Australian Ambassador's Residence in Washington DC, 3120 Cleveland Avenue

A 1991 Photo of the living room during the tenure of Ambassador Cook

President George Bush planting a tree from the White House Garden at the Residence in May 2006

Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, former US secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Margaret Whitlam at the Residence on a visit to the US in July 1973

This page is for all visitors to, staff and residents of - now and in the past - the Australian Residence in Washington, DC

We are undertaking a heritage project on the Australian Residence in Washington, DC which, after more than seventy years of our occupation, has much Australian and Australian-American history behind it.

Already a substantial collection of photographs, notes, menus and other memorabilia is flowing in. This note is for all who may have visited, resided or served as staff in the Residence. Could you please send us anything you might have to add to the collection. Photographs, menus, correspondence or notes of memories would all be very welcome.

We need to gather all this information in the next couple of months so that we can finish this project before the end of the year. Therefore it would be really useful if you could look at your records soon. Of course, when the project is complete, we intend to finish it in such a way that it will be possible to add to it in future years.

US President George W. Bush signs the guestbook during an event at the Residence in May of 2006

Ambassador Peacock with Ted Kennedy circa 1998

Mrs. Casey, wife of the first diplomat from Australia, about to enter her car in front of the residence which was also seved as the Australian Legation at the time