关于澳大利亚与非洲的关系，国内外学术界少有关注。长期以来，双方的关系是松散的，澳大利亚也并没有形成系统的对非政策。进入21世纪，双边关系在陆克文-吉拉德工党政府的推进下取得了积极进展。近几年，澳非关系取得不少可圈可点的成果，双方政治交往和经贸关系不断加强，文化交流也有所推进。但是自由党-国家党联盟执政以来，非洲在澳大利亚对外事务中的地位和作用有所弱化。本文对澳非关系进行历史考察、对工党政府和自由党-国家党政府的对非政策进行评述和对比，认为在“印太战略”在澳大利亚不断升温的背景下，两党在对非事务中的认知没有太大分歧，澳大利亚要想在国际事务中发挥“中等强国”的作用，就不能忽视同属环印度洋地区非洲的地位和作用。
Historically Australia does not have a comprehensive policy towards Africa. Progress was made under the leadership of Kevin-Rudd Labor Party in areas of bilateral political relationship，economic aid and cooperation and cultural exchanges. However，Africa has been marginalized since the Liberal-National Coalition Party won the election in 2013. By analyzing the historical development of the bilateral relations and comparing the different foreign policies towards Africa during the Labor Government and Liberal-National Coalition respectively，this article concludes that Africa is not the key diplomatic factor in Australia's foreign policy. Moreover，with Indo-Pacific strategy gradually gaining the international and regional spotlight，if Australia wants to play the role of a positive “Middle Power” as it has proclaimed，it should not overlook Africa.
