trade and Investment Ministers' Meeting; Economic Policy Dialogue and the Ministerial Energy Dialogue. In February 2020 President [[Joko Widodo]] addressed the Australian Parliament during a state visit celebrating the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=australia dan indonesia merayakan 70 tahun hubungan diplomatik|url=https://mediaindonesia.com/read/detail/280020-australia-dan-indonesia-merayakan-70-tahun-hubungan-diplomatik|website=mediaindonesia.com|date=27 December 2019}}</ref>
* Security cooperation has been defined through a series of [[Australia–Indonesia Security Agreements]], most significantly the Lombok Treaty signed in 2006. Australia and Indonesia work closely together to combat people smuggling and human trafficking, including by co-chairing the [[Bali Process]] on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime.
* The Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) creates the framework to promote closer economic engagement between the two countries. In 2022 Australia's goods and services exports to Indonesia totaled A$14.6 billion and imports totaled A$8.7 billion including A$2.7 billion in Australian tourism earnings. In 2022 Australian investment in Indonesian stocks totaled just over A$3 billion, and Indonesian investment in Australian stocks totaled over A$800 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/indo-cef.pdf Indonesia Country Economic Fact Sheet]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved on 27 January 2024.</ref>
* There are long-standing family, cultural, sporting education, and tourism connections between the two nations. At the end of June 2021, 89,480 Indonesian-born people were living in Australia (see [[Indonesian Australians]]).<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-statistics/statistics/country-profiles/profiles/indonesia Permanent Migration from Indonesia]* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved on 27 January 2024.</ref> In 2022 almost 17,000 Indonesians were studying in Australia. The two countries are among the top destinations for tourism for each.<ref>*[https://indonesia.embassy.gov.au/jakt/MR16_042.html Australian and Indonesian Tourists Make History] Australian Embassy in Indonesia. Media Release 5 August 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2024.</ref>

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|{{flag|Iran }}||21 September 1968||See [[Australia–Iran relations]]
* On 29 June 1968 Australia announced that it had agreed with Iran to establish diplomatic relations.<ref>[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1266408163/view?partId=nla.obj-1266457432#page/n43/mode/1up Australian representation in Iran]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 39 No 6 (June 1968) page 266. Retrieved on 27 January 2024.</ref>  An Australian embassy was established in Tehran with the first Australian ambassador presenting credentials on 21 September 1968.<ref>{{cite web|title=It's complicated: a timeline of Australia–Iran relations in a historical perspective|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/BN/2012-2013/Aust-IranRelations|work=Parliament of Australia|access-date=24 August 2013|first=Nina|last=Markovic|date=9 May 2013}}</ref> Iran has had an embassy in Canberra since 1971.
* Governor-General [[Paul Hasluck]] attended the Iranian monarchy's 2500th anniversary celebrations in October 1971.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1127526959/view?partId=nla.obj-1127609534#page/n35/mode/1up Governor-General to Visit Iran]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 42 No 9 (September 1971) page 505. Retrieved 27 January 2024.</ref> The then Shah of Iran [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]] made a state visit to Australia in September 1974 to promote economic, scientific and political cooperation between the two countries.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919333331/view?partId=nla.obj-919361486#page/n24/mode/1up Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 45 No. 9 September 1974 pages 593–596]* National Library of Australia. Retrieved 31 July 2021</ref>  This was reciprocated in March 1975 by the visit of Australian Governor-General John Kerr.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-904644745/view?partId=nla.obj-904682847#page/n1/mode/1up Cover page description]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Vol. 46 No. 3 (March 1975) Index page. Retrieved 14 February 2022.</ref>
* Diplomatic relations have been maintained without interruption through the [[Iranian Revolution]] of 1979 and the replacement of the monarchy with an Islamic republic.
* Two-way trade has diminished in recent years but the value of Australia's two-way goods and services trade with Iran was $319 million in the 2019–20 financial year. Traditionally, Iran has been one of Australia's leading wheat export destinations, and other primary exports include wool and meat.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/iran/iran-country-brief Iran Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731103855/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/iran/iran-country-brief |date=31 July 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.  Retrieved 31 July 2021</ref>
* Australia, like most Western countries, has expressed concerns about Iran's human-rights record and its nuclear-weapons program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/iran/iran_country_brief.html|title=Iran|work=dfat.gov.au|access-date=15 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603152423/http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/iran/iran_country_brief.html|archive-date=3 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>  Although not a signatory to the agreement, Australia supports the objectives of the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]].  It continues to implement certain sanctions in respect of Iran, pursuant to UN Security Council resolution 2231 (2015) and Australia's autonomous sanctions regime.
* Migration from Iran to Australia has mainly occurred since the early 1980s and particularly in the 21st century. The 2016 census recorded 58,112 Iran-born people in Australia, with most settled in [[New South Wales]] and [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].<ref>*[Iran-born Community Information Summary]* Australian Department of Home Affairs.  Retrieved 31 July 2021.</ref>
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|{{flag|Iraq }}||2 December 1973||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 December 1973<ref name="Diplomatic relations with Iraq"/>
* Australia and Iraq have had relations in various forms since 1938, but formal diplomatic relations were established in December 1973, with the accreditation of the Australian Ambassador in [[Beirut]] on a non-resident basis.
* Australia opened an embassy in [[Baghdad]] in 1976 and Iraq established an embassy in Canberra in 1995. The Australian embassy closed in 1991 just prior to the start of the 1991 [[Gulf War]].  The Iraqi embassy closed in 2003 ahead of the US-led invasion.  Both countries reopened their embassies in 2004. Iraq has a Consulate-General in Sydney and the Kurdish Regional Government retains a representative office, also in Sydney.<ref name="Iraq Country Brief">*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/iraq/iraq-country-brief Iraq Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804114349/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/iraq/iraq-country-brief |date=4 August 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 4 August 2021.</ref>
* The relationship during the [[Saddam Hussein]] era was complex, particularly in the 1990s and early 2000s with Australian efforts to promote trading links competing, sometimes diametrically (see [[AWB oil-for-wheat scandal]]), with support for diplomatic and military actions against the Iraqi government.  Australian participation in the 1991 [[Gulf War]] was followed by the [[Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq]] as part of the United States-led coalition.  Bilateral relations have improved significantly following the fall of [[Saddam Hussein]] in 2003.
* Total merchandise trade between Australia and Iraq in 2018 – 2019 was over $201 million. Historically, Australia's primary commercial interest in Iraq has been wheat, which it has exported to Iraq for over 50 years.<ref name="Iraq Country Brief"/>
* Between 2003 and 2014, Australia provided $382 million in development and humanitarian assistance to Iraq to re-establish services to over 1.3 million people, including over half a million refugees and internally displaced people. This was in addition to $987 million in debt relief to support Iraq's transition to a stable and democratic nation after decades of war and dictatorship. Australia has worked in partnership with the Government of Iraq to improve the management of water, agriculture research, rural development, public sector governance, education, landmine clearance and basic services delivery.
* Australia is contributing to capacity building missions with the Iraqi Army, law enforcement personnel, the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service and the NATO Training Mission headquarters in Iraq.
* There is a sizeable Iraqi community in Australia. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics Migration Australia data, at 23 October 2017, 67,355 people born in Iraq were living in Australia. The resettlement of Iraqis who have fled their home country remains a priority within Australia's offshore Humanitarian Programme.<ref>*[https://iraq.embassy.gov.au/bdad/relations.html Australia-Iraq Relations]* Australian Embassy in Iraq "Australia-Iraq Relations".</ref> 
* In 2009 [[Nouri al-Maliki]] became the first Iraqi prime minister to visit Australia. He and then Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd signed a declaration to increase co-operation and to strengthen trade and investment ties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/iraq/iraq_country_brief.html|title=Iraq|work=dfat.gov.au|access-date=22 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603173320/http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/iraq/iraq_country_brief.html|archive-date=3 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In the post-Saddam era there have been frequent high level visits of Australian Governors-General and Prime Ministers to Iraq, combined with visits to Australian Defence Force personnel stationed in the country.
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|{{flag|Israel }}||11 May 1949
|See [[Australia–Israel relations]]
* Australia and Israel share a close relationship with significant people-to-people links and broad commercial engagement. Australia was the first country to vote in favour of the 1947 UN partition resolution, which ultimately led to the creation of Israel as a nation state.<ref>*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us3yqtCROt4 UN Palestine Partition Plan Vote]* YouTube.  Retrieved 4 August 2021</ref>
* The Australian Government formally recognised Israel on 28 January 1949.<ref>*[http://www.religion-science-peace.org/2014/11/22/australian-recognition-of-israel-2/ Australian recognition of Israel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804122029/http://www.religion-science-peace.org/2014/11/22/australian-recognition-of-israel-2/ |date=4 August 2021 }}* Religion, Science and Peace. Retrieved 4 August 2021</ref> The Australian [[Legation]] in Tel Aviv, and the Israeli [[Legation]] in Canberra, were both opened in that year.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/israel/Pages/israel-country-brief Israel Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801113654/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/israel/Pages/israel-country-brief |date=1 August 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.  Retrieved 4 August 2021</ref>  Diplomatic relations were raised to ambassadorial level in 1960.
* Australia is committed to a two-state solution in which Israel and a future Palestinian state co‑exist, in peace and security, within internationally recognised borders. In December 2018, Australia recognised West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel but this was reversed by the Albanese government in October 2022<ref>*[https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-drops-recognition-of-west-jerusalem-as-israeli-capital-20221017-p5bqic.html Australia drops recognition of West Jerusalem as Israeli capital]* Knott, M. (17 October 2022) Sydney Morning Herald.  Retrieved 17 October 2022.</ref><ref>*[https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/reversal-recognition-west-jerusalem Reversal of Recognition of West Jerusalem] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018142708/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/reversal-recognition-west-jerusalem |date=18 October 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 18 October 2022.</ref>
* The Australian-Jewish community, which numbers about 91,000 (2016 census), is an important element of Australia's relationship with Israel. There are approximately 10,000 Israeli-born people living in Australia and about 10–12,000 Australians living in Israel.
* Australia and Israel have a growing bilateral economic relationship. In 2019–20, two-way goods and services trade amounted to approximately $1.3 billion.  In February 2017, Australia and Israel signed a Technological Innovation Cooperation Agreement.  Since 2017, Australia and Israel have expanded cooperation on national security, defence and cyber security. 
* Israeli President [[Chaim Herzog]] made the first visit by a serving Israeli President to Australia in November 1986. This was followed in 2005 and 2020 by Presidents [[Moshe Katsav]] and [[Reuven Rivlin]]. In January 1987, Prime Minister [[Bob Hawke]] made the first visit to Israel by a serving Australian Prime Minister. This was followed by subsequent Prime Ministerial visits in 1995, 2000 and 2017. In February 2017, [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] became the first incumbent Israeli Prime Minister to visit Australia.<ref>*[https://aijac.org.au/media-release/background-to-the-visit-of-israeli-president-reuven-rivlin-to-australia/ Background to the Visit of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to Australia]* Australia-Israel and Jewish Affairs Council. Retrieved 4 August 2021.</ref>
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|{{flag|Japan }}||14 September 1940 (broken from 8 December 1941 to 28 April 1952)||See [[Australia–Japan relations]]

Australia-Japan relations are generally warm, substantial and driven by mutual interests, and have expanded beyond strong economic and commercial links to other spheres, including culture, tourism, defence and scientific co-operation.
* Australia has an embassy in [[Tokyo]] and consulates-general in [[Fukuoka]], [[Osaka]] and [[Sapporo]].
* Japan has an embassy in Canberra and consulates-general in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and a consular office in Cairns.
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|{{anchor|Jordan}}{{flag|Jordan }}||28 April 1975||
* Australia has an embassy in Amman, established in 1979 and Jordan has an embassy in Canberra, established in 1976.
* Australia and Jordan have long standing friendly relations reflected in diverse political, cultural and economic links.  His Majesty King Hussein made the first visit by an Arab Head of State to Australia in March 1976.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-893777178/view?partId=nla.obj-893815532#page/n40/mode/1up Visit to Australia by King and Queen of Jordan]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Vol. 47 No. 3 (March 1976) pages 148 – 151. Retrieved 18 August 2021</ref>  His Majesty King Abdullah visited in November 2016. Australian Governor-General [[Peter Cosgrove]] visited Jordan in October 2017. There have also been regular exchanges at senior ministerial level.
* In 2019–20, two‑way goods and services trade was $285 million (A$198 million in exports to Jordan and A$86 million in imports from Jordan).<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/jordan/jordan-country-brief Jordan Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818210342/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/jordan/jordan-country-brief |date=18 August 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 18 August 2021</ref>
*  Since 2017, as part of Australia's response to the Syria crisis, it has provided over A$105 million in support of refugees and their host communities in Jordan.
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|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}||22 June 1992 
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* Australia recognised Kazakhstan's independence on 26 December 1991<ref name="Australia recognizes the 11 republics but not Georgia" /> upon the dissolution of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] and established diplomatic relations the following year. 
* The Australian ambassador to Kazakhstan is accredited from [[Moscow]]. Australia opened an embassy in [[Almaty]] in 1995 but this closed in 1999 due to resource constraints. It has an honorary consulate in Almaty.
* Kazakhstan is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Singapore]].  It has a consulate-general in Sydney, opened in 2015, and honorary consulates in Melbourne and Perth. 
* There have been a number of high level visits between the two countries to sign co-operation agreements: Prime Minister [[Sergey Tereshchenko]] visited Australia in 1993; Governor-General [[Bill Hayden]] visited Kazakhstan in 1993; President [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] visited Australia in 1996. The countries signed an agreement on economic and commercial cooperation, which came into force on 2 June 2004. 
* Kazakhstan is Australia's leading trading partner in Central Asia, however, the level of trade remains modest. Two-way goods and services trade in 2020–21 was worth A$35.2 million. Australian investment in Kazakhstan totalled AUD131 million in 2021.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/kazakhstan/kazakhstan-country-brief Kazakhstan Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412105842/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/kazakhstan/kazakhstan-country-brief |date=12 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 12 April 2023.</ref>
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|{{flag|Kuwait}}||1 July 1974<ref name="ReferenceB"/>||

* Diplomatic relations between Australia and Kuwait were established in 1974 with the accreditation of the Australian ambassador in [[Riyadh]] on a non-resident basis.  Australia opened an embassy in Kuwait City in December 2004.
* Kuwait opened an embassy in Canberra in January 2002 and a Cultural Office in Canberra in 2008.
* Australia supported Kuwait's independence and territorial integrity with its contribution to the coalition force which in 1991 liberated Kuwait from the Iraqi occupation. 
* Kuwait's investments in Australia are estimated at over A$13.4 billion (2019). Two-way trade amounted to A$664 million in 2019. Kuwait is a significant market for Australian exports of wheat and live sheep. It is also an important market for Australian education and tourism services. About 1,000 Australians reside in Kuwait, employed mainly in the education, banking, oil and gas and security industries.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/kuwait/kuwait-country-brief Kuwait Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825195415/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/kuwait/kuwait-country-brief |date=25 August 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 25 August 2021</ref>
* In May 2016, the then Australian Governor-General [[Peter Cosgrove]] made a state visit to Kuwait.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/kuwait-city-kuwait-0 Governor-General's Program 1 May 2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026115144/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/kuwait-city-kuwait-0 |date=26 October 2021 }}* Australian Governor-General. Retrieved 25 August 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}|| ||
* Australia recognised Kyrgyzstan's independence on 26 December 1991<ref name="Australia recognizes the 11 republics but not Georgia" /> upon the dissolution of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] and established diplomatic relations the following year. 
* Australia is represented in Kyrgyzstan by its embassy in [[Moscow]].
* Kyrgyzstan is represented in Australia by its embassy in [[Tokyo]].  The first Kyrgyz ambassador presented credentials in September 2021.
 
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|{{flag|Laos}}||15 January 1952||

* Diplomatic relations between Australia and Laos were established in 1952 with the appointment of an Australian Minister, resident in [[Saigon]].<ref name="Australian Minister to Indo-China"/> This is the longest unbroken diplomatic relationship Laos has with any country.<ref name="Laos Country Brief">*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/laos/laos-country-brief Laos Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806220312/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/laos/laos-country-brief |date=6 August 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 6 August 2021</ref>
* Australia has an embassy in [[Vientiane]]. This was established as a [[legation]] in December 1960.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133924684|title=Minister for East|date=31 December 1960|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=ACT|page=3}}</ref>  Relations were raised to full Ambassadorial level in January 1963.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104256364|title=Mr Arthur Malcolm Morris|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=ACT|page=2|date=18 January 1963}}</ref>  The embassy has remained open throughout the political changes in Laos, in particular the abolition of the monarchy and establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in 1975.
* Laos has an embassy in Canberra.
* Australia is a long-standing development, trade and investment partner to Laos. In 2019–20 Australia provided $45 .3 million in total Official Development Assistance to Laos. This included $25 .6 million in bilateral funding. In February 2022, Australia committed to a substantial increase in assistance.<ref>*[https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/strengthening-australias-ties-laos Strengthening Australia's Ties with Laos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227093639/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/strengthening-australias-ties-laos |date=27 February 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 27 February 2022.</ref> 
* Two-way trade in goods and services was worth $13 9 million in 2019 -20. An agreement on the promotion and protection of investment between Australia and Laos has been in place since 1995. Australia and Laos are parties to the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA). The Australian Chamber of Commerce in Laos (AustCham Lao) was established in 2005 – the first international chamber of commerce in the country.<ref name="Laos Country Brief"/>
* At the time of the 2016 national census, more than 15,000 people in the Australian community identified as having Lao ancestry. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia was a favored destination for Lao students studying abroad.
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|{{flag|Lebanon }}||20 February 1967||

* Australia has an embassy in [[Beirut]].
* Lebanon has an embassy in Canberra.
* 74,000 Lebanese-born people live in Australia, mainly in Sydney, and there are more people of Lebanese descent including [[Marie Bashir]], [[Steve Bracks]] and [[Hazem El Masri]].
* Australia has a modest trade relationship with Lebanon and has also given foreign aid in the aftermath of the [[Lebanese civil war]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/lebanon/country_brief.html|title=Lebanon|work=dfat.gov.au|access-date=26 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628012248/http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/lebanon/country_brief.html|archive-date=28 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> of 1975–1990.
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|{{flag|Malaysia }}||31 August 1957||See [[Australia–Malaysia relations]]

* Australia has a high commission in [[Kuala Lumpur]].
* Malaysia has a high commission in Canberra.
* Both countries are full members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
* Both Australia and Malaysia are members of the [[Five Power Defence Arrangements]] and often participate in military exercises together.<ref name="5pda">{{cite web|url=http://www.defence.gov.au/defencemagazine/editions/200708_09/isip_fivepower.pdf|title=Archived copy|access-date=21 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605155454/http://www.defence.gov.au/defencemagazine/editions/200708_09/isip_fivepower.pdf|archive-date=5 June 2011}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Maldives }}||25 January 1974||

* Australia and Maldives have a long-standing friendly relationship, with common membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and the [[Indian Ocean Rim Association]].
* Diplomatic relations were formalized in early 1974, with Australia's first non-resident ambassador presenting credentials on 17 February 1974.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919279280/view?partId=nla.obj-919301517#page/n40/mode/1up Australian Relations with the Maldives]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 45 No. 2 (February 1974). Retrieved 12 April 2022.</ref>  With Maldives joining the Commonwealth of Nations in 1983 and rejoining in 2020 after its withdrawal in 2016, the two countries representatives have been high commissioners.
* Australia has a high commission in [[Malé]], opened in 2023.<ref>*[https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/high-commission-maldives High Commission in the Maldives] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407092432/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/high-commission-maldives |date=7 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Media Release 11 February 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.</ref><ref>*[https://maldives.highcommission.gov.au/#:~:text=Australian%20High%20Commission%20Level%205%2C%20JEN%20Maldives%20Mal%C3%A9,Australia%2C%20or%20%2B%2061%202%2062613305%20from%20overseas. Australian High Commission Maldives]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 21 June 2023.</ref> This was part of a series of measures initiated in 2022 by the Morrison Government to enhance Australia's bilateral relations in the North-East Indian Ocean sub-region.<ref>*[https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/australia-begins-step-it-northeast-indian-ocean Australia begins to step it up in the northeast Indian Ocean]* The Interpreter (Lowy Institute) 2 March 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.</ref>
* The Maldives high commissioner is accredited on a non-resident basis from [[Colombo]]. It has an honorary consulate-general in Melbourne.
* Total bilateral trade was A$160 million in 2018, of which A$46 million was Australian merchandise exports, mainly food and beverage. Australia is also a development partner, supporting projects related to climate change, governance and maritime safety, and is a significant source of educational scholarships to Maldivian students. The total Australian Official Development Assistance to Maldives in 2019–20 had a budget of A$2.6 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/maldives/Pages/maldives-country-brief Maldives Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827111946/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/maldives/Pages/maldives-country-brief |date=27 August 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 27 August 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|Mongolia}}||15 September 1972<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mongolia.embassy.gov.au/ulnb/factsheet.html|title=Australian Consulate-General in|first=corporateName= Department of Foreign Affairs and|last=Trade|website=mongolia.embassy.gov.au|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
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See [[Australia–Mongolia relations]]
* Australia recognised Mongolia as independent from the Republic of China (Taiwan) in February 1967, despite Taiwanese objections.<ref>{{cite book|author=Frame, Tom|author-link=Tom Frame (bishop)|title=The Life and Death of Harold Holt|publisher=Allen & Unwin|year=2005|isbn=1-74114-672-0|pages=288}}</ref>
* Australia and Mongolia established formal diplomatic relations in 1972 as part of a broadening of Australian relations with [[Comecon]] countries in the early 1970s.  Initially representation by both countries was on a non-resident basis.
* Australia opened a consulate-general in [[Ulaanbaatar]] in March 2012, and this was upgraded to an embassy in December 2015.  For a detailed history of Australian representation in Mongolia, see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Mongolia]].
* Mongolia maintains an embassy in Canberra, opened in 2008, and honorary consulates in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
*  Relations have grown stronger in recent years with free-market reforms in Mongolia. The focus of the bilateral relationship has primarily been on education, development assistance and commercial activities in Mongolia's resources sector. 
* The Governor-General of Australia [[Bill Hayden]] visited Mongolia in 1994, and the President of Mongolia [[Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat]] visited Australia in 1997. In February 2011, then-Prime Minister of Mongolia [[Sükhbaataryn Batbold]] became the first Mongolian head of government to visit Australia.
* Bilateral trade between Australia and Mongolia is modest. Two-way merchandise trade totalled $45.2 million in 2019–20, with Australian exports accounting for the majority of trade ($43.2 million).<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/mongolia/mongolia-country-brief Mongolia Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327035712/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/mongolia/mongolia-country-brief |date=27 March 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 29 March 2023.</ref> 
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|{{flag|Myanmar}}||1 August 1953||

* Australia has an embassy in [[Rangoon]].
* Myanmar has an embassy in Canberra.
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|{{flag|Nepal}}||15 February 1960 
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* Australia has an embassy in [[Kathmandu]], opened in 1984.
* Nepal has an embassy in Canberra, opened in March 2007,<ref>*[https://mofa.gov.np/nepal-australia-relations/ Nepal-Australia Relations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901122745/https://mofa.gov.np/nepal-australia-relations/ |date=1 September 2018 }}* Nepali Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 1 April 2023</ref> and honorary consulates-general in Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
* Australia and Nepal have had a long-standing friendly bilateral relationship under both royal and republican Nepalese governments. King [[Mahendra of Nepal]] made a state visit to Australia in April 1971<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1127526853/view?partId=nla.obj-1127564169#page/n62/mode/1up Conferences and Shorter Notes]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 42 No 4 (April 1971) page 205. Retrieved 10 March 2024.</ref> and his son King Birendra made a state visit to Australia in September 1985.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1283877550/view?partId=nla.obj-1284005681#page/n95/mode/1up Visit by the King of Nepal]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 56 No. 9 (September 1985) pages 894–895. Retrieved 4 April 2023.</ref> In February 1975 Australian Governor-General [[John Kerr (governor-general)|John Kerr]] visited Nepal to attend the coronation of King [[Birendra of Nepal]], one of the first overseas representational visits of its kind by any Australian Governor-General outside the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-905392764/view?partId=nla.obj-905417186#page/n21/mode/1up The Governor-General visits South Asia]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 46 No. 5 (May 1975) page 244. Retrieved 4 April 2023.</ref>
* There is a large community of Nepalis in Australia. At the end of June 2020, 131,830 Nepalese−born people were living in Australia, and over 55,000 Nepali international students were studying in Australia in 2022.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/nepal/nepal-country-brief Nepal Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401115939/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/nepal/nepal-country-brief |date=1 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 1 April 2023.</ref>
* Australia is a development partner and source of disaster-relief assistance to Nepal. In 2022–23, Australia is budgeted to provide an estimated A$26.6 million in official development assistance. 
* Bilateral trade totaled approximately A$2.34 billion in 2021, mostly Australian exports of educational services.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/nepa-cef.pdf Nepal Country Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401115939/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/nepa-cef.pdf |date=1 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 1 April 2023.</ref> 
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|{{flag|North Korea}}||31 December 1974, broken 30 October 1975, Restored 8 May 2000||See [[Australia–North Korea relations]]

* Relations between the two countries have historically been either overtly hostile or limited and subject to periodic stress.  Australia and North Korea were on opposite sides of the [[Cold War]] and Australia pursued a policy of non-recognition of the DPRK until 1974.  Australia was one of 21 countries that supported South Korea during the Korean War in 1950 – 1953 (see [[Australia in the Korean War]]). 
* A brief opening of relations in the mid-1970s began with mutual recognition and the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1974.  A DPRK embassy was opened in Canberra in December 1974 but it was summarily closed without notice in October 1975. An Australian embassy was opened in Pyongyang in April 1975, however it was expelled in early November 1975 shortly after the closure of the DPRK embassy.  While reasons were never fully explained, it appears that North Korea took exception to Australian positions on UN votes on the Korean question around that time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131793683|title=North Korean post not changed|first=Frank|last=Cranston|date=3 November 1976|page=10|work=The Canberra Times|location=ACT}}</ref>    
* Diplomatic relations resumed in 2000 with the accreditation of Australia's ambassador in [[Beijing]]. The DPRK embassy was re-opened in Canberra in 2002 but closed again in 2009, ostensibly for budgetary reasons. 
* Since August 2008, the Australian ambassador in [[Seoul]] is accredited to North Korea.  
* North Korea's ambassador in [[Jakarta]] is accredited to Australia.
* Despite the resumption in formal diplomatic relations, bilateral engagement has been effectively limited due to North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs and reports of significant human rights violations. 
* In 2003, in an event called the [[Pong Su incident|''Pong Su'' incident]], the North Korean ship ''Pong Su'' was discovered in Australian waters while its crew members were smuggling [[heroin]]. The ship attempted an escape and was taken over by the Australian commandos after a four-day chase.   
* As part of autonomous and multilateral sanctions, Australia has limited issuance of visas for North Korean citizens,  North Korean ships have been banned from Australia's ports and Australian imports and exports to North Korea have been significantly limited. 
* On 22 April 2017, North Korea threatened Australia with a nuclear strike if it kept supporting US policies seeking to isolate the nation.<ref>*[https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/north-korea-threatens-to-nuke-australia-report/bhqydjjxj North Korea Threatens to Nuke Australia: Report]* SBS News April 23, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2024.</ref> 
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|{{flag|Oman }}||<!--Date started-->1981||

* The Australian ambassador in [[Riyadh]] is accredited to Oman on a non-resident basis.  Australia has an honorary consulate in [[Muscat]].
* Oman established an embassy in Canberra in January 2024.
* Australia and Oman cooperate closely in the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA).
* Australia's two-way goods and services trade with Oman totalled $615.0 million in 2018–19. Australia's principle exports include meat, wheat and livestock. There are eight formal agreements between Australian and Omani universities to facilitate student and academic exchange, and research collaboration. The Sultan of Oman Endowed Chair in Arab and Islamic Studies was established in 2003 at the University of Melbourne.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/oman/oman-country-brief Oman Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825192430/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/oman/oman-country-brief |date=25 August 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 25 August 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|Pakistan }}||8 March 1948||See [[Australia–Pakistan relations]]

* Relations with Pakistan started before partition.  Australia supported India and Pakistan's independence.<ref name=indopakistan />
* In 1960, Australia provided A£11 million in aid to Pakistan as part of the [[Indus Waters Treaty]].<ref>[http://www3.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1964/14.html "Indus Basin Development Fund (Supplemental) Agreement, 1964 ATS 14 of 1964 "] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414084050/http://www3.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1964/14.html |date=14 April 2017 }}. Australasian Legal Information Institute, Australian Treaties Library. Retrieved on 15 April 2017.</ref>
* The relations between the two countries have been friendly, with former Pakistani President [[Pervez Musharraf]] having visited Australia in 2005<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4090688.stm|title=BBC NEWS – South Asia – Musharraf on key Australia visit|work=bbc.co.uk}}</ref> and the former Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, also having extended a visit to Pakistan in 2005 as well, following the [[2005 Kashmir earthquake]] which had immensely targeted the northern areas of Pakistan. He also announced 500 new scholarships for students in Pakistan to study in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ausaid.gov.au/hottopics/topic.cfm?ID=7971_9253_3488_4613_717|title=Australia's aid program|work=ausaid.gov.au|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417033635/http://www.ausaid.gov.au/hottopics/topic.cfm?ID=7971_9253_3488_4613_717|archive-date=17 April 2012}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Palestine }}||No diplomatic relations||

* Australia recognized Palestinian statehood on 21 September 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 September 2025 |title=Australia formally recognises state of Palestine as Anthony Albanese arrives in US |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-21/australia-formally-recognises-state-of-palestine/105799238 |work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=21 September 2025}}</ref>
* Australia has a Representative Office in [[Ramallah]], opened in September 2000, and the Palestinian Authority has a Representative Office in Canberra.
* Palestinian migration to Australia has tended to reflect events in Israel and the Middle East. Migration waves occurred during the 1948 Arab-Israel War, 1967 Arab-Israel War and occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and war in Lebanon in the 1970s and 1980s. Another wave of migration to Australia occurred following the 1991 Gulf War. The 2016 Australian census recorded 2,932 residents born in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-gaza-strip-and-west-bank.PDF Gaza Strip and West Bank-born Community Information Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320062833/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-gaza-strip-and-west-bank.PDF |date=20 March 2023 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 1 April 2023.</ref> However, there is a larger diaspora of Palestinians born in Israel or in Arab countries in which they were born or first settled as refugees before migrating to Australia.  Over 13,000 Australian residents identify themselves as having Palestinian ancestry.<ref>* 
[https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/palestinian-culture/palestinian-culture-palestinians-in-australia Palestinians in Australia]* SBS Cultural Atlas. Retrieved 1 April 2023.</ref> See also [[Palestinian Australians]].
* Australia provides development and humanitarian assistance to the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The Australian Government has budgeted an estimated A$27.1 million to the Palestinian Territories in 2022–23, of which A$10 million is allocated to [[UNRWA]].<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/palestinian-territories Palestinian Territories] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401112158/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/palestinian-territories |date=1 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 1 April 2023.</ref> 
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|{{flag|Philippines}}||17 March 1950||See [[Australia–Philippines relations]]

* Australia and the Philippines have long-standing links dating back to the 19th century, including wartime alliance during [[World War II]].
* The Philippines government evacuated to Australia in March 1942 following the Japanese invasion.  Before departing for the United States, President [[Manuel L. Quezon]] met with Prime Minister [[John Curtin]] and the Commonwealth War Advisory Council in Melbourne<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-890455204/view?partId=nla.obj-890465092#page/n15/mode/1up The Philippines Government]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 13 No 2 (1 August 1942) pages 38–39. Retrieved 16 January 2024.</ref>  Australian military forces subsequently contributed to the liberation of the Philippines from Japanese occupation.
* Australia established a consulate-general in Manila in May 1946, prior to the Philippines' independence from the United States.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1208912482/view?partId=nla.obj-1208977614#page/n41/mode/1up Diplomatic and Consular List]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 17 No 5 (May 1946) page 274. Retrieved 16 January 2024.</ref> This was reciprocated by the Philippines in February 1948. 
* Formal diplomatic relations were established on 17 March 1950 when both countries raised their consulates-general to legations.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1185219638/view?partId=nla.obj-1185335697#page/n59/mode/1up Diplomatic Representation with the Netherlands, Indonesia and Philippines]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 21 No 3 (March 1950) page 226. Retrieved 16 January 2024.</ref> Relations were raised to ambassadorial level on 6 December 1955.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1127280985/view?partId=nla.obj-1127373346#page/n62/mode/1up Australian Representation in Asia]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 26 No 12 (December 1955) page 857. Retrieved 16 January 2024.</ref>
* Australia has an embassy in [[Manila]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philippines.embassy.gov.au/|title=Home – Australian Embassy|work=embassy.gov.au}}</ref>
* Philippines has an embassy in Canberra, consulates general in Sydney and Melbourne, an honorary consulate general in Darwin and honorary consulates in Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart and Perth.
* There are regular official exchanges of leadership visits. Prime Minister [[Robert Menzies]] became the first Australian Prime Minister to make an official visit to the Philippines in April 1957, at which time he was given the honor to address a joint session of the Philippines Congress. President [[Ferdinand Marcos]]'s visit to Australia in December 1967 to attend a memorial service for [[Harold Holt]] has been followed since by a number of Presidential visits to Australia. On 29 February 2024, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr became the first Philippine President to address a joint session of the Australian Parliament.<ref>*[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-29/philippines-president-ferdinand-marcos-china-albanese-dutton-/103526654 President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr deepens maritime ties with Australia as he vows not to yield an inch to China]* ABC News 29 February 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.</ref>
* In September 2023, during the most recent official visit of Prime Minister [[Anthony Albanese]], Australia and the Philippines elevated their longstanding relationship to a Strategic Partnership.<ref>*[https://pco.gov.ph/news_releases/ph-australia-elevate-ties-with-new-joint-declaration-on-strategic-partnership/ PH, Australia elevate ties with new 'Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership']* Office of the President of the Philippines 8 September 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.</ref>
* Since the 1970s a significant community of Philippines-born residents and their descendants has grown in Australia. Over 400,000 Australians have Filipino heritage. Australia is the number one destination for Filipino students studying abroad. In 2022, 17,976 Filipino students studied in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/philippines/philippines-country-brief Philippines Country Brief]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 16 January 2024.</ref>
* The two countries are important trade partners.  In 2021–22, Australia's two-way trade with the Philippines was valued at A$8.2 billion.
* The development cooperation partnership has a longstanding focus on education, peace and security, and disaster and climate resilience. In 2023–24 total overseas development assistance to the Philippines is estimated at A$89.9 million.  Long term military ties were augmented in 2019 under an Enhanced Defence Cooperation Program.

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|{{flag|Qatar }}||1 May 1980||

* Australia and Qatar established diplomatic relations on 1 May 1980.<ref name="Diplomatic and Consular Relations">*[http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUYrBkIntLaw/1980/19.html Diplomatic and Consular Relations]{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}* Australian Year Book of International Law (1978–1980) page 292. Retrieved 25 August 2021</ref>
* Australia has an embassy in Doha, opened in November 2016.<ref>*[https://www.dohanews.co/australian-embassy-officially-opens-in-qatar/ Australian embassy officially opens in Qatar]* Doha News 18 November 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2021</ref>  Prior to then the Australian ambassadors in [[Riyadh]] and later [[Abu Dhabi]] were accredited on a non-resident basis.
* Qatar has an embassy in Canberra, opened in 2012.  Prior to then the Qatari ambassador in [[Tokyo]] was accredited on a non-resident basis.
* Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were extensive aviation links between the countries, with Qatar serving as a major air route for Australians travelling to the Middle East and Europe. [[Qatar Airways]] provided daily direct flights between Doha and Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide. Around 3,000 Australians reside in Qatar and prior to the pandemic nearly 40,000 Australians visited Qatar annually.<ref name="Qatar Country Brief">*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/qatar/qatar-country-brief Qatar Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825141544/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/qatar/qatar-country-brief |date=25 August 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 25 August 2021</ref>
* The two countries are important trading and investment partners, with two-way goods and services trade worth A$2.1 billion in 2018. The Qatar Investment Authority and its subsidiaries have invested around $3 billion in Australia.  A Memorandum of Understanding on Higher Education, Research and Vocational Training was signed in 2016, and significant research links have developed between Australian Universities and Qatari institutions.<ref name="Qatar Country Brief"/>
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|{{flag|Saudi Arabia }}||15 January 1974||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 January 1974<ref name="ReferenceC"/>
See [[Australia–Saudi Arabia relations]]

* Saudi Arabia is one of Australia's most important trading partners in the Middle East; two-way trade was valued at $1.9&nbsp;billion in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2012/bc_mr_120625d.html|title=Australia strengthens Middle East relations|author=Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|work=foreignminister.gov.au}}</ref>
* Australia has an embassy in [[Riyadh]].
* Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Canberra.
* A large number of Saudi students choose to study in Australia, mostly under the [[King Abdullah Scholarship Program]]. In 2009, 12,500 Saudi students enrolled in Australian educational institutions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/saudi_arabia/saudi_brief.html|title=Saudi Arabia|work=dfat.gov.au|access-date=15 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603172633/http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/saudi_arabia/saudi_brief.html|archive-date=3 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Australians in Saudi Arabia are a sizeable community consisting mainly of up to 5,000 with the majority based in major commercial centres such as Riyadh and Jeddah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southern-cross-group.org/archives/Statistics/Numbers_of_Australians_Overseas_in_2001_by_Region_Feb_2002.pdf|title=ESTIMATES OF AUSTRALIAN CITIZENS LIVING OVERSEAS (as at December 2001)|website=Southern-cross-group.org|access-date=22 October 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720101723/http://www.southern-cross-group.org/archives/Statistics/Numbers_of_Australians_Overseas_in_2001_by_Region_Feb_2002.pdf|archive-date=20 July 2008}}</ref>
* A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Canberra between Australia-Saudi Business Council<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australiasaudicouncil.com.au/greater-business-opportunities-with-establishment-of-australia-saudi-business-council-3/|title=A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Canberra between Australia-Saudi Business Council &#124; Australia Saudi Business CouncilAustralia Saudi Business Council|website=Australiasaudicouncil.com.au|access-date=22 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023055039/http://australiasaudicouncil.com.au/greater-business-opportunities-with-establishment-of-australia-saudi-business-council-3/|archive-date=23 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Official Press Agency stated on Apr,14,2015 that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Australia are Discussing Developing Cooperation Ties<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australiasaudicouncil.com.au/bulletins/kingdom-of-saudi-arabia-australia-discuss-developing-cooperation-ties/|title=Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Australia Discuss Developing Cooperation Ties, Saudi Press Agency &#124; Australia Saudi Business CouncilAustralia Saudi Business Council|website=Australiasaudicouncil.com.au|date=14 April 2015|access-date=22 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023060151/http://australiasaudicouncil.com.au/bulletins/kingdom-of-saudi-arabia-australia-discuss-developing-cooperation-ties/|archive-date=23 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Australia have improved and progressed significantly in recent years and moved from normal relations to relations of mutual trust and partnership in various fields.<ref name="embassies.mofa.gov.sa">{{cite web|url=http://embassies.mofa.gov.sa/sites/australia/EN/AboutHostingCountry/SaudiRelations/Pages/default.aspx|title=Saudi Relations with Australia &#124; kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Ministry of Foreign Affairs|website=Embassies.mofa.gov.sa|access-date=22 October 2016|archive-date=20 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020135154/http://embassies.mofa.gov.sa/sites/australia/EN/AboutHostingCountry/SaudiRelations/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [http://embassies.mofa.gov.sa/sites/australia/EN/AboutHostingCountry/SaudiRelations/Pages/default.aspx Saudi Arabia's Foreign Affairs statement on Australian-Saudi Arabian relations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305080209/http://embassies.mofa.gov.sa/sites/australia/EN/AboutHostingCountry/SaudiRelations/Pages/default.aspx |date=5 March 2016 }}
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|{{flag|Singapore}}||18 August 1965||See [[Australia–Singapore relations]]

* Australia has a high commission in [[Singapore]].
* Singapore has a high commission in Canberra.
* Both countries are full members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
* Both Australia and Singapore are members of the [[Five Power Defence Arrangements]] and often participate in military exercises together.<ref name="5pda"/>
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|{{flag|South Korea }}||30 October 1961||See [[Australia–South Korea relations]]

The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Commonwealth of Australia began on 30 October 1961.<ref name="koremau" />
* Australia and South Korea have great and good diplomatic relations.
** Australian embassy in [[Seoul]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://southkorea.embassy.gov.au/seol/home.html|title=Australian Embassy in|first=corporateName= Department of Foreign Affairs and|last=Trade|website=southkorea.embassy.gov.au|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
** South Korean embassy in Canberra.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/au-ko/index.do|title=주호주 대한민국 대사관|website=overseas.mofa.go.kr|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
** Korean consulate general in Sydney.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/au-sydney-ko/index.do|title=주시드니 대한민국 총영사관|website=overseas.mofa.go.kr|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
** Korean consulate in Melbourne.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/au-melbourne-ko/index.do|title=주호주연방 대한민국 대사관 멜번 분관|website=overseas.mofa.go.kr|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> 
** Korean consular office in Brisbane.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/au-brisbane-ko/index.do|title=주브리즈번 대한민국 출장소|website=overseas.mofa.go.kr|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
* Both countries are a member state of the [[MIKTA]]. 
* Economic ties has been strengthened while trade value between the two reached $18&nbsp;billion in 2007 [[Australia–Korea Free Trade Agreement]] ([[KAFTA]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aus-act.mofat.go.kr/kor/as/aus-act/legation/greetings/index.jsp|title=?? 二??몄＜ ????誘쇨뎅 ???ш? ??|access-date=6 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218121722/http://aus-act.mofat.go.kr/kor/as/aus-act/legation/greetings/index.jsp|archive-date=18 February 2012}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Sri Lanka }}||4 February 1948
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* Bilateral relations are generally warm, supported by trade, investment flows, education, immigration and other [[Economic development|development]] co-operations. Australia is also a member in helping the economic and social development of [[Sri Lanka]].
* In 2007 a two-way trade agreement was created between Australia and Sri Lanka valued at $232&nbsp;million a year. The trade agreement includes exports from Australia such as vegetables and dairy products. Tea and other foods, textiles, clothing, rubber, iron and steel which are the main imports from Sri Lanka.
* In 2008–09 the estimated budget for aid to Sri Lanka is $27&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/sri_lanka/sri_lanka_country_brief.html|title=Sri Lanka|work=dfat.gov.au}}</ref>
[http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/sri_lanka/sri_lanka_country_brief.html Sri Lanka Country Brief]
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|{{flag|Syria }}||<!--Date started-->1975 || See [[Australia–Syria relations]]

* Australia and Syria established diplomatic relations in 1975 when the Australian ambassador in Lebanon was accredited concurrently as non-resident ambassador to Syria.<ref>{{citation|chapter-url=http://www.mq.edu.au/research/centres_and_groups/centre_for_middle_east_north_african_studies/research/materials/the_legacy_of_suez/chapter_2/|first=Pierre|last=Hutton|date=1996|title=The Legacy of Suez|chapter=Chapter 2: Iraq, Syria and Jordan|publisher=Macquarie University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118225836/http://www.mq.edu.au/research/centres_and_groups/centre_for_middle_east_north_african_studies/research/materials/the_legacy_of_suez/chapter_2/|archive-date=18 November 2016}}</ref>
* An Australian embassy was opened in Damascus in 1977.  Syria opened an embassy in Canberra in the early 2000s.  Until the start of the current [[Syrian Civil War]] in 2011, the two countries enjoyed good relations, supported by people-to-people links.
* Since 2011, Australia has imposed autonomous sanctions in relation to Syria "to reflect Australia's grave concern at the Syrian regime's deeply disturbing and unacceptable use of violence against its people".<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/international-relations/security/sanctions/sanctions-regimes/syria-sanctions-regime Syria Sanctions Regime] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609154027/https://www.dfat.gov.au/international-relations/security/sanctions/sanctions-regimes/syria-sanctions-regime |date=9 June 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 7 October 2022</ref> In May 2012, in response to a civilian massacre in Houla, the Syrian chargé d'affaires and another diplomat based in Canberra were expelled, and Syria closed its embassy in June 2012.<ref>*[https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6167355/syria-closes-australian-embassy/ Syria Closes Australian embassy]* Canberra Times. Retrieved 7 October 2022.</ref>
* There is currently no exchange of diplomats between the countries but Syria maintains an honorary consulate in Sydney.
* The 2016 Australian census recorded 15,321 Syrian-born residents, including a wave of migrants arriving since 2011 under the Humanitarian Program.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-syria.PDF Syrian-born Community Information Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407183051/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-syria.PDF |date=7 April 2024 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 7 October 2022.</ref>
* In response to the ongoing crisis in Syria, Australia has provided about $525 million in humanitarian support since 2011, including the $249 million, four-year Syria Crisis Humanitarian and Resilience Package (2017–20).<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/syria/syria-humanitarian-response Syria Humanitarian Response] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007112725/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/syria/syria-humanitarian-response |date=7 October 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 7 October 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Taiwan }}||16 September 1941 – 22 December 1972||See [[Australia–Taiwan relations]]

* Australia does not have diplomatic relations with Taiwan, in conjunction with its recognition in December 1972 of the People's Republic of China (PRC) as the sole legitimate government of China. 
* Prior to that, Australia had recognised the government of the Republic of China, based on Taiwan since 1949.
* The first Chinese Consul-General to Australia arrived in Melbourne in 1909, but it wasn't until 1921 that Australia established representation in China through a trade commissioner, an effort that was disbanded the following year.<ref>*[https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-247-australias-diplomatic-relations-with-china.pdf Australia's Diplomatic Relations with China] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924065920/https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-247-australias-diplomatic-relations-with-china.pdf |date=24 September 2021 }}* National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2021</ref>
* [[Lin Sen]], Chairman of the National Government of China and figurehead head of state, made the first visit by a Chinese head of state to Australia in 1931–32.<ref name="PaulJones">Jones, P., "The View from the Edge: Chinese Australians and China, 1890 to 1949", in Ferrall, C. et al. (ed.) (2005), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=v0fLyrenenAC East by South: China in the Australasian Imagination]'', pp.46ff</ref>
* Formal diplomatic relations with the Republic of China date from 1941 with the first exchange of Ministers. The Australian legation was based in Chongqing and after the war in Nanjing.  Relations were upgraded to Ambassadorial level in June 1948 but the embassy closed in October 1949 following the Communist victory.
* Cold War fears of Communism characterized Australia's relations with China over the next two decades, with Australia refusing to recognise the Communist government of the PRC in Beijing, continuing to recognizing the Chiang Kai–shek administration on Taiwan as representing the Government of the Republic of China, and maintaining accreditation of a Republic of China embassy in Australia.<ref>*[https://wragge.github.io/dfat-documents-web/volumes/volume-22-australia-and-recognition-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china-1949-1972/69-minute-from-birch-to-tange/ Australian Representation in Formosa]* Documents on Australian Foreign Policy Volume 22 Document No. 69 dated 30 April 1957. Retrieved 13 August 2021</ref>  However the [[Robert Menzies]] government was reluctant to open an embassy on Taiwan.  This finally occurred under the [[Harold Holt]] government in 1966.<ref>*[https://wragge.github.io/dfat-documents-web/volumes/volume-22-australia-and-recognition-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china-1949-1972/116-cabinet-decision-no-251/ Cabinet Decision No. 251]* Documents on Australian Foreign Policy Volume 22 Document No. 116 dated 17 May 1966. Retrieved 13 August 2021</ref>  The embassy in Taipei and the Republic of China embassy in Canberra were closed in early 1973 following Australia's switch of recognition to the PRC.
* Nevertheless, Australia supports Taiwan's participation in international organisations and encourages private investment.  An [[Australian Office in Taipei]], dating from 1981, represents Australian interests in Taiwan.
* Taiwan has four economic and cultural offices in Australia, in Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney.
* Taiwan and Australia share a wide range of people-to-people links developed through business and tourism-related travel, academic exchanges, and Australia's Working Holiday Maker Scheme.
* The two countries have a large trade relationship. Taiwan was Australia's 12th largest trading partner in 2020, worth $16.1 billion. Taiwan was Australia's ninth largest merchandise export market in 2020, worth $10 billion.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/taiwan/australia-taiwan-relationship Australia-Taiwan Relationship] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908173840/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/taiwan/australia-taiwan-relationship |date=8 September 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 13 August 2021</ref>
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* Australia recognised Tajikistan's independence on 26 December 1991<ref name="Australia recognizes the 11 republics but not Georgia" /> upon the dissolution of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] and established diplomatic relations the following year. 
* Australia is represented in Tajikistan by its embassy in [[Moscow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/tajikistan/Pages/tajikistan.aspx|title=Tajikistan|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref> 
* Tajikistan has not yet established representation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Thailand }}||<!--Date started-->19 December 1952||See [[Australia–Thailand relations]]

* Australia and Thailand have long standing friendly relations that go back to the early years of Australian nationhood. Official exchanges accelerated in the shadow of the Second World War.  In November 1940, a Thai goodwill mission visited New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.<ref>Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 9 No 10 (15 November 1940) page 266;  Vol 9 No 11 (1 December 1940) pages 326–327.</ref> Prime Minister [[Robert Menzies]] visited Thailand in January 1941 on his way to Britain, meeting with the Thai Prime Minister.<ref>Dark and Hurried Days: Menzies' 1941 Diary</ref>
* Following the Japanese invasion on 8 December 1941 Thailand dropped its neutrality, entered into a military alliance with Japan and declared war on Britain and the United States in January 1942.  Australia formally declared war on Thailand on 2 March 1942.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-891510560/view?partId=nla.obj-891529762#page/n28/mode/1up Declaration of War on Thailand]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 12 No 4 (March 1942), page 110. Retrieved 1 March 2024.</ref> The state of war ended on 1 January 1946 with an exchange of letters<ref>* [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1208824466/view?partId=nla.obj-1208873047#page/n2/mode/1up] Diary of Events]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 17 No 2 (February 1946) page 53. Retrieved 1 March 2024.</ref> and a Peace Treaty was signed in Bangkok on 3 April 1946.<ref>*[https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1946/13.html Final Peace Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Siam]* Australian Treaty Series 1946 No. 13. Retrieved 1 March 2024.</ref>
* An Australian consulate-general was opened in Bangkok in September 1946. Diplomatic relations were formally established on 21 October 1951 with the raising of the consulate-general to a legation.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1193127883/view?partId=nla.obj-1193153366#page/n4/mode/1up Diary of Events]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 22 No 10 (October 1951) page 525. Retrieved 1 March 2024.</ref>  The first Australian minister was appointed in April 1952. A Thai legation was subsequently opened in Canberra.
* Diplomatic relations were raised to ambassadorial level on 6 December 1955.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1127280985/view?partId=nla.obj-1127373346#page/n62/mode/1up Australian Representation in Asia]*Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 25 No 12 (December 1955) pages pages 800, 857, 870. Retrieved 1 March 2024.</ref>
* Australia is represented through its embassy in Bangkok and a consulate-general in Phuket.  For more detail on the history of Australian representation see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Thailand]].
* Thailand is represented through its embassy in Canberra, a consulate-general in Sydney, honorary consulates-general in Adelaide and Perth and an honorary consulate in Melbourne.
* During the [[Cold War]] Australia and Thailand were close allies and Australia was a significant development partner. Since 1957, when Prime Minister Menzies made his first post-war visit to Thailand, there have been regular high level political exchanges. His Majesty [[King Bhumibol Adulyadej]]'s state visit to Australia in August–September 1962, was the first by a foreign reigning monarch.  Governor General [[David Hurley]] undertook a state visit to Thailand in February 2024.<ref>*[https://www.mfa.go.th/en/content/officialvisitofgovernorgeneralaustralia-2?page=5d5bd3da15e39c306002aaf9&menu=5d5bd3cb15e39c306002a9b0 Official Visit to the Kingdom of Thailand]* Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.</ref>
* On 13 November 2020, the Australian and Thai Prime Ministers signed a Joint Declaration elevating the Australia-Thailand bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership.
* There is a significant Thai community in Australia.  The 2016 Australian census recorded 66,229 Thailand-born residents.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-thailand.PDF Thailand-born Community Information Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226215845/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-thailand.PDF |date=26 February 2024 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 1 March 2024.</ref>
* Australia and Thailand enjoy a substantial commercial relationship, underpinned by the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA). Two-way trade in goods and services was worth approximately $30.8 billion in 2022–23.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/thailand/thailand-country-brief Thailand Country Brief]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 1 March 2024.</ref>

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||{{Flag|Timor-Leste}}||20 May 2002||See [[Australia–East Timor relations]]
[[File:Hands off Timorese Oil - Brisbane May Day 2017 parade.jpg|thumb|Protesters in Brisbane protesting [[Australia–East Timor relations|Australia's claim on East Timorese oil]], 1 May 2017]]
* Australia and Timor-Leste are near neighbours with close political and trade ties. Timor-Leste, one of the poorest countries in Asia, lies about {{convert|610|km}} northwest of the Australian city of [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] and Australia has played a prominent role in the young republic's history. Despite earlier recognizing ''de jure'' the Indonesian incorporation of [[Portuguese Timor]] following its 1975 occupation, Australia was in the front-line of support for Timor-Leste's transition and led the military force that helped stabilise the country after it chose independence from [[Indonesia]] in 1999.  Australia remains Timor-Leste's largest development and security partner.
* Australia has an embassy in [[Dili]].
* Timor-Leste has an embassy in Canberra, consulates-general in Darwin and Sydney, and honorary consulates in Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne and Perth.
* There is a small Timorese diaspora in Australia, mainly from migration following the Indonesian occupation from 1975 onwards. The Australian 2016 Census recorded 9,238 Timor-Leste-born people in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-timor-Leste.PDF Timor-Leste-born Community Information Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314113208/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-timor-Leste.PDF |date=14 March 2023 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 20 March 2023.</ref>
* The 2018 Maritime Boundary Treaty is an historic agreement between Australia and Timor-Leste to settle a long-running dispute over the sharing of rights over lucrative natural gas fields in the sea between the two countries. Prior negotiations and treaty agreements following Timor-Leste's independence had been contentious, exacerbated by the [[Australia–East Timor spying scandal]] and its aftermath which reflected poorly on successive Australian governments.
* In 2019–20, two-way merchandise trade between Australia and Timor-Leste was worth $73 million, mostly Australian exports.  Australia's main import from Timor-Leste is coffee.
* There are regular high level political visits between the two countries. The most recent have been the visit of Australian Governor-General [[David Hurley]] in May 2022 for the inauguration of President [[José Ramos-Horta]] and a visit to Australia by President Ramos-Horta in September 2022, during which a reciprocal Defence Cooperation Agreement was signed by the Defence Ministers of both countries.
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|{{flag|Turkey }}||28 February 1967||See [[Australia–Turkey relations]]
* [[Australia]] has an embassy in [[Ankara]] and a Consulates General in [[Istanbul]] and [[Çanakkale]].<ref name="Ministry of Foreign Affairs">{{Cite web|title=Relations between Turkey and Australia|url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-australia.en.mfa|access-date=2020-10-06|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
* Turkey has an embassy in [[Canberra]] and Consulates General in [[Melbourne]] and [[Sydney]].<ref name="Ministry of Foreign Affairs"/>
*Both countries are members of [[G20]], [[MIKTA]], [[OECD]] and [[WTO]].<ref name="Ministry of Foreign Affairs"/>
*Trade volume between the two countries was US$1.66 billion in 2015 (Australia exports/imports: 544.8/521.6 million USD.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkey_s-commercial-and-economic-relations-with-australia.en.mfa|title=Commercial and Economic Relations between Turkey and Australia|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|access-date=2020-10-06}}</ref>
*150 thousand Turkish citizens reside in Australia.<ref name="Ministry of Foreign Affairs"/>
*[[Yunus Emre Institute]] has a local headquarters in [[Melbourne]].
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|{{flag|Turkmenistan }}||14 May 1992||
* Australia recognised Turkmenistan's independence on 26 December 1991<ref name="Australia recognizes the 11 republics but not Georgia" /> upon the dissolution of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] and established diplomatic relations the following year. 
* Australia and Turkmenistan established diplomatic relations on 14 May 1992.<ref>*[https://www.mfa.gov.tm/en/articles/55?breadcrumbs=no States with which Turkmenistan established diplomatic relations]* Turkmenistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 30 August 2021</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Turkmenistan from its embassy in [[Moscow]].
* Turkmenistan's first ambassador, resident in [[Tokyo]], presented credentials on 12 March 2024.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/canberra-australian-capital-territory-650 Governor-General's Program]* Governor-General of Australia 12 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.</ref>
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|{{flag|United Arab Emirates }}||16 March 1975||See [[Australia–United Arab Emirates relations]]

* Australia has an embassy in [[Abu Dhabi]] and a consulate in [[Dubai]]. 
* United Arab Emirates has an embassy in Canberra.
* The UAE is Australia's largest Middle East trade and investment partner with A$9.3 billion in two-way goods and services trade in 2022. In 2022, UAE investment in Australia was estimated at A$12.6 billion. On 13 December 2023 Australia and the UAE announced the commencement of negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement – a bilateral free trade agreement – that will lay the groundwork for closer economic ties.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/united-arab-emirates/united-arab-emirates-country-brief UAE Country Brief]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 15 March 2024.</ref>
* An estimated 15,000 Australians live and work in the UAE. Australia has become a popular educational destination for Emiratis. The majority of Emiratis residing in Australia are students pursuing education in various Australian universities
*   Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, over 100 Emirates and Etihad flights per week operated between the UAE and Australia and since the end of the pandemic air connections have been building back.
* The two countries enjoy good defence, aviation, security and law enforcement cooperation and Australia has maintained an Australian Defence Force logistic support base at [[Al Minhad Air Base]].
* There are regular meetings at senior level between the countries.  Recent visits to the UAE by Australian Governors-General include the official visits of [[David Hurley]] in January 2022, and May 2022 to present condolences on the death of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan; and of [[Sam Mostyn]] to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations. 
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|{{flag|Uzbekistan }}||26 December 1991||
* Australia recognised Uzbekistan's independence on 26 December 1991<ref name="Australia recognizes the 11 republics but not Georgia" /> upon the dissolution of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] and established diplomatic relations the following year. 
* Australia's ambassador accredited to Uzbekistan is resident in [[Moscow]].
* Uzbekistan's ambassador accredited to Australia is resident in [[Singapore]].
* Bilateral trade is modest. Two-way goods and services trade with Uzbekistan in 2020–21 was worth A$11.1 million. There is a small community of Uzbek-born residents in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/uzbekistan/Pages/uzbekistan-country-brief Uzbekistan Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201192304/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/uzbekistan/Pages/uzbekistan-country-brief |date=1 December 2008 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 12 April 2023.</ref>
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|{{flag|Vietnam }}||26 February 1973 (with Republic of Vietnam from 15 January 1952 to 5 May 1975) ||See [[Australia–Vietnam relations]]

* Australia has an embassy in [[Hanoi]] and a consulate general in [[Ho Chi Minh City]].
* Vietnam has an embassy in Canberra and consulates general in Sydney and Perth.<ref name=VMOFA>{{cite web|url=http://www.mofa.gov.vn/en/cn_vakv/ca_tbd/nr040819104018/ns050131104008|title=Vietnam – Australia Relations|website=Mofa.gov.vn|access-date=22 October 2016|archive-date=23 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423040354/http://www.mofa.gov.vn/en/cn_vakv/ca_tbd/nr040819104018/ns050131104008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Australia's relations with Vietnam date from 1952 when a resident Australian Minister was appointed to the then [[State of Vietnam]] and a Vietnamese legation was opened in Canberra.<ref name="Australian Minister to Indo-China"/>  After the [[Geneva Conference of 1954]] the State, which became the [[Republic of Vietnam]] in 1955, controlled the southern part of Vietnam. In 1959 diplomatic relations with the Republic of Vietnam were raised to Ambassadorial level.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=2|date=2 July 1959|title=Ambassador to Vietnam appointed|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114846074|quote=The Government has raised the Australian Legation in Vietnam to the status of an Embassy and has appointed Mr. W. D. Forsyth as Australia's first Ambassador in Saigon.}}</ref> 
* President of the Republic of Vietnam, [[Ngo Dinh Diem]]'s 1957 visit was the first state visit to Australia by a foreign head of state.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1206522152/view?partId=nla.obj-1206551427#page/n73/mode/1up Viet Nam]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 28 No 9 (September 1957) pages 742–743. Retrieved 10 March 2024.</ref><ref>*[https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/vietnam-dictator-ngo-dinh-diem-was-first-foreign-leader-to-visit-canberra/news-story/90661962a1c69c51e61ea99802c7f291 Vietnam dictator Ngo Dinh Diem was first foreign leader to visit Canberra]* Daily Telegraph 2 September 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2024.</ref> 
* Between 1962 and 1972, Australia committed almost 60,000 personnel, including ground troops, naval forces and air assets, and significant amounts of materiel to militarily support the Republic of Vietnam as part of a United States-led coalition (see [[Military history of Australia during the Vietnam War]]).  The Australian Government of [[Gough Whitlam]] completed the withdrawal of Australian forces, begun in 1970, upon its election in December 1972.
* On 26 February 1973 Australia concurrently recognised and established diplomatic relations with the then [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam]], which controlled the northern part of Vietnam.  The Australian embassy in Hanoi opened on 28 July 1973. 
* The Australian embassy in Saigon was closed on 25 April 1975,<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-905392764/view?partId=nla.obj-905426039#page/n73/mode/1up Evacuation of the Australian Mission from Saigon]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Volume 45 No. 6 (May 1975) pages 295–296.  Retrieved 7 August 2021</ref> just ahead of the dissolution of the Republic of Vietnam government on 30 April 1975 following the capture that day of Saigon (renamed [[Ho Chi Minh City]]) by the [[People's Army of Vietnam]] and the [[Viet Cong]]. 
* Australia announced its recognition of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRG) on 6 May 1975.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-905392764/view?partId=nla.obj-905426039#page/n73/mode/1up South Viet-Nam: Australian Recognition]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Volume 45 No. 6 (May 1975) page 296</ref>  Diplomatic relations with the PRG were announced on 22 August 1975, with the Australian Ambassador in [[Hanoi]] accredited on a non-resident basis.  On 22 January 1976 the Australian Ambassador presented his credentials in Ho Chi Minh City.
* In July 1976 the northern and southern Vietnamese states formally merged as the [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam]] to which the Australian embassy in Hanoi remained accredited. 
* Australian representation in the south, in the form of the consulate-general in [[Ho Chi Minh City]], was re-established in November 1994.
* Since the end of the Vietnam War, the bilateral relationship between the two countries has become close.  Australia and Vietnam have become important trading partners, development cooperation partners and defence and security partners. Australia's total two-way trade with Vietnam in 2019 was valued at $15.5 billion. Australia and Vietnam are parties to the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA). In October 2010, Australia and Vietnam signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding on Defence Cooperation. In March 2018, Australia and Vietnam officially elevated relations by signing in Canberra a Joint Statement on the Establishment of a Strategic Partnership. During Vietnam Prime Minister [[Phạm Minh Chính]]'s official visit to Australia in March 2024, the relationship was formally expanded to that of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.<ref>*[https://www.pm.gov.au/media/new-era-australia-vietnam-relations A New Era for Australia-Vietnam Relations]* Prime Minister of Australia 7 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.</ref> 
* Governor-General [[David Hurley]] made a state visit to Vietnam in April 2023 to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations with the then Democratic Republic of Vietnam.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/hanoi-vietnam-0 Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412105843/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/hanoi-vietnam-0 |date=12 April 2023 }}* Governor-General of Australia, 3 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.</ref> 
* There has been significant migration of Vietnamese people to Australia since the end of the Vietnam War, and there are around 295,000 people of Vietnamese descent living in Australia.  Australia has been a popular destination for Vietnamese studying abroad and Vietnam has been a popular tourist destination for Australians.
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|{{flag|Yemen}}||20 December 1980 with Yemen Arab Republic (June 1984-22 May 1990 with People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) ||
* Australia and the Yemen Arab Republic established diplomatic relations on 20 December 1980.<ref name="Diplomatic and Consular Relations"/>  Australia established diplomatic relations with the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen in 1984.<ref>*[http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUYrBkIntLaw/1987/15.html Diplomatic and Consular Relations]* Australian Year Book of International Law (1984–1987) page 455. Retrieved 25 August 2021</ref> Relations continued with the Republic of Yemen following unification of the northern and southern states in 1990.
* The Australian ambassador is accredited from [[Riyadh]] and the Yemeni ambassador is accredited from [[Jakarta]].
* Australia maintains official relations with the internationally recognized government represented by the [[Presidential Leadership Council]]. It provided $14 million in humanitarian assistance to Yemen in 2022–23, bringing the total provided to Yemen to over $63 million since 2017.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/yemen/yemen-country-brief Yemen Country Brief]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 17 January 2024.</ref>

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===Europe===
{{see also|Australia–European Union relations}}
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|{{flag|Albania }}||15 September 1984||
* Albania opened an embassy in Canberra in 2020 and has honorary consulates in Adelaide and Brisbane.  Australia's embassy in Rome is accredited to Albania
* Albania's foreign minister [[Edmond Panariti]] visited Australia in August 2012, following on from a visit to Albania from [[Richard Marles]], parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2012/bc_mr_120824a.html|title=Albanian Foreign Minister visits Australia|author=Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|work=foreignminister.gov.au|access-date=27 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410033830/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2012/bc_mr_120824a.html|archive-date=10 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* There are approximately 11,000 people in Australia of Albanian descent.
* In recent years, the Australian Government has provided financial and humanitarian assistance to Albania.
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|{{flag|Andorra }}||2 March 1995||
* Australia and Andorra established diplomatic relations in 1995.<ref>*[https://www.exteriors.ad/en/101-continguts-angles/diplomatic-representations/diplomatic-relations Diplomatic Relations]* Andorran Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Retrieved 28 February 2024.</ref> Australia's first non-resident ambassador presented credentials in 1998.
* Australia's ambassador is accredited from [[Madrid]].
* Andorra does not currently have representation to Australia.

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|{{flag|Austria }}||<!--Date started-->1952||

* Australia has an embassy in [[Vienna]].
* Austria has an embassy in Canberra.
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|{{flag|Belarus}}||<!--Date Started--> 9 January 1992<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australia.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/aubel/|title=Cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and Australia|work=mfa.gov.by|access-date=7 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016113922/http://australia.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/aubel/|archive-date=16 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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* Australia recognised Belarus' independence on 26 December 1991<ref name="Australia recognizes the 11 republics but not Georgia" /> upon the dissolution of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] and established diplomatic relations the following year, becoming the third country to do so.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/belarus/belarus-country-brief Belarus Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412135416/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/belarus/belarus-country-brief |date=12 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 12 April 2023.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Belarus from its embassy in Moscow, Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/belarus/Pages/belarus.aspx|title=Belarus|work=dfat.gov.au}}</ref> 
* Belarus operated a resident embassy in Canberra until budget cuts forced its closure in 2018.  It is currently accredited to Australia from its embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia.
* Bilateral trade in 2020–21 was valued at A$34.7 million, mostly Australian fertiliser imports. Since then Australia has imposed trade measures and targeted sanctions on Belarus, in response to its support for Russia's invasion on Ukraine.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/bela-cef.pdf Belarus economic fact sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412135416/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/bela-cef.pdf |date=12 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 12 April 2023.</ref>
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|{{flag|Belgium }}||<!--Date started-->1947||See [[Australia–Belgium relations]]
* Both countries have a growing bilateral commercial relationship, going back to [[World War One]] when they entered after Belgium was invaded by Germany.
* They share similar approaches to many international issues, including arms control, whaling and Antarctica.
* Trade and investment relations are very significant. In 2012, total Belgian investment in Australia was valued at A$6.4&nbsp;billion, and Australian investment in Belgium totalled $2&nbsp;billion.  In 2012, Belgium was ranked as Australia's 24th largest merchandise trading partner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/belgium/belgium_brief.html|title=Belgium|work=dfat.gov.au}}</ref>
* Almost 30 [[Australia–Belgium bilateral treaties]] cover extradition, trade, taxation, and social security.
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|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina }}||7 January 1993
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* Australia recognised Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992 and established diplomatic relations in 1994.
* Australia has a consulate in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina has an embassy in Canberra.
* Australia has a continuing interest in efforts to maintain peace and build prosperity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 1993–94, Australia has contributed humanitarian assistance worth over A$17&nbsp;million to countries in the Balkans, including to Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/bosnia_herzegovina/b_h_brief.html|title=Bosnia and Herzegovina|work=dfat.gov.au|access-date=8 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615193944/http://dfat.gov.au/geo/bosnia_herzegovina/b_h_brief.html|archive-date=15 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Bulgaria }}||5 April 1972
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* Australia is represented in Bulgaria through its embassy in [[Athens]] ([[Greece]]).  Australia has an honorary consulate in [[Sofia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/bulgaria/index.html|title=Bulgaria|work=dfat.gov.au}}</ref>
* Bulgaria has an embassy in Canberra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bulgaria.org.au/|title=The Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Canberra|website=Bulgaria.org.au|access-date=22 October 2016|archive-date=2 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102151357/http://www.bulgaria.org.au/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Croatia }}||13 February 1992
|See [[Australia–Croatia relations]]
Australia gave recognition of Croatia in January 1992
* Australia has an embassy in [[Zagreb]].
* Croatia have an embassy in Canberra and consulates in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
* Over 118,000 Australians are of Croatian descent, the largest of the former Yugoslav nations.
* The two nations have signed a few bilateral agreements such as a social security agreement in May 2003 to give greater protection to people who have lived or worked in Australia and/or Croatia.
* Bilateral trade is worth A$42&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/croatia/croatia_brief.html|title=Croatia|work=dfat.gov.au|access-date=15 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615123119/http://dfat.gov.au/geo/croatia/croatia_brief.html|archive-date=15 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Cyprus }}||19 April 1973<ref>*[ Vol. 44 No. 4 (April 1973) (nla.gov.au) Representation]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol 44 No 4 page 291. Retrieved 11 March 2024.</ref> 
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* Australia and Cyprus have enjoyed friendly relations as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] since Cyprus' independence in 1960.
* Australia and Cyprus formalize diplomatic relations in April 1973 with the accreditation of an Australian high commissioner on a non-resident basis.
* Australia has a [[High Commission]] in [[Nicosia]], opened in August 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyprus.embassy.gov.au/|title=Home – Australian High Commission|work=embassy.gov.au}}</ref>  For more detailed information on Australian representation in Cyprus see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Cyprus]].
* Cyprus has High Commission in Canberra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyprus.org.au/|title=HIGH COMMISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS IN CANBERRA – High Commissioner|work=cyprus.org.au}}</ref>
* Australia recognises the Republic of Cyprus as the only legitimate authority on the island, and does not recognise the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).  However TRNC maintains honorary representatives in Melbourne and Sydney.<ref>*[ Honorary Representatives | Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (ct.tr) Honorary Representatives]* TRNC Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Retrieved 11 March 2024.</ref>  Australia, enjoying good relations with both Cyprus and Turkey, has played a role over the years to support negotiations for a settlement in accordance with UN resolutions.  Former Australian Foreign Minister [[Alexander Downer]] was a UN special envoy from 2008 to 2014.<ref>{{cite news|work=ABC News|date=11 July 2008|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-07-12/un-names-downer-as-cyprus-envoy/438140|title=UN names Downer as Cyprus envoy|access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref>
* The [[United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus]] was Australia's longest peacekeeping mission. Australian peacekeepers, including Australian police personnel, served in Cyprus for 57 years, from 1964 to 2021.<ref>*[ Australian peacekeepers in Cyprus with UNFICYP from 1964 to 2021 – Anzac Portal (dva.gov.au) Australian peacekeepers in Cyprus with UNFICYP from 1964 to 2021]* Australian Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved 11 March 2024.</ref>
* Australia hosts the second largest Cypriot diaspora after the UK. Cypriot-born migrants and their families in Australia number over 80,000.  Greek-Cypriots retain a numerical dominance within the Cyprus-born community. The largest Greek-Cypriot communities are in Sydney and Melbourne. Melbourne has the most Turkish-Cypriots.<ref>*[ HIGH COMMISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS IN CANBERRA – Cypriot Community in Australia (mfa.gov.cy) Cypriot Community in Australia]* High Commission of Cyprus. Retrieved 11 March 2024.</ref>
* In 2020, Australia's two-way goods and services trade with Cyprus was valued at $265 million, of which $232 million were imports from Cyprus. Major merchandise imports from Cyprus to Australia included cheese and curd; alcoholic beverages and medical products.<ref>*[ Cyprus country brief | Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (dfat.gov.au) Cyprus Country Brief]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 11 March 2024.</ref>
* Cypriot President [[Dimitris Christofias]] made an official visit to Australia in 2011.<ref>*[ Cypriot community prepares for President's visit – Neos Kosmos Cypriot community prepares for President's visit]* Neos Kosmos 16 May 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2024.</ref>
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|{{flag|Czech Republic }}||18 June 1972/1 January 1993
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* Australia is represented in the Czech Republic through its embassy in [[Warsaw]] ([[Poland]]) and through an honorary consulate in [[Prague]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/our-locations/missions/Pages/australian-consulate-in-prague-czech-republic|title=Australian Consulate in Prague, Czech Republic|access-date=31 January 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411164941/https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/our-locations/missions/Pages/australian-consulate-in-prague-czech-republic|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The Czech Republic has an embassy in Canberra, a consulate in Sydney and five honorary consulates (in Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart and Brisbane).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mzv.cz/wwwo/default.asp?idj=2&amb=25|title=Czech embassy in Canberra|work=mzv.cz}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mzv.cz/sydney/en/index.html|title=Czech consulate in Sydney|work=mzv.cz}}</ref>
* There are around 21,000 people of [[Czechs|Czech descent]] living in Australia.
* The [[Czechoslovak 11th Infantry Battalion]] fought together with Australia during the [[Siege of Tobruk]]
* A number of [[Australia–Czech Republic bilateral treaties]] have been agreed between the two countries, covering extradition, trade, nuclear energy and other matters.
* [http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/czech_republic/index.html Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade about the relation with the Czech Republic]
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|{{flag|Denmark }}||<!--Date started-->1947||See [[Australia–Denmark relations]]

* Australia has an embassy in [[Copenhagen]].
* Denmark has an embassy in Canberra.
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|{{flag|Estonia }}||21 November 1991||See [[Australia–Estonia relations]]
[[File:Estonian House Campbell Street, Surry Hills, Sydney.jpg|thumb|Sydney [[Estonian House]], part of an extensive cultural network of the Estonian community in Australia. The first stage was opened in 1940, the first of its kind built by Estonians outside of Estonia.]]
* In 1935 Estonia opened an honorary consulate in Sydney to promote trade and provide services to Estonians living in Australia.  At that time about 2000 Estonians were estimated to be living in [[New South Wales]].<ref>*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27994849 Estonian Consulate to be established in Sydney]* The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 October 1935.</ref> 
* Except for a brief period in 1974–75,<ref name="Edgars Dunsdorfs 1975">Edgars Dunsdorfs, The Baltic dilemma: the case of the de jure recognition by Australia of the incorporation of the Baltic States into the Soviet Union, Speller, 1975, {{ISBN|0-8315-0148-0}}</ref> Australia did not recognise the 1940 incorporation of Estonia into the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]. However, in October 1940, the Estonian government-in-exile directed the closure of the consulate.<ref>*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232694346 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, 24 October 1940 (Issue No. 216)]</ref>
* Australia was among the first countries to recognise Estonia's restoration of independence on 27 August 1991.  Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 November 1991 with the accreditation of the Australian Ambassador in [[Stockholm]] on a non-resident basis.<ref name="Estonia Country Brief">*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/estonia/Pages/estonia-country-brief Estonia Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814053141/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/estonia/Pages/estonia-country-brief |date=14 August 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 4 August 2021</ref>
* Australia has an embassy in [[Tallinn]]. It is Australia's first 'Pop-up Embassy': the Ambassador to Estonia operates from an office in Tallinn during April and May. Outside this period, the Ambassador is based in Canberra but visits Tallinn a number of times a year, and maintains relations via phone, video conferencing, social media and websites. Australia also has ah honorary consulate in Tallinn.<ref>*[https://estonia.embassy.gov.au/tlln/aboutus.html Australian Embassy in Tallinn]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 4 August, 20201</ref>
* Estonia is represented in Australia through its embassy in Canberra, established in 2016, and four honorary consulates, in Adelaide, Hobart, Perth and Brisbane.<ref name="Estonia Country Brief"/>
* Australia and Estonia have friendly relations, based on shared interests in promoting democracy, peace and free trade, and work closely in international fora on these subjects.
* Australia is host to one of the largest communities of Estonians abroad. The 2016 census in Australia recorded over 9,500 people who identified as being of Estonian ancestry.  People-to-people exchanges are also supported by a reciprocal working holiday visa scheme between the two countries.
* Two-way merchandise trade between Australia and Estonia is modest, valued at $160 million in 2018.<ref name="Estonia Country Brief"/>
* President [[Kersti Kaljulaid]] visited Australia in October 2018 to attend the Invictus Games in Sydney. 
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|{{flag|Finland }}||31 May 1949||See [[Australia–Finland relations]]

* Friendly relations between the two countries date back to Finland's independence.  A Finnish consular presence was officially established in 1919.<ref>*[https://finlandabroad.fi/web/aus/diplomatic-relations Finland in Australia: Diplomatic Relations]* Embassy of Finland.  Retrieved 29 February 2024.</ref> Wartime exigencies led to the breaking of consular relations in July 1941 and the subsequent declaration of war by Australia on 8 December 1941 in symbolic support of its then wartime ally, the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]. No shots were ever fired between the two countries and peace was restored under the [[Paris Peace Treaties, 1947]], ratified by Australia in 1948.<ref>Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 13 July 1948 (Issue No 107) page 264.</ref>
* Diplomatic relations were established with the appointment of the first Finnish Chargé d'affaires in July 1949.  The Finnish legation opened in Sydney on 2 August 1949.  Diplomatic relations were raised to ambassadorial level in 1968.
* Australia is represented in Finland through its embassy in [[Stockholm]], Sweden, and through an honorary consulate in [[Helsinki]].
* Finland has an embassy in Canberra, an honorary consulate-general in Melbourne and honorary consulates in Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Hobart, Perth and Sydney.
* Finnish immigration to Australia has come in waves, particularly in the 1920s and 1950s, peaking by 1971.  The 2016 Australian census recorded 7,711 Finland-born residents.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-finland.PDF Finland-born Community Information Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229223725/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-finland.PDF |date=29 February 2024 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 29 February 2024.</ref>
* In 2021, Australia's two-way goods and services trade with Finland was valued at A$1.7 billion.  The stock of Australian investment in Finland was valued at $4.4 billion in 2021, while Finnish investment in Australia was valued at $1.0 billion.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/finland/finland-country-brief Finland Country Brief]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 29 February 2024.</ref>
* President [[Tarja Halonen]] visited Australia in 2007 and this was reciprocated by the state visit of Australian Governor General [[Sir Peter Cosgrove]] in 2016.  Prime Minister [[Sanna Marin]] became the first Finnish Prime Minister to visit Australia in December 2022.

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|{{flag|France }}||<!--Date started-->1944||See [[Australia–France relations]]

France and Australia have a close relationship founded on historical contacts, shared values of democracy and human rights, substantial commercial links, and a keen interest in each other's culture.
* Australia has an embassy in [[Paris]] and consulates-general in [[Nouméa]] and [[Papeete]].
* France has an embassy in Canberra and a consulate-general in Sydney.
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|{{flag|Germany}}||28 January 1952 with FRG<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australia-Germany 70 Years of Diplomatic Relations (MFA Australia)|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/germany/australia-germany-70-years-diplomatic-relations|access-date=2 February 2022|archive-date=2 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202155152/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/germany/australia-germany-70-years-diplomatic-relations|url-status=dead}}</ref> (22 December 1972 – 3 October 1990 with GDR)||See [[Australia–Germany relations]]

* Australia has an embassy in [[Berlin]] and a consulate-general in [[Frankfurt]].
* Germany has an embassy in Canberra.
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|{{flag|Greece }}||<!--Date started-->30 March 1953||See [[Australia–Greece relations]]

* Australia and Greece have a close bilateral relationship based on historical ties and the rich contribution of Greek Australians to Australian society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Asia+-+Oceania/Bilateral+Relations/Australia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507201126/http://www2.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic%2BRegions/Asia%2B-%2BOceania/Bilateral%2BRelations/Australia/|url-status=dead|title=Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Australia|archive-date=7 May 2008}}</ref> 
* Australia has an embassy in [[Athens]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greece.embassy.gov.au/|title=Home – Australian Embassy|work=embassy.gov.au}}</ref>
* Greece has an embassy in Canberra, consulates-general in [[Adelaide]], [[Melbourne]] and [[Sydney]], a consulate in [[Perth]] and honorary consulates in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] and [[Maitland, New South Wales|Maitland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Public/Consulates/77/State|title=The Department – About us – Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|website=protocol.dfat.gov.au}}</ref>
* Australia and Greece were Allies during WWI and WWII and Australian forces took part in the [[Battle of Greece]] and [[Battle of Crete]] in 1941.  These are commemorated by the ANZAC Memorial Trail in [[Lemnos]],<ref>*[https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/05/04/news/lemnos-unveils-anzac-remembrance-trail-a-moving-tribute-to-greek-and-australian-bond-and-sacrifice/ Lemnos Unveils ANZAC Remembrance Trail]* Neos Kosmos 4 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.</ref> and the [[Hellenic Memorial, Canberra]]. 
* Formal diplomatic relations were announced in October 1952 with the appointment of the first Greek minister to Australia<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1174996227/view?partId=nla.obj-1175117228#page/n76/mode/1up Greek Legation in Australia]* Current Notes on International Affairs, Vol.23 No. 10 (October 1952) page 595.</ref> who presented credentials on 30 March 1953.  Diplomatic relations were raised to ambassadorial level in 1964 with the upgrade of the Australian consulate-general in Athens and the Greek legation in Australia to embassies. For a detailed history of Australian representation to Greece see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Greece]].
* The first official visit to Greece by an Australian Prime Minister was by [[Robert Menzies]] in 1955.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.menziescollection.esrc.unimelb.edu.au/greece.html|title=Menzies on Tour: Greece|access-date=18 December 2014|website=Menzies on Tour: Travelling with Robert Menzies, 1950–1959|publisher=eScholarship Research Centre, The University of Melbourne}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91194093|title=Mr Menzies in Greece|date=2 March 1955|access-date=18 December 2014|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=1}}</ref> Since the 1980s there have been regular exchanges at head of state and government level.  Presidents [[Konstantinos Karamanlis]], [[Christos Sartzetakis]] and [[Konstantinos Stephanopoulos]] have made state visits in 1982, 1988 and 2002.<ref>*[https://www.mfa.gr/australia/en/greece/greece-and-australia/political-relations.html Political Relations: Greece and Australia]* Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 24 May 2023.</ref> The most recent Australian state visit was by Governor General [[David Hurley]] in May 2023.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/athens-greece-0 Governor General's Program 2 May 2023] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524145309/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/athens-greece-0 |date=24 May 2023 }}* Governor General of Australia. Retrieved 23 May 2023.</ref>
* There is a large Greek community in Australia, established in the 19th century and expanded in waves particularly after WWI, WWII and the [[Greek Civil War]]. The 2021 Australian census recorded over 100,000 Greek-born residents and 424,750 residents of Greek descent.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/greece/greece-country-brief Greece Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603234938/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/greece/greece-country-brief |date=3 June 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 24 May 2023.</ref> Greek immigrants and their descendants have made major contributions across a broad range of sectors in Australia – see [[Greek Australian]].
* Bilateral merchandise and services trade in 2021–22 was just over A$2.2 billion, a significant element being Greek export of tourism and transportation services.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/gree-cef.pdf Greece Country Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524145305/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/gree-cef.pdf |date=24 May 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 23 May 2023.</ref>

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|{{flag|Holy See}}||24 March 1973<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-905277484/view?partId=nla.obj-905342314#page/n67/mode/1up Relations with the Vatican]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol 44 No 3 (March 1973) page 214. Retrieved 20 January 2024.</ref>
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* The Holy See established an Apostolic Delegation in Sydney in 1914. Formal diplomatic relations were established with Australia under the Whitlam Government in March 1973 and an Apostolic Nunciature was established in Canberra.  For more detailed information on the Holy See's representation in Australia see [[Apostolic Nunciature to Australia]].
* From 1973 to 2008, Australia maintained a non-resident ambassador, based in another European capital, as well as an office at the Holy See, headed by a [[Minister-counsellor|Counsellor]].
* On 21 July 2008, the Australian Government announced that it would appoint for the first time a resident ambassador to the Holy See. According to the Australian Foreign Ministry, this marked a significant deepening of Australia's relations with the Vatican since it would allow Australia to expand dialogue with the Vatican in areas including human rights, political and religious freedom, inter-faith dialogue, food security, arms control, refugees and anti-people trafficking, and climate change.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfat.gov.au/GEO/holy_see/holy_see_brief.html|title=Holy See, The|work=dfat.gov.au}}</ref> Mr [[Tim Fischer]], a former Deputy Prime Minister, presented credentials to Pope Benedict XVI on 12 February 2009. Since then Australia has continued to accredit a resident ambassador.  For more detailed information on Australia's representation to the Holy See see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to the Holy See]].
* [[Pope Paul VI]] was the first pope to visit Australia in 1970.<ref>*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F_0eeldwLg&t=2s Pope Arrives in Sydney]* British Movietone. Retrieved 20 January 2024.</ref> [[Pope John Paul II]] visited every state and territory in 1986 and [[Pope Benedict XVI]] visited Sydney in 2008 for that year's [[World Youth Day]]. 
* The Australian Prime Minister, Mr Rudd, visited the Pope Benedict XVI and met the Vatican's Secretary of State on 9 July 2009.
* The Secretary for Relations with States [[Dominique Mamberti]] visited Australia in November 2014, the first such visit to Australia by a Vatican Foreign Minister.

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|{{flag|Hungary }}||6 April 1972
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* Australia is accredited to Hungary via its embassy in Vienna, Austria, and closed its resident embassy in [[Budapest]] in 2013 due to budget constraints.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hungary.embassy.gov.au/btps/aboutus.html|author=Commonwealth of Australia|title=About the Australian Embassy in Hungary|access-date=23 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201110031/http://www.hungary.embassy.gov.au/btps/aboutus.html|archive-date=1 December 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Hungary has an embassy in Canberra, a consulate general in Sydney and four [[honorary consulate]] (in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kulkepviselet/Sydney/en/mainpage.htm|title=Main Page|access-date=5 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125024333/http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kulkepviselet/Sydney/en/mainpage.htm|archive-date=25 January 2010}}</ref>
* There are 67,000 people of Hungarian ancestry living in Australia, many Hungarian-Australians have been active in the fields of business, academia, politics and the arts such as [[Nick Greiner]], [[Frank Lowy]], [[Judy Cassab]], and [[Les Murray (broadcaster)|Les Murray]]
* In recent years there have been several high-level visits to strengthen relations.
* [http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/hungary/index.html Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade about relations with Hungary]
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|{{flag|Iceland }}||17 April 1984||

* Australia is accredited to Iceland from its embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark.
* Iceland is accredited to Australia from its embassy in Beijing, China.
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|{{flag|Ireland }}||1 July 1946||See [[Australia–Ireland relations]]

* Australia and Ireland share a close historical relationship with strong cultural links between the two nations.
* Australia has an embassy in [[Dublin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ireland.embassy.gov.au/|title=Home – Australian Embassy|work=embassy.gov.au}}</ref>
* Ireland has an embassy in Canberra, a consulate general in Sydney and an honorary consulate in Victoria, and both nations are [[British Empire|former British colonies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishconsulate.org.au/|title=Irish Consular General, Victoria|access-date=6 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201125837/http://www.irishconsulate.org.au/|archive-date=1 December 2009}}</ref>
* About 20% of the Australian population have Irish ancestry, which often predates Irish Independence in 1922.
* [http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/ireland/index.html Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade about relations with Ireland]
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|{{flag|Italy }}||<!--Date started-->1948||See [[Australia–Italy relations]]
* Australia has an embassy in Rome and a general consulate in [[Milan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.italy.embassy.gov.au/|title=Home – Australian Embassy|work=embassy.gov.au|access-date=21 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703145951/http://www.italy.embassy.gov.au/|archive-date=3 July 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Italy has an embassy in Canberra and consulates-general in Melbourne and Sydney and honorary consulates in Newcastle,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Public/Consulates/97/State|title=The Department – About us – Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|website=protocol.dfat.gov.au}}</ref> Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambcanberra.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Canberra|title=Ambasciata d'Italia – Canberra|website=Ambcanberra.esteri.it|access-date=22 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720024955/http://www.ambcanberra.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Canberra|archive-date=20 July 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conssydney.esteri.it/Consolato_Sydney|title=Consolato Generale – Sydney|website=Conssydney.esteri.it|access-date=22 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721094757/http://www.conssydney.esteri.it/Consolato_Sydney|archive-date=21 July 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consperth.esteri.it/Consolato_Perth|title=Consolato – Perth|website=Consperth.esteri.it|access-date=22 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804033647/http://www.consperth.esteri.it/Consolato_Perth|archive-date=4 August 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Italy and Australia have for long years, sustained a muscular and positively friendly relationship in the categories of immigration, political strategism, and [[trade|commercial trade]].
* There are around 850,000 people of Italian descent living in Australia.
* [http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/italy/index.html Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade about the relation with Italy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328162314/http://dfat.gov.au/geo/italy/index.html |date=28 March 2014 }}
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|{{flag|Kosovo }}||21 May 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/kosovo/country_brief.html|title=Kosovo Country Brief|date=3 October 2008|publisher=Australian Government – Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date=28 March 2009}}</ref>||See [[Australia–Kosovo relations]]
* Australia recognised the Republic of Kosovo on 19 February 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia Recognises the Republic of Kosovo|publisher=Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2008/fa-s034_08.html|date=19 February 2008|access-date=19 February 2008|archive-date=20 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220012853/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2008/fa-s034_08.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Australia's Ambassador to Kosovo is subordinate to the embassy in [[Vienna]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austria.embassy.gov.au/vien/relations.html|title=Australia's International Relations|publisher=Australian Embassy and Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Slovakia, and Slovenia|access-date=28 March 2009}}</ref>
* Kosovo has an embassy in Canberra.<ref name="Kosovo Embassy">{{cite news|title=Flamuri i Kosovës shpaloset në Canberra të Australisë|url=http://www.mfa-ks.net/?page=1,4,1590|access-date=23 February 2013|newspaper=Kosovo MFA|date=15 February 2013}}</ref> 
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|{{flag|Latvia}}||27 August 1991
|See [[Australia–Latvia relations]]
* Except for a brief period in 1974–75,<ref name="Edgars Dunsdorfs 1975"/> Australia did not recognise the 1940 incorporation of Latvia into the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]].  A Latvian honorary consulate which had opened in Melbourne prior to the Soviet incorporation continued operations throughout the period of occupation.
* Australia recognised the restoration of Latvian independence and announced its intention to establish diplomatic relations on 27 August 1991.<ref name="Prime Minister's Media Release">*[https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22media/pressrel/HPR02002887%22 Prime Minister's Media Release]* Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 4 August 2021</ref>  The Australian Ambassador in [[Copenhagen]] was subsequently accredited later that year. Currently the Australian Ambassador in Stockholm is accredited to Latvia and Australia has an honorary consul in [[Riga]]. 
* Latvia has established a resident embassy in Canberra in October 2021, having previously accredited its ambassador based in [[Tokyo]].  It also has honorary consulates in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
* Australia and Latvia have friendly relations, based on shared interests in promoting democracy, peace and free trade, and work closely in international fora on these subjects.
* There are also important people-to-people links between the two countries. Between 1947 and 1952, 19,700 Latvian refugees arrived in Australia having fled the Soviet re-occupation. The resident Australian population born in Latvia (2016 census) was 3,756 and Australian residents of Latvian descent numbered 20,514.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/latvia/Pages/latvia-country-brief Latvia Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813164855/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/latvia/Pages/latvia-country-brief |date=13 August 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 4 August 2021</ref>
* Australia's merchandise trade with Latvia in 2018 was $83.7 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/latvia/Pages/latvia-country-brief Latvia Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813164855/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/latvia/Pages/latvia-country-brief |date=13 August 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 4 August 2021.</ref>
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|{{flag|Liechtenstein}}||<!--Date started-->1999
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* Australia and Liechtenstein formalized diplomatic relations in 1999 with the first accreditation on a non-resident basis of the Australian Ambassador in [[Berlin]].  Liechtenstein is represented in Australia through the Swiss embassy and consulates.
*  Australia and Liechtenstein work closely to fight modern slavery and human trafficking through the 'Liechtenstein Initiative: Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking'. The Initiative is a public-private partnership that focuses on the finance sector's role in ending modern slavery and human trafficking. Australia, Liechtenstein and the Netherlands are lead countries in the Initiative.<ref>*[https://www.fastinitiative.org/about/history/ FAST Initiative – About Us]* Liechtenstein Initiative. Retrieved 5 August 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|Lithuania}}||6 November 1991
|See [[Australia–Lithuania relations]]
* Except for a brief period in 1974–75,<ref name="Edgars Dunsdorfs 1975"/> Australia did not recognise the 1940 incorporation of Lithuania into the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]].  Australia recognised the restoration of Lithuanian independence and announced its intention to establish diplomatic relations on 27 August 1991.<ref name="Prime Minister's Media Release"/>  The Australian Ambassador in [[Copenhagen]] was subsequently accredited later that year. Currently the Australian Ambassador in Warsaw is accredited to Lithuania and Australia has an honorary consul in [[Vilnius]]. 
* Lithuania established a resident embassy in Canberra in 2020, having previously accredited its ambassador based in [[Tokyo]].  It also has honorary consulates in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
* Australia and Lithuania have friendly relations, based on shared interests in promoting democracy, peace and free trade, and work closely in international fora on these subjects. President [[Gitanas Nauseda]] made a state visit to Australia in October 2023.<ref>*[https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/meeting-with-president-of-lithuania/ Meeting with President of Lithuania]* National Tribune 19 October 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.</ref> 
* There are also important people-to-people links between the two countries.  Approximately 10,000 Lithuanians migrated to Australia, mainly between 1947 and 1953, as refugees fleeing the Soviet re-occupation of Lithuania. They and their descendants have integrated into Australian society but retain cultural and family links with Lithuania.<ref>*[http://www.slic.org.au/Community/History/Background/Background.htm#:~:text=The%20Lithuanian%20people%20migrating%20en-mass%20to%20Australia%20in,is%20estimated%20that%20approximately%2010%2C000%20migrated%20to%20Australia. Background Briefing on the Lithuanian Community in Australia]* Sydney Lithuanian Information Centre.  Retrieved 4 August 2021</ref>  The resident Australian population born in Lithuania (2016 census) was 2,607 and Australian residents of Lithuanian descent numbered 16,292. According to unofficial estimates by the Lithuanian community, however, the actual number could be over 50,000 people.<ref>*[https://www.delfi.lt/en/world-lithuanians/lithuanian-to-open-embassy-in-australia.d?id=83578025 Lithuania to open embassy in Australia]* Delfi.en Retrieved 4 August 2021</ref>
* In 2019, Australia's two-way goods and services trade with Lithuania was valued at $145 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/lithuania/Pages/lithuania-country-brief Lithuania Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728104941/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/lithuania/Pages/lithuania-country-brief |date=28 July 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 4 August 2021.</ref>
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|{{flag|Luxembourg}}||18 September 1970<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1180319938/view?partId=nla.obj-1180449667#page/n44/mode/1up Diplomatic Appointments]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 41 No 9 (September 1970) page 493. Retrieved 18 January 2024.</ref>
|See [[Australia–Luxembourg relations]]
* Australia and Luxembourg formalized diplomatic relations in September 1970 with the first appointment of Australia's ambassador in [[Brussels]] as non-resident ambassador to Luxembourg. The first ambassador presented credentials on 13 October 1970. Since then Australia has remained represented in Luxembourg through its embassy in [[Brussels]]. 
* Luxembourg is represented in Australia through the embassy of the Netherlands<ref>*[https://maee.gouvernement.lu/fr/missions-diplomatiques/missions-diplomatiques-et-consulaires-luxembourgeoises.html Diplomatic and Consular Missions]* Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (in French). Retrieved 5 August 2021</ref> in Canberra and through honorary consulates in Sydney and Melbourne. 
* Trade and investment figure strongly in the bilateral relationship and ministerial visits between the countries have focused on this.  Luxembourg ranks as Australia's seventh largest investor (stocks) at A$93 billion in 2021, with Foreign Direct Investments (stocks) of $10 billion in Australia. Two-way goods and services trade in 2020 was valued at A$185 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/luxembourg-country-brief.pdf Luxembourg Country Brief]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 18 January 2024.</ref> There is a reciprocal working holiday visa scheme between the two countries.
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|{{flag|Malta }}||21 September 1964
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See [[Australia–Malta relations]]
* Australia has a High Commission in [[Valletta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malta.embassy.gov.au/|title=Home – Australian High Commission|work=embassy.gov.au}}</ref>
* Malta has a High Commission in Canberra, two consulates-general (in Melbourne and Sydney), and four honorary consulates (in Adelaide, [[Ascot Vale]], Melbourne and Perth).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mt/images/files/file/27A_AUSTRALIA.pdf|title=Australia|work=gov.mt}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/malta/index.html Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade about relations with Malta]
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|{{flag|Moldova}}||1 April 1992
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* Australia recognised Moldova's independence on 26 December 1991<ref name="Australia recognizes the 11 republics but not Georgia" /> upon the dissolution of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] and established diplomatic relations the following year. 
* Australia is represented in Moldova by its embassy in [[Moscow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/moldova/Pages/moldova.aspx|title=Moldova|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref>
* Moldova has not yet established representation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Monaco}}||<!--Date started--> {{dts|format=dmy|2007-05-03}}||
* Consular relations between Australia and Monaco date back to August 1959 when Monaco's first honorary consul in Australia was appointed. 
* Diplomatic relations between Australia and Monaco were formalized in May 2007 when Australia's first non-resident ambassador presented credentials.  Monaco appointed its first non-resident ambassador in September 2007.<ref>*[https://ambassade-en-australie.gouv.mc/en/australia-and-monaco Australia and Monaco]* Principality of Monaco. Retrieved 28 February 2024.</ref>
* Australia's ambassador is accredited from [[Paris]].
* Monaco's ambassador to Australia is accredited from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It has an honorary consulate-general in Melbourne.
* Princess Charlene, Princess Consort of Monaco, visited Australia in 2012 to inaugurate an exhibition on Princess Grace in Bendigo, Victoria.

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|{{flag|Montenegro}}||<!--Date started--> {{dts|format=dmy|2006-09-01}}
|See Australia–Montenegro relations
* Australia recognised the Republic of Montenegro on 27 June 2006.
* Australia is represented in Montenegro through a non-resident ambassador based in the Australian embassy in Belgrade (Serbia).
* [http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/montenegro/index.html Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade about relations with Montenegro]
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|{{flag|Netherlands }}||18 March 1942||See [[Australia–Netherlands relations]]

* Australia has an embassy in [[The Hague]]
* The Netherlands has an embassy in Canberra.
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|{{flag|North Macedonia}}||20 October 1995
|See [[Australia–North Macedonia relations]]
* Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 February 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dfat.gov.au/geo/republic-of-north-macedonia/Pages/republic-of-north-macedonia-country-brief.aspx|title=Republic of North Macedonia country brief|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref> 
* Australia is represented in North Macedonia by its embassy in [[Belgrade]], Serbia and an honorary consulate in [[Skopje]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://serbia.embassy.gov.au/bgde/consular.html|title=Australian Embassy Serbia: Serbia, North Macedonia and Montenegro (Consular services in the Republic of North Macedonia)|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref> 
* North Macedonia has an embassy in [[Canberra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Consulate/view.rails?id=70|title=Search results|website=protocol.dfat.gov.au|access-date=28 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313013543/http://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Consulate/view.rails?id=70|archive-date=13 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
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|{{flag|Norway }}||23 June 1947||See [[Australia–Norway relations]]

* Australia has an honorary consulate in [[Oslo]], and is represented in Norway through its embassy in [[Copenhagen]] ([[Denmark]]).
* Norway has an embassy in Canberra.
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|{{flag|Poland }}||20 February 1972<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/australia-en/bilateral-relations|title=Australia – Poland in Australia – Gov.pl website|website=Poland in Australia|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>||See [[Australia–Poland relations]]
[[File:Polish Dozynki Festival in Adelaide, Australia, 2007.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The Polish Dozynki Festival in Adelaide, Australia.  Australia has a large community of residents of Polish birth or descent who maintain cultural links with Poland.]]
* Australia has an embassy in [[Warsaw]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australia.pl/wsaw/home.html|title=Australian Embassy in Warsaw|website=australia.pl|access-date=22 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318092957/http://australia.pl/wsaw/home.html|archive-date=18 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* Poland has an embassy in Canberra and a consulate-general in Sydney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canberra.msz.gov.pl/en/|title=Strona niedostępna|website=canberra.msz.gov.pl}}</ref>  It also has an honorary consulate-general in Melbourne and honorary consulates in Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart and Perth.<ref>*[https://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Public/Consulates/162/State Consular List]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 23 August 2021</ref>
* Poland established consulates in Sydney in 1919 and Melbourne in 1931.
* During the Second World War, the two countries were wartime allies.  Australian and Polish forces fought alongside each other in the Siege of Tobruk in 1941, and a number of Australian aircrews flew in support of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.  In 1943–1944, during the rupture of relations between the [[Polish government-in-exile]] and the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]], Australia served as the protecting power for Poland in the Soviet Union, the first time it had played this diplomatic role.<ref>*[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267452965_The_Poles_and_Australia The Poles and Australia]* ResearchGate.  Gosia Klatt, University of Melbourne. Australian Scholarly Publishing. Retrieved 23 August 2021</ref> 
* Following the establishment of a post-war Communist government in Poland, official relations were more limited.  Diplomatic relations were formally established in February 1972.  After a brief period of non-resident accreditation from the embassy in [[Moscow]], an Australian resident embassy was opened in Warsaw in 1973.
* Over 45,000 Australian residents are Polish-born and 184,000 people of Polish ancestry live in Australia. The Polish community is active in promoting people-to-people contact and commercial, cultural and academic ties through various community organisations, bilateral business councils and institutes. In 2014 Poland and Australia signed a Memorandum on a bilateral Work and Holiday Maker Visa Arrangement.
* Australia's two-way goods and services trade with Poland was valued at nearly A$2.0 billion in 2019, dominated by merchandise imports from Poland. Australian investment in Poland is valued at around A$1.2 billion.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/poland-country-brief.pdf Poland Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823202322/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/poland-country-brief.pdf |date=23 August 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 23 August 2021</ref>
*  In August 2018 President [[Andrzej Duda]] made the first ever official visit of a Polish president to Australia.<ref>*[https://www.gov.pl/web/australia-en/bilateral-relations Poland in Australia]* Government of Poland. Retrieved 23 August 2021</ref> President [[Aleksander Kwaśniewski]] had earlier paid a visit to Australia to attend the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics being held in Sydney.
* Australian Governor General [[David Hurley]] paid an official visit to Poland in August 2022 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations.<ref>*[https://www.gov.pl/web/australia-en/governor-general-visit-to-pl Historic Visit to Poland by Australian Governor General]* Government of Poland. Retrieved 20 August 2022.</ref> 
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|{{flag|Portugal}}||15 August 1960
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* Formal diplomatic relations between Australia and Portugal were announced on 15 August 1960.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-945583309/view?partId=nla.obj-945696222#page/n62/mode/1up Portugal to set up an embassy in Canberra]* Current Notes on International Affairs, Vol. 31 No. 8 (August 1960) page 415. Retrieved 22 May 2022.</ref>
* Australia has an embassy in Lisbon. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Portugal see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Portugal]].
* Portugal has an embassy in Canberra and a consulate-general in Sydney. It also has honorary consulates in Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne and Perth.
* With the end of World War II and the return of Portuguese authority to its territory in Timor, the Australian Government established a consulate in Dili, commencing operations on 1 January 1946.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1208824250/view?partId=nla.obj-1208868085#page/n38/mode/1up Representation]* Current Notes on International Affairs, Vol. 17, No 1 (January 1946) page 35. Retrieved 27 April 2022.</ref>  Following the establishment of an Australian Embassy in Lisbon in 1970, the consulate was closed in 1971. 
* The two countries disagreed on East Timor during the period of Indonesian occupation and incorporation of the former Portuguese territory but today work closely in ensuring stability there and giving foreign aid.
* According to the 2016 census, 61,886 Australians claim Portuguese ancestry while 15,804 are Portuguese-born. Australia and Portugal signed a work and holiday visa arrangement in September 2014.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/portugal/portugal-country-brief Portugal Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316164049/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/portugal/portugal-country-brief |date=16 March 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 22 May 2022.</ref> 
* The global economic crisis and the associated downturn in the Portuguese economy had a dramatic impact on Australian merchandise exports to Portugal, which more than halved to around A$16.6 million by 2016 but have since risen to A$59 million in 2020. On the other hand, Portuguese exports to Australia have grown in recent years, with merchandise exports totaling A$318 million in 2020.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/port-cef.pdf Portugal Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522100056/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/port-cef.pdf |date=22 May 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 22 May 2022</ref> 
* President [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]] visited Australia in 2012.
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|{{flag|Romania }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|format=dmy|1968-03-18}}||See [[Australia–Romania relations]]
* Australia has a non-resident ambassador in its embassy in [[Athens]] ([[Greece]]), and has a consulate general in [[Bucharest]].
* Romania has an embassy in Canberra and a general consulate in Melbourne and Sydney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canberra.mae.ro/index.php?lang=en|title=AMBASADA ROMÂNIEI în Australia|work=mae.ro}}</ref>
* Romania and Australia have concluded an Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement, signed in 1994, a Trade and Economic Agreement (signed with full effect for Australia in July 2002 and for Romania in January 2003) and an Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion, signed in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/romania/index.html|title=Romania|work=dfat.gov.au|access-date=21 June 2009|archive-date=28 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428183758/http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/romania/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Russia }}||10 October 1942,(broken from 23 April 1954 to 16 March 1959)||See [[Australia–Russia relations]]

* The first Australian embassy in Moscow opened in 1943. 
* Australia has an [[Embassy of Australia in Moscow|embassy in Moscow]] and two honorary consulates (in [[Saint Petersburg]] and [[Vladivostok]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.russia.embassy.gov.au/|title=Homepage – Australian Embassy|work=embassy.gov.au|access-date=21 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307013616/http://russia.embassy.gov.au/|archive-date=7 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Russia has an embassy in Canberra and a consulate-general in Sydney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australia.mid.ru/|title=Посольство России в Австралии|website=Australia.mid.ru|access-date=22 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116073939/http://www.australia.mid.ru/|archive-date=16 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/russia/index.html Australian Department of Foreign Affaires and Trade about the relation with Russia]
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|{{flag|San Marino }}||13 September 1995<ref name=":5"/>||
* Australia and San Marino formalized diplomatic relations with the non-resident accreditation of an Australian ambassador, based in Rome.
* San Marino has honorary consulates in Sydney and Perth.
* A reciprocal Working Holiday Maker visa program between Australia and San Marino took effect on 1 January 2017. 
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|{{flag|Serbia }}||26 April 1966||See [[Australia–Serbia relations]]

* Australia has an embassy in [[Belgrade]]. 
* Serbia has an embassy in Canberra and a consulate-general in Sydney. 
* The European office of the [[Australian Federal Police]] is located in Belgrade as of 2003.
* In the 2006 Australian Census, 95,364 people identified themselves as having Serbian origin.
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|{{flag|Slovakia }}||1 January 1993||
* Australia's embassy in [[Vienna]] is accredited to Slovakia.
* Slovakia maintained an embassy in Canberra for many years but this was closed in 2024.  Representation is maintained through a consulate-general in Sydney and honorary consulates in Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.
* Two-way trade between the countries stands at $115&nbsp;million.
* There are approximately 10,000 people of Slovak origin living in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/slovakia/slovakia_brief.html|title=Slovak Republic|work=dfat.gov.au}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Slovenia }}||<!--Date started-->{{dts|format=dmy|1992-02-05}}
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* Australia recognised Slovenia as an independent state on 16 January 1992.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://canberra.embassy.si/index.php?id=1576&L=1|title=Diplomatic relations|publisher=Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Canberra|access-date=14 October 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511185714/http://canberra.embassy.si/index.php?id=1576&L=1|archive-date=11 May 2011}}</ref>
* Australia is represented in Slovenian through its embassy in [[Vienna]], Austria, and through an honorary consulate in [[Ljubljana]].
* Slovenia has an embassy in Canberra and an honorary consulate in [[Camperdown, New South Wales]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canberra.embassy.si/en|title=Embassy of the RS Canberra|access-date=6 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218063527/http://canberra.embassy.si/en|archive-date=18 February 2012}}</ref>
* There are between 20,000 and 25,000 Slovenians who live in Australia.
* [http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/slovenia/index.html Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade about relations with Slovenia]
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|{{flag|Spain }}||<!--Date started-->26 October 1967||See [[Australia–Spain relations]]

* Australia has an embassy in [[Madrid]].
* Spain has an embassy in Canberra and consulates-general in Melbourne and Sydney.
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|{{flag|Sweden }}||26 September 1947<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1207602030/view?partId=nla.obj-1207699696#page/n67/mode/1up Diplomatic and consular list]* Current Notes on International Affairs, Vol 18 No. 8 (September 1947), page 559. Retrieved 16 December 2023.</ref>||See [[Australia–Sweden relations]]

* Australia and Sweden have a long-standing friendly relationship with migration and trading links extending back to the nineteenth century. In 1851 the first Swedish-Norwegian Consuls were appointed in Sydney, Melbourne and Port Adelaide. The first Swedish Consul-General was appointed in 1906.<ref>*[https://www.swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/australia-canberra/about-us/#:~:text=Sweden%20has%20eight%20honorary%20consulates%20in%20Australia%3B%20Adelaide%2C,has%20two%20honorary%20consulates%2C%20in%20Auckland%20and%20Wellington. About Us]* Embassy of Sweden in Australia. Retrieved 16 December 2023.</ref>
* Formal diplomatic relations were established in 1947 with the opening of a Swedish legation in Sydney, which moved in 1951 to Canberra. An Australian legation was established in Stockholm in 1961, and diplomatic relations were raised to ambassadorial level in 1963.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1209827461/view?partId=nla.obj-1210022449#page/n49/mode/1up Australian Representation Overseas]*Current Notes on International Affairs, page 48. Retrieved 16 December 2023.</ref> For a detailed history of Australian diplomatic representation in Sweden see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Sweden]]. 
*Australia has an embassy in [[Stockholm]]. 
* Sweden has an embassy in Canberra, an honorary consulate-general in Sydney and honorary consulates in Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne and Perth. 
* The two governments cooperate closely in multilateral organizations.  King Carl XVI Gustaf made state visits to Australia in 1982 and 2005.
* There were 46,669 Australian residents of Swedish descent and 10,847 born in Sweden according to the 2021 Australian census.  There has been a working holiday visa agreement in place since 2001.
* Australia and Sweden are important trading partners.  In 2021, two-way goods and services trade was valued at A$3.4 billion, the stock of Australian investment in Sweden was valued at A$15.0 billion and Swedish investment in Australia was valued at A$10.2 billion.
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|{{flag|Switzerland }}||2 June 1961||See [[Australia–Switzerland relations]]
* Switzerland opened a consulate in Sydney in 1855 and one in Melbourne in 1856.
* Australia has an embassy in [[Bern]] and a consulate-general in [[Geneva]]. 
* Switzerland has an embassy in Canberra, a consulate-general in Sydney and six honorary consulates in Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne and Perth.
* [http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/switzerland/switzerland_brief.html Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade about relations with Switzerland]
* [http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/ocea/vaus/bilaus.html Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs about relations with Australia]
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|{{flag|Ukraine }}||10 January 1992<ref>*[https://mfa.gov.ua/en/about-ukraine/bilateral-cooperation/asia-and-oceania-countries Bilateral cooperation: Indo-Pacific]* Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Retrieved 12 April 2023.</ref>||See [[Australia–Ukraine relations]]
[[File:Sydney Stands with Ukraine (51919541069) cropped.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The Sydney Opera House is lit in the Ukrainian national colours in solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression, 4 March 2022.]]
* Australia recognised Ukraine's independence on 26 December 1991<ref>*[https://www.afr.com/politics/aust-recognises-the-11-republics-but-not-georgia-19911227-k4p5m Australia recognizes the 11 republics but not Georgia]*Australian Financial Review 27 December 1991. Retrieved 12 April 2023.</ref> upon the dissolution of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] and established diplomatic relations early the following year. 
* Ukraine opened an embassy in Canberra in March 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukremb.info/|title=Системы безопасности|website=Ukremb.info|access-date=22 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005105022/http://ukremb.info/|archive-date=5 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Australia opened an embassy in Kyiv in November 2014. Following the Russian attack in February 2022, it has been temporarily relocated to Poland.
* The 2016 Census recorded 13,366 Ukrainian-born persons in Australia. Most Ukrainian migrants to Australia arrived in the post-World War II period. The small but active Ukrainian community in Australia plays an important role in developing bilateral relations. In 2002 the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations helped establish Ukrainian-Australian House in Kyiv to promote commercial ties.
* [[Petro Poroshenko]] made the first visit to Australia by a Ukrainian President in 2014.
* On 1 April 2016, Australia and Ukraine signed a Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, enabling Australia to export uranium to Ukraine – one of the world's top ten generators of nuclear power. This agreement entered into force in June 2017. The Agreement allows Australia to help Ukraine diversify its energy supply, and enhances bilateral cooperation between Australia and Ukraine on nuclear-related activities, including nuclear safeguards, security, safety and science.
* Prior to the 2022 Russian attack on Ukraine, bilateral trade had been modest – in 2021–2022 two-way goods and services trade was valued at A$243 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ukra-cef.pdf Ukraine Country Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321161820/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ukra-cef.pdf |date=21 March 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 21 March 2023.</ref> 
* Australia has been a vigorous supporter of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity since the start of the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]] in 2014 and particularly since its escalation in February 2022 – see   [[Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–present)]].  Australia is contributing important defence, economic and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, and has imposed sanctions on Russian and Belarusian individuals and organisations connected with Russian aggression.
* President [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] addressed the Australian Parliament by video on 31 March 2022.<ref>*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYKqInuA98o&t=1s Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses Australian Parliament]* ABC News, 31 March 2022.  Retrieved 21 March 2023.</ref> Prime Minister [[Anthony Albanese]] visited Kyiv on 3 July 2022, to meet with President Zelenskyy and show support to Ukraine.<ref>*[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-04/anthony-albanese-visit-to-ukraine-secret-revealed-social-media/101205090 Anthony Albanese's visit to Ukraine met with warmth and sadness by locals suffering Russia's war]* ABC News 4 July 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2023.</ref>

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|{{flag|United Kingdom }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Australia–United Kingdom relations]]
[[File:Australia House, London.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Australia House, which houses the [[High Commission of Australia, London]] was opened on August 3, 1918.]]
* British-Australian relations are close, marked by shared history, culture, institutions and language, extensive people-to-people links, aligned security interests, and substantial trade and investment co-operation.
* Australia has a high commission in [[London]], established in 1909.  It is Australia's oldest diplomatic mission.  For a detailed history of Australia's representation in the United Kingdom see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to the United Kingdom]].
* The United Kingdom has a high commission in Canberra, established in 1936, making it the oldest diplomatic mission in the capital, and consulates-general in [[Brisbane]], [[Melbourne]], [[Perth]] and [[Sydney]] and honorary consulates in [[Adelaide]], [[Alice Springs]], [[Cairns]] and [[Hobart]].  For a detailed history of British representation in Australia see [[List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia]].
* Modern-day Australia was established in 1901 from a federation of the six British colonies in Australia. Upon federation, Australia became a Dominion of the [[British Empire]].  Formal adoption by Australia in 1942 of the [[Statute of Westminster 1931]] confirmed its full autonomy from the United Kingdom, including in the conduct of its foreign relations. The promulgation of the [[Australia Act 1986]] by both Australian and British Parliaments effectively eliminated any residual constitutional links between the two countries, though they continue to share the same monarch. 
* [[World War II]] and Australia's subsequent [[ANZUS]] military alliance with the [[United States]], the evolution of the British Empire into the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and the trade reorientation of the United Kingdom away from the Commonwealth towards Europe upon joining the [[European Economic Community]] in 1973 gradually transformed the Australia-UK bilateral relationship over the second half of the 20th century. 
* British-born people have been the largest overseas-born group in Australia since British colonization began in 1788 and the United Kingdom remains a top three source country of migrants to Australia. The 2016 Australian census identified 1,087,759 United Kingdom-born people in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-united-kingdom.PDF United Kingdom-born Community Information Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214023933/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-united-kingdom.PDF |date=14 December 2019 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 22 March 2023.</ref> There is significant visitor exchange, with 718,600 UK visitors to Australia and 667 800 Australian visitors in the UK as of June 2019.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/united-kingdom/Pages/united-kingdom-country-brief United Kingdom Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322163900/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/united-kingdom/Pages/united-kingdom-country-brief |date=22 March 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 22 March 2023.</ref>  Right of British citizenship or abode for descendants of British migrants, and a reciprocal working holiday scheme, makes the United Kingdom a popular destination for Australians living overseas.
* Australia excels in many sports that originate in the UK, and the two countries enjoy a close sporting rivalry.
* Annual Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN) are the premier bilateral fora on foreign policy, defence and security issues. 
* The UK is the second largest source of foreign investment in Australia, with the stock of investment valued at A$574.8 billion in 2018. Australian investment in the UK was A$408 billion in 2018.  The UK is Australia's 8th largest two-way trading partner, worth A$26.9 billion in 2018, and its third largest services trading partner, with Australian services exports to the UK of A$5.5 billion and imports of A$9.2 billion in 2018. The [[Australia–United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement]], signed in December 2021 was the first trade agreement signed by Britain since leaving the European Union that was negotiated completely anew.  Australia supports Britain's accession to the [[Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership]].
* The Australia-UK Defence and Security Cooperation Treaty signed in 2013 consolidates various elements of long-standing military/defence cooperation. Australia and the UK are signatories of the [[Five Power Defence Arrangements]] (FPDA), a series of bilateral defence relationships established by multi-lateral agreements between Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. Both countries are members of the [[Five Eyes]] intelligence-sharing alliance. The [[AUKUS]] trilateral security partnership announced in 2021 deepens the Australia-UK defence partnership. 
* In 2006, Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] became the first British head of government to address the Australian Parliament.

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===Oceania===
{{See also|Arc of Instability|Pacific Solution|RAMSI}}

Australia is a member of the [[Pacific Islands Forum]] and other regional organisations. As part of its Pacific Step-Up initiative announced in 2016<ref name="ReferenceA">"[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/pacific/engagement/stepping-up-australias-pacific-engagement Stepping-up Australia's engagement with our Pacific family] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709193448/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/pacific/engagement/stepping-up-australias-pacific-engagement |date=9 July 2021 }}" Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 4 July 2021</ref> Australia has uniquely established resident High Commissions and embassies in all independent and self governing members of the Pacific Islands Forum as well as consulates-general in New Caledonia and French Polynesia. Australia provides aid to many of its developing Pacific Islands neighbours, and to Papua New Guinea. For decades, it has been the largest donor of aid to the Oceania region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/22/asia/china-australia-pacific-investment-intl-hnk/index.html|title=Why China is challenging Australia for influence over the Pacific Islands|author=Words by Julia Hollingsworth, CNN Graphics by Jason Kwok and Natalie Leung|website=CNN|date=22 July 2019}}</ref> China and New Zealand, the next biggest donors, donated only one sixth of Australia's aid during the 2010s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-09/aid-to-pacific-island-nations/10082702?nw=0&r=HtmlFragment|title=Which country gives the most aid to Pacific Island nations? The answer might surprise you|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=9 August 2018}}</ref>

Since the end of the Cold War, the understanding from the United States has been that Australia and New Zealand would assume responsibility for the security of much of the Oceania region, whom they already share pre-existing cultural and economic ties to.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2021/12/the-solomon-islands-crisis-shows-america-needs-a-new-pacific-strategy/|title=The Solomon Islands Crisis Shows America Needs a New Pacific Strategy|website=thediplomat.com}}</ref>

Australia's approach to the Pacific has included frequent references to what it has perceived as an "[[Arc of Instability]]" among its island neighbours. In August 2006 Australian Defence Minister [[Brendan Nelson]] stated to the Australian Parliament:

<blockquote>We cannot afford to have failing states in our region. The so-called 'arc of instability', which basically goes from East Timor through to the south-west Pacific states, means that not only does Australia have a responsibility in preventing and indeed assisting with humanitarian and disaster relief, but also that we cannot allow any of these countries to become havens for transnational crime, nor indeed havens for terrorism.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dobell|first=Graeme|title=The Pacific 'arc of instability'|publisher=Correspondent's Report|date=20 August 2006|url=http://www.abc.net.au/correspondents/content/2006/s1719019.htm}}</ref></blockquote>

As from early 2008, the Australian government led by [[Kevin Rudd]] began what it called a "new approach" to relations between Australia and the Pacific, appointing a Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, Duncan Kerr. In February, Kerr and fellow Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Bob McMullan visited Samoa, Tonga and Kiribati in February, and stated:

<blockquote>Broadly, the approach is one of much more partnership and engagement on the basis of mutual respect. We're not going to be lecturing or hectoring, we're going to try and work together with them and I think we set a pretty good standard with the way we started. The relationships we've established with ministers and leaders in those countries [Kiribati, Tonga and Samoa] is very positive.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110511192323/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/10/2158829.htm?section=australia "Aust, Pacific working on damaged relationship"], Edmond Roy, ABC News, 10 February 2008</ref></blockquote>

[[Richard Marles]], the deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party, has strongly advocated for Australia to prioritize its role in the Pacific. In 2021, he wrote a book titled ''Tides that bind: Australia in the Pacific'', and claimed in an interview that, "By any measure, we are huge part of the Pacific. We're the largest donor into the Pacific, we've got the biggest diplomatic footprint in the Pacific, we've got the most development resources in the Pacific of any country. For most of the Pacific, we're the most important bilateral relationship they have, more important than the United States, more important than China."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://islandsbusiness.com/news-break/australia-and-the-pacific/|title=Tides that bind: Australia and Pacific leadership|date=1 August 2021}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Cook Islands}}||<!--Date started-->1994||See [[Australia–Cook Islands relations]]

* Australia and the Cook Islands established diplomatic relations in 1994, with the Australian High Commissioner resident in [[Wellington]], New Zealand.<ref>*[https://cookislands.highcommission.gov.au/  Australian high commission to the Cook Islands]* Australian High Commission Cook Islands. Retrieved 17 July 2021</ref>
* Australia has a high commission in [[Rarotonga]], opened in December 2019. For a detailed history of Australian accreditation to the Cook Islands see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to the Cook Islands]].
* Although the Cook Islands maintained a resident high commission in Canberra for some years in the 1990s, at present it has no diplomatic representation to Australia.
* Australia's relationship with the Cook Islands focuses on shared membership of regional organisations, trade and investment, people-to-people links and security cooperation.  The 2016 census records that a diaspora of at least 22,000 Cook Islands citizens live in Australia, including in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/cook-islands/Pages/cook-islands-country-brief Cook Islands Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813024556/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/cook-islands/Pages/cook-islands-country-brief |date=13 August 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 17 July 2021</ref>
* There have been regular exchanges of ministerial visits.  Prime Minister [[Henry Puna]] made an official visit to Australia in November 2019.  Governor-General [[David Hurley]] made an official visit to the Cook Islands in June 2023.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/apia-samoa-rarotonga-cook-islands Governor-General's Program 27 June 2023] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703160106/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/apia-samoa-rarotonga-cook-islands |date=3 July 2023 }}* Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 3 July 2023.</ref> 
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|{{flag|Fiji }}||10 October 1970<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fiji.gov.fj/|title=The Fijian Government|website=The Fijian Government|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>||See [[Australia–Fiji relations]]
* Australia and Fiji established diplomatic relations upon Fiji's independence in 1970.
* Australia has had a high commission in [[Suva]] since independence.  Prior to that Australia was represented in Fiji by a commission opened in 1963.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1209827461/view?partId=nla.obj-1210022449#page/n49/mode/1up Australian Representation Overseas]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol. 34 No. 11 (November 1963) page 48. Retrieved 27 April 2022.</ref> For a detailed history of Australia's accreditation to Fiji see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Fiji]].
* Fiji has a high commission in Canberra, a consulate-general in Sydney and honorary consulates in Brisbane and Melbourne.
* Australia and Fiji have extensive people-to-people links. Over 3,000 Australian companies do business in Fiji and 61,000 people born in Fiji live in Australia. Fiji participates in Australia's Pacific Labour Mobility program.  Fiji is also one of the top tourist destinations for Australians. Australia is one of Fiji's largest trade and investment partners. Two-way goods and services trade has been steadily increasing year-on-year, totaling $2.47 billion in 2019. Australian investment in Fiji, valued at approximately $1.34 billion in 2018, is focused on tourism, the financial sector and manufacturing. Fiji's investment in Australia was valued at $346 million in 2018.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/fiji/fiji-country-brief Fiji Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710210813/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/fiji/fiji-country-brief |date=10 July 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 10 July 2021</ref>
* Relations have been periodically strained as a result of the 1987, 2000 and 2006 coups in Fiji, which led to Australian government condemnations, sanctioning of post-coup Fijian governments and insistence on swift restoration of human rights and democracy. In November 2009 the Fijian government of Prime Minister [[Frank Bainimarama]] expelled the Australian and New Zealand high commissioners, accusing them of interference in Fijian affairs and Australia reciprocated, leading to a freeze in diplomatic relations until 2012.  A new Australian high commissioner took up residence in 2014 with Fiji's return to the Commonwealth of Nations.  Relations improved thereafter with Fiji's return to democracy.
* Australian Prime Minister [[Scott Morrison]] visited Fiji in September 2019, during which he signed with Fijian Prime Minister [[Frank Bainimarama]] the 'Fiji-Australia Vuvale Partnership'. The Partnership commits to deeper security, economic and people-to-people links between both countries and for both governments to strengthen bilateral political cooperation. A renewed and elevated version of the partnership was signed in October 2023 during a visit by Fiji's Prime Minister [[Sitiveni Rabuka]] to Australia.<ref>*[https://www.pm.gov.au/media/visit-australia-prime-minister-republic-fiji Visit to Australia by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji]* Prime Minister of Australia 18 October 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2024.</ref>
* Governor General [[David Hurley]] made a state visit to Fiji in April 2022.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/canberra-australian-capital-territory-suva-republic-fiji Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017204636/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/canberra-australian-capital-territory-suva-republic-fiji |date=17 October 2022 }}* Governor-General of Australia, 25 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Kiribati}}||12 July 1979||

* Australia and Kiribati established diplomatic relations upon Kiribati's independence in 1979. 
* Australia has a high commission in [[South Tarawa|Tarawa]], opened in 1982. For a detailed history of Australia's accreditation to Kiribati see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Kiribati]].
* Kiribati has an honorary consulate-general in [[Burradoo, New South Wales]].
* Australia and Kiribati enjoy close relations based on regional and international cooperation, trade links, a substantial development assistance program, support for maritime surveillance and broader security cooperation, and people to people contacts.  The Kiribati-Australia Partnership for Development, signed in 2012, sets out the framework for Australia's development assistance.<ref>"[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/pacific/development-assistance/partnerships/Pages/kiribati Kiribati-Australia Partnership for Development]" Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.  Retrieved 5 July 2021</ref>  In December 2021, Australia announced funding with Japan and the United States of a major internet connectivity project under the US-Australia-Japan Trilateral Partnership for Infrastructure Investment in the Indo-Pacific.<ref name="foreignminister.gov.au">*[https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/improving-east-micronesia-telecommunications-connectivity Improving East Micronesia Internet Connectivity] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212184410/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/improving-east-micronesia-telecommunications-connectivity |date=12 December 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs.  Retrieved 12 December 2021.</ref> Kiribati is a participating country in Australia's Pacific Seasonal Workers Programme.
* Kiribati is internationally recognised as one of the world's most vulnerable countries to climate change impact, and has been critical in recent years of Australia's climate policy.<ref>*[https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/399535/kiribati-president-pans-australia-for-climate-apathy Kiribati president pans Australia for climate apathy]* Radio New Zealand. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2022.</ref><ref>*[https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2021/nov/08/australias-commitment-to-coal-is-putting-my-country-of-kiribati-in-danger Australia's commitment to coal is putting my country of Kiribati in danger]* The Guardian. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2022.</ref>  Australia has provided approximately $17.5 million in bilateral climate change and disaster resilience support to Kiribati since 2016 and at the 2019 Pacific Islands Forum pledged further financial support to strengthen climate change and disaster resilience in the Pacific.<ref>"[https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/Pages/kiribati-australias-commitment-to-strengthening-climate-and-disaster-resilience-in-the-pacific Australia's commitment to strengthening climate and disaster resiliance in the Pacific] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709193453/https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/Pages/kiribati-australias-commitment-to-strengthening-climate-and-disaster-resilience-in-the-pacific |date=9 July 2021 }}" Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.  Retrieved 5 July 2021</ref>
* Australian Governors General [[Quentin Bryce]] and [[David Hurley]] made state visits to Kiribati in March 2012 and June 2023 respectively.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/governor-general-visits-kiribati Governor-General visits Kiribati] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403144758/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/governor-general-visits-kiribati |date=3 April 2021 }}* Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2021</ref><ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/apia-samoa-tarawa-kiribati Governor-General's Program 24 June 2023] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703160104/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/apia-samoa-tarawa-kiribati |date=3 July 2023 }}* Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 3 July 2023.</ref>
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|{{flag|Marshall Islands}}||8 July 1987||See [[Australia–Marshall Islands relations]]

* Australia was the second country, after the US, to establish diplomatic relations with the Marshall Islands following its independence.<ref>"[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/republic-of-marshall-islands/Pages/republic-of-the-marshall-islands-country-brief Republic of the Marshall Islands Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516183812/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/republic-of-marshall-islands/Pages/republic-of-the-marshall-islands-country-brief |date=16 May 2021 }}" Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 4 July 2021</ref> 
* From 1989 to 2021 Australia was accredited to the Marshall Islands from its embassy in Pohnpei, Micronesia. Australia opened a resident embassy in [[Majuro]] in May 2021.<ref>"[https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/new-australian-missions-marshall-islands-and-french-polynesia New Australian Missions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622231543/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/new-australian-missions-marshall-islands-and-french-polynesia |date=22 June 2021 }}" Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 4 July 2021</ref>
* The Marshall Islands is accredited to Australia from its embassy in Suva, Fiji.<ref>"[https://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Public/Missions/125 Diplomatic List]" Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 4 July 2021</ref>
* The President of the Marshall Islands [[Hilda Heine]] visited Australia in 2017.
* Australia is engaged closely with the Marshall Islands through Pacific regional organizations. Australia's bilateral aid program has traditionally focused on securing water supply and sanitation services, and improving social and economic opportunities for women and girls. 
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|{{flag|Micronesia}}||6 July 1987||See [[Australia–Federated States of Micronesia relations]]
* Following Micronesia's independence, with the entry into force in November 1986 of a [[Compact of Free Association]] with the United States, Australia and Micronesia established diplomatic relations in July 1987.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/federated-states-of-micronesia/Pages/federated-states-of-micronesia-country-brief FSM Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715001728/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/federated-states-of-micronesia/Pages/federated-states-of-micronesia-country-brief |date=15 July 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs.  Retrieved 14 July 2021</ref> At that time, the Australian Consul-General in Honolulu was appointed non-resident Minister.  In presenting credentials on 6 July 1987 the Minister became the first formally accredited diplomatic representative to the new country.<ref>Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Volume 58, No. 7 (July 1987) pp.294–295 Australian Department of Foreign Affairs</ref>  Diplomatic relations were raised to ambassadorial level in 1989.<ref name="NAA">{{citation |title=Australia in Micronesia |url=https://diplomaticmonitor.org/c2c/AU-FM |access-date= |publisher=Diplomatic Monitor}}</ref>
* Australia has an embassy in [[Pohnpei]], opened in November 1989.
* Micronesia has an embassy in Canberra, opened in December 2024.
* Australian merchandise trade with FSM in 2018–19 totalled $5.9 million. Australia's bilateral aid program in FSM has traditionally focussed on basic education and improving social and economic opportunities for women and girls.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/federated-states-of-micronesia/Pages/federated-states-of-micronesia-country-brief FSM Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715001728/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/federated-states-of-micronesia/Pages/federated-states-of-micronesia-country-brief |date=15 July 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 16 July 2021</ref>  In December 2021, Australia announced funding with Japan and the United States of a major internet connectivity project under the US-Australia-Japan Trilateral Partnership for Infrastructure Investment in the Indo-Pacific.<ref name="foreignminister.gov.au"/>
* Australian Prime Minister [[Malcolm Turnbull]] visited Pohnpei in 2016 to attend the 47th Pacific Islands Forum.
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|{{flag|Nauru}}||21 November 1972||See [[Australia–Nauru relations]]

* Australian-Nauruan relations go back the early 20th century.  Australia administered Nauru as a dependent territory from 1914 to 1968, and has remained one of Nauru's foremost economic and aid partners thereafter. Upon independence until 1972 Nauru hosted a resident Australian Representative.
* Full diplomatic relations began in 1972 with the upgrade of Australia's Representative to High Commissioner.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2851022589/view?partId=nla.obj-2851033356 Australian Representation – Nauru]* Current Notes on International Affairs, Vol. 43, No. 11 (November 1972) page 585. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref> For a full history of Australian accreditation to Nauru see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Nauru]].
* Australia has a high commission in [[Aiwo District|Aiwo]].
* Nauru has a high commission in Canberra, established in 2021, and a consulate-general in Brisbane.
* A prominent element in relations between Australia and Nauru since the beginning of the 21st century has been the offshore processing of migrants seeking illegal entry into Australia, also referred to as the [[Pacific Solution]].  Nauru housed a detention centre from 2001 – 2008, and later the [[Nauru Regional Processing Centre]] from 2012 – 2019 and since 2021, for unauthorised refugee applicants attempting to enter Australia by boat, and Australia has provided financial aid in return. This has been an important source of employment for [[Nauruans]].
* Australia has expanded its engagement with Nauru following the announcement in 2016 of the Morrison government's Pacific Step-Up initiative.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> In September and October 2017, Nauru and Australia signed Memoranda of Understanding on security cooperation and on development cooperation.  In December 2021, Australia announced funding with Japan and the United States of a major internet connectivity project under the US-Australia-Japan Trilateral Partnership for Infrastructure Investment in the Indo-Pacific.<ref name="foreignminister.gov.au"/>  In December 2024, Australia and Nauru signed a budget support and security treaty which will further deepen the bilateral relationship.<ref>*[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-09/australia-nauru-treaty-locks-out-china/104702002 Australia inks treaty with Nauru locking out growing Chinese influence]* ABC News December 9, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.</ref>  
* There have been regular high level visits between the two nations.  Recent high level visits have included the state visit of the Nauruan President in 2017, official visits of the Nauruan President to open premises of the new Nauruan High Commission in March 2022<ref>*[http://naurugov.nr/government-information-office/media-release/nauru-high-commission-officially-opens-in-canberra.aspx Nauru High Commission Officially Opens in Canberra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307211751/http://naurugov.nr/government-information-office/media-release/nauru-high-commission-officially-opens-in-canberra.aspx |date=7 March 2022 }}* Government of the Republic of Nauru. Retrieved 7 March 2022.</ref> and to sign the Nauru-Australia Treaty in Canberra in December 2024 and the Australian Governor-General's visit commemorating Nauru's 50th anniversary of independence in 2018.<ref>"[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/nauru/nauru-country-brief Nauru Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613204851/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/nauru/nauru-country-brief |date=13 June 2021 }}" Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 4 July 2021</ref> 
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|{{flag|New Zealand}}||14 December 1943||See [[Australia–New Zealand relations]]
[[File:New Zealand Memorial on ANZAC Parade west side.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The [[New Zealand Memorial, Canberra]] on ANZAC Parade  (here showing the west side of the memorial) commemorates the close historical links between the two countries in wartime.]]
* Australia has a high commission in [[Wellington]] and a consulate-general in [[Auckland]]. For a full history of Australian accreditation to New Zealand see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to New Zealand]]. 
* New Zealand has a high commission in Canberra, consulates-general in Melbourne and Sydney and an honorary consulate in Perth. For a detailed history of New Zealand accreditation to Australia see [[List of New Zealand High Commissioners to Australia]].
* The relationship between Australia and New Zealand is exceptionally close on both the national and interpersonal scales.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/nz-australia-should-consider-merger/2006/12/04/1165080875361.html|title=NZ, Australia 'should consider merger'|date=4 December 2006|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=20 March 2008|quote=The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs [found] "While Australia and New Zealand are of course two sovereign nations, it seems to the committee that the strong ties between the two countries – the economic, cultural, migration, defence, governmental and people-to-people linkages – suggest that an even closer relationship, including the possibility of union, is both desirable and realistic,"}}</ref> This originates from the time of British colonisation of the South Pacific and subsequent political developments within the British Empire.  New Zealand sent representatives to the 1890s constitutional conventions which led to the uniting of the six Australian colonies but opted not to join.
* The ANZAC Spirit forged during the [[Battle of Gallipoli|Gallipoli]] campaign in [[World War I]] cemented closer bonds which are commemorated annually in [[Anzac Day]] commemorations and in prominent memorials in both countries. 
* [[World War II]] saw the development by both countries of diplomatic networks independent of [[British Empire]] arrangements.  The two countries opened high commissions in each other's capitals in 1943.
* The [[Canberra Pact]], formally the Australian-New Zealand Agreement, a treaty of mutual co-operation between the governments of Australia and New Zealand, was signed on 21 January 1944.  This formalized by treaty the close bilateral relationship which had grown following [[World War I]] and during [[World War II]].  The Pact was followed by security treaties such as the 1951 [[ANZUS Treaty]] between the two nations and the United States, the 1971 [[Five Power Defence Arrangements]] with the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Singapore and the 1991 bilateral Closer Defence Relations Agreement.
* The two countries have extensive economic links which have accelerated under the 1983 Australia–New Zealand [[Closer Economic Relations]] Trade Agreement or ANCERTA.  Building on the ANZCERTA, in August 2009 Australia and New Zealand committed to a process called the Single Economic Market agenda, designed to create a seamless trans-Tasman business environment.
* State visits are regularly exchanged between the Governors-General of the two countries. Governor-General [[Paul Hasluck]]'s state visit to New Zealand in February 1971 was the first overseas representational visit by an Australian Governor-General, and it was reciprocated in October–November 1971 by the New Zealand Governor-General.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1127526959/view?partId=nla.obj-1127609385#page/n34/mode/1up State Visit of Governor-General of New Zealand]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 42 No 9 (September 1971) page 503. Retrieved 27 January 2024.</ref> The most recent was the state visit of Dame [[Patsy Reddy]] to Australia in June 2021<ref>*[https://www.facebook.com/GovernorGeneralNewZealand/videos/state-visit-to-australia-2021/149910943856082/ State Visit to Australia]* Governor General of New Zealand. Retrieved 16 July 2021</ref> Australian and New Zealand prime ministers hold an annual Leaders' Meeting and there are frequent ministerial meetings. New Zealand ministers and government officials have often participated with their Australian federal and state counterparts in relevant meetings of the [[Council of Australian Governments]]. 
* The 1973 [[Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement]] allows for the free movement of Australian and New Zealand citizens between the two countries. Hundreds of thousands of Australians and New Zealanders cross the Tasman each year as tourists, for business purposes, or to visit family members. It is estimated that around 670,000 New Zealand citizens live in Australia (close to 15 per cent of New Zealand's population), while there are around 70,000 Australians in New Zealand.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/new-zealand/new-zealand-country-brief New Zealand Country Brief]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Accessed 16 July 2021</ref>
* The two countries maintain close cultural and sporting links.  Former New Zealand Prime Minister [[Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)|Mike Moore]] declared that Australians and New Zealanders have more in common than New Yorkers and Californians.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allrecipes.com/Cooks/Australia-and-New-Zealand/Main.aspx|title=Australia and New Zealand Cooks – Community – Allrecipes|access-date=6 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823122033/http://allrecipes.com/Cooks/Australia-and-New-Zealand/Main.aspx|archive-date=23 August 2007}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Niue}}||27 February 2013||

* Australia and Niue established diplomatic relations on 27 February 2013, with Australia's High Commissioner in Wellington appointed as non-resident High Commissioner to Niue. Australia established a resident High Commission in [[Alofi]] in August 2020.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/niue/Pages/niue-country-brief Niue Country Brief]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 16 July 2021</ref>
* Niue does not presently have an accredited representative to Australia
* Australia and Niue enjoy a friendly relationship based on shared membership of Pacific regional organisations, development cooperation and people-to-people links.
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|{{flag|Palau}}||1 October 1994||See [[Australia–Palau relations]]

* Australia has an embassy in [[Koror]], opened in December 2019.<ref>*[https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/new-australian-diplomatic-missions-palau-and-cook-islands New Australian Diplomatic Missions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716133343/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/new-australian-diplomatic-missions-palau-and-cook-islands |date=16 July 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 16 July 2021</ref>  Prior to this, the Australian Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia was accredited on a non-resident basis.
* Palau has an honorary consulate-general in [[Sydney]].
* Australia engages with Palau through Pacific regional organizations and development assistance. Australia's bilateral aid program in Palau has traditionally focussed on digital sector reform, and improving social and economic opportunities for women and girls.
* To address the issue of underdeveloped digital connectivity, the United States, Australia and Japan are collaborating with the government of Palau on the construction of a second undersea fibre optic cable connecting the country with the Southeast Asia-United States (SEA-US) system. Currently valued at $30 million, the project will help ensure reliable and secure digital connectivity in the island state. This is the first project conducted under the US-Australia-Japan Trilateral Partnership for Infrastructure Investment in the Indo-Pacific signed in 2018.<ref>*[https://asiamattersforamerica.org/articles/united-states-australia-and-japan-to-expand-connectivity-in-pal United States, Australia, and Japan to Expand Connectivity in Palau]* Asia Matters for America.org 28 May 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021</ref> 
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|{{flag|Papua New Guinea}}||16 September 1975||See [[Australia–Papua New Guinea relations]]
[[File:PNG v PM's XIII 2013 (1).jpg|200px|right|thumb| A rugby league match between Papua New Guinea and Australian Prime Minister's XIII teams in Kokopo, PNG, 29 September 2013. Sporting links are an important and enduring element of the Australia-PNG bilateral relationship.]]
* Papua New Guinea (PNG) is Australia's closest neighbour, and former dependent territory. The Territory of Papua came under Australian administration in 1902 and in 1920, Australia was given a League of Nations mandate to rule what was formerly German New Guinea.  Diplomatic relations were established upon PNG's independence on 16 September 1975.
* Australia has a high commission in [[Port Moresby]] and a consulate-general in [[Lae]].  The high commission opened in December 1973, ahead of independence, upon PNG's achievement of self government.  For a detailed history of Australian representation see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Papua New Guinea]].
* PNG has a high commission in Canberra and consulates-general in Brisbane and Sydney and a consulate in [[Cairns]].
* Relations between Canberra and [[Port Moresby]] are close, although there have been occasional tensions in recent years such as over the "[[Julian Moti]] affair".  PNG has developed much closer relations with Australia than with [[Indonesia]], the only country with which it shares a land border. 
* The [[Torres Strait Treaty]] was signed in December 1978 and entered into force in February 1985. It defines the maritime border between Australia and PNG and provides a framework for the management of the common border area. A special provision of the Treaty allows free movement (without passports or visas) between Australia and Papua New Guinea for traditional activities.
* Government relations are underpinned by the 2020 Comprehensive Strategic and Economic Partnership and the Joint Declaration for a New Papua New Guinea-Australia Partnership.  Leaders and ministers are in close and regular contact, including through an Annual Leaders' Dialogue and Ministerial Forum.  The most recent state visit was by Australian Governor-General [[Quentin Bryce]] in 2013.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/governor-general-arrives-papua-new-guinea Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407050258/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/governor-general-arrives-papua-new-guinea |date=7 April 2021 }}* Governor-General's Office. Retrieved 16 July 2021</ref>  Australian Prime Minister [[Anthony Albanese]] became the first foreign head of government to address the PNG Parliament in January 2023.<ref>*[https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/albanese-speech-png/101849194 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addresses Papua New Guinea's parliament]* ABC News posted 12 January 2023.  Retrieved 20 January 2023</ref>  In February 2024, PNG Prime Minister [[James Marape]] became the first Pacific Island leader to address the Australian Parliament.<ref>*[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68236253 James Marape: PNG leader makes historic speech in Australia amid China tensions]* BBC News 8 February 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.</ref> 
* The Papua New Guinea-Australia Defence Cooperation Program is Australia's largest defence cooperation program with any country. This has been augmented in December 2023 with the signing of a Bilateral Security Agreement accompanied by an A$200 million commitment by Australia to support PNG's national security priorities<ref>*[https://www.pm.gov.au/media/joint-leaders-statement-australia-papua-new-guinea-bilateral-security-agreement Joint Leaders' Statement]* Prime Minister of Australia. Retrieved 8 December 2023.</ref> 
* Australia is PNG's largest trading and commercial partner, with bilateral trade worth A$5.3 billion in 2022. Australian investment in PNG is worth A$26 billion (2022). The resource sector has traditionally been a focus of this investment, particularly gold mining and oil and gas.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/papua-new-guinea/Pages/papua-new-guinea-country-brief Papua New Guinea Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716211748/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/papua-new-guinea/Pages/papua-new-guinea-country-brief |date=16 July 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 16 July 2021</ref>
* Australia is PNG's largest source of Official Development Assistance.  The 2023–2024 Australian bilateral aid budget is A$500 million<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/papua-new-guinea/development-assistance/papua-new-guinea Australia's Development Partnership with PNG] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716211750/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/papua-new-guinea/development-assistance/papua-new-guinea |date=16 July 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 16 July 2021</ref>
* Reflecting the close historical association between Australia and PNG, there are over 10,000 Australians in PNG at any time, and approximately the same number of PNG nationals in Australia.
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|{{flag|Samoa}}||13 November 1971||

* Australia and Samoa, which have enjoyed friendly relations since Samoa's independence in January 1962, formalized their diplomatic relations in 1971, with the appointment of the first non-resident Australian high commissioner based in Suva, Fiji.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1179824674/view?partId=nla.obj-1179905807#page/n32/mode/1up Diplomatic Appointments]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 41 No 12 (December 1970) page 641. Retrieved 15 January 2024.</ref> 
* Australia has a high commission in [[Apia]], established in 1980. For a detailed history of Australian accreditation to Samoa see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Samoa]].
* Samoa has a high commission in Canberra and a consulate-general in Sydney.
* The 2021 census recorded over 98,000 Australians identifying themselves as of Samoan ancestry. Samoa participates in Australia's Pacific Labour Mobility Scheme.
* Australia is among the largest development partners to Samoa.  The 2023–2024 Australian Official Development Assistance budget for Samoa was $53.5 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/samoa/development-assistance Australia's Development Partnership with Samoa]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.  Retrieved 15 January 2024</ref> The Australian Defence Force supports Samoa's maritime security through the Pacific Maritime Security Program.
* Australia is Samoa's fourth largest merchandise export destination. In 2022, Australia imported goods from Samoa worth around A$52.5 million. Australia is also Samoa's fourth largest source of merchandise imports. In 2022, Australian merchandise exports to Samoa totaled A$59.4 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/samo-cef.pdf Samoa Country Economic Factsheet]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 15 January 2024</ref>
* There are regular visits of Samoan leaders to Australia, most recently by Prime Minister [[Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa]] in March 2023.  Australian Governors General [[Peter Cosgrove]] and [[David Hurley]] made official visits to Samoa in July 2017 and June 2023 respectively.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/apia-samoa-1 Governor-General's Program 22 June 2023] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703160105/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/apia-samoa-1 |date=3 July 2023 }}* Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 3 July 2023.</ref>  Prime Minister [[Malcolm Turnbull]] visited Samoa in 2017 to attend the Pacific Island Forum Leaders' Meeting.
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|{{flag|Solomon Islands}}||7 July 1978||See [[Australia–Solomon Islands relations]]
[[File:11. RAMSI (PM Sogavare shaking hands with GG) (32015117488).jpg|200px|right|thumb| Solomon Islands Prime Minister [[Manasseh Sogavare]] greeting Australian Governor-General [[Peter Cosgrove]] at ceremonies marking the end of the [[RAMSI]] mission, June 28, 2017.]]
* Australia and the Solomon Islands established diplomatic relations upon the latter's independence in July 1978
* Australia has a high commission in [[Honiara]] opened in 1982.  For a detailed history of Australia's accreditation to the Solomon Islands see [[Australian High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands]].
* The Solomon Islands has a high commission in Canberra, a consulate-general in Brisbane and an honorary consulate in Melbourne. 
* Australia is the Solomon Islands' main development partner, providing over $174 million of Official Development Assistance in 2019–20.<ref>"[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/solomon-islands/Pages/solomon-islands-country-brief Solomon Islands Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709214631/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/solomon-islands/Pages/solomon-islands-country-brief |date=9 July 2021 }}" Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 9 July 2021</ref>  There are extensive business and people-to-people links between the two countries and the Solomon Islands participates in Australia's Pacific Labour Scheme.
* In response to ethnic violence and economic collapse in the Solomon Islands, Australia led, from 2003 to 2017, the [[Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands]] (RAMSI), a multinational security deployment to restore law and justice, and to improve both economic governance and the machinery of government.<ref>"[https://www.defence.gov.au/adc/adfj/Documents/issue_198/Koorey_Nov_2015.pdf Australia and Solomon Islands: what next after 14 years of regional assistance?]" Australian Department of Defence Dr Stephanie Koorey, Deakin University 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2021</ref>  This had military (2003–2013), policing and institutional capacity building components. In August 2017, following the termination of RAMSI, the two governments signed a security treaty which would allow Australian police, defence and associated civilian personnel to deploy rapidly to Solomon Islands in the event of an emergency.<ref>"[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/solomon-islands/Pages/Bilateral-security-treaty Bilateral Security Treaty] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709214628/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/solomon-islands/Pages/Bilateral-security-treaty |date=9 July 2021 }}" Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.  Retrieved 9 July 2021</ref>
* In 2006 relations reached a low point between the [[John Howard]] and [[Manasseh Sogavare]] governments, primarily over the "Julian Moti affair", leading to the expulsion of the Australian high commissioner<ref>"[https://www.smh.com.au/world/australian-diplomat-expelled-20060913-gdodkq.html Australian diplomat expelled]" Sydney Morning Herald 13 September 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2021</ref>  Relations improved with the changes in government in both countries in 2007. 
* Australian Governor General [[Peter Cosgrove]] visited in June 2017, leading a delegation of Australian ministers to farewell the RAMSI mission.
* During the July 2018 visit of Prime Minister [[Rick Houenipwela]], the two countries and Papua New Guinea signed an agreement for a Coral Sea underwater telecommunication cable network primarily funded by Australia, to link remote Solomon Islands communities to Honiara and link the national network to Australia and Papua New Guinea.<ref>"[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/13/australia-supplants-china-to-build-undersea-cable-for-solomon-islands Australia supplants China to build undersea cable for Solomon Islands]" The Guardian 13 June 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2021</ref>  The new system was completed in late 2019.<ref>"[https://siscc.com.sb/]" Solomon Islands Submarine Cable Company Ltd. Retrieved 10 July 2021</ref>
* During the visit by Australian Prime Minister [[Scott Morrison]] to Honiara in June 2019, as part of Australia's Pacific Step Up initiative Morrison announced an additional bilateral infrastructure program worth up to $250 million in grant financing over 10 years.<ref>"[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/03/australia-pledges-250m-to-solomon-islands-as-chinas-influence-in-pacific-grows Australia pledges 250m to Solomon Islands as China's influence in Pacific grows]" The Guardian 2 June 2019.  Retrieved 10 July 2021</ref>
* While close relations continued after the re-election of Sogovare as Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands in April 2019, a March 2022 security pact between the Solomon Islands and China, and Sogovare's response to adverse Australian official and media reaction to this, produced a new chill in the relationship.<ref>*[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/world/australia/china-solomon-islands-security-pact.html#:~:text=The%20Solomon%20Islands%20signed%20a%20sweeping%20security%20agreement,vital%20shipping%20lanes.%20A%20pause%20on%20wealth%20redistribution. Why a Chinese Security Deal in the Pacific Could Ripple Through the World]* New York Times. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.</ref> The Albanese Government has sought to improve relations.  Prime Minister Sogovare visited Canberra for official talks on 6 October 2022 and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister [[Richard Marles]] visited Honiara in June 2023.<ref>*[https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/07/01/vean-j01.html Australian defence minister seeks extension of military-police deployment in Solomon Islands]* WSWF.org 30 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.</ref>
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|{{flag|Tonga}}||<!--Date started-->29 November 1970||See [[Australia–Tonga relations]]

* Australia and Tonga have enjoyed long-standing friendly relations dating well before Tonga's resumption of sovereignty in June 1970. The two countries established formal diplomatic relations upon the appointment in November 1970 of the first Australian high commissioner<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1179824466/view?partId=nla.obj-1179891092#page/n39/mode/1up Diplomatic Appointments]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 41 No 11 (November 1970) page 604. Retrieved 15 January 2024.</ref> and presentation of credentials in December 1970.
* Australia has a high commission in [[Nukuʻalofa]], established in 1980.  Prior to this the Australian High Commissioner was accredited on a non-resident basis from [[Suva]], Fiji.  For a detailed history of Australian accreditation to Tonga see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Tonga]].
* Tonga has a high commission in Canberra, established in 2008<ref name="appcp">{{cite web|url=http://www.pmo.gov.to/international-relations/credentials-presentations/2821-hrh-the-crown-prince-tupoutua-lavaka-tongas-first-high-commissioner-to-australia|publisher=Tonga Government Portal|title=HRH The Crown Prince Tupouto'a Lavaka: Tonga's First High Commissioner to Australia|date=2008-08-16|access-date=2012-03-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130050612/http://pmo.gov.to/international-relations/credentials-presentations/2821-hrh-the-crown-prince-tupoutua-lavaka-tongas-first-high-commissioner-to-australia|archive-date=2011-11-30}}</ref> and an honorary consulate-general in Sydney.
* Australia and Tonga enjoy a close bilateral relationship, supported by a large development assistance program, Defence Cooperation Program, the Tonga Police Development Program and people-to-people links. Australia is an important focus for Tongans seeking education, travel and business opportunities.  Approximately 33,000 Australians identify themselves as of Tongan ancestry.  Tonga participates in Australia's Pacific Labour Mobility program. Two-way trade between Australia and Tonga was valued at approximately $119 million in goods and services in 2018–19.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tonga/Pages/tonga-country-brief Tonga Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710204344/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tonga/Pages/tonga-country-brief |date=10 July 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 10 July 2021</ref>
* Following the [[2006 Nuku'alofa riots|2006 riots in Tonga]], Australia sent police officers, at Tonga's request, to help stabilise the situation in the kingdom.
* There are regular exchanges of high level and ministerial visits between the two countries.  Most recently Governors-General [[Quentin Bryce]] and [[David Hurley]] have made state visits to Tonga in July–August 2011<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/departure-state-visit-kingdom-tonga-state-dinner State visit to Tonga]* Governor General's Office 31 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2021</ref> and June 2023<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/apia-samoa-nukualofa-tonga Governor-General'sProgram 23 June 2023] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703160106/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/apia-samoa-nukualofa-tonga |date=3 July 2023 }}* Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 3 July 2023.</ref> respectively.  Quentin Bryce also represented Australia in March 2012 at the funeral for the late King of Tonga, His Majesty King George Tupou V.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/tonga-funeral-late-king-tonga-his-majesty-king-george-tupou-v Funeral for the late King of Tonga]* Governor General's Office 27 March 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2021</ref> Her successor, [[Peter Cosgrove]], visited Tonga in July 2015 for the coronation of His Majesty King [[Tupou VI]].<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/visit-tonga-coronation-his-majesty-king-tupou-vi Visit to Tonga] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710204344/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/visit-tonga-coronation-his-majesty-king-tupou-vi |date=10 July 2021 }}* Governor General's Office 4 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|Tuvalu}}||1 October 1978||See [[Australia–Tuvalu relations]]

* Australia established a high commission in [[Funafuti]], Tuvalu in February 2019.<ref name=AFR19>{{cite web|author=Murray, Lisa|url=https://www.afr.com/news/policy/budget/federal-budget-2018-australia-sets-up-a-diplomatic-post-in-tuvalu-20180509-h0zukw|title=Federal budget 2018: Australia sets up a diplomatic post in Tuvalu|date=9 May 2018|publisher=Australian Financial Review|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref><ref name=dfatT-v>{{cite web|url=https://tuvalu.highcommission.gov.au/|title=Australian High Commission -Tuvalu|publisher=Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref> Prior to this Australia's High Commissioner was accredited on a non-resident basis from [[Suva]], Fiji. For a detailed history of Australian accreditation to Tuvalu see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Tuvalu]].
* Tuvalu has a high commission in Canberra, established in May 2025.
* Australia has strong ties with Tuvalu, being one of the three founding donating countries to the Tuvalu Trust Fund, and continues as a major donor of aid and technical assistance to Tuvalu. Tuvalu participates in Australia's Pacific Labour Scheme.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tuvalu/Pages/tuvalu-country-brief Tuvalu Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710180544/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tuvalu/Pages/tuvalu-country-brief |date=10 July 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 10 July 2021</ref>
* Australian Governors General [[Quentin Bryce]] and [[David Hurley]] paid official visits to Tuvalu in 2012 and 2023 respectively.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/apia-samoa-funafuti-tuvalu Governor-General's Program 26 June 2023] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703160108/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/apia-samoa-funafuti-tuvalu |date=3 July 2023 }}* Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 3 July 2023.</ref>   Australian Prime Minister [[Scott Morrison]] visited Tuvalu in August 2019 for the 50th [[Pacific Islands Forum]] summit.
* On 10 November 2023, Tuvalu signed the Falepili Union, a [[Australia–Tuvalu relations|bilateral diplomatic relationship with Australia]], under which Australia will increase its contribution to the [[Tuvalu Trust Fund]] and to the [[Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project]] (TCAP).<ref name=FalepiliTreaty1>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tuvalu/australia-tuvalu-falepili-union-treaty|title=Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union treaty|publisher=Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date=12 November 2023|archive-date=12 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112015202/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tuvalu/australia-tuvalu-falepili-union-treaty|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="AUTFU1">{{cite web|title=Joint Statement on the Falepili Union between Tuvalu and Australia|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|date=10 November 2023|url=https://www.pm.gov.au/media/joint-statement-falepili-union-between-tuvalu-and-australia|access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref><ref name=AustraliaTuvaluResidency>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/10/australia-to-offer-residency-to-tuvalu-residents-displaced-by-climate-change|title=Australia to offer residency to Tuvalu citizens displaced by climate change|publisher=The Guardian Australia|author=Daniel Hurst and Josh Butler|access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref> Australia will also provide a pathway for citizens of Tuvalu to migrate to Australia, to enable [[Climate migration|climate-related mobility]] for Tuvaluans.<ref name="AUTFU1"/>
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* Australia established a consulate in [[Port Vila]] in 1978, which was upgraded to a high commission in July 1980 upon Vanuatu's independence.<ref>"[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/vanuatu/vanuatu-country-brief Vanuatu Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710174918/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/vanuatu/vanuatu-country-brief |date=10 July 2021 }}" Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 10 July 2021</ref> For a detailed history of Australian representation to Vanuatu see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Vanuatu]].
* Vanuatu has a high commission in Canberra.
* Australia is Vanuatu's largest bilateral aid donor and closest security partner.<ref>*[https://www.pm.gov.au/media/enhanced-security-cooperation-vanuatu Enhanced security cooperation with Vanuatu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710173424/https://www.pm.gov.au/media/enhanced-security-cooperation-vanuatu |date=10 July 2021 }}* Australian Prime Minister's Department. Retrieved 10 July 2021</ref>  A Bilateral Security Treaty was signed in December 2022.<ref>*[https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/vanuatu-and-australia-sign-bilateral-security-agreement Vanuatu and Australia sign Bilateral Security Agreement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220091434/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/vanuatu-and-australia-sign-bilateral-security-agreement |date=20 February 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 13 December 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023</ref>  The 2020–2021 Australian Official Development Assistance budget for Vanuatu was $75.6 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/vanuatu/development-assistance/Pages/development-assistance-in-vanuatu Development assistance in Vanuatu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710174915/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/vanuatu/development-assistance/Pages/development-assistance-in-vanuatu |date=10 July 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 10 July 2021</ref>
* Australia is Vanuatu's largest source of foreign direct investment, mostly directed in the areas of tourist development, agriculture and construction. Australia has been Vanuatu's largest source of tourists.
* Australian Governor General [[Quentin Bryce]] paid an official visit to Vanuatu in 2010.  As part of the Australian Government's Pacific Step Up initiative, Prime Minister [[Scott Morrison]] made the first bilateral visit to Vanuatu by an Australian Prime Minister in January 2019.  Vanuatu's Prime Ministers have regularly visited Australia, the most recent from [[Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau]] in February 2023.<ref>*[https://www.pm.gov.au/media/joint-statement Joint Statement]* Australian Prime Minister's Office 15 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.</ref>

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==See also==
* [[Anti-nuclear movement in Australia]]
* [[ANZUS]]
* [[AUKUS]]
* [[Australia and the United Nations]]
* [[Australia House (Ottawa)]]
* [[Australian contribution to the 2003 Gulf War]]
* [[CANZUK International]] and [[CANZUK]]
* [[Defence of Australia Policy]]
* [[Five Eyes]]
* [[List of Australians imprisoned or executed abroad]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions in Australia]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions of Australia]]
* [[Peace movements in Australia]]
* [[Quadrilateral Security Dialogue]]
* [[UKUSA Agreement]]
* [[Visa requirements for Australian citizens]]

==References==
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* {{CIA World Factbook|year=2000}}
* 2003 [[US Department of State]] [https://www.state.gov/ website]
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==Further reading==
* Abbondanza, Gabriele. ''The Geopolitics of Australia in the New Millennium: the Asia-Pacific Context'' (Aracne, 2013)
* Beeson, Mark. "Issues in Australian Foreign Policy". ''The Australian Journal of Politics and History'' (2002) 48#2
* {{cite book|first=David|last=Bird|title=J. A. Lyons, The Tame Tasmanian: Appeasement and Rearmament in Australia, 1932–39|year=2008|publisher=Australian Scholarly Publishing|isbn=9781740971577}}
* Bisley, Nick. "Issues in Australian Foreign Policy: July to December 2011". ''Australian Journal of Politics & History''  (2012) 58#2 pp 268–82 {{doi|10.1111/j.1467-8497.2012.01636.x}}
* Chai, Tommy Sheng Hao. "How China attempts to drive a wedge in the U.S.-Australia alliance". ''Australian Journal of International Affairs'' 74.5 (2020): 511–531.
* Chieocharnpraphan, Thosaphon. ''Australian Foreign Policy under the Howard Government: Australia as a Middle Power?'' (2011)
*{{cite book|first=Honae|last=Cuffe|title=The Genesis of a Policy: Defining and Defending Australia's National Interest in the Asia-Pacific, 1921–57|isbn=9781760464684|publisher=ANU Press|year=2021 |url=https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/51554/book.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y}}
* Curley, Melissa, and Dane Moores. "Issues in Australian Foreign Policy, January to June 2011". ''Australian Journal of Politics & History''  (2011) 57#4 pp 597–613 {{doi|10.1111/j.1467-8497.2011.01617.x}}
* [[Rawdon Dalrymple|Dalrymple, Rawdon]]. ''Continental Drift: Australia's Search for a Regional Identity'' (Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 2003). {{ISBN|0754634469}}.
* Edwards, Peter,  "Curtin, MacArthur and the 'surrender of sovereignty': A historiographical assessment." ''Australian Journal of International Affairs'' 55.2 (2001): 175-185.
* Fels, Enrico. ''Shifting Power in Asia-Pacific? The Rise of China, Sino-US Competition and Regional Middle Power Allegiance''. (Springer, 2017), pp.&nbsp;365–436.
* Firth, Stewart. ''Australia in International Politics: An Introduction to Australian Foreign Policy'' (3rd ed., 2011)
* Gyngell; Allan, and Michael Wesley. '' Making Australian Foreign Policy'' (Cambridge University Press, 2003) 
* Hundt, David. "Issues in Australian Foreign Policy: July to December 2010". ''Australian Journal of Politics & History'' (2011) {{doi|10.1111/j.1467-8497.2011.01597.x}}
* Lockyer, Adam, [https://www.mup.com.au/books/9780522869316-australias-defence-strategy ''Australia's Defence Strategy: Evaluating Alternatives for a Contested Asia''], (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2017)
* McDonald, Scott D., and Andrew T. H. Tan, eds. ''The Future of the United States-Australia Alliance: Evolving Security Strategy in the Indo-Pacific'' (2020) [https://www.amazon.com/dp/036732251X/  excerpt]
* Millar, T. B. ''Australia in peace and war: external relations 1788–1977'' (1978) [https://archive.org/details/australiainpeace0000mill online], 612pp
* Patience, Allan. ''Australian Foreign Policy in Asia: Middle Power or Awkward Partner?'' (2019) [https://books.google.com/books?id=5dpCDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%27%27Australian+Foreign+Policy+in+Asia:+Middle+Power+or+Awkward+Partner?%27%27&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs3_ur7dePAxUb4MkDHXI3J2IQ6AF6BAgGEAM online]
*{{cite book|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/history-of-trade-commissioner-service.pdf|first=Boris|last=Schedvin|year=2008|title=Emissaries of Trade: A History of the Australian Trade Commissioner Service|publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|isbn=978-1-921244-57-5}}
* Suri, Navdeep. "Australia-China Relations: The Great Unravelling". ORF Issue Brief No. 366, June 2020, Observer Research Foundation. [https://www.orfonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ORF_IssueBrief_366_China-Australia.pdf online]
* Tow, William T., and Chen-shen Yen. "Australia–Taiwan relations: the evolving geopolitical setting". ''Australian Journal of International Affairs'' 61.3 (2007): 330–350.
* Ungerer, Carl. "The 'middle power' concept in Australian foreign policy". ''Australian Journal of Politics & History'' 53.4 (2007): 538–551.
* Watt, Alan. ''The Evolution of Australian Foreign Policy 1938–1965''. (Cambridge UP, 1967)

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