Armenia and Australia officially established relations in 1992, and the two countries since then have developed a fairly friendly relationship.

[2][3] The Armenian genocide happened on the same day as the Entente decided to launch the Gallipoli Campaign against the Ottoman Empire with hope to finish the war quickly, but unsuccessful.

Armenians were granted refugee status to settle in Australia following the WWI, but the migration only reached peak when the World War II began when Armenia was under Soviet occupation, upheavals in Iran, Iraq and Syria, and later the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

[4][3] The Armenian community in Australia has a strong connection to Armenia, and has frequently clashed with the Turkish and Azerbaijani diaspora population over the Karabakh conflict.

[7] Although Australia has yet to recognize the genocide, Armenian genocide is mentioned thanks for efforts by Armenian scholar Vicken Babkenian and his Australian counterpart Peter Stanley, but it gained more relevance, in particular owning by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's increasing hostility and anti-Australian remarks in recent years, most notably his blaming against Australia over Christchurch mosque shootings in 2019.