List of ambassadors of Australia to the Netherlands

The ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The ambassador resides in The Hague.^[1] The current ambassador, since April 2023, is Greg French.

Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands
Incumbent Greg French since April 2023 (2023-04)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	The Hague
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder	Stanley Bruce (as Minister)
Formation	1942

List of heads of mission

Ordinal	Officeholder	Title	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
1	Stanley Bruce CH	Minister to the Netherlands[note a]	1942 (1942)	1945 (1945)	2–3 years	[2]
(n/a)	John Hood	Chargé d'affaires	1945 (1945)	1946 (1946)	0–1 years	[3]
2	Keith Officer OBE, MC	Minister to the Netherlands	1946 (1946)	1948 (1948)	1–2 years	[4][5]
(n/a)	John Quinn	Chargé d'affaires	1948 (1948)	1950 (1950)	1–2 years
(n/a)	Peter Heydon		1950 (1950)	1950 (1950)	0 years
3	Alfred Stirling CBE	Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands	1950 (1950)	1955 (1955)	4–5 years	[6]
4	Hugh McClure Smith		1955 (1955)	1958 (1958)	2–3 years	[7]
5	Sir Edwin McCarthy CBE		1958 (1958)	1962 (1962)	3–4 years	[8]
6	Walter Crocker CBE		1962 (1962)	1965 (1965)	2–3 years	[9]
7	Sir Roden Cutler VC, KCMG, CBE		1965 (1965)	1966 (1966)	0–1 years	[10]
8	Colin Moodie		1966 (1966)	1970 (1970)	3–4 years	[11]
9	Lloyd Thomson		1970 (1970)	1974 (1974)	3–4 years	[12]
10	Frederick Blakeney CBE		1974 (1974)	1977 (1977)	2–3 years	[13]
11	David Fairbairn KBE, DFC		1977 (1977)	1980 (1980)	2–3 years	[14]
12	James Cumes		1980 (1980)	1984 (1984)	3–4 years	[15]
13	Geoffrey Price		1984 (1984)	1987 (1987)	2–3 years	[16]
14	Don Grimes		1987 (1987)	1991 (1991)	3–4 years	[17][18]
15	Warwick Weemaes		1991 (1991)	1993 (1993)	1–2 years
16	Michael Tate[note b]		1993 (1993)	1996 (1996)	2–3 years	[19]
17	Ted Delofski		1997 (1997)	2001 (2001)	3–4 years	[20]
18	Peter Hussin		2001 (2001)	2004 (2004)	2–3 years	[21]
19	Stephen Brady		2004 (2004)	2008 (2008)	3–4 years	[22]
20	Lydia Morton		2008 (2008)	2011 (2011)	2–3 year	[23]
21	Neil Mules		2011 (2011)	2015 (2015)	3–4 years	[24]
22	Brett Mason		21 April 2015 (2015-04-21)	August 2018 (2018-08)	3 years, 3 months	[25]
23	Matthew Neuhaus		August 2018 (2018-08)	April 2023 (2023-04)	4 years, 8 months	[26]
24	Dr Greg French		April 2023 (2023-04)	incumbent	2 years, 1 month	[27]

^[note a] : Non-resident minister; served concurrently as Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

^[note b] : Tate served concurrently as the Australian ambassador to the Holy See.