List of Australian High Commissioners to Nauru

Australian High Commissioner to Nauru
Incumbent John Donnelly since 2015
Style	His Excellency
Inaugural holder	James Jackson (as political representative)
Formation	1968

The Australian High Commissioner to Nauru is the Australian Government’s foremost diplomatic representative in Nauru.^[1]

List of heads of mission

Political Representatives

• James Jackson (1968–1970)
• Richard Gale (1970–1972)

Resident High Commissioners

• Leslie Sellars (1972–1975)
• Alan Fogg (1975–1977)
• Maris King (1977–1979)^[2]
• Oliver Cordell (1979–1981)
• Rodney Hodgson (appointment announced in December 1981; died less than a month later)^[3][4][5]
• Ross Smith (1982–1984)^[6]
• David Wadham (acting) (1984–1986)
• John Powys (1986–1988)
• Beris Gwynne (1988–1990)
• Barry Wynborn (1990–1992)
• Denis Fitzgerald (1992–1997)

High Commissioners resident in Suva

• Greg Urwin (1998–1999)
• Susan Boyd (1999–2003)^[7]
• Jennifer Rawson (2003–2007)^[8]
• James Batley (2007–2009)^[9][10][11]

Resident High Commissioners

• George Fraser (2010)^[12]
• Bruce Cowled (2010–2014)^[13]
• Martin Quinn (2014–2015)^[14]
• John Donnelly (2015–)^[15]

References

1. CA 7160: Australian High Commission, Nauru, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 9 May 2015
2. "Foreign Affairs posting". The Canberra Times. 17 January 1977. p. 3.
3. "Envoys appointed". The Canberra Times. 2 December 1981. p. 3.
4. "Diplomat killed". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 December 1981. p. 1.
5. "Woman cricketer, father killed". The Canberra Times. 20 December 1981. p. 1.
6. "Commissioner to Nauru appointed". The Canberra Times. 24 August 1982. p. 3.
7. Downer, Alexander (8 June 1999). "Diplomatic appointment: High Commissioner to Fiji" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
8. Downer, Alexander (29 May 2003). "Diplomatic appointment: High Commissioner to Fiji" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
9. Hayward-Jones, Jenny (4 November 2009). "Another diplomatic spat with Fiji". Lowy Interpreter. Lowy Institute for International Policy.
10. Merritt, Chris (4 November 2009). "Fiji expels high commissioner". The Australian. News Ltd. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
11. Downer, Alexander (9 January 2007). "Diplomatic appointment – High Commissioner to Fiji" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014.
12. Smith, Stephen (12 January 2010). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Nauru" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
13. Smith, Stephen (8 September 2010). "Diplomatic Appointment – High Commissioner to Nauru" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015.
14. Bishop, Julie (13 February 2014). "High Commissioner to Nauru" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015.
15. Bishop, Julie (26 November 2015). "High Commissioner to Nauru" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016.