Australia

NameLocaleRemarksDate
John Foster DullesCanberraAttended Third Meeting of SEATO Council of Ministers. Left Washington March 6; returned March 17.March 9–14, 1957
David Dean RuskCanberraAttended ANZUS Council Meeting.May 8–9, 1962
David Dean RuskCanberraAttended SEATO and ANZUS Council Meetings.June 25–July 2, 1966
William Pierce RogersCanberraAttended ANZUS Council Meeting.August 7–9, 1969
William Pierce RogersCanberra, PerthAttended SEATO and ANZUS Council Meetings.June 24–29, 1972
Cyrus Roberts VanceCanberraAttended ANZUS Council Meeting.July 3–5, 1979
George Pratt ShultzCanberraMet with Prime Minister Hawke and Foreign Minister Hayden.July 14–15, 1984
George Pratt ShultzPerth, CanberraAttended ANZUS Ministerial Meeting.July 13–16, 1985
George Pratt ShultzSydneyMet with Prime Minister Hawke and Foreign Minister Hayden.June 20–22, 1987
James Addison BakerSydney, CanberraAttended U.S.-Australian Bilateral Ministerial Meeting and Conference on Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation.November 1–8, 1989
Warren Minor ChristopherCanberraAttended Australia-U.S. Ministerial Meeting.March 7–9, 1994
Warren Minor ChristopherSydneyAttended Australia-U.S. Ministerial talks.July 25–27, 1996
Madeleine Korbel AlbrightSydneyAttended Australia-U.S. Ministerial Meeting.July 29–August 1, 1998
Colin Luther PowellCanberraAttended Australia-U.S. Ministerial Meeting.July 29–30, 2001
Condoleezza RiceSydney, MelbourneMet with Foreign Minister Downer and held Trilateral Strategic Dialogue with Australia and Japan.March 15–18, 2006
Condoleezza RiceSydneyAccompanied President Bush to the APEC leaders’ meeting.September 4–7, 2007
Condoleezza RicePerthMet with Foreign Minister Smith.July 24–25, 2008
Hillary Rodham ClintonMelbourneAttended the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultation. Met with the Prime Minister Gillard and Foreign Minister Rudd.November 5–7, 2010
Hillary Rodham ClintonPerth, AdelaideMet with Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Foreign Minister Robert Carr, and Defense Minister Stephen Smith. Opened the Perth USAsia Center. Attended the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations.November 13–15, 2012
John Forbes KerrySydneyAttended the Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations.August 11–13, 2014
Rex W. TillersonSydneyAttended the Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations.June 5–6, 2017
Michael R. PompeoSydneyLed the U.S. delegation to the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations and met with Prime Minister Scott Morrison.August 4–5, 2019
Antony BlinkenMelbourneMet with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and attended the fourth Quad Foreign Ministers Ministerial Meeting, hosted by Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and including Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi Yoshimasa and Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.February 9–12, 2022
Antony BlinkenBrisbaneAttended the Australia – U.S. Ministerial Consultations and held bilateral meetings.July 28–29, 2023