List of Australian High Commissioners to Pakistan

High Commissioner to Pakistan
Incumbent Peter Heyward since 2012
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Karachi
Inaugural holder	John Oldham
Formation	1949

The Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan is the Australian Government’s foremost diplomatic representative in Pakistan.

The High Commission was first established in Karachi in 1948, with Australia's first High Commissioner to Pakistan appointed in 1949.^[1] When the Pakistani Government moved its capital from Karachi to Islamabad in 1966, the Australian High Commission also moved.^[2]

Between 1972 and 1989 when Pakistan was not a part of the British Commonwealth, the Australian Government head of mission was called the Australian Ambassador to Pakistan.

List of heads of mission

High Commissioners to Pakistan

• John Oldham (1949–1952)^[3][4]
• Leslie Beavis (1952–1954)^[5]
• Walter Cawthorn (1954–1958)^[6]
• Roden Cutler (1958–1961)
• Charles Kevin (1961–1962)^[7]
• David McNicol (1962–1966)^[8]
• Bill Cutts (1966–1969)^[9]
• Lew Border (1969–1971)^[10]
• Francis Hamilton Stuart (1972)^[11]

Ambassadors to Pakistan

• Francis Hamilton Stuart (1972–1973)^[12]
• Arthur Morris (1974–1976)^[13]
• John Petherbridge (1977–1980)
• Walter Handmer (1981–1984)
• I.G. Bowden (1985–1987)
• Geoffrey Price (1988–1989)

High Commissioners to Pakistan

• Geoffrey Price (1989–1990)^[14]
• Ted Pocock (1991–1992)
• P.M. Knight (1993–1996)
• Geoffrey Allen (1996–2000)^[15]
• Howard Brown (2000–2004)^[16]
• Zorica McCarthy (2004–2009)^[17]
• Tim George (2009–2012)^[18]
• Peter Heyward (2012+)^[19]

References

1. CA 6804: Australian High Commission, Pakistan [Karachi], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 15 April 2015
2. CA 8219: Australian High Commission, Pakistan [Islamabad], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 15 April 2015
3. "First High Commissioner to Pakistan". The West Australian. 26 April 1949. p. 10.
4. "Mr. John Oldham to return". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 February 1952. p. 2.
5. "High Commissioner to Pakistan". The Canberra Times. 29 February 1952. p. 4.
6. "Envoy to Pakistan". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. 31 March 1954. p. 6.
7. "Envoy to Pakistan". The Canberra Times. 28 September 1961. p. 9.
8. "New Commissioner". The Canberra Times. 6 September 1962. p. 1.
9. "Diplomats appointed". The Canberra Times. 3 December 1965. p. 8.
10. "New envoy appointed". The Canberra Times. ACT. 6 June 1968. p. 5.
11. "Diplomats posted". The Canberra Times. 29 May 1970. p. 7.
12. CA 8220: Australian Embassy, Pakistan [Islamabad], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 15 April 2015
13. "Enovy change". The Canberra Times. 1 May 1973. p. 3.
14. CA 8221: Australian High Commission, Pakistan [Islamabad] [II], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 15 April 2015
15. Downer, Alexander (11 February 2000). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Pakistan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
16. Downer, Alexander (11 February 2000). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Pakistan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
17. Downer, Alexander (16 July 2004). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Pakistan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
18. Smith, Stephen (24 April 2009). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Pakistan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014.
19. Carr, Bob (7 April 2012). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Pakistan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014.