List of high commissioners of Australia to Malta

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High Commissioner of Australia to Malta
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Incumbent
Matt Skelly
since 11 July 2023
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style His Excellency
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Seat Sliema (1967–1992)
Ta' Xbiex (since 1993)
Nominator Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder Douglas Sturkey (Acting)
Formation30 March 1967
Website Australian High Commission, Malta

The high commissioner of Australia to Malta is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia in Malta. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is currently held by Jennifer Cartmill since 22 July 2020. The high commissioner also holds non-resident accreditation as ambassador to Tunisia (since 2012). There has been a resident Australian high commissioner in Malta since 1967. [1]

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Posting history

Australia first established an official presence in Malta with the establishment of a Migration Office on 4 September 1961, with the primary responsibility of managing the migration of Maltese to Australia, based in the Palazzo Spinola in Valletta until 1963, and then in Airways House in Sliema from 1963. [2] Australia recognised the State of Malta on its independence on 21 September 1964, with a former Commonwealth minister, Alick Downer, and the ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands, Walter Crocker, representing Australia during the independence celebrations on 19–23 September. [3]

On 12 October 1966, the government of Harold Holt approved the establishment of a resident High Commission in Malta, and on 6 November 1966 during an official visit to Melbourne by the Prime Minister of Malta, Borg Olivier, prime ministers Holt and Olivier issued a joint communique indicating that the appointment of a high commissioner was imminent. [4] An officer with the Department of External Affairs, Douglas Sturkey, took up office as acting high commissioner in Malta on 30 March 1967. [5] The first high commissioner, former immigration minister Sir Hubert Opperman, took up office in July 1967 and presented his letters of commission on 24 July 1967. [6]

Tunisia

The first resident Australian Ambassador to Algeria since 5 April 1976, John Anthony Piper, was accredited to Tunisia as non-resident Ambassador on 22 October 1976, and presented his credentials to the President of Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba, on 23 June 1977. [7] [8] [9] Responsibility for Tunisia was transferred from the Algiers embassy to the Australian Embassy in Amman, Jordan, on 3 January 1989. [10] From 3 January 1989 to 14 April 1999, the Australian Ambassador to Jordan was accredited to Tunisia. [11]

From 14 April 1999 until December 2012, non-resident accreditation for Tunisia was held by the Ambassador of Australia to Egypt in Cairo. [12] The Australian High Commission in Malta has been accredited to Tunisia since the appointment of Jane Lambert in December 2012 as the non-resident ambassador. [13]

High commissioners

No. 14 Ir-Rampa Ta'Xbiex, chancery of the Australian High Commission since 1993. No. 14, Ir-Rampa Ta'Xbiex.jpg
No. 14 Ir-Rampa Ta'Xbiex, chancery of the Australian High Commission since 1993.
#OfficeholderResidencyOther officesTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
− Douglas Sturkey (Acting) Sliema n/a30 March 1967July 19673 months [5]
1 Sir Hubert Opperman July 196720 September 19725 years, 2 months [14] [15] [16] [17] [6] [18]
2 Bill Cutts 20 September 1972June 19752 years, 8 months [19]
3Ian NicholsonJune 1975October 19761 year, 4 months [20]
4 John McMillan A October 197622 August 19781 year, 10 months [21]
−Geoffrey Pretyman (Acting)n/a22 August 197831 August 19813 years, 9 days [1]
5Guy Cotsell B 31 August 1981September 19843 years [22] [23]
6Ross Smithn/aSeptember 1984May 19872 years, 8 months [24]
7Gregory GibsonMay 1987September 19903 years, 4 months [25] [26]
8John MahoneySeptember 199019923 years, 2 months [27]
Ta' Xbiex 1993November 1993
9Christopher FreemanNovember 1993January 19973 years, 2 months [28] [29]
10Colin WillisJanuary 1997February 20003 years, 1 month [30]
11Iain DickieFebruary 2000July 20033 years, 5 months [31]
12Richard PalkJuly 2003August 20063 years, 1 month [32]
13Jurek JuszczykAugust 2006December 20093 years, 4 months [33]
14 Anne Quinane December 2009December 20123 years [34]
15 Jane Lambert C December 2012December 20164 years [13]
16 Julienne Hince C December 2016February 20203 years, 2 months [35]
−Suzanne McKellar (Acting) C February 202020 July 20205 months [36]
17Jennifer Cartmill C 20 July 202011 July 20234 years, 39 days [37] [38] [39] [40]
18Matt Skelly Ta' Xbiex C 11 July 2023Incumbent1 year, 48 days [41] [42] [43]

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Notes

^A Also non-resident ambassador to the Holy See, 1976–1978.
^B Acting high commissioner until 14 July 1982.
^C Also non-resident ambassador to Tunisia, 2012–present.

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