Barry Hall (diplomat)

Barry Hall
Born
Francis Barrington Hall

(1921-02-12)12 February 1921
Panton Hill, Victoria
Died14 November 2013(2013-11-14) (aged 92)
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Public servant, diplomat

Francis Barrington "Barry" Hall (12 February 1921 – 14 November 2013) was an Australian public servant and diplomat.[1]

Hall was the first Australian Ambassador to Iran when the Australian Government opened an embassy in Tehran in September 1968.[2]

Between 1980 and 1984, Hall was Australian Ambassador to Turkey.[3]

  1. ^ Fogarty, Michael (31 December 2013). "Barry Hall: Pioneer of Australian diplomatic corps". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014.
  2. ^ Markovic, Nina (9 May 2013), It’s complicated: a timeline of Australia–Iran relations in a historical perspective (PDF), Parliament of Australia
  3. ^ "Turkish posting". The Canberra Times. 30 August 1980. p. 7.