The first known Pole to settle in Australia was Joseph Potaski who arrived to Hobart, Tasmania as a convict, along with his family, in 1803.

[4] Australian and Polish troops fought together in the Italian Campaign, especially during the Battle of Monte Cassino.

[2] Throughout the 1980s, Poland experienced the Solidarity ("Solidarność") movement which eventually contributed to the fall of communism in the country.

[6] In May 2013, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski paid an official visit to Australia.

The visit was soon reciprocated by Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop in March 2014, at which time both nations signed a Working holiday visa agreement.

[7] In August 2021, Poland resold slightly over one million Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to Australia on a non-profit basis.