Skip to main content

Australia-Mexico: Photos of 50 years of friendship

Flag of Mexico

Australian and Mexican leaders

Australian and Mexican leaders

The Hon Luis Echeverría, then President of Mexico, hosts a state dinner in honour of the Hon Gough Whitlam, then Prime Minister of Australia, Mexico, 1973.

Credit: Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico / Directorate General for the Historical and Diplomatic Archive.


The Hon Carlos Salinas, then President of Mexico, meets with the Hon Robert (Bob) Hawke, then Prime Minister of Australia, during a State Visit to Australia, 1990.

Credit: From the collection of the National Archives of Australia.


The Hon Kevin Rudd, then Prime Minister of Australia and the Hon Felipe Calderón, then President of Mexico, meet during the APEC Summit in Singapore, 2009.

Credit: Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico / Directorate General for the Historical and Diplomatic Archive.


The Hon Julia Gillard, then Prime Minister of Australia and the Hon Felipe Calderón, then President of Mexico, at the G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, 2012.

Credit: Courtesy of Auspic.


The Hon Tony Abbott MP, then Prime Minister of Australia and the Hon Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico, at the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia, 2014.

Credit: Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico / Directorate General for the Historical and Diplomatic Archive.


The Hon Malcom Turnbull MP, Prime Minister of Australia and the Hon Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico, at the APEC Economic Leaders meeting in the Philippines, 2015.

Credit: Photography by Sahlan Hayes, Official Photographer to Prime Minister Turnbull.


The first State Visit to Mexico by an Australian Governor General, 2016.

From left: HE Lady Lynne Cosgrove; HE General the Hon Sir Peter Cosgrove, Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia; and the Hon Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico.

Credit: Office of the Mexican President.


HE General the Hon Sir Peter Cosgrove, Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Hon Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico, during a State Visit to Mexico, 2016.

Credit: Office of the Mexican President.

Last Updated: 6 September 2016
Back to top