List of Australian High Commissioners to Tanzania

Australian High Commissioner to Tanzania
Incumbent John Feakes since 2015
Style	His Excellency
Inaugural holder	Hugh Gilchrist (resident in Dar-es-Salaam)
Formation	1962

The Australian High Commissioner to Tanzania is the Australian government's foremost diplomatic representative in Tanzania.^[1] After the Australian Government closed its post in Dar-es-Salaam in 1987, the Australian High Commissioner in Kenya was named responsible for representing Australian interests in Tanzania.

List of heads of mission

Resident High Commissioners

• A.F. Dingle (Acting High Commissioner, 1962)^[2]
• Hugh Gilchrist (1962–1966)^[3]
• H.W. Bullock (1967–1971)
• Bill Landale (1971–1972)^[4][5]
• J.A. Forsythe (1973–1976)
• F.W. Truelove (1977–1978)
• E.J.L. Ride (1979–1981)
• John R. Baker (1982–1984)^[6]
• Gordon K. Miller (1985–1987)^[7]

High Commissioners resident in Nairobi, Kenya

• Douglas Campbell (1987–1989)
• David Goss (1989–1993)^[8]
• Lawry Herron (1993–1995)^[9]
• John Trotter (1996–1998)^[10]
• Philip Green (1998–2001)^[11]
• Paul Comfort (2001–2004)^[12]
• George Atkin (2004–2007)^[13]
• Lisa Filipetto (2007–2010)^[14]
• Geoff Tooth (2010–2014)^[15]
• John Feakes (2015–)^[16]

References

1. CA 8045: Australian High Commission, Tanzania [Dar-es-Salaam], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 10 January 2016
2. "New Mission Planned In East Africa.". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library of Australia). 12 May 1962. p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
3. "'Australia has poor image'". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library of Australia). 31 August 1966. p. 8. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
4. "Envoy to Tanzania named". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library of Australia). 21 February 1970. p. 9. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
5. Juddery, Bruce (29 January 1971). "Africa: Our representation very thin on the ground". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library of Australia). p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2016. Over in Dar-es-Salaam Mr Bill Landale reports on Zambia, Malawi and, the only non-African country watched from the continent, Mauritius.
6. "Tanzanian envoy". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library of Australia). 16 January 1982. p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
7. "Envoy to Tanzania". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library of Australia). 23 January 1985. p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
8. "IN BRIEF.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) (ACT: National Library of Australia). 21 July 1989. p. 2. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
9. "IN BRIEF.". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library of Australia). 14 October 1995. p. 6. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
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11. Downer, Alexander (23 December 1997). "DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT: HIGH COMMISSIONER TO THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA". Australian Government. Archived from the original (Press Release) on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
12. Downer, Alexander (25 October 2000). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Kenya". Australian Government. Archived from the original (Press Release) on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
13. Downer, Alexander (15 June 2004). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Kenya". Australian Government. Archived from the original (Press Release) on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
14. Downer, Alexander (29 March 2007). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Kenya". Australian Government. Archived from the original (Press Release) on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
15. Smith, Stephen (31 August 2010). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Kenya". Australian Government. Archived from the original (Press Release) on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
16. Bishop, Julie (9 December 2014). "High Commissioner to Kenya". Australian Government. Archived from the original (Press Release) on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.