DFAT manages an extensive network of Australian diplomatic and consular missions abroad (tables 3.4-3.6), supporting Australia’s international interests and providing consular and passport services. The department’s central office is in Canberra and it also maintains offices in all of the state capitals and in Darwin, as well as Newcastle and Thursday Island.
3.4 AUSTRALIAN EMBASSIES, HIGH COMMISSIONS, CONSULATES AND MULTILATERAL MISSIONS MANAGED BY THE DFAT(a) - 30 June 2004
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| Country of location | City | Post type |
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| Argentina | Buenos Aires | Embassy |
| Austria | Vienna | Embassy/Permanent Mission to the United Nations |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | High Commission |
| Belgium | Brussels | Embassy/Mission to the European Union |
| Brazil | Brasilia | Embassy |
| Brunei Darussalam | Bandar Seri Begawan | High Commission |
| Burma | Rangoon | Embassy |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Embassy |
| Canada | Ottawa | High Commission |
| Chile | Santiago | Embassy |
| China, People's Republic of | Beijing | Embassy |
 | Guangzhou | Consulate-General |
| Hong Kong SAR | Consulate-General |
| Shanghai | Consulate-General |
| Croatia | Zagreb | Embassy |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | High Commission |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | Embassy |
| East Timor | Dili | Embassy |
| Egypt | Cairo | Embassy |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Pohnpei | Embassy |
| Fiji | Suva | High Commission |
| France | Paris(b) | Embassy |
| Paris | Delegation to the OECD |
| Germany | Berlin | Embassy |
| Ghana | Accra | High Commission |
| Greece | Athens | Embassy |
| Hungary | Budapest | Embassy |
| India | New Delhi | High Commission |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | Embassy |
| Bali (Denpasar) | Consulate-General |
| Iran | Tehran | Embassy |
| Iraq | Baghdad | Embassy |
| Ireland | Dublin | Embassy |
| Israel | Tel Aviv | Embassy |
| Italy | Rome | Embassy |
| Japan | Tokyo | Embassy |
| Jordan | Amman | Embassy |
| Kenya | Nairobi | High Commission |
| Kiribati | Tarawa | High Commission |
| Korea, Republic of | Seoul | Embassy |
| Laos | Vientiane | Embassy |
| Lebanon | Beirut | Embassy |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | High Commission |
| Malta | Valletta | High Commission |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | High Commission |
| Mexico | Mexico City | Embassy |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | Embassy |
| Netherlands | The Hague | Embassy |
| New Caledonia | Noumea | Consulate-General |
| New Zealand | Wellington | High Commission |
| Nigeria | Abuja | High Commission |
| Pakistan | Islamabad | High Commission |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | High Commission |
| Philippines | Manila | Embassy |
| Poland | Warsaw | Embassy |
| Portugal | Lisbon | Embassy |
| Russia | Moscow | Embassy |
| Samoa | Apia | High Commission |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Embassy |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Belgrade | Embassy |
| Singapore | Singapore | High Commission |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara | High Commission |
| South Africa | Pretoria | High Commission |
| Spain | Madrid | Embassy |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | High Commission |
| Sweden | Stockholm | Embassy |
| Switzerland | Geneva | Permanent Mission to the United Nations |
| Geneva | Permanent Mission to the WTO/Consulate-General |
| Thailand | Bangkok | Embassy |
| Tonga | Nuku'alofa | High Commission |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | High Commission |
| Turkey | Ankara | Embassy |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Embassy |
| United Kingdom | London | High Commission |
| United States of America | Washington DC | Embassy |
| Chicago | Consulate-General |
| Honolulu | Consulate-General |
| Los Angeles | Consulate-General |
| New York | Consulate-General |
| New York | Permanent Mission to the United Nations |
| Vanuatu | Port Vila | High Commission |
| Vatican City | Vatican City(c) | Embassy |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | Embassy |
| Ho Chi Minh City | Consulate-General |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | High Commission |
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(a) 85 posts. In Nauru, the department maintains an Australian Administrative Centre to facilitate mutual cooperation on processing applications from asylum seekers. In Ramallah, the Australian Government maintains the Australian Representative Office. The Office manages dealings with the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Gaza and has responsibility for Australia’s development assistance program for the Palestinians. In Taipei, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry maintains the Australian Commerce and Industry Office, which includes staff seconded from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Austrade, the Department of Education, Science and Training and the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.
(b) The permanent delegation to UNESCO is located within the embassy in Paris.
(c) Embassy to the Holy See.
Source: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. |
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