Australia–Fiji Relations
Bilateral relations exist between Australia and Fiji. Both countries have a High Commission in the other. Australia and Fiji share a strong bilateral relationship with extensive people-to-people links and important trade and investment ties. There are regular two-way exchanges between Australia and Fiji, including under Australian Government programs such as Australia Awards, the New Colombo Plan, Australian Volunteers and the Seasonal Worker Programme. The two countries are members of the Pacific Islands Forum. History Fiji and Australia share a long history, especially under the British Empire that held much of the world at its zenith. Fiji, like Australia, became a penal colony for the British empire under Queen Victoria's reign. Fiji was a key supplier in sugar to the British penal colonies that lay in the Pacific during Queen Victoria's reign, until Fiji became independent on 10 October 1970. Relations were strained due to Australia's condemnation of the 2006 Fiji ...
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