Canberra Pact

Australia-New Zealand Agreement

Peter Fraser signing, with John Curtin (right) and H. V. Evatt (left).
Type	Bilateral treaty
Signed	January 21, 1944 (1944-01-21)
Location	Canberra, Australia
Effective	June 21, 1944 (1944-06-21)
Signatories	John Curtin Peter Fraser
Parties	Australia  New Zealand
Languages	English

The Canberra Pact, formally the Australian-New Zealand Agreement, also known as the ANZAC Pact, was a treaty of mutual co-operation between the governments of Australia and New Zealand, signed on 21 January 1944, following a conference that began on the 17th. The Pact was not a military alliance, but aimed to support Australian and New Zealand interests in the postwar world, particularly in the South Pacific.^[1][2] It was the "first clear and unmistakable statement of the two Dominion's postwar interests", and Alister McIntosh described it as having "said the right things in somewhat the wrong way".^[3]