The official relationship between Australia and Armenia started on 26 December 1991, and diplomatic relations were established on 15 January 1992.
[4] Today the Australo-Armenian community includes members born in up to and over 43 different countries.
All traditional Armenian diaspora parties have established in the country: There are also many associated political groupings like: Other operating social and cultural organisations within the Armenian Australian community: In Sydney there are several main cultural centres to which Armenians gather, one located in Willoughby, New South Wales named the Armenian Cultural Centre and another located in Bonnyrigg, New South Wales[15] named the Armenian Cultural Panoyan Centre, and smaller Cultural Centres in Neutral Bay, City of Ryde, Frenchs Forest (Ararat Reserve) and Naremburn, Sydney.
These are: Alongside which a number of Saturday schools operate as listed below: The oldest and largest Armenian church in Australia and throughout the world[19] is the Armenian Apostolic Church, which in Australia is led by Archbishop Haigazoun Najarian who is the Primate of the Australian and New Zealand Armenian Apostolic churches and replaced Archbishop Aghan Baliozian.
The Armenian Catholic community is led by Father Parsegh (Basil) Sousanian.