page_title: List of diplomatic missions in Australia
section_title: Embassies and High Commissions
hierarchical_section_title: List of diplomatic missions in Australia / Embassies and High Commissions
caption_attribution_description: English: The Embassy of Mongolia to Australia
context_page_description: Consulates and legations 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, Germany and Japan.
  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 1937 and the United States of America opened a mission in 1940. In 1946, Australia and the United States upgraded their diplomatic relations to the ambassadorial level and exchanged ambassadors in September of that year. Other countries, including France, Canada and Sweden, followed soon afterwards.
  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.
  Some countries have chosen not to establish an embassy in Canberra but instead operate a consulate in a major city, such as Melbourne and Brisbane.
  Canberra currently hosts 106 embassies/high commissions.
context_section_description: Canberra:
   Afghanistan
   Algeria
   Argentina
   Austria
   Azerbaijan
   Bangladesh
   Belgium
   Bosnia and Herzegovina
   Botswana
   Brazil
   Brunei
   Bulgaria
   Cambodia
   Canada
   Chile
   China
   Colombia
   Costa Rica
   Croatia
   Cuba
   Cyprus
   Czech Republic
   Denmark
   East Timor
   Ecuador
   Egypt
   El Salvador
   Estonia
   Ethiopia
   Fiji
   Finland
   France
   Georgia
   Germany
   Ghana
   Greece
   Guatemala
    Holy See
   Hungary
   India
   Indonesia
   Iran
   Iraq
   Ireland
   Israel
   Italy
   Japan
   Jordan
   Kenya
   Kosovo
   Kuwait
   Laos
   Lebanon
   Libya
   Malaysia
   Malta
   Mauritius
   Mexico
   Mongolia
   Morocco
   Myanmar
     Nepal
   Netherlands
   New Zealand
   Nigeria
   North Macedonia
   Norway
   Pakistan
   Panama
   Papua New Guinea
   Paraguay
   Peru
   Philippines
   Poland
   Portugal
   Qatar
   Romania
   Russia
   Samoa
   Saudi Arabia
   Serbia
   Singapore
   Slovakia
   Slovenia
   Solomon Islands
   South Africa
   South Korea
   Spain
   Sri Lanka
   Sudan
   Sweden
    Switzerland
   Thailand
   Tonga
   Tunisia
   Turkey
   Uganda
   Ukraine
   United Arab Emirates
   United Kingdom
   United States
   Uruguay
   Vanuatu
   Venezuela
   Vietnam
   Zambia
   Zimbabwe
caption: Mongolian Embassy in Canberra
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