# List of high commissioners of Australia to Tuvalu

The High Commissioner of Australia to Tuvalu is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia in Tuvalu. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and the High Commissioner resides in Funafuti. The High Commissioner since August 2023 is Brenton Garlick. There has been a resident Australian High Commissioner in Tuvalu since October 2018, and the Australian High Commission is one of only two resident diplomatic missions in Tuvalu, the other being the Embassy of Taiwan

## Posting history

Prior to the independence of Tuvalu on 1 October 1978, the High Commission in Suva was accredited to Tuvalu, with the High Commissioner (1977–2014) and Deputy High Commissioner (2014–2018) serving as the non-resident accredited High Commissioner to Tuvalu. In the 2018 Australian Federal budget, funding was allocated to establish a High Commission in Tuvalu, becoming one of only two diplomatic missions in Tuvalu (the other being the Embassy of Taiwan). A resident High Commissioner to Tuvalu was appointed in 2018, and the High Commission was officially opened in 2019.

## Heads of mission

| # | Officeholder | Residency | Term start date | Term end date | Time in office |
| 1 | Gordon Upton | Suva, Fiji | 30 November 1977 (1977-11-30) | December 1979 (1979-12) | 1–2 years |
| 2 | Raymond Greet | Suva, Fiji | February 1980 (1980-02) | May 1982 (1982-05) | 2 years, 3 months |
| 3 | Colin McDonald | Suva, Fiji | May 1982 (1982-05) | June 1984 (1984-06) | 2 years, 1 month |
| 4 | Jeremy Hearder | Suva, Fiji | June 1984 (1984-06) | June 1986 (1986-06) | 2 years |
| 5 | John Piper | Suva, Fiji | June 1986 (1986-06) | 16 October 1987 (1987-10-16) | 1 year, 4 months |
| 6 | Bob Cotton | Suva, Fiji | 30 March 1988 (1988-03-30) | August 1991 (1991-08) | 3 years, 4 months |
| 7 | John Trotter | Suva, Fiji | August 1991 (1991-08) | April 1995 (1995-04) | 3 years, 8 months |
| 8 | Greg Urwin | Suva, Fiji | April 1995 (1995-04) | July 1999 (1999-07) | 4 years, 3 months |
| 9 | Susan Boyd | Suva, Fiji | July 1999 (1999-07) | July 2003 (2003-07) | 4 years |
| 10 | Jennifer Rawson | Suva, Fiji | July 2003 (2003-07) | January 2007 (2007-01) | 3 years, 6 months |
| 11 | James Batley | Suva, Fiji | January 2007 (2007-01) | 3 November 2009 (2009-11-03) | 2 years, 10 months |
| − | Glenn Miles (Acting) | Suva, Fiji | 3 November 2009 (2009-11-03) | 2 December 2014 (2014-12-02) | 5 years, 29 days |
| 12 | Karinda D’Aloisio | Suva, Fiji | 2 December 2014 (2014-12-02) | June 2016 (2016-06) | 1 year, 5 months |
| 13 | Amy Crago | Suva, Fiji | June 2016 (2016-06) | 26 October 2018 (2018-10-26) | 2 years, 4 months |
| 14 | Karyn Murray | Funafuti | 26 October 2018 (2018-10-26) | 6 October 2021 (2021-10-06) | 2 years, 345 days |
| 15 | Robin McKenzie | Funafuti | 6 October 2021 (2021-10-06) | 1 June 2023 (2023-06-01) | 3 years, 141 days |
| 16 | Brenton Garlick | Funafuti | 4 September 2023 (2023-09-04) | 23 October 2024 (2024-10-23) | 1 year, 173 days |
| 17 | David Charlton | Funafuti | 23 October 2024 (2024-10-23) | Incumbent | 124 days |