Australia House

On the corner of the Strand and Aldwych, Australia House has served as the home of the Australian High Commission since it was officially opened by King George V in 1918, making it the oldest continuously occupied diplomatic mission in London.

The Grade II listed building was designed by Scottish architect Alexander Marshall Mackenzie and built substantially from Australian materials, including trachyte stone and marble shipped from Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, giving the interior a genuinely distinctive character, right down to the Exhibition Hall that doubled as Gringotts Wizarding Bank in the first Harry Potter film.

That same Exhibition Hall, along with smaller rooms such as the Downer Room, regularly hosts receptions, dinners, exhibitions and networking events for alumni groups, trade bodies and business organisations with ties to Australia.

As a working diplomatic building, events are subject to security checks and require photo identification for all guests on arrival.

For corporate clients and organisations looking for a genuinely prestigious, historically significant London address with a direct connection to Australia, Australia House offers a setting that few other venues in the city can match.