List of Australian High Commissioners to Malaysia

High Commissioner to Malaysia
Incumbent Rod Smith since 2014
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Kuala Lumpur
Inaugural holder	Tom Critchley
Formation	1955

The Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia is the Australian Government's foremost diplomatic representative in Malaysia. The High Commissioner resides in Kuala Lumpur.

Australia was one of 15 countries to establish formal diplomatic relations with the Federation of Malaya in 1957 soon after independence.^[1]

List of office holders

Name	Start of term	End of term	References
Tom Critchley	1955	1965	[2][3]
Allan Eastman	1965	1969	[4]
John Rowland	1969	1972	[5]
Alfred Parsons	1972	1976	[6]
Graham Feakes	1976	1980	[7]
Garry Woodard	1980	1984
David W. Evans	1984	1987
Cavan Hogue	1987	1990
Frank Murray	1990	1993	[8]
John Dauth	1993	1996	[9]
Bill Farmer	1996	1997
Bob Cotton	1997	????	[10]
Peter Varghese	2000	2003	[11]
James Wise	2003	2007	[12]
Penny Williams	2007	2010	[13]
Miles Kupa	2010	2014	[14]
Rod Smith	2014	+	[15]

References

1. CA 2985:Australian High Commission, Malaysia [Kuala Lumpur], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 16 April 2015
2. "Critchley honoured". The Canberra Times. ACT. 22 November 1965. p. 1.
3. "Replacing Mr Critchley: Transfer leaves diplomatic void". The Canberra Times. ACT. 17 November 1965. p. 15.
4. "New posting for envoys". The Canberra Times. 1 November 1965. p. 3.
5. "Envoy to Malaysia named". The Canberra Times. 15 March 1969. p. 3.
6. "Diplomatic postings listed". The Canberra Times. 18 November 1972. p. 8.
7. "New envoy to Malaysia". The Canberra Times. 29 March 1976. p. 3.
8. "Envoy appointed". The Canberra Times. 23 April 1990. p. 4.
9. "Dauth posted to Malaysia". The Canberra Times. 27 March 1993. p. 4.
10. Downer, Alexander (25 March 1997). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Malaysia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
11. Downer, Alexander (4 November 1999). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Malaysia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
12. Downer, Alexander (23 October 2002). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Malaysia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
13. Downer, Alexander (30 January 2007). "Diplomatic Appointment – High Commissioner to Malaysia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
14. Smith, Stephen (5 May 2010). "Diplomatic Appointment - High Commissioner to Malaysia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014.
15. Bishop, Julie (26 November 2013). "High Commissioner to Malaysia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014.