List of ambassadors of the United States to Australia
United States Ambassadors to Australia
The following individuals have served as the US Ambassadors to Australia, or any precedent titles:

List of ambassadors of the United States to Australia

Section Title: United States Ambassadors to Australia
Table Section Text: The following individuals have served as the US Ambassadors to Australia, or any precedent titles:

Ordinal	Officeholder	Image	Term began	Term ended	Time in office	Notes

US Ministers to Australia

1	Clarence E. Gauss	-	1940	1941

2	Nelson T. Johnson	-	1941	1945

US Ambassadors to Australia

3	Robert Butler	1946	1948

4	Myron M. Cowen	1948	1949

5	Pete Jarman	-	8 June 1949	31 July 1953	4 years, 53 days

6	Amos J. Peaslee	1953	1956

7	Douglas M. Maffat	1956

8	William J. Sebald	-	14 March 1957	31 October 1961	4 years, 231 days

9	William C. Battle	-	13 July 1962	31 August 1964	2 years, 49 days

10	Ed Clark	1965	1967

11	William H. Crook	1968	1969

12	Marshall Green	1969	1973

13	Walter L. Rice	1973	1975

14	James W. Hargrove	1976	1977

15	Philip H. Alston	1977	1981

16	Robert D. Nesen	20 November 1981	2 May 1985	3 years, 163 days

17	Laurence W. Lane	6 December 1985	29 April 1989	3 years, 144 days

18	Melvin F. Sembler	-	10 October 1989	28 February 1993	3 years, 141 days

19	Edward J. Perkins	-	24 November 1993	19 July 1996	2 years, 238 days

20	Genta H. Holmes	1997	2000

21	Edward (Skip) Gnehm	EdwardGnehm.JPG	2000	2001

22	Thomas Schieffer	-	23 August 2001	18 February 2005	3 years, 179 days

23	Robert McCallum, Jr.	-	2006	2009

24	Jeff Bleich	-	26 November 2009	12 September 2013	3 years, 290 days

25	John Berry	-	25 September 2013	October 2016	3 years, 6 days

vacant	October 2016	12 March 2019

26	Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr.	-	13 March 2019	present	25 days

Sentence(s)

Pete Jarman served as ambassador to Australia from June 8, 1949 until July 31, 1953.

final_sentence: Pete Jarman served as ambassador to Australia from June 8, 1949 until July 31, 1953.