List of Australian High Commissioners to Brunei

High Commissioner to Brunei
Incumbent Todd Mercer since 2012
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Bandar Seri Begawan
Inaugural holder	Garry Woodard
Formation	1980

The Australian High Commissioner to Brunei is the Australian government's foremost diplomatic representative in Brunei.

The Australian government has offered diplomatic representation in Brunei since 1983; between 1980 and 1982 the High Commissioner to Brunei was resident in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[1] The High Commission is located in Bandar Seri Begawan.

Office holders

High commissioner, resident in Kuala Lumpur

• Garry Woodard (1980–1982)

Resident high commissioner

• John Starey (1983–1987)
• Philip Knight (1988–1992)^[2]
• Frank Milne (1992–1995)
• Neal Davis (1995–1999)^[3]
• Doug Chester (1999–2001)^[4]
• Allaster Cox (2001–)^[5]
• Christian Bennett (2004–2006)^[6]
• Ruth Adler (2006–2009)^[7]
• Mark Sawers (2009–2012)^[8]
• Todd Mercer (2012–)^[9]

References

1. CA 7856: Australian High Commission, Brunei Darussalem [Bandar Seri Begawan], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 5 November 2015
2. "Diplomats chosen". The Canberra Times. 4 July 1988. p. 10.
3. Downer, Alexander (22 June 1995). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
4. Downer, Alexander (1 June 1999). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
5. Downer, Alexander (13 September 2000). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
6. Downer, Alexander (13 November 2003). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
7. Downer, Alexander (13 January 2006). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
8. Smith, Stephen (22 January 2009). "Diplomatic appointment - High Commissioner to Brunei" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015.
9. Carr, Bob (5 July 2012). "High Commissoner to Brunei Darussalam" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.