In 1927, the Prince of Kamphaengphet, Purachatra Jayakara led a group of Thai royals to Brisbane to tour Australian agriculture, meeting with the Governor of Queensland, John Goodwin.

[2] In November 1940, a Thai goodwill mission led by justice minister Thawan Thamrongnawasawat visited New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.

[8] In the post-war period, 111 Japanese and Koreans who forced the construction of the railway, were convicted of war crimes, resulting in 32 of them being executed.

[9] Australia also signed a peace treaty with Thailand on 3 April 1946, becoming one of the first acts of Australian independence from Britain in its foreign affairs after the Statute of Westminster came into effect in 1942.

[11] When the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was formed on 8 September 1954 in Manila, both Thailand and Australia were founding members.

[12] From 1962 to 1968, to support their fellow SEATO member, Australia deployed F-86 Sabre aircraft to Ubon Ratchathani province when the area came under a Communist insurgency.

[2] From 1970 to 1976, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn studied in Australian at Parramatta's King's School, and Duntroon's Royal Military College.

[20] During the 2006 Thai coup d'état, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said, "it's of grave concern to us that the government has been overthrown in this way".

TAFTA has facilitated increased two-way trade and investment, improved business mobility, encouraged international best practice, and promoted bilateral cooperation in a range of areas including customs procedures, government procurement, competition policy and intellectual property protection.

Luk Chai is a male descended from elephants from Thailand born at Taronga zoo on 4 July 2009 who was moved to Melbourne for breeding and has since fathered three calves.