List of Australian Ambassadors to Indonesia

Ambassador to Indonesia
Incumbent Paul Grigson since March 2015 (2015-03)
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Jakarta
Inaugural holder	John Hood (Ambassador)
Formation	April 1950
Website	Australian Embassy, Indonesia

The Australian Ambassador to Indonesia is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Republic of Indonesia. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and the Embassy in Jakarta is Australia's largest embassy and one of Australia's most important overseas posts. The Embassy is assisted in their work by Consulates in Bali (since 1981), Makassar (since 2016) and Surabaya (since 2017).

On 30 August 1933 the Minister for Commerce, Frederick Stewart, secured Cabinet approval for the establishment of several Trade Commissions in the East, with Batavia in the Netherlands East Indies being one of the most likely locations. However a decision to appoint a commissioner was delayed pending the report of Attorney General and Minister for External Affairs John Latham's fact-finding mission to the Far East, which found a dire need for Australian trade representative to improve mercantile connections in the region. Following Latham's return the Australian Government agreed to appoint a new Trade Commissioner, and the appointment of Charles Edward Critchley to Batavia, alongside appointments to Tokyo and Shanghai, was announced on 7 June 1935 by acting Prime Minister Earl Page. Arriving in September, Critchley met with Governor-General Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge and set up offices in the Chartered Bank Building in Tambora, Old Batavia. In January 1938, Critchley was succeeded by Herbert Anton Peterson, who was given the new title of "Australian Government Commissioner", which was changed to remove confusion that the "Trade Commissioner" was merely a commercial representative. Commissioner Peterson served until escaping to Australia a few days after the Japanese invasion of Java in 1942.