List of high commissioners of Australia to Tonga

Australian High Commissioner to Tonga
Australian High Commissioner to Tonga
	Incumbent; Brek Batley; since 23 April 2024
	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	Nukuʻalofa
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia;
Inaugural holder	R. N. Birch; (Non-resident High Commissioner, located in Suva, Fiji)
Formation	1970

The Australian high commissioner to Tonga 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 the Kingdom of Tonga. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and the high commissioner resides in Nukuʻalofa.^[1] The high commissioner, since April 2024, is Brek Batley.

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#	Officeholder	Residency	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
1	R. N. Birch	Suva, Fiji	1970 (1970)	1970 (1970)	0 years
2	Rowen Osborn		1970 (1970)	1973 (1973)	2–3 years	^[2]^[3]
3	H. W. Bullock		1973 (1973)	1976 (1976)	2–3 years	^[4]^[5]
4	Gordon Upton		1976 (1976)	1979 (1979)	2–3 years	^[6]
5	Maris King	Nukuʻalofa	1980 (1980)	1984 (1984)	3–4 years
6	Brian Smith		1984 (1984)	1986 (1986)	1–2 years
7	Rodney Hills		1987 (1987)	1990 (1990)	2–3 years	^[7]^[8]
8	Howard Craig Brown		1990 (1990)	1992 (1992)	1–2 years
9	Jennifer E. Rawson		1993 (1993)	1995 (1995)	1–2 years
10	Andrew Mullin		1995 (1995)	1999 (1999)	3–4 years	^[9]
11	Angus Macdonald		1999 (1999)	2003 (2003)	3–4 years	^[10]
12	Colin Hill		2003 (2003)	2006 (2006)	2–3 years	^[11]
13	Bruce Hunt		2006 (2006)	2011 (2011)	4–5 years	^[12]
14	Thomas Roth		2011 (2011)	2013 (2013)	1–2 years	^[13]
15	Brett Aldam		2013 (2013)	2016 (2016)	2–3 years	^[14]
16	Andrew Ford		2016 (2016)	2019 (2019)	2–3 years	^[15]
17	Adrian Morrison		2019 (2019)	2021 (2021)	1–2 years	^[16]
18	Rachael Moore		2021 (2021)	2024 (2024)	2–3 years	^[17]
19	Brek Batley		23 April 2024 (2024-04-23)	incumbent	2 years, 171 days	^[18]

List of high commissioners

Australian High Commissioner to Tonga

Incumbent Brek Batley since 23 April 2024
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	Nukuʻalofa
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder	R. N. Birch (Non-resident High Commissioner, located in Suva, Fiji)
Formation	1970