Talk:List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia

Learn more about this page

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

Politics of the United Kingdom Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Politics of the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Politics of the United KingdomWikipedia:WikiProject Politics of the United KingdomTemplate:WikiProject Politics of the United KingdomPolitics of the United Kingdom articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Biography: Politics and Government

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the politics and government work group (assessed as Low-importance).

Australia Low‑importance

	Australia portal List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project page.AustraliaWikipedia:WikiProject AustraliaTemplate:WikiProject AustraliaAustralia articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	Need help improving this article? Ask a Librarian^{What's this?} at the National Library of Australia.
	The Wikimedia Australia chapter can be contacted via email to helpwikimedia.org.au for non-editorial assistance.

International relations Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject International relations, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of International relations on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.International relationsWikipedia:WikiProject International relationsTemplate:WikiProject International relationsInternational relations articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Lists Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Lists, an attempt to structure and organize all list pages on Wikipedia. If you wish to help, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.ListsWikipedia:WikiProject ListsTemplate:WikiProject ListsList articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Commonwealth

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Commonwealth, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the Commonwealth of Nations on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CommonwealthWikipedia:WikiProject CommonwealthTemplate:WikiProject CommonwealthCommonwealth articles

On 7 August 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia to List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia. The result of the discussion was moved.

Ernest Crutchley edit

Latest comment: 15 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This says:

With the demise of the FCC and the onset of the depression the house was used occasionally for Public Service purposes but remained unoccupied most of the time until in 1932 it was let to the United Kingdom for its representative, E.T. Crutchley who remained in Australia until 1935. His occupancy was followed successively by the UK’s first four High Commissioners to Australia: Sir Geoffrey Whiskard (1936-1941); Sir Ronald Cross (1941-1945); Mr. (now Sir Edward) Williams (1946-1952); and Sir Stephen Holmes who took up the position in 1952. .....

The timing of this use as the first diplomatic mission in Canberra was a reflection of the new view, first expressed in 1926, that Governors-General were to be regarded as representatives of the Crown, not agents of the British government, and consequently the British government now needed diplomatic representatives in the Dominions. ...

Between Cruthchley’s departure and the arrival of the first High Commissioner considerable alterations were made to the house.

"E. T. Crutchley" is one Ernest Tristram Crutchley. It seems clear that Geoffrey Whiskard was the first person specifically named High Commissioner, but Crutchley was in Australia in 1931 when the new relationship started, and he became the British Representative in Australia, which is the same as High Commissioner in all but name. So, effectively, he was the first person to be in the HC's role. He certainly had a significant role to play in the 1932 NSW constitutional crisis that led to Jack Lang being sacked. – [1].

Is there room in the list for Crutchley? This would require some explanation, because he didn’t actually have the title "High Commissioner". -- JackofOz (talk) 00:15, 11 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 7 August 2023 edit

Latest comment: 8 months ago6 comments6 people in discussion

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) — DaxServer (t · m · e · c) 10:07, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

– Per MOS:CAPS and MOS:JOBTITLES, "(lord) high commissioners" is plural here, therefor it's considered a common noun. See also the discussion here. Woko Sapien (talk) 17:34, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Support per nom. I note that the equivalent articles for ambassadors are all correctly lower-case. Tassedethe (talk) 18:26, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Support per nom. estar8806 (talk) ★ 19:21, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Support per nom. While you are doing that consider changing ... to the Solomon Islands to ...to Solomon Islands as per the country name described in Solomon Islands.The British HighCom in Honiara certainly understands that. Ex nihil ^(talk) 11:45, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Support: Per nom. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:55, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Add topic