Chiefs of Mission in Australia (1940 – present)
State of Residency
Career/Appointment
Presentation of Credentials
Termination of Mission
John Berry Maryland Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 9, 2013 September 25, 2013 Left post September 20, 2016
Jeffrey L. Bleich California Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 10, 2009 November 26, 2009 Left post September 12, 2013
Robert D. McCallum Georgia Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 5, 2006 August 24, 2006 Left post, January 20, 2009
J. Thomas Schieffer Texas Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 27, 2001 August 23, 2001 Left post, February 18, 2005*
*The following officers served as Charges d'Affaires ad interim: William A. Stanton (February 2005–July 2006) and Michael P. Owens (July–August 2006)
Edward William Gnehm, Jr. Georgia Foreign Service officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 14, 2000 August 30, 2000 Concluded post, June 22, 2001
Genta H. Holmes California Foreign Service officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 10, 1997 April 11, 1997 Concluded post, July 23, 2000
Edward J. Perkins Oregon Foreign Service officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 8, 1993 November 24, 1993 Concluded post, July 19, 1996
Melvin F. Sembler Florida Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 10, 1989 October 25, 1989 Concluded post, February 28, 1993
Laurence W. Lane, Jr. California Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 6, 1985 January 7, 1986 Concluded post, April 29, 1989
Robert D. Nesen California Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 20, 1981 June 17, 1981 Concluded post, May 2, 1985
Philip H. Alston, Jr. Georgia Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 23, 1977 Left post, January 23, 1981 Also accredited to Nauru; resident at Canberra.
James W. Hargrove Texas Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 4, 1976 February 19, 1976 Concluded post, March 8, 1977
Marshall Green District of Columbia Foreign Service officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 27, 1973 June 8, 1973 Concluded post, July 31, 1975
Walter L. Rice Virginia Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 19, 1969 September 11, 1969 Concluded post, May 26, 1973
William H. Crook Texas Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 24, 1968 July 22, 1968 Concluded post, April 18, 1969
Edward Clark Texas Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 22, 1965 August 23, 1965 Concluded post, December 31, 1967
William C. Battle Virginia Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 7, 1962 July 13, 1962 Concluded post, August 31, 1964
William J. Sebald District of Columbia Foreign Service officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 14, 1957 June 7, 1957 Concluded post, October 31, 1961
Douglas Maxwell Moffat New York Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 23, 1956 March 27, 1956 Died at Sydney, August 30, 1956
Amos J. Peaslee New Jersey Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 15, 1953 August 12, 1953 Concluded Australia, February 16, 1956
Pete Jarman Alabama Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 8, 1949 September 7, 1949 Concluded post, July 31, 1953
Myron Melvin Cowen New York Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 1, 1948 August 20, 1948 Left post, March 17, 1949
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on March 2, 1949.
Edward J. Flynn New York Non-career appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Note: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
Robert Butler Minnesota Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 12, 1946 September 25, 1946 Left Concluded, March 31, 1948
Nelson T. Johnson Oklahoma Foreign Service officer Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 11, 1941 September 12, 1941 Left Australia, April 20, 1945
Note: John R. Minter was serving as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim when Legation Canberra was raised to Embassy status, July 19, 1946
Clarence E. Gauss Connecticut Foreign Service officer Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary January 12, 1940 July 17, 1940 Concluded post, March 5, 1941