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INTRODUCTION
The German Embassy in Canberra is the diplomatic mission to Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Island, Vanuatu and Nauru. The current German Ambassador Dr. Christoph Müller has been holding office since September 2011. He and his team, consisting of approximately 30 employees, take care of the bilateral relationships between Germany and Australia, which includes fields of politics, economy, culture, military as well as science and press.

LOCATION
The German Embassy is located at 119 Empire Circuit, Yarralumla, ACT 2600, Canberra, Australia's capital.

THE HISTORY OF THE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
The diplomatic relations between Germany and Australia celebrated their 60th anniversary on January 28th 2012. Both countries can look back on a successful history with each other. During the last past years, they were able to intensify and deepen their relationship in various ways.

In 1879 the consulate general in Sydney was opened under the command of imperial minister and foreign minister Otto von Bismarck.The first consul back then was Dr. Richard Krauel. After the outbreak of World War I the diplomatic relations ended and the consulate general in Sydney was closed. In 1924, however, it reopened in Melbourne and four years later moved back to Sydney. Due to the beginnings of World War II the consulate general was again closed in 1939. After years without any sign of communication, the diplomatic relations were resumed in 1952. After World War II, Dr. Walther Hess, West- Germany's first Ambassador, had to face a very controversial reception in Sydney, since his arrival had been attended with protests and demonstrations. However, he successfully succeeded in redefining the German-Australian relations. It took quite a while until a suitable embassy building was found, which is why the German Embassy proceeded their businesses in Sydney. It was only in 1955 when the embassy moved to Australia's capital, Canberra. A consulate general was founded in Sydney.

On December 22nd 1972 the German Democratic Republic began their diplomatic relations with Ambassador Hans Richter, but ended on October 3rd 1990 when the German Democratic Republic became the Federal Republic of Germany. However, there were still a few GDR-diplomats until 1992 that finished administrative accompaniments at the German Embassy in Canberra.

On January 28th 2013 Germany's foreign minister Westerwelle and Australia's foreign minister Carr signed the Berlin-Canberra Declaration of Intent confirming a strategic partnership on occasion of the German-Australian 61st anniversary. This declaration of intent includes sections such as foreign policy, security policy, economy and trade, science and research, energy and climate protection as well as development cooperation. Germany and Australia are planning on working together even more closely in the future.

AMBASSADORS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
1.Dr. Walther Hess, (July 1952 until August 1958) 2.Dr. Hans Mühlenfeld, (August 1958 until September 1962) 3.Dr. Joachim Ritter, (February 1963 until March 1968) 4.Dr. Hans Schirmer, (May 1968 until May 1970) 5.Dr. Heinz Voigt, (August 1970 until October 1974) 6.Dr. Horst Blomeyer- Barstenstein, (January 1975 until April 1980) 7.Wilhelm Fabricius, (August 1980 until August 1985) 8.Dr. Hans Schauer, (August 1985 until August 1991) 9.Dr. Franz Keil, (August 1991 until Februar 1994) 10.Dr. Klaus Zeller, (February 1994 until October 1998) 11.Dr. Klaus Bäckmann, (October 1998 until May 2002) 12.Dr. Klaus- Peter Klaiber, (July 2002 until June 2005) 13.Martin Lutz, (July 2005 until June 2008) 14.Dr. Michael Witter, (July 2008 until August 2011) 15.Dr. Christoph Müller (since September 2011)

AMBASSADORS OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
1.Hans Richter (accr. am June 18th 1973) 2.Dr. Gerhard Lindner (accr . February 24th 1977) 3.Joachim Elm ( accr . March 12th 1982) 4.Ernst Kube (accr. November 20th 1989)

TREATIES BETWEEN GERMANY AND AUSTRALIA:
SEE ALSO:

http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/Aussenpolitik/Laender/Laenderinfos/01-Nodes_Uebersichtsseiten/Australien_node.html http://www.australien.diplo.de/Vertretung/australien/en/GK-Sydney/GK-Sydney.html www.daad.de http://www.goethe.de/ins/au/lp/enindex.htm?wt_sc=australia http://www.visitcanberra.com.au/ http://cms.goethe.de/ins/au/lp/kul/mag/jah/deindex.htm http://cms.goethe.de/ins/au/lp/kul/mag/jah/enindex.htm