Chiefs of Mission in Australia (1940 – present)

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Name	State of Residency	Career/Appointment	Title	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

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