List of high commissioners of Australia to South Africa

High Commissioner of Australia to South Africa
Incumbent
Tegan Brink
since 28 January 2023 (2023-01-28)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
StyleHer Excellency
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
SeatArcadia, Pretoria
NominatorPrime Minister of Australia
AppointerGovernor General of Australia
Inaugural holderGeorge Knowles
Formation21 August 1946
WebsiteAustralian High Commission Pretoria

The high commissioner of Australia to South Africa, known from 1961 to 1994 as the Ambassador of Australia to South Africa, is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia to South Africa in Pretoria. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is currently held by Tegan Brink since 28 January 2023.

The ambassador also holds non-resident accreditation as high commissioner to Botswana (1973–1981, since 2004), Eswatini (since 1973), Lesotho (since 1973), Mozambique (since 2004), and Namibia (since 2010); and as Ambassador to Angola (since 2010), and the representative to the Southern African Development Community. The high commission also has oversight for Honorary Consulates in Luanda, Angola, and Maputo, Mozambique.