Ambassadors of Estonia to Australia
- Jaan Reinhold, 2024–present
- Kersti Eesmaa, 2019–2024
- Andres Unga, 2013–2019
- Peeter Miller, 2007–2013
Ambassadors of Australia to Estonia
- Edmund Mortimer, 2026–present
- Sridhar Ayyalaraju, 2023–2025
- Dr Genevieve Clune, 2021–2023
- Kerin Ayyalaraju, 2018–2021
- Jonathan Kenna, 2016–2018
- Gerald Thomson, 2013–2016
- Paul Wesley Stephens, 2010–2013
- Howard Craig Brown, 2007–2010
- Richard Rowe, 2003–2007
- Stephen Christopher Brady, 1999–2003
Bilateral relations
To Estonia
- Minister for Government Services Bill Shorten, 2022
- Member of Parliament and Minister Michael Keenan, 2018
- Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives Tony Smith, 2017
- Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop, 2017
To Australia
- Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna, 2026
- Minister of Education and Research Kristina Kallas, 2025
- Foreign Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu, 2025
- President Kersti Kaljulaid, 2018
The Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Estonia and the Government of Australia Relating to Working Holiday Visas entered into force on 20 May 2005.
The Agreement on Social Security was signed on 14 September 2015 and entered into force on 1 January 2018.
International agreements between Estonia and Australia are available in the Riigiteataja.
Interest in Australia among Estonian entrepreneurs is growing. The Estonian Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, EACCI is active in supporting business ties between the two countries.
More detailed information on trade between Estonia and Australia is available in the application of Statistics Estonia.
In April 2018, it was announced that Australia wished to join the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence as a partner. Australian experts have actively participated in the centre’s annual International Conference on Cyber Conflict, CyCon.
Australia is ready to exchange information on maritime safety and environmental protection and is one of NATO’s Indo-Pacific Four partners.
Australia is home to the seventh-largest Estonian community abroad. The first Estonian Society was founded in Melbourne in 1914. Estonians mainly gathered in Sydney, where two Estonian societies were founded in the 1920s and later merged.
The first Estonian displaced persons after the Second World War arrived in Australia in November 1947. The group consisted of 142 Estonians and was followed by many more Estonians from refugee camps in Europe. The Estonian Archives in Australia, located in Sydney, were established in 1952. The archives hold the majority of publications printed outside Estonia after the Second World War.
The Working Holiday Visa arrangement, which entered into force in 2005, has enabled many young Estonians to travel to Australia. As of the end of May 2025, around 1,500 young Estonians were staying in Australia under this arrangement.
The largest Estonian communities are in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne, where Estonian Houses are also located. An increasing number of young Estonians have also settled in Queensland and Western Australia. Community activities across Australia are coordinated by the Council of Estonian Societies in Australia, which is the highest body of Estonian organisations in Australia.
Estonian Days have been held in Australia since 1954 and are currently organised every two to three years.
The Estonian children’s camp Sõrve has been held every summer for 60 years.
The website www.eesti.org.au provides information about Estonia and the Estonian community also to those who do not speak Estonian.
Last updated: 27.05.2026