List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia
Office-holders
Table:
High commissioner
Start of term
End of term

Sir Geoffrey Whiskard, KCB, KCMG
1936
1941

Sir Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet
1941
1945

Edward Williams, KCMG
1946
1952

Sir Stephen Holmes, KCMG, MC
1952
1956

The Lord Carrington, KCMG, MC, DL
1956
1959

Lieutenant General Sir William Oliver, GBE, KCB, KCMG
1959
1965

Sir Charles Johnston, GCMG
1965
1971

Sir Morrice James, GCMG, CVO, MBE
1971
1976

Sir Donald Tebbit, GCMG
1976
1980

Sir John Mason, KCMG
1980
1984

Sir John Leahy, KCMG
1984
1988

Sir John Coles, GCMG
1988
1991

Sir Brian Barder, KCMG
1991
1994

Sir Roger Carrick, KCMG, LVO
1994
1997

Alex Allan
1997
1999

The Lord Goodlad, KCMG, PC
1999
2005

The Rt. Hon. Helen Liddell
2005
2009

The Baroness Amos, PC
2009
2010

Paul Madden, CMG[1]
2011
2015

Menna Rawlings, CMG[2]
2015
2019

Victoria Treadell, CMG, MVO[3]
2019

According to the data within the table titled "Office-holders" section of List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia, answer the following question with a short sentence: When did Peter Carington serve as the High Commissioner to Australia? Output only the correct answer as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Peter Carington was appointed as High Commissioner to Australia, a post he held from 1956 to 1959.