It is in suite 1310 of 3009 Post Oak Boulevard in
Uptown Houston.[2]
Consulate history
On 11 February 1982, Deputy Prime Minister
Doug Anthony announced the opening of a new consulate-general jointly managed by DFAT and Austrade in Houston, Texas, thereby becoming the fifth Australian consulate-general in the United States.[3] In 1993, the posting was fully transferred to
Austrade management and was closed on 31 December 1996 due to financial constraints and a restructuring of resources to the Austrade consulates in Atlanta and Los Angeles.[4][5] Following the closure, the Australian Government appointed an Honorary Consul in Houston,
Nana Booker, who served from 1999 until 2015. In 2005 Booker was appointed as an Honorary
Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her continued service as honorary consul.[6]
The consulate-general was reopened in March 2015 to seek major trade opportunities for Australian companies and foster closer education and research links.[7][8] The opening had previously been flagged in media in June 2014.[9] After its reopening the Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Minister,
Steven Ciobo, praised former honorary consul (and now Honorary Consul Emeritus) Booker's work: "The Australian Government is highly appreciative of the good work done by the Honorary Consul, Ms Nana Booker, over the years. The opening of the Consulate General is solid proof of the importance of her work and of our high regard for it."[10]
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^"Whitty given job in West Indies". The Canberra Times. Vol. 68, no. 21, 386. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 November 1993. p. 4. Retrieved 24 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"11 Aussies caught in cult siege". The Canberra Times. Vol. 67, no. 21, 144. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 March 1993. p. 15. Retrieved 24 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.