Editing Foreign relations of Australia (section)

===Americas===
{{See also|Australia–Latin America relations}}
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|{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}|| ||

* Australia and Antigua and Barbuda enjoy good relations, with links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket.
* Both countries have established diplomatic relations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dfat.gov.au/geo/antigua-barbuda/Pages/antigua-and-barbuda.aspx|title=Antigua and Barbuda}}</ref> 
* Australia is accredited to Antigua and Barbuda from its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 
* Antigua and Barbuda have not yet established representation in Australia.

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|{{flag|Argentina }}||<!--Date started-->10 December 1959||See [[Argentina–Australia relations]]
* Australia and Argentina agreed in December 1959 through an exchange of notes to establish diplomatic relations.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1201596742/view?partId=nla.obj-1201733592#page/n28/mode/1up Development of Australian Diplomatic Relations with Argentina]* Current Notes on International Affairs Vol. 30 No. 12 (December 1959) page 671. Retrieved 16 March 2023.</ref> 
* Australia has an embassy in [[Buenos Aires]], established in 1962.  For a detailed history of Australian representation in Argentina see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Argentina]].
* Argentina has an embassy in [[Canberra]] and a consulate-general in [[Sydney]].
* There is significant trade and investment between the two countries. Two-way merchandise trade in 2021–22 was over A$1.5 billion.  In 2021 Australian investment in Argentina was valued at just over A$1 billion.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/arge-cef.pdf Argentina Trade/Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316183128/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/arge-cef.pdf |date=16 March 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 16 March 2023.</ref>
* The two countries have a reciprocal work and holiday visa agreement and Australia is a destination for Argentine students studying abroad.
* In July 1986, President [[Raúl Alfonsin]] became the first Argentine head of state to visit Australia. In March 1998, President [[Carlos Menem]] also made a state visit to Australia. Governor-General [[Peter Cosgrove]] made a state visit to Argentina in 2016.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/buenos-aires-argentina Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317164501/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/buenos-aires-argentina |date=17 March 2023 }}* Australian Governor-General, 9 August 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2023.</ref> [[Scott Morrison]] was the first Australian Prime Minister to visit Argentina during 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit. 
* Both countries are members of multi-national groups such as the [[G20]] and [[Cairns Group]] and share common interests in many issues such as Antarctica and international peacekeeping.
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|{{flag|Bahamas }}||<!--Date started-->7 January 1974||

* Australia and the Bahamas enjoy good relations, with links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket. 
* Formal diplomatic relations between the two countries were announced on 7 January 1974.<ref name="Australia 1974 page 53">*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919279267/view?partId=nla.obj-919293349#page/n54/mode/1up Australia's Diplomatic Relations with the Caribbean]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Vol. 45 No. 1 (January 1974) page 53. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to the Bahamas from its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
* The Bahamas has an honorary consulate in [[Sydney]].
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|{{flag|Barbados }}||7 January 1974||See [[Australia–Barbados relations]]

* Australia and Barbados enjoy good relations, with links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket. 
* Formal diplomatic relations between the two countries were announced on 7 January 1974.<ref name="Australia 1974 page 53"/>
* Australia is accredited to Barbados from its high commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.<ref>[http://www.trinidadandtobago.embassy.gov.au/ Australian High Commission to Trinidad and Tobago]   {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703154340/http://www.trinidadandtobago.embassy.gov.au/ |date=3 July 2009 }} (Accredited to Barbados)</ref>
* The lone Australian High Commission in the Caribbean was located in [[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]] from 1994 to 2004, before it moved to Port of Spain. Australia also has an honorary consulate in Bridgetown.
* Barbados is accredited to Australia from its High Commission in [[Ottawa]], [[Canada]]. 
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|{{flag|Belize}}||17 January 1982||

* Australia and Belize enjoy good relations, with links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].  Australia and Belize are Co-Chairs with Mauritius of the Commonwealth Blue Charter Action Group on Coral Reef Protection and Restoration, and members of the International Coral Reef Initiative.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/belize-country-brief.pdf Belize Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215214913/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/belize-country-brief.pdf |date=15 February 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref> 
* Australia is accredited to Belize from its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/belize/Pages/belize.aspx|title=Belize|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref> 
* Belize has an honorary consulate in [[Sydney]].

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|{{flag|Bolivia}}||10 April 1975<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bolivia country brief (MFA Australia)|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/bolivia/bolivia-country-brief#:~:text=Australia%20and%20Bolivia%20(formally%20known,relations%20on%2010%20April%201975.&text=The%20Consulate%20of%20Bolivia%20in,Australia%20is%20resident%20in%20Ottawa.|access-date=2 February 2022|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404175628/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/bolivia/bolivia-country-brief#:~:text=Australia%20and%20Bolivia%20(formally%20known,relations%20on%2010%20April%201975.&text=The%20Consulate%20of%20Bolivia%20in,Australia%20is%20resident%20in%20Ottawa.|url-status=dead}}</ref>||
* The first non-resident Australian ambassador to Bolivia presented credentials on 14 October 1975.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-909444359/view?partId=nla.obj-909491385#page/n57/mode/1up Australian Representation Overseas]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 46 No. 10 (October 1975). Retrieved 18 April 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Bolivia from its embassy in [[Lima]], [[Peru]] and maintains an honorary consulate in [[La Paz]].
* Bolivia is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Ottawa]], [[Canada]] and maintains an honorary consulate in Sydney.
* Bolivia and Australia work together, as part of the [[Cairns Group]], on agricultural trade reform. In 2002 the Australian Minister for Trade and Investment [[Mark Vaile]] visited [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra|Santa Cruz]] for a Cairns Group meeting.  Australia also provides a small amount of development assistance to Bolivia at local community level through its Direct Aid Program.
* There is a small bilateral trade relationship.  Total merchandise trade in 2020 was A$26 million, mostly comprising Bolivian food-related exports to Australia.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/boli-cef.pdf Bolivia Trade/Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006204829/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/boli-cef.pdf |date=6 October 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 18 April 2022.</ref> There is investment in mining services and technology.
* [[Australia–Bolivia bilateral treaties]] include two extradition treaties.
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|{{flag|Brazil }}||7 June 1945||See [[Australia–Brazil relations]]
* Australia has an embassy in [[Brasília]], a consulate-general in [[São Paulo]] and an honorary consulate in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Brazil see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Brazil]].
* Brazil has an embassy in [[Canberra]] and a consulate general in [[Sydney]] and honorary consulates in Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, and Perth. 
* Brazilians form the largest migrant group from Latin America resident in Australia – see Brazilian Australians. The 2016 Australian census recorded 27,625 residents born in Brazil and 21,353 residents of Brazilian descent. As of 2020, Brazil was also the fifth largest source of international students studying in Australia.
* Two-way trade in goods and services in 2021–22 was A$4.8 billion, a significant element of which was Australian exports of coal.  Australian investments in Brazil in 2021 was valued at A$9.6 billion and Brazilian investments in Australia totaled almost A$5 billion.
* Prime Minister [[Julia Gillard]] visited Brazil in 2012 and Brazilian President [[Dilma Rousseff]] visited Australia for a [[G20]] meeting in 2014.  Governor-General [[Peter Cosgrove]] visited Brazil during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 
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|{{flag|Canada }}||12 September 1939||See [[Australia–Canada relations]]
[[File:Australia House, Ottawa.JPG|200px|right|thumb|[[Australia House (Ottawa)|Australia House]], Canada, is an example of an Australian mission (it serves as the ambassadorial residence). As Canada is a fellow [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] nation, Australia maintains a High Commission there.]]
* Australia and Canada have a longstanding relationship that has been fostered by both countries' shared history and culture as former British Dominions and present members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. There are significant political, economic, academic and people-to-people links.
* Australia has a high commission in [[Ottawa]], a consulate-general in [[Toronto]], and a consulate in [[Vancouver]]. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Canada see [[List of high commissioners of Australia to Canada]].
* Canada has a high commission in [[Canberra]] and a consulate-general in [[Sydney]]. For a detailed history of Canadian representation in Australia see [[List of high commissioners of Canada to Australia]].
* The Australian 2016 Census recorded 43,053 Canada-born people in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-canada.PDF Canada-born Community Information Summary]* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 20 March 2023.</ref> There is a working holiday program in place which allows young people to travel and work for set periods in each other's country. 
* Bilateral trade and investment is substantial. In 2019–20, two-way trade was $4.7 billion in goods and A$3 billion in services. At the end of 2019, Australian investment in Canada was valued at $83.4 billion and Canadian investment in Australia was valued at $60.7 billion.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/canada/canada-country-brief Canada Country Brief] Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 20 March 2023.</ref>  Both countries are members of the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] forum and signatories to the [[Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership]] (CPTPP).
* Canada's and Australia's militaries have fought alongside each other numerous times including the [[Second Boer War]], [[World War I]], [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]] and many [[United Nations Security Council]]-sanctioned missions. To maintain this military alliance, a Canadian Defence Advisor is stationed at the High Commission in Canberra to share [[intelligence (military)|intelligence]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geo.international.gc.ca/asia/australia/relations/canausdefence-en.aspx|title=Australia-Canada bilateral relations|access-date=12 November 2008|publisher=[[Government of Canada]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912195111/http://geo.international.gc.ca/asia/australia/relations/canausdefence-en.aspx|archive-date=12 September 2008}}</ref> Australia and Canada both contributed to the International force in [[East Timor]] and both worked closely together to fight terrorism in Afghanistan. They are both members of the [[Five Eyes]] intelligence alliance.
* Canada, Australia and New Zealand have a history of working together in the United Nations (UN) on issues ranging from security to development to human rights, including through an informal grouping known as CANZ.
* There are regular high level exchanges of political visits between the two countries. Australian Prime Ministers [[John Curtin]] and [[John Howard]] have addressed joint sessions of the Canadian Parliament in 1944 and 2006 respectively. In 2007 [[Stephen Harper]] became the first Canadian Prime Minister to address the Australian Parliament.  Australian Governor-General [[Quentin Bryce]] visited Canada in 2013.

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|{{flag|Chile }}||27 December 1945||See [[Australia–Chile relations]]

* During the Australian gold rush of the 1850s, Chile became one of Australia's major food suppliers. After 1866, however, interaction and trade was minimal until after the Second World War.<ref>{{cite book|first=James|last=Jupp|title=The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yTKFBXfCI1QC&pg=PA196|year=2001|page=196|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521807890}}</ref> 
* The intention to exchange diplomatic representatives between the two countries was announced in April 1945. The Chilean consulate was upgraded to a legation and headed by a Chargé d'Affaires ''en titre'' from July 1945.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1209095311/view?partId=nla.obj-1209158729#page/n24/mode/1up Chile: Review of Events since 1942] Current Notes on International Affairs Vol 17 No 9 (September 1946) page 547. Retrieved 27 April 2022.</ref> The first Australian Minister to Chile was appointed in January 1946<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1208824250/view?partId=nla.obj-1208868085#page/n38/mode/1up Representation]* Current Notes on International Affairs, Vol, 17 No. 1 (January 1946) page 35. Retrieved 27 April 2022.</ref> and presented credentials in August 1946. The Australian legation closed for budgetary reasons in 1949.  Relations were upgraded to ambassadorial level in the 1960s when the Australian embassy was opened in 1968 and Chile reciprocated with an upgrade of its legation in 1969. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Chile see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Chile]].
* Australia has an embassy in [[Santiago]].
* Chile has an embassy in [[Canberra]], consulates-general in [[Melbourne]] and [[Sydney]] and honorary consulates in Brisbane and Perth.
* In 1993, President [[Patricio Aylwin]] became the first Chilean head of state to pay an official visit to Australia.<ref>[https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/release/transcript-8991 Speech at luncheon in Honour of his Excellency, Mr. Patricio Aylwin, President of the Republic of Chile, Parliament House-Canberra]</ref> In 2004, Prime Minister [[John Howard]] became the first Australian head of government to visit Chile and to attend the [[APEC Chile 2004|APEC Summit]]. Governor General [[Peter Cosgrove]] made a state visit to Chile in 2016.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/santiago-chile-0 Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317164503/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/santiago-chile-0 |date=17 March 2023 }}* Governor-General of Australia, 10 August 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2023.</ref>
* There are strong people-to-people links between the two countries. The 2016 Australian census recorded 26,086 Chile-born people in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-chile.PDF Chile-born Community Information Summary]* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 27 April 2022.</ref>  Australia is also a popular destination for Chilean students and there is a working holiday agreement between the two countries. See also [[Chilean Australians]].
* Both countries are members of [[APEC]] and the [[Cairns Group]]. Australia and Chile signed the [[Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement]] on 30 July 2008. The agreement came into effect in the first quarter of 2009.
* Two-way merchandise trade in 2020 was over A$1.26 billion and Australian investment in Chile was A$2.8 billion.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/chle-cef.pdf Chine Trade/Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427145855/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/chle-cef.pdf |date=27 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 27 April 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Colombia}}||9 September 1975
|See [[Australia–Colombia relations]]
* Australia has an embassy in [[Bogotá]], upgraded from a consulate-general in 2017. Prior to this it was accredited on a non-resident basis from neighbouring Latin American countries. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Colombia see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Colombia]].
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Canberra]], a consulate-general in [[Sydney]] and honorary consulates in Brisbane, Darwin and Perth. 
* Economic problems and violence led to an emigration of Colombians to Australia in the 1980s. Colombians are one of the largest South American migrant groups in Australia – see [[Colombian Australians]].  The 2016 Australian census recorded 18,996 residents born in Colombia and 17,984 residents of Colombian descent. Australia is also an increasing destination for Colombians studying abroad, with almost 19,000 recorded in 2020.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/colombia/colombia-country-brief-bilateral-fact-sheet Colombia Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317164503/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/colombia/colombia-country-brief-bilateral-fact-sheet |date=17 March 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 17 March 2023.</ref> 
* Two-way trade in goods and services in 2021–22 totaled A$867 million, a significant element of which was Australian educational services to Colombian students. In 2021 Australian investments in Colombia totaled A$633 million.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/comb-cef.pdf Colombia Trade/Economic Fact Sheet]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 17 March 2023.</ref>
* Both armies fought alongside each other in the [[Korean War|Korean]] war.
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|{{flag|Costa Rica }}||<!--Date started-->15 October 1974||

* In 1884, Costa Rica opened a consular office in New South Wales.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/costa-rica/costa-rica-country-brief Costa Rica Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318204655/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/costa-rica/costa-rica-country-brief |date=18 March 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 18 March 2022.</ref>  Australia and Costa Rica established formal diplomatic relations in October 1974, with the presentation of credentials of Australia's first non-resident Ambassador.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919333462/view?partId=nla.obj-919400846#page/n85/mode/1up Representation]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record. Retrieved 18 March 2022.</ref> 
* Australia is accredited to Costa Rica through its embassy in [[Mexico City]].  It also has an honorary consulate in San Jose.
* Costa Rica opened an embassy in Canberra in 2017. It also has an honorary consulate in Sydney.
* Costa Rica is Australia's second largest trading partner in Central America.  Bilateral merchandise trade in 2019–2020 was A$132 million, mostly Australian imports of medical instruments and other manufactured goods.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/cost-cef.pdf Costa Rica Economic Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409130855/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/cost-cef.pdf |date=9 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 18 March 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Cuba}}||31 January 1989
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* Australia is accredited to Cuba from its embassy in [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]].
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Canberra]], opened on 24 October 2008, and a consulate-general in [[Sydney]].
* Prior to a thawing of relations in the late 1980s, official exchanges between the two countries were limited and, from the early 1960s, characterized by the two countries being firmly on opposite sides of the [[Cold War]].  Australia was suspicious of Cuban internationalist activities in the Pacific and only in the 1980s was a Cuban consulate allowed to open in Sydney.  This changed substantially as the Cold War began to be wound down. Full diplomatic relations were established under the [[Bob Hawke]] government in January 1989.
* Since 1996, Australia has voted in favor of Cuba's annual resolution in the United Nations General Assembly calling for an end to the [[United States embargo against Cuba]].
* Since the 1990s, Australia has recognised the value of Cuban development engagement in the Pacific and has worked with Cuba to support the integration of Cuban-trained doctors into Pacific Island health systems.
* An Australia-Cuba Business Council, set up on 2015, promotes business, sport, and cultural exchange.
* There have been exchanges in recent years at senior ministerial level, with Australian foreign ministers Gareth Evans, Stephen Smith and Julie Bishop visiting Cuba in 1995, 2009 and 2017 respectively, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez visiting Australia in 2010 and Cuban Vice Foreign Minister Marcelino Medina González visiting in 2018.
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|{{flag|Dominica}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Australia and Dominica enjoy good relations, with links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket.
* Australia is accredited to Dominica from its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 
* Dominica has not yet established representation in Australia.
* The Australian Government provided A$1.5 million in humanitarian assistance to Dominica through the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Population Fund after [[Hurricane Maria]] in 2017.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/dominica-country-brief.pdf Dominica Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215214909/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/dominica-country-brief.pdf |date=15 February 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref>
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|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|22 April 1997
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* Australia and the Dominican Republic established diplomatic relations on 22 April 1997<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dominican Republic country brief (MFA Australia)|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/dominican-republic/dominican-republic-country-brief#:~:text=Australia%20and%20the%20Dominican%20Republic,relations%20on%2022%20April%201997.&text=The%20Dominican%20Republic%20has%20a,non%2Dresident%20accreditation%20for%20Australia.|access-date=13 June 2022|archive-date=9 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409130850/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/dominican-republic/dominican-republic-country-brief#:~:text=Australia%20and%20the%20Dominican%20Republic,relations%20on%2022%20April%201997.&text=The%20Dominican%20Republic%20has%20a,non%2Dresident%20accreditation%20for%20Australia.|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Australia is accredited to the Dominican Republic from its embassy in [[Mexico City]], Mexico.
* The Dominican Republic is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Tokyo]], Japan.  It also has an honorary consulate in Adelaide.
* Bilateral merchandise trade in 2019–20 was valued at almost A$69 million, a large component being Australian imports of medical instruments.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/domi-cef.pdf Dominican Republic Trade/Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403213657/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/domi-cef.pdf |date=3 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Ecuador}}||
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* Australia is accredited to Ecuador from its embassy in Santiago, Chile and has an honorary consulate in [[Guayaquil]].
* Ecuador has an embassy in Canberra and honorary consulates in Adelaide and Melbourne.
* There is a small Ecuadorian community in Australia.  The 2016 Australian census recorded 2,225 Ecuador-born residents and 2,153 residents of Ecuardorian descent. A new Work and Holiday Visa arrangement between Australia and Ecuador commenced in 2019–20.
* Trade between the two countries is modest, amounting to A$93 million in 2021–22.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ecua-cef.pdf Ecuador Economic Factsheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401175712/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ecua-cef.pdf |date=1 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 1 April 2023.</ref> In November 2017, an Australia-Ecuador Business Summit was held in Quito to promote Australia's expertise and capacity to support Ecuador's growing mining sector. 
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|{{flag|El Salvador}}||<!--Date started-->5 December 1983
|See [[Australia–El Salvador relations]]

* Australia is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico and has an honorary consulate in [[San Salvador]].
* El Salvador has an embassy in Canberra, a consulate-general in Melbourne and honorary consulates in Brisbane and Sydney.
* In response to the civil war in El Salvador, between 1983 and 1986 Australia accepted around 10,000 Salvadorans under the Special Humanitarian Program. The Salvadoran community in Australia is estimated at 20,000. Australia is home to the third largest Salvadoran community living abroad.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/el-salvador/el-salvador-country-brief El Salvador Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401175709/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/el-salvador/el-salvador-country-brief |date=1 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 1 April 2023.</ref>  See also [[Salvadoran Australians]].

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|{{flag|Grenada}}||<!--Date started-->
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* Australia and Grenada enjoy good relations, with political links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket. 
* Australia is accredited to Grenada from its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/grenada/Pages/grenada.aspx|title=Grenada}}</ref>
* Grenada has not yet established diplomatic representation in Australia.
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|{{flag|Guatemala}}||7 January 1974
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* Australia is accredited to Guatemala from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico and has an honorary consulate in [[Tegucigalpa]].
* Guatemala has an embassy in Canberra and honorary consulates in Melbourne and Sydney.
* Bilateral trade is modest, amounting to A$46m in 2021–22.  An important element of this was Australian imports of coffee.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/guat-cef.pdf Guatemala Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401175708/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/guat-cef.pdf |date=1 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 1 April 2023.</ref>
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|{{flag|Guyana }}||<!--Date started-->7 January 1974||

* Australia and Guyana enjoy good relations, with political links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket. 
* Formal diplomatic relations between the two countries were announced on 7 January 1974.<ref name="Australia 1974 page 53"/>
* Australia is accredited to Guyana from its high commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
* Guyana is accredited to Australia from its high commission in Ottawa, Canada.
* Bilateral merchandise trade between the two countries was A$7 million in 2019–20.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/guya-cef.pdf Guyana Trade/Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619223030/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/guya-cef.pdf |date=19 June 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref> Guyana attended at ministerial level the 2017 Latin America Down Under Conference in Perth, to promote investment and cooperation in the mining sector.<ref>*[https://dpi.gov.gy/australian-investors-express-interest-in-guyana/ Australian Investors Express Interest in Guyana]* Guyana Department of Public Information 23 May 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Haiti }}||<!--Date started-->2000||

* Australia and Haiti established diplomatic relations in 2000.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/haiti-country-brief.pdf Haiti Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403213700/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/haiti-country-brief.pdf |date=3 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Haiti from its High Commission in [[Trinidad and Tobago]].
* Haiti has an honorary consulate in Melbourne.
* After the devastating 2010 earthquake, the Australian Government provided A$26.7 million in humanitarian assistance to Haiti which was matched by A$26 million from the Australian public. Australia has since provided further humanitarian aid to Haiti after subsequent natural disasters, including [[Hurricane Matthew]] in 2016.

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|{{flag|Honduras }}||10 July 1984||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 July 1984 when Mr. Cavan Hogue, Australian Ambassador presented his credentials to President of Honduras Roberto Suazo Cordova.<ref name="Latin America Report">{{Cite book |title=Latin America Report |publisher=[Executive Office of the President], Federal Broadcast Information Service, Joint Publications Research Service |year=1984 |pages=38}}</ref>
* Australia and Honduras established diplomatic relations in 1984.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/honduras-country-brief.pdf Honduras Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403213659/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/honduras-country-brief.pdf |date=3 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Honduras from its embassy in [[Mexico City]], Mexico.  It also has an honorary consulate in [[Tegucigalpa]].
* Honduras has not yet established representation in Australia.
* Bilateral merchandise trade in 2019–20 reached A$81 million, mostly Australian imports of mineral ores, coffee and textiles.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/hond-cef.pdf Honduras Country Information Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417193247/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/hond-cef.pdf |date=17 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Jamaica}}||7 January 1974
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* Australia and Jamaica enjoy good relations through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket.
* Formal diplomatic relations between the two countries were announced on 7 January 1974.<ref name="Australia 1974 page 53"/>
* Australia is accredited to Jamaica from its high commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.  It has an honorary consulate in Kingston.  The Australian high commission to the Caribbean was located in Kingston From 1975 until 1994, when it moved to Barbados. 
* Jamaica is accredited to Australia from its embassy in Tokyo, Japan.  It has an honorary consulate in Sydney.
* Bilateral merchandise trade in 2019–20 was valued at A$33 million, a large component of which was Australian meat exports.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/jmca-cef.pdf Jamaice Trade/Economic Fact Sheet}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 April 2022.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403213702/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/jmca-cef.pdf |date=3 April 2022 }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Mexico }}||14 March 1966<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/australia/index.php/bilreleng|title=Bilateral relationship|website=embamex.sre.gob.mx|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>||See [[Australia–Mexico relations]]

* Australia has an embassy in [[Mexico City]] and an honorary consulate in Cancun.
* Mexico has an embassy in Canberra and honorary consulates in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
* Mexico is Australia's largest merchandise trading partner in Latin America. Two way trade in goods and services in 2021–22 was over $4.4 billion, substantially Australian imports of vehicles and other manufactures and metal ores. Australian investments in Mexico in 2021 totaled A$5.9 billion, primarily in the infrastructure and energy sectors, and Mexican investments in Australia were valued at A$0.5 billion.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/mexi-cef.pdf Mexico Economic and Trade Data] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317150403/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/mexi-cef.pdf |date=17 March 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 17 March 2023.</ref>
* The expanding trade relationship is supported by mutual membership of [[APEC]] and the [[Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership]] (CPTPP), Australia's first free trade agreement with Mexico.
* The two countries also work closely together on international questions through the [[MIKTA]] group, an informal middle power partnership between Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, and Australia.
* In 1973, Prime Minister [[Gough Whitlam]] became the first Australian head-of-government to pay an official visit to Mexico, followed later by Prime Ministers [[Malcolm Fraser]], [[John Howard]] and [[Julia Gillard]] in 1981, 2002 and 2012 respectively. In 1990, [[Carlos Salinas de Gortari]] became the first Mexican President to visit Australia. This was followed by President [[Felipe Calderón]] in 2007 and President [[Enrique Peña Nieto]] in 2014. Governor-General [[Peter Cosgrove]] made a state visit to Mexico in August 2016, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/mexico-city-mexico Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317150401/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/mexico-city-mexico |date=17 March 2023 }}* Governor General of Australia, 1 August 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2023.</ref>
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|{{flag|Nicaragua }}||<!--Date started-->1987||
* Australia and Nicaragua established diplomatic relations in 1987.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/nicaragua-country-brief.pdf Nicaragua Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403163633/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/nicaragua-country-brief.pdf |date=3 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Nicaragua from its embassy in [[Mexico City]], Mexico.
* Nicaragua is accredited to Australia from its embassy in [[Tokyo]], Japan.
* Bilateral merchandise trade is modest.  In 2019–20 this was valued at A$18.6 million, half of which was Australian imports of coffee.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/nica-cef.pdf Nicaragua Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403163635/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/nica-cef.pdf |date=3 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>

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|{{flag|Panama }}||<!--Date started--> 1974||
* Australia and Panama established diplomatic relations in 1974.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/panama/panama-country-brief Panama Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403163632/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/panama/panama-country-brief |date=3 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Panama from its embassy in [[Mexico City]], Mexico. It has an honorary consulate in [[Panama City]].
* Panama opened an embassy in Canberra in 2018.  It also has an honorary consulate-general in Sydney.
* Bilateral merchandise trade is modest.  In 2019–20 this reached A$80 million, mostly Australian exports of manufactured articles.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/pana-cef.pdf Panama Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403163635/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/pana-cef.pdf |date=3 April 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
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|{{flag|Paraguay }}||30 November 1974||See [[Australia–Paraguay relations]]
* Australia and Paraguay established diplomatic relations in 1974, with the first non-resident Australian ambassador presenting his credentials on 2 December 1974.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919333849/view?partId=nla.obj-919352369#page/n52/mode/1up Representation]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 45 No. 12 (December 1974) page 859. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Paraguay from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  It has an honorary consulate in [[Asuncion]].
* Paraguay opened an embassy in Canberra in 2011 but this was closed in 2024.  Representation is maintained through a consulate-general in Sydney.
* As agricultural producers and exporters, the two countries work together to achieve fairer international trade in agricultural products through membership of the Cairns Group and co-operation in other multilateral fora. Australia is also increasing its engagement with Paraguay through development co-operation and people-to-people exchanges. An increasing number of Paraguayan students are pursuing their education at Australian institutions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/paraguay/paraguay_brief.html|title=Paraguay|work=dfat.gov.au}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Peru }}||1 March 1963||{{main|Australia–Peru relations}}
* Australia has an embassy in [[Lima]].  For a detailed history of Australian representation in Peru see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Peru]].
* Peru has an embassy in Canberra, a consulate-general in Sydney, and honorary consulates in Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.
* There are growing people-to-people links between Australia and Peru. The 2016 Australian census recorded 9,553 residents born in Peru.  There is a working holiday visa agreement between the two countries and Australia is a destination for Peruvian students studying abroad. 
* Economic ties between the two countries have developed rapidly in recent years. In 2018–19, Australia's two-way trade with Peru was worth A$656 million. A Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement (PAFTA) entered into force on 11 February 2020.
* Australian Prime Minister [[Malcolm Turnbull]] visited Peru in 2016 to attend the [[APEC]] summit.
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|{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis }}||<!--Date started-->6 February 1986||
* Australia and Saint Kitts and Nevis enjoy good relations, with political links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket.  Formal diplomatic relations were established with the presentation of credentials of Australia's first non-resident high commissioner on 6 February 1986.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/saint-kitts-and-nevis-country-brief.pdf Saint Kitts and Nevis Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215214903/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/saint-kitts-and-nevis-country-brief.pdf |date=15 February 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref><ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1213698430/view?partId=nla.obj-1213764263#page/n107/mode/1up Australian Representation Overseas]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 57 No. 2 (February 1986) page 142. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to St Kitts and Nevis from its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
* St Kitts and Nevis have not yet established diplomatic representation in Australia.
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|{{flag|Saint Lucia }}||<!--Date started-->1982<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/saint-lucia-country-brief.pdf Saint Lucia Country Brief]* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref>||
* Australia and Saint Lucia enjoy good relations, with political links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket.
* Australia is accredited to Saint Lucia from its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
* Saint Lucia has not yet established diplomatic representation in Australia.

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|{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines }}||<!--Date started-->31 January 1986||
* Australia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines enjoy good relations, with political links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and sporting ties, particularly cricket.  Formal diplomatic relations were established with the presentation of credentials of Australia's first non-resident high commissioner on 31 January 1986.<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1213698417/view?partId=nla.obj-1213738624#page/n37/mode/1up Australian Representation Overseas]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 57 No. 1 (January 1986) page 36. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref>
* Australia is accredited to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from its High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/geo/saint-vincent-grenadines/Pages/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines.aspx|title=Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref> 
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have an honorary consulate in Sydney.

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|{{flag|Suriname}}||3 February 1994<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/suriname/suriname-country-brief Suriname Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405174517/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/suriname/suriname-country-brief |date=5 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 5 April 2023.  There is also a reference to a later date in UN archives {{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Australia and Suriname as of 19 Jan. 1996 (UN Digital Library)|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1477462?ln=en}}</ref>||
* Australia is accredited to Suriname from its high commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
* Suriname is accredited to Australia from its embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia.
* Bilateral trade is modest, valued at A$12 million in 2021-11 and mostly Australian vehicle exports.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/suri-cef.pdf Suriname Trade/Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405174515/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/suri-cef.pdf |date=5 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 5 April 2023.</ref>
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|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}||7 January 1974<ref name="Australia 1974 page 53"/>||

* Australia and Trinidad and Tobago enjoy good relations, with political links through shared membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and have sporting ties, particularly cricket. 
* Australia has a high commission in [[Port of Spain]] which is also accredited on a non-resident basis to other Commonwealth Caribbean countries. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Trinidad and Tobago see [[Australian High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago]].
* Trinidad and Tobago has not yet established representation in Australia.
* Prime Minister [[Keith Rowley]] visited Australia in May 2018. 
* Bilateral trade reached A$75 million in 2020–21, the main elements being Australian meat and cheese exports and fertilizer imports.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/trin-cef.pdf Trinidad and Tobago Trade/Economic Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405174513/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/trin-cef.pdf |date=5 April 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 5 April 2023.</ref> BHP is Australia's largest investor in Trinidad and Tobago, accounting for approximately 10% of Trinidad and Tobago's oil and gas production.
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|{{flag|United States }}||8 January 1940
|[[File:Howard and Bush.jpg|thumb|Prime Minister of Australia, [[John Howard]], with US President [[George W. Bush]] on 16 May 2006, during Howard's seventh official visit to the [[White House]] as Prime Minister. From left to right: the Prime Minister's wife [[Janette Howard]], former [[First Lady of the United States|US First Lady]] [[Laura Bush]], Howard and Bush.]]
See [[Australia–United States relations]]

While Australia has emphasised its relationship with the United States since 1942, as Britain's influence in Asia declined. At the governmental level, United-States-Australia relations are formalized by the [[ANZUS]] treaty and the [[Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement]].
* Australia has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]], and has consulates-general in [[Chicago]], [[Honolulu]], [[Houston]], [[Los Angeles]], [[New York City]] and [[San Francisco]].
* United States has an embassy in Canberra and consulates-general in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
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|{{flag|Uruguay }}||<!--Date started-->1948||See [[Australia–Uruguay relations]]

* Australia is accredited to Uruguay from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina and maintains an honorary consulate in [[Montevideo]].
* Uruguay has an embassy in Canberra and a consulate-general in Sydney.
* Australia and Uruguay have had consular relations since 1923 and diplomatic relations since 1948 through an exchange of notes.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/uruguay/uruguay-country-brief Uruguay Country Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317164505/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/uruguay/uruguay-country-brief |date=17 March 2023 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 17 March 2023.</ref> Uruguay opened a legation in Canberra in 1958 and this was raised to embassy in 1968 with the concurrent non-resident accreditation of an Australian ambassador.
* The first migrants from Uruguay came to Australia in the 1960s with growing numbers in the 1970s due to repression by the then military dictatorship in Uruguay.  The 2016 Australian census reported almost 9,000 Uruguay-born residents, and over 7,800 residents of Uruguayan descent.
* The two countries share a long history of collaboration to advance global reforms of agricultural trade through the [[Cairns Group]]. Australia and Uruguay also share an interest in the [[Southern Ocean|Antarctic waters]] and the [[Fishery|fisheries]] therein and collaborate through the [[Antarctic Treaty System]]. 
* Governor-General [[Peter Cosgrove]] made an official visit to Uruguay in August 2016.<ref>*[https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/montevideo-uruguay-buenos-aires-argentina Governor-General's Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317164459/https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/governor-generals-program/montevideo-uruguay-buenos-aires-argentina |date=17 March 2023 }}* Australian Governor-General, 8 August 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2023.</ref>
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|{{flag|Venezuela }}||31 May 1973<ref>*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-906419020/view?partId=nla.obj-906433142#page/n2/mode/1up Relations with Venezuela]* Australian Foreign Affairs Record, Vol. 44 No. 6 (June 1973), page 422. Retrieved 14 April 2022.</ref>||

* Australia is currently accredited to Venezuela from its embassy in [[Mexico City]], Mexico. For a detailed history of Australian representation in Venezuela see [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Venezuela]].
* Venezuela has an embassy in Canberra.
* During the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s Australian governments were keen to promote expanded trade and investment between the two countries.  Australia maintained an embassy in [[Caracas]] from 1979 until 2002. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade [[Tim Fischer]] visited Caracas in June 1996 and as a result a number of key areas for development were identified including the mining, agriculture and maritime sectors.<ref>*[https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Completed_Inquiries/jfadt/samer/SAMch10 Australia's Trade and Investment Relationship with South America. Chapter 10 Venezuela]* Australian Parliament. Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Report September 2000. Retrieved 14 April 2022.</ref>  However progress has been constrained by political and economic instability in Venezuela, particularly since the launch of the [[Bolivarian Revolution]] by President [[Hugo Chávez]] .
* Bilateral trade is currently small, amounting to about A$20 million in 2020, mostly related to export of educational services to Venezuelan students.<ref>*[https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/venz-cef.pdf Venezuela Country Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202045140/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/venz-cef.pdf |date=2 February 2022 }}* Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 14 April 2022.</ref>  Australia's investment interests in Venezuela have focussed on the mining and related services sectors. 
* There is a small Venezuelan community in Australia, expanded by skilled immigration since 2005. The 2016 Australian census recorded 5,460 Venezuela-born people in Australia.<ref>*[https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-venezuela.PDF Venezuela-born Community Information Sheet]* Australian Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 14 April 2022.</ref>
* Notwithstanding Australia's decision in January 2019 to formally recognise Juan Guaidó as interim President of Venezuela,<ref>*[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/28/australia-recognises-juan-guaido-venezuela-president?ref=hvper.com Australia Recognizes Juan Guaidó as Venezuela president]* The Guardian, 27 January 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2022.</ref><ref>*[https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/barely-noticed-momentous-change-australian-foreign-policy The Barely Noticed Momentous Change in Australian Foreign Policy]* The Interpreter (Lowy Institute) 14 February 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2022.</ref> the embassy in Canberra representing the [[Nicolás Maduro]] Government has remained fully accredited.

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