United States Ambassador to Australia
- United States Ambassador to Australia
The position of United States Ambassador to Australia has existed since 1940. U.S.-Australian relations have been close throughout the history of Australia. Before World War II Australia was closely aligned with the United Kingdom, but it has strengthened its relationship with the United States since 1942, as Britain's influence in Asia has declined and the United States influence has increased. At the governmental level, United States-Australia relationships are formalised by the ANZUS treaty and Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement.
The embassy in Canberra has always been regarded as a desirable posting and hence has become a patronage position. U.S. Ambassadors to Australia have traditionally been friends, political allies or former business associates of the President of the day. Some have been major donors to the President's election campaign or political party. Few have been career diplomats (Marshall Green was a conspicuous exception). The two ambassadors during the Bush Administration, for example, have been Tom Schieffer, a former business associate of President Bush, and Robert McCallum, Jr., a Bush college friend.
This arrangement has suited Australian governments, who welcome the ability of such ambassadors to gain direct access to the President, bypassing the State Department.
United States Ambassadors to Australia
*Clarence E. Gauss (1940-41)
*Nelson T. Johnson (1941-45)
*Robert Butler (1946-48)
*Myron M. Cowen (1948-49)
*Pete Jarman (1949-53)
*Amos J. Peaslee (1953-56)
*Douglas M. Moffat (1956)
*William J. Sebald (1957-61)
*William C. Battle (1962-64)
*Ed Clark (1965-67)
*William H. Crook (1968-69)
*Walter L. Rice (1969-73)
*Marshall Green (1973-75)
*James W. Hargrove (1976-77)
*Philip H. Alston (1977-81)
*Robert D. Nesen (1981-85)
*Laurence W. Lane (1985-89)
*Melvin F. Sembler (1989-93)
*Edward J. Perkins (1993-96)
*Genta H. Holmes (1997-2000)
*Edward W. Gnehm (2000-01)
*Thomas Schieffer (2001-05)
*Robert McCallum, Jr. (2006-)
"Source: U.S. State Department"
ee also
*List of Australian Ambassadors to the United States
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