Australian Embassy, Tokyo
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The Australian Embassy in Tokyo is located in the Mita district of Tokyo. The 13,000 m² site was once part of a larger property owned by the Hachisuka clan, an aristocratic family which originated in the Chubu region of Japan (near modern day Nagoya) but rose to prominence in Tokushima, Shikoku, under the patronage of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The original buildings were built by Marquis Hasauji Hachisuka in 1924 after the original residence was destroyed by fire following the Great Kanto earthquake. The Marquis Hachisuka had been educated at Cambridge University and decided to build a western style residence that reminded him of his time in England. The land and residence was purchased by the Australian Government in 1952.
The old residence was demolished in 1988 as part of the re-development of the site, and the new Embassy and Ambassador's Residence were completed in 1990. The new building (see photo) was designed by Denton, Corker and Marshall Pty Ltd of Melbourne, Australia.
Australian Ambassadors to Japan
| December 24, 1940 | Rt Hon. Sir John G. Latham, GCMG, KC, EE & MP |
| (Diplomatic relations ceased on declaration of war) | |
| (Bertram C. Ballard, Pol. Adv., November 4 1945) | |
| (William Macmahon Ball, Pol. Adv., April 3, 1946) | |
| March 24, 1947 | William Macmahon Ball, Head of Mission |
| September 2, 1947 | Patrick Shaw, Head of Mission |
| November 29, 1949 | William R. Hodgson, OBE, Head of Mission |
| June 13, 1952 | Dr E. Ronald Walker, Amb. |
| April 14, 1956 | Sir Alan S. Watt, CBE, Amb. |
| May 16, 1960 | Laurence R. McIntyre (later Sir 1963), CBE, Amb. |
| June 19, 1965 | Sir Allen Brown, CBE, Amb. |
| April 6, 1970 | Hon. Gordon Freeth, Amb. |
| February 20, 1974 | Keith C.O. Shann, CBE, Amb. |
| March 3, 1977 | John L. Menadue, Amb. |
| March 25, 1981 | Sir James Plimsoll, AC, CBE, Amb. |
| 30 September, 1982 | Sir Neil Currie, CBE, Amb. |
| August 26, 1986 | W. Geoffrey T. Miller, Amb. |
| June 28, 1989 | F. Rawdon Dalrymple, AO, Amb. |
| December 8, 1993 | Dr Ashton T. Calvert, Amb. |
| March 30, 1998 | Peter C. Grey, Amb. |
| July 27, 2001 | John P. McCarthy, AO, Amb. |
| December 10, 2004 | Alistair Murray McLean, OAM, Amb. |
External links
- Official Website (http://www.australia.or.jp) (Japanese)
- Official Website (http://www.australia.or.jp/english) (English)