Contact UNHCR
Contact UNHCR
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Regional Office in Canberra
UNHCR’s office in Canberra, Australia, promotes refugee rights in the following countries:
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- Fiji
- the Cook Islands
- the Federated States of Micronesia
- Kiribati
- the Marshall Islands
- Nauru
- Niue
- Palau
- Samoa
- the Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
If you are looking for information or assistance outside one of these countries, contact UNHCR in the country you are in.
Office contact details
Street and Postal address:
- Physical address: 2.221 London Circuit, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
- Postal address: GPO Box 740, Canberra ACT, 2601, Australia
HELP Websites
If you are a refugee, asylum-seeker or stateless person in our region and need help, please visit the correct Help page for your location:
- Australia - UNHCR Help Australia
- New Zealand - UNHCR Help New Zealand
- Pacific - UNHCR Help Pacific
- Donation enquiries in Australia (Australia for UNHCR): [email protected]
- Donation enquiries in New Zealand (Aotearoa New Zealand for UNHCR): [email protected]
- Media and public information enquiries: [email protected]
- General enquiries: [email protected]
Telephone
- Donation enquiries in Australia (Australia for UNHCR): 1300 361 288
- Donation enquiries in New Zealand (Aotearoa New Zealand for UNHCR): +64 9414 7883
- Media enquiries: +61 426 796 138
Time zone
GMT/UTC +10
Working hours
- Monday: 8:45 - 17:00
- Tuesday: 8:45 - 17:00
- Wednesday: 8:45 - 17:00
- Thursday: 8:45 - 17:00
- Friday: 8:45 - 17:00
Public holidays
- New Year’s Day, 1 January 2026
- Australia Day, 26 January 2026
- Eid Al-Fitr, 20 March 2026
- Good Friday, 3 April 2026
- Easter Monday, 6 April 2026
- Eil al-A dha, 27 May 2026
- Labour Day, 5 October 2026
- Christmas Day, 25 December 2026
- Boxing Day, 28 December 2026
