Editing Foreign relations of Australia (section)

===Africa===

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|{{flag|Algeria }}||8 July 1974<ref name="Vol 1974"/>||
* Australia and Algeria enjoy friendly relations and cooperate in international fora on areas of mutual interest.
* Algeria has an embassy in [[Canberra]].
* Australia is accredited to Algeria from its embassy in [[Paris]], [[France]].
* An Australian resident embassy was established in [[Algiers]] in 1975 and was closed in 1991 for budgetary reasons. For a history of Australian representation to Algeria see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Algeria]].
* Bilateral goods and services trade in 2020 was valued at approximately A$165 million, mostly Australian imports of crude petroleum.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/algr-cef.pdf Algeria Country/Economy Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201104018/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/algr-cef.pdf |date=1 February 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 15 May 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Angola}}||30 May 1988<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-909372130/view?sectionId=nla.obj-912691741&partId=nla.obj-909435812#page/n38/mode/1up|title=Australia establishes formal diplomatic relations with Angola|publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 59 No. 6 (June 1988)|pages=Image 39|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>||
* Australia and Angola established diplomatic relations in May 1988 with the accreditation by Australia of an ambassador resident in [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]].<ref>*[http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUYrBkIntLaw/1988/24.pdf Diplomatic and consular relations]* Australian Year Book of International Law, Volume 24, page 444. Retrieved 30 September 2021</ref> Accreditation soon switched to the High Commissioner in [[Pretoria]], [[South Africa]].
* Australia also has an honorary consulate in [[Luanda]].
* Angola has an embassy in Canberra, opened in December 2024.
* The trade and investment relationship between the two countries is limited, with two way merchandise trade being just over A$5.6m in 2019–20.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ango-cef.pdf Angola Country/Economy Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321192123/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ango-cef.pdf |date=21 March 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Benin}}||11 September 2010<ref>{{cite news|title=Aussie News Issue 3|url=https://nigeria.embassy.gov.au/files/aaja/Aussie%20News%20Issue%203.pdf|access-date=4 November 2022|publisher=Australian High Commission Abuja|date=December 2011}}</ref>||

* Australia's ambassador is accredited from [[Abuja]], [[Nigeria]].
* Benin's ambassador is accredited from [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].
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|{{flag|Botswana}}||9 July 1973<ref name="nla.gov.au">*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-906419061/view?partId=nla.obj-906465644#page/n51/mode/1up High Commissioner to Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Volume 44, No. 7 (July 1974) page 488.  Retrieved 31 August 2021</ref>||
* Australia and Botswana have enjoyed good relations since Botswana's independence, as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].  The two countries formally established diplomatic relations in July 1973 with the non-resident accreditation of an Australian High Commissioner based in [[Pretoria]]. 
* Australia also has an honorary consulate in [[Gaborone]].
* Botswana has a high commission in Canberra and has honorary consulates in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, and the New South Wales mid-north coast town of [[Kendall, New South Wales|Kendall]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Department – About us – Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|url=https://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Public/ConsulatesInAustralia|access-date=2021-11-18|website=protocol.dfat.gov.au|language=en}}</ref>
* Governor General [[Quentin Bryce]] made the first official visit of an Australian Governor-General to Botswana in March 2009.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/monday-23-march-2009-bilpin-nsw-administrator-her-excellency-professor-marie-bashir-ac Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409130823/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/monday-23-march-2009-bilpin-nsw-administrator-her-excellency-professor-marie-bashir-ac |date=9 April 2022 }} Australian Governor-General, 23 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref> President [[Ian Khama]] made the first official visit of a Botswanan President to Australia in March 2010.
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|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}||13 November 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1325912|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Burkina Faso and Australia as of 13 Nov. 2008|date=13 November 2008|access-date=25 February 2024|website=digitallibrary.un.org}}</ref>||

* Australia and Burkina Faso established diplomatic relations in 2008 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au">*[http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20190808185434/https://foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2010/100319_australia_and_africa.html Australia and Africa: Looking to the Future]* National Library of Australia. Retrieved 31 August 2021</ref>
* Australia's ambassador is accredited from [[Accra]], [[Ghana]].
* Burkina Faso's ambassador is accredited from [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].
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|{{flag|Burundi}}|| ||
* Australia's ambassador to [[Burundi]] is accredited from [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/our-locations/missions/Pages/our-embassies-and-consulates-overseas.aspx|title=Our embassies and consulates overseas}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mae.gov.bi/en/foreign-missions-in-burundi-with-residence-abroad/|title=Foreign Missions in Burundi with Residence Abroad}}</ref>
* Burundi has an honorary consulate in [[Perth]].

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|{{flag|Cape Verde}}||22 September 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/GoogleNewsCV/status/4311915444|title=Australia – Establishment of diplomatic relations with Cape Verde – ISRIA|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>||

* Australia and Cape Verde established diplomatic relations in 2009 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au"/>
* Australia is accredited to Cape Verde from its embassy in [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]].
* Cape Verde has not yet established diplomatic representation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Cameroon}}||2 March 2002<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUYrBkIntLaw/2004/12.html|title=Garrett, Justine --- "Australian Practice in International Law 2002" [2004] AUYrBkIntLaw 12; (2004) 23 Australian Year Book of International Law 189|website=www5.austlii.edu.au|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>||

* Australia and Cameroon enjoy good relations as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. The two countries formally established diplomatic relations in March 2002 with the non-resident accreditation of an Australian High Commissioner based in [[Abuja]], [[Nigeria]].
* Australia also maintains an honorary consulate in [[Yaoundé]].
* The Cameroonian high commissioner is accredited from [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].
* Cameroon also maintains an honorary consulate in [[Sydney]].
* The two countries have modest trade links.  In 2019–2020 total merchandise trade was A$1.3 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/croo-cef.pdf Cameroon economic fact sheet]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 7 November 2021.</ref>
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|{{flag|Central African Republic}}||18 January 2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1318464|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Australia and Central African Republic as of 18 Jan. 2010|date=18 January 2010|access-date=25 February 2024|website=digitallibrary.un.org}}</ref>||

* Australia and the Central African Republic established diplomatic relations in 2010 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au"/>
* Australia is accredited to the Central African Republic from its embassy in [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]].
* The Central African Republic has not yet established diplomatic representation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Chad}}||<!--Date started-->2007||

* Diplomatic relations were formalized in 2007 with the accreditation of the first Australian ambassador, resident in [[Abuja]], Nigeria. 
* Australia is currently accredited to Chad from its embassy in Paris, France.
* Chad initially accredited its ambassador resident in [[Beijing]], [[China]] but does not currently have an accreditation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Comoros}}||27 July 1983<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1220706105/view?partId=nla.obj-1220941480#page/n73/mode/1up Representation]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Vol. 54 No. 7 (July 1983), page 376. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref>||
* Australia and Comoros established diplomatic relations in July 1983 with the presentation of credentials of Australia's first ambassador. The two countries cooperate as members of the [[Indian Ocean Rim Association]] and through small development cooperation projects.
* Australia's ambassador to Comoros is accredited from [[Port Louis]], [[Mauritius]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/comoros/Pages/comoros.aspx|title=Comoros|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref> 
* Comoros has not yet established diplomatic representation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Congo}}||7 May 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1325370|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Australia and Congo as of 7 May 2009|date=7 May 2009|access-date=25 February 2024|website=digitallibrary.un.org}}</ref>||

* Australia and Congo established diplomatic relations in 2009 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au"/>
* The Australian ambassador is accredited from [[Harare]], [[Zimbabwe]].
* Congo has not yet established diplomatic representation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}||2011||

* Australia and the DRC established diplomatic relations in 2011 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].
* The Australian ambassador is accredited from [[Harare]], [[Zimbabwe]].
* The DRC has not yet established diplomatic representation to Australia.
* Immigration from the DRC to Australia has occurred mainly since the early 2000s.  At the end of June 2019, 7,210 people born in the DRC were living in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-statistics/statistics/country-profiles/profiles/democratic-republic-of-the-congo DRC country profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123200807/https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-statistics/statistics/country-profiles/profiles/democratic-republic-of-the-congo |date=23 January 2022 }}* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 23 January 2022.</ref>
* Trade between the two countries is small.  In 2019–2020 total merchandise trade was only A$3.4 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/drc-cef.pdf DRC Country/Economy Fact Sheet]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved on 23 January 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Djibouti}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Australia is accredited to Djibouti from its embassy in [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]].{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
* Djibouti is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
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|{{flag|Egypt }}||8 April 1950, severed diplomatic relations from 6 November 1956 to 19 October 1959||See [[Australia–Egypt relations]]

* Egypt was the first Arab country with which Australia established diplomatic relations, with the opening of an Australian legation in [[Cairo]] in 1950.
* Following President [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]'s nationalization of the Suez Canal in July 1956, Australian Prime Minister [[Robert Menzies]] lead a five-nation delegation to Cairo in August 1956 to negotiate with Nasser about the return of the Canal to international control.  The Suez Canal was the preeminent economic trade route for Australia at that time.<ref>*[https://www.robertmenziesinstitute.org.au/in-the-media/lessons-for-australia-from-the-suez-crisis Lessons for Australia from the Suez Crisis]* Robert Menzies Institute. Retrieved 23 January 2022.</ref> Diplomatic relations were broken by Egypt in November 1956 in protest over subsequent Australian support for the Anglo-French invasion during the [[Suez Crisis]].<ref>*[https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/the-suez-dispute-and-the-death-of-empire/ The Suez Dispute and the Death of Empire]* Australian Institute of International Affairs. Retrieved 23 January 2022.</ref>  Relations were restored in 1959 and raised to embassy-level in 1961. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Egypt see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Egypt]].
* Egypt has an embassy in Canberra and two consulates-general (in Melbourne and Sydney).<ref>*[https://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Public/Consulates/61/State Consular List] Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 23 January 2022.</ref>
* There is a significant community in Australia of Egyptian-born immigrants and their descendants, resulting in significant people-to-people ties between the two countries.  Immigration from Egypt became significant after the Second World War, including by a large number of Coptic Christians.  The 2016 Australian census recorded almost 40,000 Egyptian-born residents.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-egypt.PDF Egypt-born Community Information Summary]* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 23 January 2022.</ref> (See also [[Egyptian Australians]])
* Australia supported the 1979 [[Egypt-Israel peace treaty]] and has provided deployments of military personnel to the [[Multinational Force and Observers]] in the Sinai since 1982. Australia engages with Egypt on a number of shared regional and international priorities, including counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism.<ref name="Egypt Country Brief">*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/egypt/egypt-country-brief Egypt Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123200806/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/egypt/egypt-country-brief |date=23 January 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 23 January 2022.</ref> 
* in 2016–17 two-way merchandise trade totalled A$582 million (A$533 million in exports from Australia and A$49 million in imports from Egypt). Australia's principal exports to Egypt are agricultural products including vegetables, wool and wheat. Australian companies are prominent investors in Egypt's mining sector.<ref name="Egypt Country Brief"/>
* Then Governor-General [[Peter Cosgrove]] visited Egypt in October 2017 to attend commemorations for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein and make an official visit that included a meeting with President [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]]. Coptic Orthodox Pope [[Tawadros II]] visited Australia in September 2017.<ref name="Egypt Country Brief"/>

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|{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}||23 July 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1324615|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Equatorial Guinea and Australia as of 23 July 2009|date=4 September 2009|access-date=25 February 2024|website=digitallibrary.un.org}}</ref>||

* Australia and Equatorial Guinea established diplomatic relations in 2009 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au"/>
* Australia's ambassador is accredited from [[Madrid]], [[Spain]].
* Equatorial Guinea's ambassador is accredited from [[Beijing]], [[China]].
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|{{flag|Eritrea}}||24 November 1993||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 November 1993 when first Eritrea's Ambassador to Australia Mr. Fessehaie Abraham presented his credentials<ref name="Eritrea Update">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxgOAQAAMAAJ&dq=Fessehaie+Abraham+to+Australia+on+24+November&pg=RA10-PP4 |title=Eritrea Update |publisher=Provisional Government of Eritrea (EPLF), Mission to the USA and Canada |year=1992 |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Eritrea from its embassy in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].
* Eritrea is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Beijing]], [[China]] and has a consulate-general in [[Melbourne]].
* A small but influential Eritrean refugee community in Australia since the 1970s promoted a sympathetic view of Eritrean independence and in 1989 Australia hosted a quasi-official visit of Eritrean rebel leader [[Issaias Afewerki]]. The Australian NGO [[Fred Hollows Foundation]] has been active in Eritrea since the 1980s in supporting the elimination of trachoma and established Africa's only factory making intra-ocular lenses required for cataract operations.<ref>*[https://devpolicy.org/aidprofiles/2017/11/30/fessehaie-abraham-the-refugee-who-brought-eritrea-to-australia/  Fessehaie Abraham: The Refugee who brought Eritrea to Australia]* Devpolicy.org. Retrieved 8 January 2022.</ref> 
* Australia established diplomatic relations with Eritrea following its internationally recognised independence in 1993 and implemented a significant aid program. Eritrea opened an embassy in Canberra that year, which remained open until 2013. 
* Political repression in Eritrea, human rights violations and war with neighbouring Ethiopia led to a chill in political relations and Australia has applied Eritrea-related UN sanctions.
* The 2016 Australian census recorded 4,303 Eritrean-born residents, mostly living in Melbourne.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-eritrea.PDF Eritrean-born Community Information Summary]* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 8 January 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Eswatini}}||9 July 1973<ref name="nla.gov.au"/>||

* Australia and Eswatini have enjoyed good relations since Eswatini's independence, as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].  The two countries formally established diplomatic relations in July 1973 with the non-resident accreditation of an Australian High Commissioner based in [[Pretoria]], South Africa. 
* Eswatini is accredited to Australia from its High Commission in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]].
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|{{flag|Ethiopia }}||13 December 1965<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1207792277/view?partId=nla.obj-1207931938#page/n75/mode/1up Representation]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol. 36 No. 12 (December 1965), page 866. Retrieved 23 April 2023.</ref>||

* Ethiopia and Australia have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1965 with an Australian ambassador accredited on a non-resident basis from [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]]. In 1984 an Australian embassy was opened in [[Addis Ababa]]. It was closed in 1987 due to budget cuts and accreditation returned to the High Commission in Nairobi. In September 2010, a resident Ambassador was reappointed and since then Australia has continued to maintain an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]], with concurrent accreditation to the African Union. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Ethiopia see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Ethiopia]].
* Ethiopia opened an embassy in Canberra in December 2013.  Prior to this Ethiopia's ambassador was accredited from [[Tokyo]].<ref>*[http://www.mfa.gov.et/Home/TemplateI?PageName=Ethiopia-Australia&TYPE=Policy%20Issue&SUBTYPE=Asia%20Countries&Language=English&Layout=_Layout Ethio-Australia Relations]* Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 8 November 2021.</ref>
* Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] I paid a 5-day state visit to Australia in May 1968. This was commemorated, ahead of its 50th anniversary, in a 2017 visit by the President of the [[Crown Council of Ethiopia]] Prince [[Ermias Sahle Selassie]], the Emperor's grandson.<ref>*[http://www.tadias.com/06/28/2017/in-australia-grandson-marks-50th-anniversary-of-haile-selassies-state-visit/ In Australia, Grandson Marks 50th Anniversary of Haile Selassie's State Visit]* TADIAS online.  Retrieved 8 November 2021.</ref><ref>*[https://www.strategicstudies.org/Monarchy%20Center/Australia-Ethiopia%20Visit/Perth%20Remarks%20by%20Prince%20Ermias%20-%20Jun%2029%202017.pdf The Importance of Ethiopian-Australian Relations]* International Strategic Studies Association. Retrieved 8 November 2021.</ref>
* Australian Governor-General [[Quentin Bryce]] made a state visit to Ethiopia in March 2009.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/thursday-26-march-2009-government-house-canberra-administrator-her-excellency-professo Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309211337/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/thursday-26-march-2009-government-house-canberra-administrator-her-excellency-professo |date=9 March 2022 }}* Australian Governor-General. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref>
* A Memorandum of Understanding on Development Cooperation and a Bilateral Cooperation Agreement were signed by the two countries in May 2012 and January 2013 respectively.
* Australia has a small but growing Ethiopian-born community, primarily in Melbourne, Victoria.  The 2016 Australian census recorded 11,792 Ethiopia-born people of diverse ethnic and linguistic heritage.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-ethiopia.PDF Ethiopia-born Community Information Summary]* Australian Department of Home Affairs.  Retrieved 8 November 2021.</ref>  See also [[Ethiopian Australians]]. 
* Merchandise trade between Australia and Ethiopia is small, valued at A$31 million in 2019–2020 and mainly comprising Australian imports of coffee.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ethi-cef.pdf Ethiopia Country/Economy Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103064120/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ethi-cef.pdf |date=3 November 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 8 November 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|Gabon}}||20 October 1984||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 October 1984 when Mr. A. R.Taylor, presented his letter of credence as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Gabon.<ref name="ReferenceD">{{Cite book |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1122264692/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1268003392&partId=nla.obj-1125272809#page/n129/mode/1up |title=Australian Representation overseas |publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 55 No. 10 (October 1984) |pages=1160 |access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref>
* At the time Gabon joined the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] in 2022, Australia's accredited representative was redesignated high commissioner.
* Gabon has not yet accredited a representative to Australia.
* Two way merchandise trade between the two countries was almost A$120 million in 2019–2020.  A significant part of that trade is Australian imports of crude petroleum and Gabonese imports of aircraft.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/gbon-cef.pdf Gabon country/economy fact sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023125514/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/gbon-cef.pdf |date=23 October 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 23 October 2021.</ref>
* President [[Ali Bongo Ondimba]] made a state visit to Australia in 2012.<ref>*[https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/release/transcript-18473 Joint Statement with President of Gabon]* Australian Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 23 October 2021.</ref>  His father, President Omar Bongo, had earlier been officially welcomed to Australia during a largely private visit in 1978.<ref>*[https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/original/00004925.pdf Luncheon for President Bongo]* Australian Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 23 October 2021.</ref>
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|{{flag|Gambia}}||<!--Date started-->15 February 1982<ref name="gambia">{{cite journal|title=Australian Representation Overseas|journal=Australian Foreign Affairs Record|date=February 1982|volume=53|issue=2|page=92|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-891003459|access-date=3 November 2022|publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>||

* Australia and The Gambia have enjoyed good relations as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. Diplomatic relations were established upon the presentation of credentials in February 1982 of Australia's first high commissioner, then resident in [[Accra]], Ghana. 
* Australia is currently accredited to The Gambia from its high commission in [[Abuja]], [[Nigeria]].
* The Gambia is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]].
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|{{flag|Ghana }}||6 December 1957||

* Australia has a high commission in [[Accra]].  For a detailed history of Australian representation in Ghana see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Ghana]].
* Ghana has a high commission in [[Canberra]] and a consulate-general in [[Sydney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Consulate/view.rails?id=76|title=Foreign embassies and consulates in Australia – Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|work=dfat.gov.au|access-date=25 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724043315/http://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Consulate/view.rails?id=76|archive-date=24 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ghana.org.au/|title=Ghana Visas, Passports, Travel Advice – Ghana Consulate, Sydney|work=ghana.org.au|access-date=25 September 2014|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506140245/https://ghana.org.au/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Australia's trade relations are modest, valued at A$113&nbsp;million in 2007, most of that exports to Ghana. Australian mining investment in Ghana has grown in recent years, primarily in the gold mining sector.
* Australia also provides foreign aid to Ghana to alleviate poverty, improve the environment and promote human rights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/ghana/ghana_brief.html|title=Ghana country brief|access-date=27 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616101609/http://dfat.gov.au/geo/ghana/ghana_brief.html|archive-date=16 June 2012}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Guinea}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Australia and Guinea share close interests in the mining sector.  They are the two largest bauxite producers in the world (see [[List of countries by bauxite production]]) and were founding signatories in the 1970s of the (now defunct) International Bauxite Agreement.  Australian companies are involved in developing the Guinean mining sector.
* Australia is accredited to Guinea from its high commission in [[Accra]], [[Ghana]].
* Guinea is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. 
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|{{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}|| ||

* Australia granted ''de jure'' recognition to Guinea-Bissau on 11 August 1974, having extended ''de facto'' recognition in June 1974 in support of its independence campaign.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919321986/view?partId=nla.obj-919391956#page/n50/mode/1up Australia recognizes Guinea-Bissau]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 45 No. 8 (August 1974), pages 553–554. Retrieved 23 April 2023.</ref>
* Australia and Guinea-Bissau established diplomatic relations in March 2011 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rudd|first1=Kevin|title=Building bridges between Africa and Australia|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/Pages/2011/kr_sp_110513.aspx?w=GYLX0mNSz4nLQKYuPOSgLQ%3D%3D|website=Minister for Foreign Affairs|publisher=Australian Government|access-date=2 June 2017|location=International Forum on Africa, University of Sydney|format=Speech|date=13 May 2011}}</ref>
* Australia's ambassador is accredited from [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]].
* Guinea-Bissau has not yet established representation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}||17 September 1974<ref name="Australian Representation Overseas">*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919333331/view?partId=nla.obj-919373077#page/n58/mode/1up Australian Representation Overseas]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Volume 45 No. 9 (September 1974). Retrieved 25 October 2021</ref>||

* Australia and Côte d'Ivoire established diplomatic relations with the accreditation in September 1974 of an Australian ambassador resident in [[Accra]], [[Ghana]].
* Côte d'Ivoire opened an embassy in Canberra in 2016 but this was closed in 2021.<ref>*[https://www.embassypages.com/cotedivoire-embassy-canberra-australia Côte d'Ivoire embassy in Canberra, Australia]* Embassypages.com.  Retrieved 21 February 2022.</ref>
* Two way merchandise trade between the countries was A$123 million in 2019–2020.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/cote-cef.pdf Côte d'Ivoire Country/Economy Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025211419/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/cote-cef.pdf |date=25 October 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 25 October 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|Kenya }}||23 August 1965||See [[Australia–Kenya relations]]

* Australia's relations with Kenya are based on Kenya's key role and position in East Africa and its importance in multilateral bodies such as the United Nations, the Commonwealth and the World Trade Organization. 
* Australia has a high commission in [[Nairobi]], opened in September 1965.<ref name="Ties with Africa">{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131834619|title=Ties with Africa.|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=24 August 1965|access-date=4 June 2015|page=8|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> For a detailed history of Australian representation in Kenya see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Kenya]].
* Kenya has a high commission in Canberra, opened in 1983.<ref>*[https://www.kenya.asn.au/copy-of-about-kenya About]* Kenya High Commission. Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref>
* Australian Governor-General [[Quentin Bryce]] made a state visit to Kenya in March 2009 to promote bilateral relations.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/saturday-28-march-2009-governor-general-ms-quentin-bryce-ac-and-mr-michael-bryce-am-ae-depar Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309211449/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/saturday-28-march-2009-governor-general-ms-quentin-bryce-ac-and-mr-michael-bryce-am-ae-depar |date=9 March 2022 }}* Australian Governor-General, 28 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref>
* There is a small but growing Kenya-born community in Australia.  The latest Australian Census in 2016 recorded 17,652 Kenya-born people in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-kenya.PDF Kenya-born Community Information Summary]* Australian Department of Home Affairs.  Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref> 
* Trade has been growing between the two countries, with two-way merchandise trade reaching $115 million in 2018–19. Wheat and minerals are Australia's main exports to Kenya, while coffee and vegetables make up the bulk of imports.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/kenya Kenya country profile]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref>
* Australia has provided development assistance to Kenya since the late 20th Century.

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|{{flag|Lesotho}}||9 July 1973<ref name="nla.gov.au"/>||

* Australia and Lesotho have enjoyed good relations since Lesotho's independence, as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].  The two countries formally established diplomatic relations in July 1973 with the non-resident accreditation of an Australian High Commissioner based in [[Pretoria]], [[South Africa]].
* Lesotho is accredited to Australia from its High Commission in [[Kuala Lumpur]].  It also has an honorary consulate-general in [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Public/Consulates/112/State|title=The Department – About us – Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|website=protocol.dfat.gov.au}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Liberia}}||26 September 2008<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Liberia and Australia as of 26 Sept. 2008|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1325979?ln=en|access-date=18 April 2023|website=United Nations Digital Library|date=26 September 2008}}</ref><ref>*[https://www.mofa.gov.lr/public2/2press.php?news_id=103 Liberia and Australia Formalized Diplomatic Agreement At Ambassadorial Level] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710115602/https://www.mofa.gov.lr/public2/2press.php?news_id=103 |date=10 July 2023 }}* Liberian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 10 July 2023.</ref>||
* Australia and Liberia established diplomatic relations in 2008 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]],<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au"/> with Australia's high commissioner in [[Accra]], Ghana becoming Australia's first Ambassador to Liberia in February 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Liberia and Australia to Establish Ties|url=https://www.emansion.gov.lr/2press.php?news_id=890&related=7&pg=sp#:~:text=New%20York%2C%20USA%20%2D%20Liberia%20and,New%20York%2C%20the%20United%20States.|access-date=4 November 2022|publisher=Liberia Executive Mansion|date=25 September 2008|format=Media Release|archive-date=4 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104083336/https://www.emansion.gov.lr/2press.php?news_id=890&related=7&pg=sp#:~:text=New%20York%2C%20USA%20%2D%20Liberia%20and,New%20York%2C%20the%20United%20States.|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Ambassador of the Commonwealth of Australia to Liberia presents Letters of Credence|url=https://www.mofa.gov.lr/public2/2press.php?news_id=795&related=7&pg=sp&sub=44|access-date=4 November 2022|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Liberia|date=2013|format=Media Release|archive-date=4 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104083339/https://www.mofa.gov.lr/public2/2press.php?news_id=795&related=7&pg=sp&sub=44|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Liberia has not yet established representation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Libya}}||2 January 1978, broke off 19 May 1987, Restored in June 2002||See [[Australia–Libya relations]]

* Australia and Libya announced the establishment of diplomatic relations on 4 January 1978.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-901003351/view?partId=nla.obj-901014909#page/n52/mode/1up Relations with Libya]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 49 No. 1 January 1978, page 51. Retrieved 14 February 2022.</ref> A Libyan People's Bureau was opened in Canberra and the Australian ambassador to Italy was accredited on a non-resident basis.  Concerns about Libyan destabilising activities in the Pacific region, part of a broader sponsorship by [[Muammar Gaddafi]] of such activities around the world, led to the expulsion of the Bureau in Canberra in 1987.<ref>*[https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/original/00007176.pdf Prime Minister's Media Statement 19 May 1987]* Australian Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 14 February 2022</ref><ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1219765749/view?partId=nla.obj-1219785162#page/n39/mode/1up Libya: Military activities in the South Pacific]. Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 58 No. 5 (May 1987) page 270. Retrieved 14 February 2022.</ref>
* As part of the thawing of relations between Libya and Western nations following Gaddafi's post 9-11 policy u-turns, diplomatic relations were restored in 2002, the Libyan People's Bureau reopened in Canberra and the Australian ambassador in Rome resumed non-resident accreditation.  This has remained the case, though with the Bureau's name reverting to embassy following the overthrow of Gaddafi.
* Australia was a major non-military backer of the revolutionaries during the [[2011 Libyan Civil War|Libyan Civil War]], sending more humanitarian aid to Libya than any other single country after the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://trademinister.gov.au/releases/2011/ce_mr_110901c.html|agency=Australian Minister of Trade|title=Australia Supports the New Libya at International Conference|date=1 September 2011|access-date=22 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227072243/http://www.trademinister.gov.au/releases/2011/ce_mr_110901c.html|archive-date=27 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/australia-funding-libyan-evacuation-ship-reveals-rudd-20110427-1dwx0.html|work=[[The Age]]|date=28 April 2011|access-date=30 April 2011|title=Australia Funding Libyan Evacuation Ship, Reveals Rudd|author=Willingham, Richard}}</ref> It was relatively early to recognise the NTC, doing so on 9 June 2011, months before the [[Battle of Tripoli (2011)|capture]] of [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]].<ref>{{cite news|agency=Xinhua|date=9 June 2011|access-date=9 June 2011|title=Australia's FM says Libyan opposition NTC only representative of Libya|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-06/08/c_13917867.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610113335/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-06/08/c_13917867.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/canberra-backs-new-libya-20110609-1fvas.html|agency=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=10 June 2011|access-date=10 June 2011|first=Dan|last=Oakes|title=Canberra backs new Libya}}</ref>
* In December 2011, when then Australian Foreign Affairs Minister [[Kevin Rudd]] travelled to Libya to meet with Libyan Prime Minister [[Abdurrahim El-Keib]]. Rudd ceremonially hoisted the [[flag of Australia]] at his country's consulate-general in Tripoli and pledged [[Canberra]]'s support for efforts to remove unexploded [[landmines]] in Libya, as well as advice on Libya's planned transition to democratic governance.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/australia-extends-a-helping-hand-to-libya-20111209-1onlb.html|agency=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=10 December 2011|first=Ruth|last=Pollard|access-date=22 January 2012|title=Australia extends a helping hand to Libya}}</ref>
* There is a small Libyan community in Australia, mainly in Victoria.  The 2016 Australian census recorded 2,535 Libyan-born people.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-libya.PDF Libyan-born Community Information Summary]* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 14 February 2022.</ref>
* The Libyan civil war that has followed Gaddafi's overthrow and the lack of a stable political settlement has constrained the development of trade and investment links between the countries.  In 2019–20 total merchandise trade was valued at A$738 million, almost all being imports by Australia of Libyan crude petroleum.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/lbya-cef.pdf Libya Country Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219111613/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/lbya-cef.pdf |date=19 February 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 14 February 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Madagascar}}||22 August 1974<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919321986/view?partId=nla.obj-919398040#page/n62/mode/1up Representation]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record. Vol. 45 No. 8 (August 1974), page 565. Retrieved 23 April 2023.</ref>||

* Australia and Madagascar have enjoyed friendly relations since Madagascar's independence in 1960.  President [[Philibert Tsiranana]] was the first African head of state to make an official visit to Australia in November 1965.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1207545099/view?partId=nla.obj-1207748721#page/n35/mode/1u Australian Foreign Policy]* Current Notes on International Affairs, Vol 37 No 3 (March 1966) page 134. Retrieved 23 July 2023.</ref> 
* Australia and Madagascar established diplomatic relations in 1974 with the accreditation of an Australian ambassador on a non-resident basis.
* Australia is currently accredited to Madagascar from the high commission in [[Port Louis]], Mauritius and maintains an honorary consulate in [[Antananarivo]]. 
* Madagascar is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Port Louis]], Mauritius and maintains an honorary consulate-general in Sydney.
* Two-way merchandise trade in 2019–2020 was valued at a modest A$40 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/masy-cef.pdf Madagascar Country/Economy Fact Sheet]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs.  Retrieved 2 September 2021</ref>

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|{{flag|Malawi}}||1 July 1983||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 July 1983 when Mr. I. L. James, the first High Commissioner of Australia to Malawi presented his letters of credentials.<ref name="Vol 1983"/>
* Australia and Malawi have enjoyed good relations as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
* Australia's high commissioner is accredited from [[Harare]], [[Zimbabwe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/malawi/Pages/malawi.aspx|title=Malawi|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref> Australia also has an honorary consulate in [[Lilongwe]].
* Malawi's high commissioner is accredited from [[Tokyo]]. Malawi also has an honorary consulate in [[Melbourne]].
* Australian companies have mining interests in Malawi, including the Kayelekera uranium project.<ref>*[https://lotusresources.com.au/about-lotus/ About Lotus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913045905/https://lotusresources.com.au/about-lotus/ |date=13 September 2021 }}* Lotus Resources Ltd. Retrieved 23 September 2021.</ref>

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|{{flag|Mali}}||15 March 1984||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 March 1984 when first non-resident Ambassador of Mali to Australia Mr. Boubacar Toure presented his credentials<ref name="Vol 1984"/>
* Australia is accredited to Mali from its high commission in [[Accra]], Ghana.
* Mali is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Tokyo]], Japan. 
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|{{flag|Mauritania}}||13 December 2001||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 December 2001.<ref name="Butterworths"/>
* Australia's ambassador is accredited from [[Paris]], [[France]].
* Mauritania's ambassador is accredited from [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].
* Australian companies are present in Mauritania's mining sector and two-way trade between the two countries is mainly mining-related,  In 2019–2020 Australia imported about A$100m in iron ore, and exported about A$8 million, mainly in specialized civil engineering equipment.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/mrtn-cef.pdf Mauritania economic fact sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023185824/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/mrtn-cef.pdf |date=23 October 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 23 September 2021.</ref>

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|{{flag|Mauritius }}||25 September 1970<ref name="mauritius.embassy.gov.au"/>||
* Australia and Mauritius have enjoyed good relations as members of the Commonwealth of Nations since Mauritius's independence.  The two countries formally established diplomatic relations in 1970.  There are strong economic, education and people-to-people links.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/mauritius|title=Mauritius|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date=2 July 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430030427/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/mauritius|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* Australia has a high commission in [[Port Louis]].  For a detailed history of Australian representation in Mauritius see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Mauritius]].
* Mauritius has a high commission in Canberra and four Honorary Consuls based in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
* Australian Governor-General [[Quentin Bryce]] made a state visit to Mauritius in March 2009 to promote bilateral relations.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/wednesday-18-march-2009-government-house-sydney-administrator-her-excellency-professor Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309211451/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/wednesday-18-march-2009-government-house-sydney-administrator-her-excellency-professor |date=9 March 2022 }}* Australian Governor-General, 18 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Morocco }}||13 July 1976<ref name="Diplomatic relations with Morocco"/>||
See [[Australia–Morocco relations]]

* Australia has had an embassy in [[Rabat]], which opened in 2017. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Morocco see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Morocco]].
* Morocco has an embassy in Canberra, which opened in 2005.
* Two-way trade between Australia and Morocco was valued at over A$144 million in 2021, with the main imports from Morocco being chemicals and manufactured clothing, and the main Australian exports being meat, fruit and vegetables.
* Australian Parliamentary Delegations have visited Morocco in 1993, 2011 and 2013.
* Australia provided five contingents of signals staff to the UN peace-keeping mission in the Western Sahara ([[MINURSO]]) between September 1991 and May 1994.<ref>*[https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/peacekeepers-sahara Australian Peacekeepers in Western Sahara]* Australian War Memorial, 6 September 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2023.</ref>
* Australia follows the UN position on Western Sahara as territory yet to be formally decolonized, and has neither recognised Moroccan sovereignty nor the [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]].
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|{{flag|Mozambique}}||1 April 1982<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-889467052/view?partId=nla.obj-889476365#page/n39/mode/1up Australian Ambassador to Mozambique]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Vol. 53 No. 6 (June 1982), page 382. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref><ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-889411618/view?partId=nla.obj-889452392#page/n97/mode/1up Australian Representation Overseas]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Vol. 53 No. 4 (April 1982), page 248. Retrieved 15 June 2024.</ref>||

* Diplomatic relations were established in April 1982 when the first Ambassador of Australia to Mozambique with residence in Harare presented his credentials to President [[Samora Machel]]. Since Mozambique was admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations, the two countries have exchanged High Commissioners.
* Australia is currently accredited from its High Commission in [[Pretoria]], South Africa.  In addition, Australia has an honorary consulate in [[Maputo]].
* Mozambique is accredited from its embassy in [[Tokyo]], Japan. Mozambique also has an honorary consulate in [[Melbourne]].
* Bilateral merchandise trade reached A$484 million in 2019–20, comprising mostly Australian aluminium exports.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/moza-cef.pdf Mozambique Country/Economy Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321192128/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/moza-cef.pdf |date=21 March 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref> 
* Australian Governor-General [[Quentin Bryce]] made a state visit to Mozambique in April 2009 to promote bilateral relations. This was reciprocated by the state visit of President [[Armando Guebuza]] in March 2013.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/governor-general-welcomes-president-republic-mozambique Governor-General welcomes President of the Republic of Mozambique] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309211450/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/governor-general-welcomes-president-republic-mozambique |date=9 March 2022 }}* Australian Governor General's Office, 15 March 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Namibia}}||1990||

* Australia was an active supporter for the peaceful decolonization of Namibia, becoming a member of the United Nations Council on Namibia in 1974 and contributing military engineers to the United Nations Transition Assistance Group in 1989–1990 (see [[Australian contribution to UNTAG]]).
* Australia's high commissioner to Namibia is accredited from [[Pretoria]] and has an honorary consulate in [[Windhoek]].
* Namibia has an honorary consulate-general in [[Sydney]].
* Australian Governor General [[Quentin Bryce]] made a state visit to Namibia in March 2009 to promote bilateral relations.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/thursday-19-march-2009-watters-gallery-sydney-administrator-her-excellency-professor-ma Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309211448/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/thursday-19-march-2009-watters-gallery-sydney-administrator-her-excellency-professor-ma |date=9 March 2022 }}* Australian Governor-General, 19 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Niger}}||7 May 2009<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations between Australia and Niger as of 7 May 2009|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1325368?ln=en|access-date=18 April 2023|website=United Nations Digital Library| date=7 May 2009 }}</ref>||

* Australia and Niger established diplomatic relations in 2009 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au"/>
* Australia is accredited to Niger from [[Abuja]], [[Nigeria]].  The first Australian ambassador presented credentials in Niamey on 25 January 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aussie News Issue 2|url=https://nigeria.highcommission.gov.au/files/aaja/aussie-news-201106-issue-2.pdf|access-date=4 November 2022|publisher=Australian High Commission Abuja|date=June 2011}}</ref>)
* Niger is accredited to Australia through its embassy in [[New Delhi]], [[India]].
* President Issoufou Mahamadou made the first visit to Australia by a Nigerien President in October 2017, to promote bilateral relations in such areas as mining, energy and dryland agriculture and security and counter-terrorism cooperation.<ref>*[http://www.government-world.com/visit-to-australia-by-the-president-of-the-republic-of-niger/ Visit to Australia]* Government-world.com. Retrieved 31 August 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|Nigeria }}||1 October 1960||

* Australia and Nigeria enjoy good relations as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].  Diplomatic relations were established upon Nigeria's independence in 1960 with the appointment of an Australian high commissioner based in the then capital of [[Lagos]].
* Periodic Nigeria-Australia Senior Officials Talks are held under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade signed in September 2012. The third such bilaterial discussions were held in [[Abuja]] in February 2020.<ref>*[https://www.sunnewsonline.com/nigeria-australia-move-to-develop-ict-sector-others/ Nigeria, Australia move to develop ICT sector, others]* The Sun (Nigeria). Retrieved 7 November 2021</ref> 
* Australia has a high commission in [[Abuja]] and an honorary consulate in [[Lagos]]. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Nigeria see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Nigeria]].
* Nigeria has a high commission in [[Canberra]].
* There is a small but growing Nigerian-born community in Australia.  The 2016 Australian census recorded 8,488 Nigerian-born residents.  Migration from Nigeria started with students in the 1960s and nowadays continues through skilled and family migration.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-nigeria.pdf Nigeria-born Community Information Summary]* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 7 November 2021.</ref>  See also [[Nigerian Australians]].
* Total merchandise trade between the countries in 2019–2020 was A$460 million, a significant element being Australian imports of crude petroleum.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ngra-cef.pdf Nigeria economic fact sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107134922/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ngra-cef.pdf |date=7 November 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 7 November 2021.</ref>  Nigeria-Australia Investment Fora, most recently held in Melbourne in 2020, have sought to promote an expansion of Australian investment.<ref>*[https://mine.nridigital.com/mine_australia_may20/australia_nigeria_mining Can Australian expertise help Nigeria's mining industry to take flight?]* Mine Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.</ref> 
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|{{flag|Rwanda}}||2007||

* Australia and Rwanda enjoy good relations as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. Diplomatic relations were formalized in 2007.<ref>*[https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/56466#:~:text=Rwanda-Australia%20diplomatic%20relations%20were%20established%20in%202007.%20Today%2C,and%20Rwanda%20as%2033rd%20Australia%E2%80%99s%20principal%20import%20sources. Australia, Rwanda Strengthen Ties]* The New Times, 22 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref>
* Australia's high commissioner is accredited from [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]].
* Rwanda's high commissioner is accredited from [[Singapore]].  It also has an honorary consulate-general in [[Melbourne]].
* The two countries' trading relationship is modest.  In 2019–2020 the two-way merchandise trade was A$1.6 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/rwan-cef.pdf Rwanda country and economic fact sheet]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 22 September 2021</ref>  Rwanda exports coffee and tea to Australia while it has also attracted Australian companies in mining, agro-inputs and technology to Rwanda. Additionally, a sizable number of Rwandans have benefited from Australian government scholarships to pursue graduate and post-graduate courses in Australia over the years.<ref>*[https://rwandacg.dev.fweb.com.au/ambassador-uwihanganye-presents-his-credentials-to-governor-general-of-australia/ Ambassador presents credentials] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027202936/https://rwandacg.dev.fweb.com.au/ambassador-uwihanganye-presents-his-credentials-to-governor-general-of-australia/ |date=27 October 2021 }}* Consulate-General of Rwanda in Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2021</ref>
* In 1994–1995 Australia provided two small military medical contingents to support the post-genocide United Nations Assistance Mission to Rwanda (UNAMIR II).<ref>*[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U60680 Rwanda (UNAMIR) 1993–1996]* Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 22 September 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}||8 July 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1325136|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Sao Tome and Principe and Australia as of 8 July 2009|date=8 July 2009|access-date=25 February 2024|website=digitallibrary.un.org}}</ref>||

* Australia and São Tomé and Príncipe established diplomatic relations in 2009 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au"/>
* Australia is accredited to São Tomé and Príncipe from its embassy in [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]].<ref name="dfat.gov.au">{{Cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/sao-tome-principe/Pages/sao-tome-and-principe.aspx|title=Sao Tome and Principe}}</ref>
* São Tomé and Príncipe is accredited to Australia through its embassy in Lisbon.
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|{{flag|Senegal}}||26 September 1974<ref name="Australian Representation Overseas"/>||See [[Australia–Senegal relations]]
* Australia and Senegal established diplomatic relations with the accreditation in September 1974 of an Australian ambassador resident in [[Accra]], [[Ghana]].
* Senegal's ambassador to Australia is accredited from [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].  It maintains an honorary consulate-general in [[Melbourne]].
* Two way merchandise trade between the countries was A$110 million in 2019–2020.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/sene-cef.pdf Senegal Country/Economy Fact Sheet]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 25 October 2021</ref>

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|{{flag|Seychelles}}||29 June 1976||

* Australia and Seychelles have enjoyed good relations, as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and the [[Indian Ocean Rim Association]], dating back prior to Seychelles' independence.  Then Prime Minister [[James Mancham]] made an official visit to Australia in April 1976.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-893777212/view?partId=nla.obj-893834489#page/n30/mode/1up Seychelles: Prime Minister visits Australia]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record. Volume 47, No. 5 (May 1976). Retrieved 3 September 2021</ref> Diplomatic relations were established on 29 June 1976, Seychelles' independence day.<ref>*[https://www.statehouse.gov.sc/news/4910/australian-high-commissioner-to-seychelles-bids-farewell Australian High Commissioner bids farewell]* Office of the President of the Republic of Seychelles, 23 July 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021</ref>
* Australia's high commissioner to Seychelles is resident in [[Port Louis]], [[Mauritius]].
* Seychelles' high commissioner to Australia is resident in [[New Delhi]], [[India]].
* There has been a significant Seychellois diaspora living in Australia, traditionally the largest outside Seychelles, although the number of Seychelles-born residents has dropped in recent years. The latest Australian Census in 2016 recorded 2,519 Seychelles-born people in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-seychelles.PDF Seychelles-born Community Information Sheet]* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 3 September 2021</ref> The diaspora is significantly enlarged by second and third-generations of Seychellois ancestry who maintain links with the island nation. Many Seychelles political and business leaders have studied in Australia.
* Total merchandise trade between the two countries in 2019–2020 was valued at A$10.6 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/seyc-cef.pdf Seychelles Country Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903154237/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/seyc-cef.pdf |date=3 September 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 September 2021</ref> 
* Australian Governor General [[Quentin Bryce]] made a state visit to Seychelles in April 2009 to promote bilateral relations. This was reciprocated in August 2011 by the state visit of President [[James Michel]].<ref>*[https://www.statehouse.gov.sc/news/1744/president-concludes-australia-visit- President concludes Australia visit]* Office of the President of the Republic of Seychelles 29 August 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2021</ref>
* An Australian lawyer heads the Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) established by the Seychelles National Assembly in 2018. The TRNUC is examining the political, human rights and legal legacy of Seychelles long-time authoritarian ruler [[France-Albert René]].<ref>*[https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/seychelles-truth-justice-and-australia Truth, Justice and Australia]* The Interpreter 1 June 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|Sierra Leone}}||<!--Date started-->9 October 1981<ref name=SL>{{cite journal|title=Diplomatic appointments|journal=Australian Foreign Affairs Record|date=October 1981|volume=52|issue=10|page=520|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-890909352|access-date=3 November 2022|publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>||

* Australia and Sierra Leone have enjoyed good relations as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. Diplomatic relations were formally established in October 1981 with the appointment of the first non-resident Australian high commissioner.
* Australia is accredited to Sierra Leone from its high commission in [[Accra]], [[Ghana]].
* Sierra Leone is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Beijing]], [[China]].  It also has an honorary consulate-general in [[Sydney]]. 
* There is a small Sierra Leone community in Australia, the majority of whom have come after 2001 under the Humanitarian Program.  The 2016 Australian census recorded 3,410 Sierra Leone-born persons.<ref>*[Sierra Leone-born Community Information Summary]* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 24 February 2022.</ref>
* Australia has been active in contributing capacity development and small development projects in Sierra Leone,  including support to peace building through financial and technical assistance to the UN Peace building Fund and the Special Court for Sierra Leone.<ref>*[https://awokonewspaper.sl/australian-special-envoys-visit-strengthens-relations-with-sierra-leone/  Australian Special Envoy's Visit Strengthens Relations with Sierra Leone]* Awoko Newspaper, 14 March 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2023.</ref>
* Bilateral trade is modest.  Total merchandise trade in 2019–2020 was A$4.5 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/sleo-cef.pdf Sierra Leone Country/Economic Fact Sheet]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 24 February 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Somalia }}||<!--Date started-->16 February 1982||

* Australia and Somalia first formalized diplomatic relations in February 1982 when a non-resident Somali ambassador presented credentials in Canberra.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-889411574/view?partId=nla.obj-889430255#page/n49/mode/1up Foreign Representation in Australia]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 53 No 2 February 1982, Retrieved 15 June 2024.</ref>  This subsequently lapsed and the two countries re-established diplomatic relations in 2010.<ref>*[http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/wayback/20190808185434/https://foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2010/100319_australia_and_africa.html Australia and Africa: Looking to the Future]* National Library of Australia archive. Retrieved 31 August 2021</ref>
* Australia's ambassador to Somalia is accredited from [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]]. 
* Somalia currently does not have representation to Australia.
* Australia has supported the state-building and counter-terrorism efforts of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and has provided humanitarian assistance.  Australia's first involvement was to support the United Nations-approved [[Unified Task Force]] (UNITAF) which delivered humanitarian aid in 1992–1993. The Australian operation was called [[Operation Solace]] and involved the deployment of some 900 military personnel to provide a secure environment for the distribution of humanitarian aid in the Baidoa region.  In May 1993, UNITAF handed over to a reinforced UNOSOM II. The Australian Battalion Group withdrew to Australia. The Australian Defence Force Contingent provided movement control, air traffic control, some HQ staff and a ready reaction security team at the Mogadishu airport.  The Australian force was withdrawn in 1996.<ref>*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061201124302/http://www.anzacday.org.au/history/peacekeeping/anecdotes/somalia.html Somalia 1993–1996]* AnzacDay.com.  Retrieved 31 August. 2021</ref>
* Australia provided over $61&nbsp;million to Somalia in 2011 in response to the Horn of Africa humanitarian crisis and has since provided funding to support the AMISOM mission and humanitarian projects.<ref>*[https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australia-gives-10m-aid-to-somalia Australia gives $10 million aid to Somalia]* SBS News 10 March 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2021</ref> 
* In September 2012 following the election of Hassan Sheikh Ahmed Mohamoud, foreign minister [[Bob Carr]] said," Australia shares the cautious optimism of the international community about Somalia's future prospects."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2012/bc_mr_120919a.html|title=Election of Somalia's President|author=Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|work=foreignminister.gov.au|access-date=19 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410033629/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2012/bc_mr_120919a.html|archive-date=10 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* There is a small Somali community in Australia. Most Somalis began to settle in Australia in the early 1990s following the outbreak of the civil war in Somalia. About 80 per cent of the new arrivals came under the aegis of the local Refugee and Special Humanitarian Program. The latest Census in 2016 recorded 7,668 Somalia-born people in Australia, half of whom are resident in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-somalia.PDF#:~:text=The%20latest%20Census%20in%202016%20recorded%207%2C668%20Somalia-born,%281%2C334%29%2C%20Queensland%20%281%2C271%29%20and%20New%20South%20Wales%20%28824%29. Somalia-born Community Information Summary]* Australian Department of Home Affairs.  Retrieved 31 August 2021</ref>  See [[Somali Australians]] for more information. 
* Trading ties are modest and mainly comprise Australian merchandise exports. In 2019–2020 this was valued at A$1.8m<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/soml-cef.pdf Somalia economic fact sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831093736/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/soml-cef.pdf |date=31 August 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 31 August 2021</ref>
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|{{flag|South Africa }}||8 May 1946||See [[Australia–South Africa relations]]
[[File:Quentin Bryce and Nelson Mandela.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Australian Governor-General Quentin Bryce meets with Nelson Mandela during her stopover in South Africa, 24 March 2009.]]
* Australia announced the appointment of its first High Commissioner to South Africa in May 1946, with the high commission being established in Cape Town from August 1946. 
* The Australian High Commission later moved to [[Pretoria]].  For a detailed history of Australian representation in South Africa see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to South Africa]].
* South Africa established a High Commission in [[Canberra]] in 1949.  For a detailed history of South African representation in Australia see [[List of high commissioners of South Africa to Australia]].
* Both countries are historically linked through the [[British Empire]] and are members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. Following the adoption of the [[apartheid]] policy by South Africa in 1948, relations became increasingly strained, particularly from the 1970s onwards, although diplomatic relations were maintained.  Relations have been normalized since the inauguration of the first democratically elected Government of South Africa in May 1994, and there are substantial political, economic and people-to-people links between the two countries.
* In his first year of freedom, [[Nelson Mandela]] visited Australia in 1990 to thank the country for opposing apartheid.<ref>*[https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2017/10/27/day-mandela-spoke-opera-house Why did the newly freed Nelson Mandela pick Australia in 1990 for one of his first speeches?]* SBS Australia 17 November 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2023.</ref>
* According to the 2016 Australian census, 162,450 Australian residents were born in South Africa. South African-born immigrants have distinguished themselves in sport, the arts, media and business – see [[South African Australians]]. 
* South Africa is Australia's largest export market in Africa with two-way trade in goods and services totaling A$3.141 billion in 2021. South Africa is also Australia's most significant investment partner in Africa, with bilateral investment valued at A$15.2 billion in 2021.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/south-africa South Africa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316102928/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/south-africa |date=16 March 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 16 March 2023.</ref>
* Both countries are members of the [[Indian Ocean Rim Association]] (IORA) and the [[Antarctic Treaty System]]. 
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|{{flag|South Sudan}}||24 September 2011||
[[File:Nhial Deng Nhial and Kevin Rudd (2).jpg|200px|right|thumb|Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and his South Sudanese counterpart, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Nhial Deng Nhial, sign a joint communique establishing diplomatic relations between Australia and South Sudan.]]
* Australia and South Sudan established diplomatic relations on 24 September 2011.<ref name="reliefweb.int"/>
* Australia's ambassador is accredited on a non-resident basis from [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]].
* South Sudan's ambassador is accredited on a non-resident basis from [[Beijing]].
* Australia is home to a significant South Sudanese community. According to the 2016 Australian Housing and Population Census, 7,699 Australian residents were born in South Sudan.  Community leaders estimate that, counting persons born when South Sudan was part of the Republic of Sudan, and who report their birthplace as Sudan, the total is about 20,000. The majority of the South Sudan-born population arrived in Australia between 2001 and 2006 under Australia's refugee resettlement program.<ref>*[https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/south-sudanese-culture/south-sudanese-culture-south-sudanese-in-australia South Sudanese in Australia]* SBS Cultural Atlas. Retrieved 1 September 2021</ref> [[South Sudanese Australians]] have distinguished themselves in a wide variety of fields including sport, fashion, music and law.
* Australia has contributed almost $113 million in humanitarian assistance to South Sudan since the outbreak of conflict in December 2013, including over $60 million since 2017.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/south-sudan South Sudan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922115558/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/south-sudan |date=22 September 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 1 September 2021</ref>
* Australia has a contingent of Australian Defence Force personnel in South Sudan who have been deployed with the [[United Nations Mission in South Sudan]] (UNMISS) since its inception in 2011. 
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|{{flag|Sudan}}||8 February 1974<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919279280/view?sectionId=nla.obj-921656391&partId=nla.obj-919302819#page/n50/mode/1up|title=Diplomatic Relations with the Sudan|publisher=Australian foreign affairs record.Vol. 45 No. 2 (February 1974)|pages=Image 51|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>||
* Australia is accredited to Sudan from its embassy in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].
* Sudan has an embassy in [[Canberra]], which took over the old Eritrean embassy and opened in 2017. 
* Although Australia had been critical of human rights violations and political repression in Sudan, and has applied Sudan-related UN sanctions, relations have improved since 2017.  In September 2018, Australia and Sudan held inaugural Senior Officials Talks in Canberra.
* The 2016 Australian Census recorded 17,031 Sudan-born people in Australia.  Since 2001 many immigrants from Sudan, or those born to Sudanese parents in regugee camps, have come under the Humanitarian Program.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-sudan.PDF Sudan-born Community Information Summary]* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 8 January 2022.</ref>
* Trade between the two countries is modest, totalling about A$10m in 2019–2020.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/suda-cef.pdf Sudan economic fact sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219020518/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/suda-cef.pdf |date=19 February 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.  Retrieved 8 January 2022.</ref>  Sudan regularly attends the Africa Down Under and the International Mining and Resources Conferences at ministerial level.
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|{{flag|Tanzania }}||11 May 1962||

* Australia announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with Tanganyika on 11 May 1962.  A resident high commission was opened in July 1962.<ref name="auto1"/>
* The post was closed in 1987 for budgetary reasons.
* Australia has since been accredited to Tanzania from its high commission in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]].
* Tanzania is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].  It also has honorary consulates in [[Adelaide]] and Perth.
* President [[Julius Nyerere]] made a 5-day state visit to Australia in March 1974.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919279307/view?partId=nla.obj-919314955#page/n45/mode/1up Visit by President Nyerere]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record. Volume 45.  No. 3 (March 1974). Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref><ref>*[https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA9N56LEUIVNR6P6BCVBTDVW7IZ-AUSTRALIA-TANZANIAS-PRESIDENT-NYERERE-ENDS-AUSTRALIAN-VISIT/query/Colleg President Nyerere ends Australian Visit]* British Pathé. Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref>
* Australian Governor-General [[Quentin Bryce]] paid a state visit to Tanzania in March 2009.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/tuesday-31-march-2009-national-maritime-museum-sydney-administrator-her-excellency The Governor-General's programme 31 March 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129170043/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/tuesday-31-march-2009-national-maritime-museum-sydney-administrator-her-excellency |date=29 January 2022 }}* Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref>
* There is a small Tanzanian community in Australia, with the Australian Census in 2016 recording 3,830 Tanzanian-born persons.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-tanzania.PDF Tanzanian-born Community Information Summary]* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref>
* Several Australian companies are involved in mining projects in Tanzania, and minerals and engineering equipment are Australia's main exports to the country. Tanzania's main exports to Australia are coffee and agricultural crops. Two-way merchandise trade between Australia and Tanzania was over $61 million in 2018–19.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tanzania Tanzania country brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129170047/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tanzania |date=29 January 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 29 January 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Togo}}||22 July 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1324616|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Togo and Australia as of 22 July 2009|date=4 September 2009|access-date=25 February 2024|website=digitallibrary.un.org}}</ref>||

* Australia and Togo established diplomatic relations in 2009 as part of a broadening of Australia's engagement with Africa under the Governments of [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard]].<ref name="webarchive.nla.gov.au"/><ref>*[https://ghana.embassy.gov.au/acra/Togo.html#:~:text=Australia%20was%20pleased%20to%20establish,diplomatic%20relations%20with%20Togo%20in%202009. Togo]* Australian High Commission, Ghana. Retrieved 23 April 2023.</ref>
* The Australian high commissioner is accredited from [[Accra]].
* Togo has not yet established representation to Australia.
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|{{flag|Tunisia}}||17 February 1977<ref name="Australia's relations with Tunisia"/>||
* Australia is accredited to Tunisia from its high commission in [[Malta]].
* Tunisia maintained an embassy in Canberra for a number of years until 2021 and is now accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Jakarta]], Indonesia.  It also has an honorary consulate in [[Brisbane]].
* Australia and Tunisia have a modest trading relationship, with two-way merchandise trade valued at about A$40 million in 2019–2020.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/tuni-cef.pdf Tunisia Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107035400/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/tuni-cef.pdf |date=7 January 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 6 January 2022</ref>
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|{{flag|Uganda}}||23 August 1965<ref name="Ties with Africa"/>||

* Australia and Uganda have enjoyed good relations as members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].  Diplomatic relations were announced in August 1965 with the accreditation of Australia's high commissioner based in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]]. Australia also has an honorary consulate in [[Kampala]].
* Uganda has a high commission in [[Canberra]] and an honorary consulate in [[Perth]].
* The Australian-Uganda trade relationship is modest, with two-way merchandise trade and investment reaching almost A$7 million in 2018–19. The main Australian exports are engineering equipment, and the main imports are coffee and spices.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/uganda Uganda country brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106214750/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/uganda |date=6 January 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 6 January 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Zambia }}||1972||
* Australia is accredited to Zambia from its embassy in [[Harare]], [[Zimbabwe]].
* Zambia has a high commission in [[Canberra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Mission/view.rails?id=221|title=Search results|website=protocol.dfat.gov.au|access-date=5 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218063456/http://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Mission/view.rails?id=221|archive-date=18 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* Both countries are full members of [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
* Australian Governor-General [[Quentin Bryce]] made a state visit to Zambia in March 2009 to promote bilateral relations.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/friday-20-march-2009-government-house-sydney-administrator-her-excellency-professor-mar Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409130850/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/friday-20-march-2009-government-house-sydney-administrator-her-excellency-professor-mar |date=9 April 2022 }} Australian Governor-General, 20 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Zimbabwe }}||18 April 1980||See [[Australia–Zimbabwe relations]]

* Australia and Zimbabwe established diplomatic relations upon Zimbabwe's independence on 18 April 1980.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sub-Saharan Africa Report Issues 2243–2247|publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service.|year=1980}}</ref>  The Australian liaison office in [[Harare]] (then Salisbury) was upgraded on that date to a high commission (embassy since 2003 when Zimbabwe left the Commonwealth).  For a detailed history of Australian representation in Zimbabwe see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Zimbabwe]].
* Zimbabwe has an embassy in Canberra, which opened in 1988.
* Australia played a leading role in the Lancaster House negotiations for the internationally recognised decolonisation of Southern Rhodesia and the then Australian Prime Minister [[Malcolm Fraser]] attended the independence celebrations on the invitation of then Prime Minister [[Robert Mugabe]].  Australia had contributed to the Commonwealth Ceasefire Monitoring Force.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-888925434/view?partId=nla.obj-888960407#page/n9/mode/1up Australia-Zimbabwe]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Volume 51, No. 4 (April 1980). Retrieved on 2 September 2021</ref>
* Relations between the two countries soured in the late 1990s, following the implementation in Zimbabwe of a controversial land reform program and later the increasingly autocratic behaviour of the Mugabe government. In 2002, the Howard government in Australia imposed targeted sanctions against members of the Zimbabwean government in protest against the deteriorating political situation in Zimbabwe. These sanctions, adjusted over time, remain in force as of 2021.  They include an arms embargo and sanctions against listed individuals designated as having seriously undermined democracy, respect for human rights or the rule of law in Zimbabwe.
* There is a significant Zimbabwean diaspora in Australia.  The latest Census in 2016 recorded 34,787 Zimbabwe-born people in Australia. While most of these are white Zimbabweans and of English or Scottish backgrounds, there are growing numbers of people of indigenous Shona and Ndebele ethnicities.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-zimbabwe.PDF Zimbabwe-born Community Information Summary]* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 2 September 2021</ref> [[Zimbabwean Australians]] across ethnic backgrounds have distinguished themselves in sports, music and the arts.
* Following Zimbabwe's independence, trade between the countries developed modestly, but is presently minimal (two-way trade in 2019–2020 was only about A$2 million).<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/zimb-cef.pdf Zimbabwe Economy/Country Fact Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902174716/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/zimb-cef.pdf |date=2 September 2021 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 2 September 2021</ref>
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