# List of diplomatic missions in Australia

Consulates were operating in Australian cities long before the Commonwealth of Australia was founded in 1901. The United States opened a consulate in Sydney in 1836, with other countries later following including Switzerland (1855), Germany (1879) and Japan (1896, in Townsville).
The diplomatic corps was first established in Canberra in 1936 when the United Kingdom appointed its first High Commissioner to Australia. Canada appointed a representative in 1939 and the United States of America established a legation in 1940. This was followed in early 1941 by Japan only for the legation to be closed in December 1941 with the entry of Japan into World War II. The period 1941-1945 saw additional legations opened by wartime allies China, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, France and the Netherlands and the appointment of High Commissioners by New Zealand and India. In 1946, Australia and the United States upgraded their diplomatic relations to ambassadorial level and exchanged ambassadors in September of that year. This was followed for the other legations of permanent members of the UN Security Council, France, China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1948 and by the late 1960s all existing legations in Canberra had been upgraded to embassies.
Initially residences and chanceries were in the Canberra suburbs of Red Hill and Forrest. The majority of missions are today in the lakeside suburb of Yarralumla or the suburb of O'Malley in the Woden Valley. Many countries have built their chanceries in distinctive architectural styles reflecting national traditions or aspirations.
Some countries have chosen not to establish an embassy in Canberra but instead operate a consulate in a major city, such as Melbourne and Sydney.
As of 2024, Canberra hosts 112 embassies/high commissions.

## Diplomatic missions in Canberra
### Embassies/High Commissions

| Sending Country | Mission |
| Afghanistan | Embassy |
| Albania | Embassy |
| Algeria | Embassy |
| Angola | Embassy |
| Argentina | Embassy |
| Austria | Embassy |
| Azerbaijan | Embassy |
| Bangladesh | High Commission |
| Belgium | Embassy |
| Bhutan | Embassy |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Embassy |
| Botswana | High Commission |
| Brazil | Embassy |
| Brunei | High Commission |
| Bulgaria | Embassy |
| Cambodia | Embassy |
| Canada | High Commission |
| Chile | Embassy |
| China | Embassy |
| Colombia | Embassy |
| Costa Rica | Embassy |
| Croatia | Embassy |
| Cuba | Embassy |
| Cyprus | High Commission |
| Czechia | Embassy |
| Denmark | Embassy |
| Ecuador | Embassy |
| Egypt | Embassy |
| El Salvador | Embassy |
| Estonia | Embassy |
| Ethiopia | Embassy |
| Fiji | High Commission |
| Finland | Embassy |
| France | Embassy |
| Georgia | Embassy |
| Germany | Embassy |
| Ghana | High Commission |
| Greece | Embassy |
| Guatemala | Embassy |
| Holy See | Apostolic Nunciature |
| Hungary | Embassy |
| India | High Commission |
| Indonesia | Embassy |
| Iran | Embassy |
| Iraq | Embassy |
| Ireland | Embassy |
| Israel | Embassy |
| Italy | Embassy |
| Japan | Embassy |
| Jordan | Embassy |
| Kenya | High Commission |
| Kosovo | Embassy |
| Kuwait | Embassy |
| Laos | Embassy |
| Latvia | Embassy |
| Lebanon | Embassy |
| Libya | Embassy |
| Lithuania | Embassy |
| Malaysia | High Commission |
| Malta | High Commission |
| Mauritius | High Commission |
| Mexico | Embassy |
| Micronesia | Embassy |
| Mongolia | Embassy |
| Morocco | Embassy |
| Myanmar | Embassy |
| Nauru | High Commission |
| Nepal | Embassy |
| Netherlands | Embassy |
| New Zealand | High Commission |
| Nigeria | High Commission |
| North Macedonia | Embassy |
| Norway | Embassy |
| Oman | Embassy |
| Pakistan | High Commission |
| Panama | Embassy |
| Papua New Guinea | High Commission |
| Peru | Embassy |
| Philippines | Embassy |
| Poland | Embassy |
| Portugal | Embassy |
| Qatar | Embassy |
| Romania | Embassy |
| Russia | Embassy |
| Samoa | High Commission |
| Saudi Arabia | Embassy |
| Serbia | Embassy |
| Singapore | High Commission |
| Slovenia | Embassy |
| Solomon Islands | High Commission |
| South Africa | High Commission |
| South Korea | Embassy |
| Spain | Embassy |
| Sri Lanka | High Commission |
| Sudan | Embassy |
| Sweden | Embassy |
| Switzerland | Embassy |
| Thailand | Embassy |
| Timor-Leste | Embassy |
| Tonga | High Commission |
| Turkey | Embassy |
| Uganda | High Commission |
| Ukraine | Embassy |
| United Arab Emirates | Embassy |
| United Kingdom | High Commission |
| United States | Embassy |
| Uruguay | Embassy |
| Vanuatu | High Commission |
| Venezuela | Embassy |
| Vietnam | Embassy |
| Zambia | High Commission |
| Zimbabwe | Embassy |

### Other delegations or representative offices

* European Union (Delegation)
* National Unity Government of Myanmar (Representative Office)
* Palestine (Delegation)
* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Representative Office)
* Taiwan (Economic & Cultural Office)
* United Nations (Information Centre)

## Consular missions
### Adelaide, South Australia

| Sending Country | Mission |
| China | Consulate-General |
| Greece | Consulate-General |
| Italy | Consulate |

### Darwin, Northern Territory

| Sending Country | Mission | Notes | Image | Ref(s) |
| Indonesia | Consulate | | | |
| Timor-Leste | Consulate-General | Also serves WA | | |

### Brisbane, Queensland

| Sending Country | Mission |
| China | Consulate-General |
| India | Consulate-General |
| Italy | Consulate |
| Japan | Consulate-General |
| Nauru | Consulate-General |
| Papua New Guinea | Consulate-General |
| Solomon Islands | Consulate-General |
| South Korea | Consular Office |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | Economic & Cultural Office |
| United Kingdom | Consulate-General |

### Cairns, Queensland

| Sending Country | Mission | Notes | Image | Ref(s) |
| Japan | Consular Office | | | |
| Papua New Guinea | Consulate | | | |

### Melbourne, Victoria

| Sending Country | Mission | Notes |
| Chile | Consulate-General | Also serves SA, TAS, and WA |
| China | Consulate-General | Also serves TAS |
| Croatia | Consulate-General | Also serves TAS |
| Egypt | Consulate-General | Also serves SA, TAS, and WA |
| El Salvador | Consulate-General | |
| Eritrea | Consulate-General | |
| Greece | Consulate-General | |
| Hungary | Consulate-General | Also serves SA and TAS |
| India | Consulate-General | Also serves TAS |
| Indonesia | Consulate-General | Also serves TAS |
| Iraq | Consulate-General | |
| Italy | Consulate-General | Also serves TAS |
| Japan | Consulate-General | Also serves SA and TAS |
| Lebanon | Consulate-General | |
| Malaysia | Consulate-General | |
| Malta | Consulate-General | |
| New Zealand | Consulate-General | |
| North Macedonia | Consulate-General | Also serves NT, SA, and TAS |
| Pakistan | Consulate-General | Also serves SA and TAS |
| Peru | Consulate-General | Also serves TAS |
| Philippines | Consulate-General | |
| Romania | Consulate | Also serves SA, TAS, and WA |
| South Korea | Consulate-General | |
| Spain | Consulate-General | Also serves SA, TAS, and WA |
| Sri Lanka | Consulate-General | |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | Economic & Cultural Office | |
| Turkey | Consulate-General | Also serves SA, TAS, and WA |
| United Kingdom | Consulate-General | Also serves SA & TAS |
| United States | Consulate-General | Also serves NT, SA, and TAS |

### Perth, Western Australia

| Sending Country | Mission | Notes |
| China | Consulate-General | |
| Croatia | Consulate | |
| Greece | Consulate | |
| India | Consulate-General | |
| Indonesia | Consulate-General | |
| Italy | Consulate | |
| Japan | Consulate-General | |
| Malaysia | Consulate-General | |
| United Kingdom | Consulate-General | Also serves NT (commercial matters only) |
| United States | Consulate-General | |
| Vietnam | Consulate-General | |

### Sydney, New South Wales

| Sending Country | Mission | Notes |
| Argentina | Consulate-General | Also serves Fiji |
| Austria | Consulate-General | |
| Bangladesh | Consulate-General | Also serves QLD |
| Brazil | Consulate-General | |
| Canada | Consulate-General | Also serves NT, QLD |
| Chile | Consulate-General | |
| China | Consulate-General | |
| Colombia | Consulate-General | |
| Croatia | Consulate-General | |
| Czechia | Consulate-General | |
| Denmark | Consulate-General | |
| East Timor | Consulate-General | |
| Egypt | Consulate-General | |
| Fiji | Consulate-General | |
| France | Consulate-General | |
| Germany | Consulate-General | |
| Greece | Consulate-General | |
| Hungary | Consulate-General | |
| India | Consulate-General | Also serves SA |
| Indonesia | Consulate-General | Also serves QLD and SA |
| Iraq | Consulate-General | |
| Ireland | Consulate-General | |
| Italy | Consulate-General | |
| Japan | Consulate-General | |
| Kazakhstan | Consulate-General | |
| Lebanon | Consulate-General | |
| Malaysia | Consulate-General | |
| Malta | Consulate-General | |
| Netherlands | Consulate-General | |
| New Zealand | Consulate-General | |
| Pakistan | Consulate-General | |
| Papua New Guinea | Consulate-General | |
| Paraguay | Consulate-General | |
| Peru | Consulate-General | |
| Philippines | Consulate-General | |
| Poland | Consulate-General | |
| Portugal | Consulate-General | |
| Romania | Consulate-General | |
| Russia | Consulate-General | |
| Samoa | Consulate-General | |
| Saudi Arabia | Consulate-General | |
| Serbia | Consulate-General | |
| Slovakia | Consulate-General | |
| South Korea | Consulate-General | |
| Spain | Consulate-General | |
| Switzerland | Consulate-General | |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | Economic & Cultural Office | |
| Thailand | Consulate-General | |
| Turkey | Consulate-General | |
| United Kingdom | Consulate-General | |
| United States | Consulate-General | Also serves NFI, QLD |
| Uruguay | Consulate-General | |
| Vanuatu | Consulate-General | |
| Vietnam | Consulate-General | |

## Non-resident embassies and high commissions
### Resident in Jakarta, Indonesia

* Bahrain
* North Korea
* Suriname
* Tunisia
* Yemen

### Resident in Singapore

* Kazakhstan
* Rwanda
* Uzbekistan

### Resident in Tokyo, Japan

* Armenia
* Belarus
* Benin
* Burkina Faso
* Cameroon
* Djibouti
* Dominican Republic
* Guinea
* Jamaica
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mozambique
* Senegal
* Slovakia
* Tanzania
* Turkmenistan

### Resident elsewhere

* Bahamas (Nassau)
* Barbados (London)
* Belize (Washington, D.C.)
* Bolivia (Ottawa)
* Burundi (Beijing)
* Cape Verde (Beijing)
* Central African Republic (Pretoria)
* Chad (Beijing)
* Comoros (Beijing)
* Congo-Brazzaville (Beijing)
* Congo-Kinshasa
* Equatorial Guinea (New Delhi)
* Eritrea (Beijing)
* Eswatini (Kuala Lumpur)
* Gabon
* Gambia (Riyadh)
* Grenada (Washington, D.C.)
* Guinea-Bissau (Beijing)
* Guyana (Ottawa)
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Iceland (Copenhagen)
* Ivory Coast (Seoul)
* Kyrgyzstan
* Lesotho (Kuala Lumpur)
* Madagascar (Port Louis)
* Maldives (Colombo)
* Monaco (Monte Carlo)
* Marshall Islands (Suva)
* Montenegro (Podgorica)
* Namibia (Kuala Lumpur)
* Nicaragua
* Niger (New Delhi)
* Palau (Manila)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (New York City)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (Washington, D.C.)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Washington, D.C.)
* Sierra Leone (Beijing)
* South Sudan (Beijing)
* Seychelles (New Delhi)
* Syria (Kuala Lumpur)
* Tajikistan
* Togo (Beijing)
* Trinidad and Tobago (Beijing)

## Other delegations or representative offices
### Sydney

* Artsakh (Representative Office)

## Closed missions

| Host city | Sending country | Mission | Year closed |
| Canberra | Belarus | Embassy | 2018 |
| Canberra | Ivory Coast | Embassy | 2020 |
| Canberra | Eritrea | Embassy | 2013 |
| Canberra | North Korea | Embassy | 2008 |
| Canberra | Paraguay | Embassy | 2024 |
| Canberra | Slovakia | Embassy | 2024 |
| Canberra | South Vietnam | Embassy | 1975 |
| Canberra | Syria | Embassy | 2012 |
| Canberra | Tunisia | Embassy | 2022 |
| Adelaide | New Zealand | Consulate-General | 1990 |
| Adelaide | United Kingdom | Consulate | 2006 |
| Brisbane | New Zealand | Consulate-General | 2010 |
| Brisbane | United States | Consulate | 1980s |
| Melbourne | Oman | Consulate-General | 2023 |
| Perth | New Zealand | Consulate-General | 1990 |
| Sydney | Costa Rica | Consulate-General | 2020 |
| Sydney | Finland | Consulate-General | 2012 |
| Sydney | Mexico | Consulate-General | 2001 |
| Sydney | Sweden | Consulate-General | 1995 |
| Townsville | Empire of Japan | Consulate | 1908 |