# List of ambassadors of Australia to the Netherlands

The ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The ambassador resides in The Hague. The current ambassador, since April 2023, is Greg French.

## List of heads of mission

| Ordinal | Officeholder | Title | Term start date | Term end date | Time in office |
| 1 | Stanley Bruce CH | Minister to the Netherlands | 1942 (1942) | 1945 (1945) | 2–3 years |
| (n/a) | John Hood | Chargé d'affaires | 1945 (1945) | 1946 (1946) | 0–1 years |
| 2 | Keith Officer OBE, MC | Minister to the Netherlands | 1946 (1946) | 1948 (1948) | 1–2 years |
| (n/a) | John Quinn | Chargé d'affaires | 1948 (1948) | 1950 (1950) | 1–2 years |
| (n/a) | Peter Heydon | Chargé d'affaires | 1950 (1950) | 1950 (1950) | 0 years |
| 3 | Alfred Stirling CBE | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 1950 (1950) | 1955 (1955) | 4–5 years |
| 4 | Hugh McClure Smith | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 1955 (1955) | 1958 (1958) | 2–3 years |
| 5 | Sir Edwin McCarthy CBE | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 1958 (1958) | 1962 (1962) | 3–4 years |
| 6 | Walter Crocker CBE | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 1962 (1962) | 1965 (1965) | 2–3 years |
| 7 | Sir Roden Cutler VC, KCMG, CBE | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 1965 (1965) | 1966 (1966) | 0–1 years |
| 8 | Colin Moodie | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 1966 (1966) | 1970 (1970) | 3–4 years |
| 9 | Lloyd Thomson | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 1970 (1970) | 1974 (1974) | 3–4 years |
| 10 | Frederick Blakeney CBE | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 1974 (1974) | 1977 (1977) | 2–3 years |
| 11 | David Fairbairn KBE, DFC | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 1977 (1977) | 1980 (1980) | 2–3 years |
| 12 | James Cumes | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 1980 (1980) | 1984 (1984) | 3–4 years |
| 13 | Geoffrey Price | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 1984 (1984) | 1987 (1987) | 2–3 years |
| 14 | Don Grimes | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 1987 (1987) | 1991 (1991) | 3–4 years |
| 15 | Warwick Weemaes | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 1991 (1991) | 1993 (1993) | 1–2 years |
| 16 | Michael Tate | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 1993 (1993) | 1996 (1996) | 2–3 years |
| 17 | Ted Delofski | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 1997 (1997) | 2001 (2001) | 3–4 years |
| 18 | Peter Hussin | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 2001 (2001) | 2004 (2004) | 2–3 years |
| 19 | Stephen Brady | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 2004 (2004) | 2008 (2008) | 3–4 years |
| 20 | Lydia Morton | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 2008 (2008) | 2011 (2011) | 2–3 year |
| 21 | Neil Mules | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 2011 (2011) | 2015 (2015) | 3–4 years |
| 22 | Brett Mason | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 21 April 2015 (2015-04-21) | August 2018 (2018-08) | 3 years, 3 months |
| 23 | Matthew Neuhaus | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | August 2018 (2018-08) | April 2023 (2023-04) | 4 years, 8 months |
| 24 | Dr Greg French | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | April 2023 (2023-04) | incumbent | 1 year, 10 months |
    ^[note a] : Non-resident minister; served concurrently as Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
    ^[note b] : Tate served concurrently as the Australian ambassador to the Holy See.