Australia–United States relations

Australia and the United States are close allies, maintaining a robust relationship underpinned by shared democratic values, common interests, and cultural affinities. Economic, academic, and people-to-people ties are "vibrant and strong", the US Embassy in Canberra notes.^[1] At the governmental level, relations between Australia and the United States are formalized by the ANZUS security agreement, the AUKUS security partnership and the Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA). They were formally allied together in both World War I and World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the War on Terror, although they had disagreements at the 1919–1920 Paris Peace Conference. Australia is a major non-NATO ally of the United States.

Australian-American relations

Australia	United States
Diplomatic mission
Australian Embassy, Washington, D.C.	United States Embassy, Canberra
Envoy
Ambassador Kevin Rudd	Chargé d'afaires Erika Olson

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with US President Joe Biden in Kantei, Tokyo, 2022

Both the United States and Australia share some common ancestry and history, having both been British colonies. Both countries have native peoples who were at times dispossessed of their land by the process of colonization. Both states have also been part of a Western alliance of states in various wars. Together with three other Anglosphere countries, they comprise the Five Eyes espionage and intelligence alliance.

Country comparison

Common name	Australia	United States
Official name	Commonwealth of Australia	United States of America
Flag
Coat of arms
Capital	Canberra	Washington D.C.
Largest city	Sydney	New York City
Government	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy	Federal presidential republic
Population	27,518,700	334,914,895
National language	English	English
Current leader	Prime Minister Anthony Albanese	President Joe Biden Vice President Kamala Harris
Religion	State secularism	State secularism
Alliances	ANZUS, AUKUS, Five Eyes	NATO, ANZUS, AUKUS, Five Eyes

Independent foreign policy

"Australians welcome Americans", postcard 1908

There are dozens of similarities [between America and Australia] ... migrations to a new land, the mystique of pioneering (actually somewhat different in the two countries), the turbulence of gold rushes, the brutality of relaxed restraint, the boredoms of the backblocks, the feeling of making life anew. There may be more similarities between the history of Australia and America than for the moment Australians can understand.

Australian historian Donald Horne, 1964

The political and economic changes brought on by the Great Depression and Second World War, and the adoption of the Statute of Westminster 1931, necessitated the establishment and expansion of Australian representation overseas, independent of the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Australia established its first overseas missions (outside London) in January 1940. The first accredited diplomat sent by Australia to any foreign country was Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey,^[2] appointed to Washington in January 1940.^[3][4]

The US Embassy opened in Canberra in 1943, constructed in a Georgian architectural style.

Military

Australian frigate HMAS Newcastle alongside US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Persian Gulf in September 2005

USS Wasp transits Port Jackson outside Sydney in 2019

In 1908, Prime Minister Alfred Deakin invited the Great White Fleet to visit Australia during its circumnavigation of the world. The fleet stopped in Sydney, Melbourne and Albany. Deakin, a strong advocate for an independent Australian Navy, used the visit to raise the public's enthusiasm about a new navy.

The visit was significant in that it marked the first occasion that a non-Royal Navy fleet had visited Australian waters. Many saw the visit of the Great White Fleet as a major turning point in the creation of the Royal Australian Navy. Shortly after the visit, Australia ordered its first modern warships, a purchase that angered the British Admiralty.^[5]

The United States and Australia both fought in World War I with the Allied Powers. However, at the Paris Peace Conference they disagreed over the peace terms for the Central Powers. While the U.S. delegation under President Woodrow Wilson favored a more conciliatory approach in line with Wilson's Fourteen Points, the Australian delegation under Prime Minister Billy Hughes favored harsher terms such as those advocated by French Premier Georges Clemenceau.^[6]

Australia forcefully pressed for higher German reparations and Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles against U.S. opposition.^[7] Although U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing had guaranteed German leaders that Germany would only be given reparations payments for damages it inflicted, Hughes tried to press for an expansive definition of German "aggression" so that the British Empire and Dominions, including Australia, could benefit.^[8] Hughes also opposed Wilson's plans to establish the League of Nations despite French and British support. Australia also demanded that it be allowed to annex German New Guinea as a direct colony rather than a League of Nations mandate, although on this point it was overruled when the United Kingdom and its other Dominions sided with the United States.^[9]

During World War II, US General Douglas MacArthur was appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in the South West Pacific Area, which included many Australian troops.^[10] After the fall of the Philippines MacArthur's headquarters were located in Brisbane until 1944 and Australian forces remained under MacArthur's overall command until the end of World War II. After the Guadalcanal Campaign, the 1st Marine Division was stationed in Melbourne, and Waltzing Matilda became the division's march.

ANZUS

Main article: ANZUS

After the war, the American presence in the southwest Pacific increased immensely, most notably in Japan and the Philippines. In view of the cooperation between the Allies during the war, the decreasing reliance of Australia and New Zealand on the United Kingdom, and America's desire to cement this post-war order in the Pacific, the ANZUS Treaty was signed by Australia, New Zealand and the United States in 1951.^[11] This full three-way military alliance replaced the ANZAC Pact that had been in place between Australia and New Zealand since 1944.

Australia, along with New Zealand, has been involved in most major American military endeavors since World War II including the Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War and the Iraq War—all without invocation of ANZUS. The alliance has only been invoked once, for the invasion of Afghanistan after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon.^[12]

Notably Australia, as a founding member of SEATO, directly supported the United States in the Vietnam War at a time when the United States faced widespread international condemnation from even many of its allies over the war. Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies feared the expansion of communism into Asia-Pacific countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, if the communists won the war and a resurgence of isolationism if the United States lost. Under Menzies's successor Harold Holt support for the war waned due to strategic differences between the U.S. Armed Forces and the Australian Defence Force and the changing strategic situation in the region with the 1965 Indonesian coup d'état and founding of ASEAN. In 1967 Holt refused to provide a larger troop commitment after a visit from President Lyndon B. Johnson's advisors Clark Clifford and Maxwell Taylor. Australia's increasing hesitance to continue the war led to its de-escalation and eventually President Richard Nixon's Vietnamization policy.^[13]

War on Terror

Following the September 11 attacks, in which eleven Australian citizens were also killed, there was an enormous outpouring of sympathy from Australia for the United States. Prime Minister John Howard became one of President George W. Bush's strongest international supporters, and supported the United States in the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and the Iraq disarmament crisis in 2002–03.^[12] Howard, Defence Minister Robert Hill, and Chief of the Defense Force Peter Leahy agreed to participate in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq through Operation Falconer in order to improve its relationship with the United States despite widespread domestic and international condemnation of the war.^[14]

In 2004 the Bush administration "fast tracked" a free trade agreement with Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald called the deal a "reward" for Australia's contribution of troops to the Iraq invasion.^[15][16]

However, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd indicated that the 550 Australian combat troops in Iraq would be removed by mid-2008. Despite this, there have been suggestions from the Australian government that might lead to an increase in numbers of Australian troops in Afghanistan to roughly 1,000.^[17]

In 2011, during US President Obama's trip to Australia, it was announced that United States Marine Corps and United States Air Force units will be rotated through Australian Defence Force bases in northern Australia to conduct training. This deployment was criticised by an editorial in the Chinese state-run newspaper People's Daily and Indonesia's foreign minister,^[18] but welcomed^[18][19] by Australia's Prime Minister. A poll by the independent Lowy Institute think tank showed that a majority (55%) of Australians approving of the marine deployment^[20] and 59% supporting the overall military alliance between the two countries.^[21]

In 2013, the US Air Force announced rotational deployments of fighter and tanker aircraft through Australia.^[22]

Political

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  Wayne Swan, Barack Obama and Julia Gillard toast at a dinner at Parliament House in 2011
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  US and Australian Defence and Foreign Affairs ministers at the AUSMIN summit in Sydney, June 2017.
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  Vice President Pence and Foreign Minister Bishop meet for the first time in the White House, February 2017.
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  President Trump and Prime Minister Turnbull meet aboard the USS Intrepid to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea, April 2017.

Since 1985, there have been annual ministerial consultations between the two countries, known as AUSMIN. The venue of the meeting alternates between the two countries. It is attended by senior government ministers such as the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australian Minister for Defence, US Secretary of Defense and US Secretary of State.^[23]

In late July 2020, Australia's Foreign Minister, Marise Payne, and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds, flew to the US to attend the annual AUSMIN talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper despite concerns about the coronavirus. The year's talks focused on growing tensions with China. In the joint statement following the meetings, the two countries expressed “deep concern” over issues including Hong Kong, Taiwan, the “repression of Uyghurs” in Xinjiang and China's maritime claims in the South China Sea, which are “not valid under international law”.^[24][25]

Australian tours by US presidents

The first Australian visit by a serving United States president^[26] was that of Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 to seek support for Australia's ongoing involvement in the Vietnam War. Australia had previously sent advisers and combat troops to Vietnam. In 1992, George H. W. Bush was the first of four US presidents to address a joint meeting of the Australian Parliament.

Dates	President	Cities visited	Reason
20–23 October 1966	Lyndon B. Johnson	Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville	State visit; met with Governor-General Lord Casey and Prime Minister Harold Holt. First US president to visit Australia.[27]
21–22 December 1967	Lyndon B. Johnson	Melbourne	Attended memorial service for Prime Minister Harold Holt and conferred with other attending heads of state.
31 December 1991 – 3 January 1992	George H. W. Bush	Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne	Met with Prime Minister Paul Keating and senior Australian officials; addressed a joint meeting of the Australian Parliament.
19–23 November 1996	Bill Clinton	Sydney, Canberra, Port Douglas	State visit. Addressed joint meeting of Parliament and visited the Great Barrier Reef.
22 October 2003	George W. Bush	Canberra	Met with Prime Minister John Howard and addressed joint meeting of Parliament.
2–5 September 2007	George W. Bush	Sydney	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference.
16–17 November 2011	Barack Obama	Canberra, Darwin	Met with Prime Minister Julia Gillard and addressed joint meeting of Parliament.
15–16 November 2014	Barack Obama	Brisbane	G20 economic summit.

United States tours by Australian Prime Ministers

Dates	Prime Minister	Cities/countries visited	Reason
27–30 May 1918[28]	Billy Hughes	New York City	Met with President Wilson en route to Imperial Conference in London.
8–9 July 1935[28]	Joseph Lyons	New York City	Discussed economic policy returning from Great Britain
9–12 May 1941[28]	Robert Menzies		Attended a series of conferences on economic relations
April and May 1944[29]	John Curtin	San Francisco, Washington, Warm Springs, New York City	Meeting with President Roosevelt and travel to and from the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference in London.
9 May 1946[30]	Ben Chifley	Washington	Met with President Truman for 15 minutes.
28 July 1950[31]	Robert Menzies	Washington	Met with President Truman for half the day.
19 May 1952[31]	Robert Menzies	Washington	Met with President Truman.
20 December 1952[31]	Robert Menzies	Washington	Met with President Truman for informal dinner.
29 May 1959	Robert Menzies	Washington	Visited President Eisenhower and attended funeral of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles.[32]
2 October 1960[33]	Robert Menzies	Washington	Met with President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of the United Kingdom.
24 February 1961[34]	Robert Menzies	Washington	Met with President John F. Kennedy and discussed SEATO, ANZUS and Laos.
20 June 1962[34]	Robert Menzies	Washington	Met with President Kennedy and discussed West New Guinea, Vietnam, ANZUS and the European Union.
8 July 1963 [35]	Robert Menzies	Washington	Met with President Kennedy.
24 June 1964[36]	Robert Menzies		Met with President Lyndon B. Johnson.
7 June 1965[37]	Robert Menzies		Met with President Johnson.
June 1966[38]	Harold Holt		Met with President Johnson and endorsed the USA's Vietnam policy. His speech included the words "All the way with LBJ".
27 to 30 May 1968 [39]	John Gorton	Washington and LBJ ranch	Met with President Johnson and discussed Vietnam.
6 May 1969 [40]	John Gorton	Washington	Met with President Richard Nixon and discussed Vietnam.
2 November 1971 [41]	William McMahon	Washington	Met with President Nixon and discussed bilateral issues and commitment to the ANZUS treaty.
NA[42]	Gough Whitlam		No visit. Nixon had not extended an invitation due to irritation over a letter from Whitlam criticising bombing in North Vietnam. Whitlam was prepared to visit in June 1973 without an official invitation ("Official invitations are not necessary in these circumstances").[43]
27 July 1977[44]	Malcolm Fraser		Met with President Jimmy Carter.
30 June 1981[45]	Malcolm Fraser		Met with President Ronald Reagan.
17 April 1986[46][47]	Bob Hawke	US/Australian relations	Met with President Reagan. US offered a $5M gift for Australia's bicentennial celebrations for the proposed Australian Maritime Museum.[48]
22–24 June 1988[47]	Bob Hawke	Washington, D.C.	Met with President Reagan and other government officials.
14 September 1993[49]	Paul Keating	Seattle, Washington	APEC meeting - met with President Bill Clinton.
7–15 July 2000[50]	John Howard	Japan and USA
4–8 September 2000[51][52]	John Howard		Millennium Summit and Commonwealth High Level Review Group.
8–14 June 2001[53]	John Howard
8–14 September 2001[53]	John Howard		State visit. Address a joint sitting of the US Congress on 12 September. Was the first world leader to support the US in its response to the September 11 attacks.
28 January – 8 February 2002[53]	John Howard
8–16 February 2003[54]	John Howard
1–10 May 2005[55]	John Howard	New York City, Washington, D.C.	State visit. Addressed the 60th anniversary session of the United Nations in New York City.
8–14 May 2006[56]	John Howard
March/April 2008[57]	Kevin Rudd	Washington DC	Part of 17-day world tour to China, the US, the UK and Europe. Met with President George W. Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.[58] Also met with several presidential candidates.[59]
24 March 2009	Kevin Rudd	Washington DC	Met with President Barack Obama.
7 March 2011	Julia Gillard	Washington DC	Met with President Barack Obama and addressed joint sitting of Congress.
12–13 November 2011	Julia Gillard	Honolulu, Hawaii	APEC meeting - met with President Barack Obama.
24–28 September 2012[60]	Julia Gillard	New York City	Addressed the 67th session of the United Nations in New York City.
12 June 2014	Tony Abbott	Washington DC	Met with President Barack Obama.
19 January 2016	Malcolm Turnbull	Washington DC	Met with President Barack Obama.
4 May 2017	Malcolm Turnbull	New York City	Met with President Donald Trump.
23 February 2018	Malcolm Turnbull	Washington DC	Met with President Donald Trump.
19–27 September 2019	Scott Morrison	Washington DC	State visit.
13 March 2023	Anthony Albanese	San Diego, California	AUKUS meeting - met with President Joe Biden.
23–26 October 2023	Anthony Albanese	Washington DC	State visit.

Kyoto Protocol

Australia's Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, ratified the Kyoto Protocol on 3 December 2007, leaving the United States and Canada as the last major industrial nations not to ratify the agreement.^[17] Australia's previous government, led by Liberal John Howard, refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol citing, along with the United States, that it would "damage their economies".^[61]

First Trump administration (2017–2021)

See also: Quadrilateral Security Dialogue

The first phone conversation between the United States President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull took place in February 2017 and lasted around 25 minutes.^[62] During the call, Trump disagreed with Turnbull on a deal that had been made during President Barack Obama's presidency. The agreement aims to take about 1,250 asylum seekers into the United States, who are currently located on Nauru and Manus Island by Australian authorities.^[63] The deal will involve a swap of the 1,250 refugees located on Nauru and Manus with several thousand refugees originating in Honduras, Guatemala, and other Central American nations. Though the details of the trade were not made transparent to the public, a public briefing announced the deal would be applied only to existing refugees and that they would be resettled in America in the coming year.^[64][65]

On Twitter, 2 February 2017, Trump tweeted that the refugee agreement was a "dumb deal".^[66] Notwithstanding the disagreement, Vice President Mike Pence, while on a visit to Australia in April 2017, stated the United States will abide by the deal.^[67] In August 2017, The Washington Post released the full transcript of the meeting. In it, President Trump described the refugee deal as "ridiculous", "rotten", and "stupid". The President, angered by the discussion about refugees, said "I have had it. I have been making these calls all day and this is the most unpleasant call all day. Putin was a pleasant call".^[68] As at 16 November 2018 about 300 refugees have been resettled from Nauru under the refugee swap deal, some of whom want to return to Nauru.^[69]

In a video released by Channel Nine on 14 June 2017, Turnbull is seen mocking Trump at the Midwinter Ball.^[70]

In response to the growing threat of North Korea developing nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles, Prime Minister Turnbull, in August 2017, emphasized the alliance between Australia and the United States and his nation's commitment to aiding the United States with possible conflict stating, "So be very, very clear on that. If there's an attack on the US, the ANZUS Treaty would be invoked and Australia would come to the aid of the United States, as America would come to our aid if we were attacked."^[71]

In May 2018, the United States granted Australia a permanent exemption from the United States' worldwide 25% steel tariff, making Australia one of only four nations worldwide to be exempted.^[72] Several other countries generally considered to have close relationships with the United States, such as Canada, Mexico, and the European Union, did not receive permanent exemptions.

On 2 January 2019, Washington lawyer Arthur Culvahouse was confirmed US Ambassador to Australia, filling a post that had been vacant since John Berry left the post in September 2016.^[73]

Biden administration (2021–present)

See also: Quadrilateral Security Dialogue

AUKUS: Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines

Main article: AUKUS

On September 15, 2021, the leaders of Australia, the UK and the US announced "AUKUS":

a new security partnership in the Indo-Pacific, building on the longstanding alliance between the three to share intelligence, deepen cooperation and help Australia build nuclear-powered submarine capabilities as China's influence grows.^[74]

Although China was not specifically mentioned in the news announcements, Beijing said that the deal would "seriously damage regional peace and stability, exacerbate an arms race and harm international nuclear nonproliferation agreements."^[75] For the first time the United States and the United Kingdom will share their top-secret nuclear submarine propulsion technology, which has a far longer range and lethal value than diesel-electric submarines. By making the deal, Canberra broke with Paris, canceling a deal to purchase less expensive, less effective French diesel-electric submarines. No nuclear weapons are involved, and the submarines will carry conventional weapons only.^[76]

In March 2023, AUKUS announced that a new nuclear-powered submarine class would be built in the UK and Australia to be called the SSN-AUKUS that would include cutting edge US submarine technologies.^[77] Also, the US intends to sell Australia three nuclear-powered Virginia class submarines, subject to congressional approval, with the potential to sell up to two more if needed.^[78][79]

Trade

Monthly value of Australian merchandise exports to the United States (A$ millions) since 1988

Monthly value of US merchandise exports to Australia (A$ millions) since 1988

Trade between the United States and Australia is strong, as evidenced by the Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement. The United States is Australia's fourth largest export market and its second largest source of imports.^[80] The United States is also the largest investor in Australia while Australia is the fifth largest investor in the US.

Australia and the United States also provide significant competition for each other in several third-party exports such as wheat, uranium and wool and, more recently, in the information technology sector. Although the US has a sizable sheep population, American imports of lamb meat from Australia and New Zealand remain stronger than the domestic output.

Cultural relations

Australia has absorbed a significant amount of American cultural influence, particularly in the postwar period.^[81]

Sports

Baseball has a minor presence in Australia, having been introduced by Americans in the 19th century and become accepted as a winter sport for cricketers.^[82] Cricket's 21st century growth in the United States has been powered to some extent by professional athletes from both countries playing in each other's leagues.^[83]

Opinion polls

A 2020 poll by YouGov declared Australia as the most positively viewed foreign country by Americans, with 75% having a favorable opinion. It ranked behind only the United States itself, which had a 78% rating.^[84] In a 2022 poll by Australian think tank the Lowy Institute, the United States garnered a 65% positivity rating from Australians. In the poll, it ranked behind Tonga, France, Ukraine, Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand (who placed first with a rating of 86%). In the 2021 and 2020 versions of the poll, the United States garnered a rating of 62%. In 2015, the year before Donald Trump came into power, the United States had received a much higher rating of 73%.^[85]

According to a 2014 BBC World Service poll, 44 percent of Australians had a "mainly positive" view of the United States and 46 percent had a "mainly negative" view, for a net rating of −2 points. No similar survey was conducted to ascertain American perceptions of Australia.^[86] According to the 2012 US Global Leadership Report, 55% of Australians approve of US leadership, with 21% disapproving and 24% uncertain.^[87] In a more recent 2016 Pew Research poll, 60% of Australians approve of US leadership.^[88]

In 2017, a major poll conducted in Australia by the Lowy Institute showed that 77% believed an alliance with the US was important for security.^[89][90] However, the survey showed that 60% of Australians had developed an unfavorable view of the US as a result of President Donald Trump.^[91] The survey also showed that the US was no longer considered Australia's "best friend", a title now held by New Zealand.^[92]

A 2017 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center showed only 29% of Australians had confidence in the then US President Donald Trump, in contrast to the 87% who had confidence in his predecessor, Barack Obama.^[93] It also showed 70% of Australians had no confidence in President Trump.^[94] The annual Lowy Institute survey revealed that in 2018 only 55% of Australians believed that the US could act responsibly in the world.^[95] This was a drop from 83% in 2011 and a record low.^[95] The survey also revealed that 70% of Australians do not think that Trump could act responsibly, with only 30% believing otherwise.^[95]

Embassies

The Embassy of Australia in Washington, D.C., completed in 2023

• The US Embassy was the first embassy established in Canberra. In constructing it, the United States desired to show Australians something typically American while balancing this aesthetic with Canberra's natural environment.^[96]

Twin towns and sister cities

• Adelaide, South Australia and Austin, Texas
• Bayside, Victoria and Nazareth, Pennsylvania
• Bega Valley, New South Wales and Littleton, Colorado
• Bendigo, Victoria and Baltimore, Maryland
• Bland, New South Wales and Boring, Oregon
• Blue Mountains, New South Wales and Flagstaff, Arizona
• Cairns, Queensland and Scottsdale, Arizona
• Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales and Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Cockburn, Western Australia and Mobile, Alabama
• Darwin, Northern Territory and Anchorage, Alaska
• Glen Iris, Victoria and Glendale, California
• Gold Coast, Queensland and Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Shepparton, Victoria and Novato, California
• Hawkesbury, New South Wales and Temple City, California
• Lake Macquarie, New South Wales and Round Rock, Texas
• Launceston, Tasmania and Napa, California
• Lismore, New South Wales and Eau Claire, Wisconsin
• Mackay, Queensland and Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
• Melbourne, Victoria and Boston, Massachusetts
• Mildura, Victoria and Upland, California
• Northern Beaches, New South Wales and Huntington Beach, California
• Orange, New South Wales and Orange, California
• Perth, Western Australia and Houston, Texas
• Perth, Western Australia and San Diego, California
• Port Stephens, New South Wales and Bellingham, Washington
• Sutherland, New South Wales and Lakewood, Colorado
• Sydney, New South Wales and Portland, Oregon
• Sydney, New South Wales and San Francisco, California
• Tamworth, New South Wales and Nashville, Tennessee
• Wyndham, Victoria and Costa Mesa, California

Quotes

• "The United States is profoundly grateful for this relationship, for the affection and the warmth that has grown between our citizens. For many reasons our ties have grown. One of the most important is that we see in each other qualities that we prize and hope for in ourselves. We admire in each other the pioneering spirit that our forebears brought to the tasks of pushing back the frontiers and building nations."

– Bill Clinton during his November 1996 speech to Australian Parliament.^[97]

See also

• Australia portal
• United States portal
• Politics portal

• Australian Americans
• American Australians
• Australia Week
• Australian–American Memorial
• Embassy of Australia, Washington, D.C.
• Embassy of the United States, Canberra
• Friends of Australia Congressional Caucus
• Quadrilateral Security Dialogue
• US/Australia Parliamentary Friendship Group
• USS Canberra (CA-70)
• USS Canberra (LCS-30)

General:

• Foreign relations of Australia
• Foreign relations of the United States

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Further reading

• Armstrong, Shiro. "The economic impact of the Australia–US free trade agreement." Australian Journal of International Affairs 69.5 (2015): 513–537. online
• Bisley, Nick. "‘An ally for all the years to come’: why Australia is not a conflicted US ally." Australian Journal of International Affairs 67.4 (2013): 403-418.
• Camilleri, Joseph A. The Australia-New Zealand-US Alliance: Regional Security in the Nuclear Age (Routledge, 2019).
• Cuthbertson, Ken. "Australian Americans." Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 1, Gale, 2014), pp. 179–188. online
• Fernandes, Clinton. What Uncle Sam Wants: US Foreign Policy Objectives in Australia and Beyond (Springer, 2019).
• Firth, Stewart. Australia in international politics: an introduction to Australian foreign policy (3rd ed. 2021). excerpt
• Kelton, Maryanne. "More than an Ally"?: Contemporary Australia-US Relations (2008).
• McDonald, Scott D., and Andrew T. H. Tan, eds. The Future of the United States-Australia Alliance: Evolving Security Strategy in the Indo-Pacific (2020) excerpt
• Mackerras, Colin. "China and the Australia-US relationship: A historical perspective." Asian survey 54.2 (2014): 223–246. online
• Moore, John Hammond, ed. Australians in America: 1876–1976 (University of Queensland Press, 1977).
• Paul, Erik. Australia in the US Empire: A Study in Political Realism (2019) excerpt
• Rimmer, Susan Harris. "Australia's trade diplomacy and the Trans-Pacific Partnership:‘you’ve got to row your own boat’." Australian Journal of International Affairs 70.6 (2016): 625-640.
• Siracusa, Joseph M., and David G. Coleman eds. Australia Looks to America: Australian–American Relations, since Pearl Harbor (Regina Books, 2006).
• Stuart, David. "American trade with the British colony of New South Wales, 1792–1816—A reappraisal." History Compass 18.12 (2020): e12641.
• Tidwell, Alan. "The role of ‘diplomatic lobbying’in shaping US foreign policy and its effects on the Australia–US relationship." Australian Journal of International Affairs 71.2 (2017): 184–200.
• Tow, William T. "President Trump and the Implications for the Australia–US Alliance and Australia's Role in Southeast Asia." Contemporary Southeast Asia 39.1 (2017): 50–57.

External links

• "Background Note: Australia" US Department of State. August 2006. 11 October 2006
• "Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement" Australian Government. 2005. 28 October 2006
• History of Australia - United States relations
• CIA World Factbook
• Embassy of Australia in Washington D.C.
• Embassy of the United States in Canberra
• Free Trade Agreement
• Dynamics of the US trade with Australia from 2012 to 2017 Archived 24 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine