List of judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of NSW as of February 2020[update] include :
It does not include Judge Advocates of NSW who sat on the Court of Civil Jurisdiction between 1788 and 1814 nor judges of the Supreme Court of Civil Judicature of NSW between 1814 and 1823.
Position
Name
Appointment commenced
Appointment ended
Term in office
Comments
Notes
Chief Justice
Sir Francis Forbes
13 October 1823
1 July 1837
13 years, 261 days
[ 3]
Sir James Dowling [ b]
30 August 1837
27 September 1844
7 years, 28 days
[ 4]
Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG , CB [ c]
14 November 1845
5 November 1873
27 years, 356 days
[ 5]
Sir James Martin KCB , QC
19 November 1873
4 November 1886
12 years, 350 days
[ 6]
Sir Julian Salomons
12 November 1886
27 November 1886
15 days
[ 7]
Sir Frederick Darley GCMG , PC
29 November 1886
4 January 1910
23 years, 36 days
[ 8]
Sir William Cullen KCMG
28 January 1910
27 January 1925
14 years, 365 days
[ 9]
Sir Philip Street KCMG [ d]
28 January 1925
31 January 1934
9 years, 3 days
[ 10]
Sir Frederick Jordan KCMG
1 February 1934
4 November 1949
15 years, 276 days
[ 11]
Sir Kenneth Street KCMG [ d]
6 January 1950
27 January 1960
10 years, 21 days
[ 12]
Herbert Evatt KStJ
15 February 1960
24 October 1962
2 years, 251 days
[ 13]
Sir Leslie Herron KBE CMG
25 October 1962
22 May 1972
9 years, 210 days
[ 14]
Sir John Kerr AK , GCMG , GCVO
23 May 1972
27 June 1974
2 years, 35 days
Appointed Governor-General
[ 15]
Sir Laurence Street KCMG [ d]
28 June 1974
1 November 1988
14 years, 126 days
[ 16]
Murray Gleeson AC [ e]
2 November 1988
21 May 1998
9 years, 200 days
Appointed Chief Justice of Australia
James Spigelman AC
19 May 1998
25 May 2011
13 years, 6 days
[ 17]
Tom Bathurst AC
1 June 2011
5 March 2022
13 years, 185 days
[ 18] [ 19]
Andrew Bell
5 March 2022
2 years, 273 days
President of the Court of Appeal (2019–2022)
[ 20]
Acting Chief Justice
John Stephen [ c]
22 February 1826
27 May 1826
94 days
[ 22]
Sir James Dowling [ b]
16 April 1836
29 August 1837
1 year, 135 days
[ 4]
Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG , CB [ c]
7 October 1844
13 November 1845
1 year, 37 days
[ 5]
Sir John Dickinson
15 February 1860
17 February 1861
1 year, 2 days
[ 23]
Henry Stephen [ c]
16 June 1902
25 February 1904
1 year, 254 days
[ 24]
Sir George Simpson
1 February 1909
4 January 1910
337 days
Robert Pring
17 April 1918
15 May 1918
28 days
[ 25]
Sir Philip Street KCMG [ d]
28 July 1924
27 January 1925
183 days
[ 10]
Sir David Ferguson
1 February 1929
31 December 1929
333 days
[ 26]
Sir John Harvey
30 June 1933
31 January 1934
215 days
[ 27]
Sir Kenneth Street KCMG [ d]
16 September 1949
4 November 1949
49 days
[ 12]
Sir Leslie Herron KBE CMG
12 March 1962
24 October 1962
226 days
[ 14]
John Clancy CMG
8 October 1964
5 February 1965
120 days
[ 28]
Sir Gordon Wallace
1 October 1968
3 February 1969
125 days
[ 29]
Sir Bernard Sugerman
10 August 1970
11 October 1970
62 days
[ 30]
Sir Laurence Street KCMG [ d]
28 May 1974
16 June 1974
19 days
[ 16]
Athol Moffitt CMG
16 August 1979
16 September 1979
31 days
[ 31]
Michael Kirby AC , CMG [ f]
4 July 1988 7 October 1993 9 July 1995
28 July 1988 5 November 1993 4 August 1995
24 days 29 days 26 days
Appointed to the High Court
Dennis Mahoney AO
16 August 1996
1 November 1996
77 days
Keith Mason AC
31 October 1998
14 November 1998
14 days
President, Court of Appeal
Sir Gordon Wallace
1 January 1966
21 January 1970
4 years, 20 days
[ 29]
Sir Bernard Sugerman
2 January 1970
30 September 1972
2 years, 272 days
[ 30]
Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE
1 October 1972
7 February 1974
1 year, 129 days
Appointed to the High Court
[ 32]
Athol Moffitt CMG
8 February 1974
25 June 1984
10 years, 138 days
[ 31]
Michael Kirby AC CMG [ f]
24 September 1984
2 February 1996
11 years, 131 days
Appointed to the High Court
Dennis Mahoney AO
19 February 1996
3 February 1997
350 days
Keith Mason AC
4 February 1997
30 May 2008
11 years, 116 days
James Allsop
2 June 2008
28 February 2013
4 years, 271 days
Judge of the Federal Court (2001–2008) Appointed Chief Justice of the Federal Court )
Margaret Beazley AO
1 March 2013
28 February 2019
5 years, 364 days
Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1990–1991) Assistant Commissioner Independent Commission Against Corruption (1991–1992)Judge of the Federal Court (1993–1996) Appointed Governor of NSW
[ 33] [ 34]
Andrew Bell
28 February 2019
5 March 2022
3 years, 5 days
Appointed Chief Justice
[ 34]
Julie Ward
5 March 2022
2 years, 273 days
Chief Judge in Equity (2017–2022)
[ 35]
Judge of Appeal
Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE
1 January 1966
7 February 1974
8 years, 37 days
Appointed to the High Court
[ 32]
Sir Bernard Sugerman
1 January 1966
30 September 1972
6 years, 273 days
[ 30]
Charles McLelland
1 January 1966
28 April 1973
7 years, 117 days
[ 36]
Cyril Walsh
1 January 1966
2 October 1969
15 years, 236 days
Appointed to the High Court
[ 37]
John Holmes
1 January 1966
21 January 1973
7 years, 20 days
[ 38]
Kenneth Asprey
1 January 1966
6 July 1975
9 years, 186 days
[ 39]
Anthony Mason AC CBE
1 May 1969
6 August 1972
3 years, 97 days
Appointed to the High Court , subsequently appointed Chief Justice of Australia
Sir James Manning
7 October 1969
28 February 1973
3 years, 144 days
[ 40]
Athol Moffitt CMG
22 January 1970
25 June 1984
14 years, 155 days
[ 31]
Sir Laurence Street KCMG [ d]
31 July 1972
1 November 1988
16 years, 93 days
[ 16]
Martin Hardie
31 July 1972
29 June 1974
1 year, 333 days
Robert Hope AC CMG
7 August 1972
23 July 1989
16 years, 350 days
[ 41]
Raymond Reynolds AO
1 October 1972
18 February 1983
10 years, 140 days
Francis Hutley
9 February 1973
22 October 1984
11 years, 256 days
Sir Nigel Bowen KBE
24 July 1973
19 December 1976
3 years, 148 days
Chief Justice of the Federal Court (1976–1990)
Harold Glass AO
14 March 1974
3 July 1987
13 years, 111 days
Gordon Samuels AC
12 August 1974
23 March 1992
17 years, 224 days
[ 42]
Dennis Mahoney AO
1 November 1974
3 February 1997
22 years, 94 days
Bill Priestley
3 June 1983
31 December 2001
18 years, 211 days
Michael McHugh
31 October 1984
13 February 1989
4 years, 105 days
Appointed to the High Court
John Clarke
20 July 1987
14 February 1997
9 years, 209 days
Roddy Meagher
31 January 1989
16 March 2004
15 years, 45 days
[ 43]
Kenneth Handley AO
30 January 1990
11 January 2007
16 years, 346 days
Simon Sheller
18 November 1991
2 May 2005
13 years, 165 days
[ 44]
Jerrold Cripps
2 April 1992
5 October 1993
1 year, 186 days
Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (2004–2009)
Phillip Powell AM
6 October 1993
8 November 2002
9 years, 33 days
Terence Cole
22 August 1994
18 May 1998
3 years, 269 days
Margaret Beazley AO
29 April 1996
28 February 2019
22 years, 305 days
Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1990–1991) Assistant Commissioner Independent Commission Against Corruption (1991–1992)Judge of the Federal Court (1993–1996) President of the Court of Appeal (2013–2019) Appointed Governor of NSW
[ 33]
Paul Stein AM
8 April 1997
11 April 2003
6 years, 3 days
Roger Giles
11 June 1998
23 December 2011
13 years, 195 days
Gerald Fitzgerald AC
18 February 1999
16 April 2001
2 years, 57 days
Dyson Heydon
14 February 2000
10 February 2003
2 years, 361 days
Appointed to the High Court
David Hodgson AO
23 April 2001
9 August 2011
1 year, 364 days
Murray Tobias AM ,
28 April 2003
25 March 2011
7 years, 331 days
Ruth McColl AO
29 April 2003
27 January 2019
15 years, 273 days
[ 45]
John Bryson
17 March 2004
28 February 2007
2 years, 348 days
[ 46]
John Basten
2 May 2005
19 years, 215 days
[ 44]
Joseph Campbell
29 January 2007
19 December 2012
5 years, 325 days
Virginia Bell
29 January 2008
19 December 2008
325 days
Appointed to the High Court
Robert Macfarlan [ g]
8 September 2008
22 February 2023
14 years, 167 days
[ 47] [ 48]
Peter Young AO
6 March 2009
23 April 2012
3 years, 48 days
[ 49]
Anthony Meagher
10 August 2011
13 years, 115 days
[ 50]
Reginald Barrett
25 January 2012
20 April 2015
3 years, 85 days
[ 51] [ 52]
Clifton Hoeben AM RFD
23 April 2012
31 August 2021
9 years, 130 days
Julie Ward
12 November 2012
5 March 2022
9 years, 113 days
Chief Judge in Equity (2017–2022) Appointed President of the Court of Appeal
Peter McClellan AM
21 February 2013
8 February 2018
4 years, 352 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1998–2005) Chief Royal Commissioner of the child abuse Royal Commission
[ 53]
Arthur Emmett AO
7 March 2013
30 September 2015
2 years, 207 days
Judge of the Federal Court (1997–2013)
[ 54]
Fabian Gleeson [ e]
29 April 2013
11 years, 218 days
[ 55]
Mark Leeming
3 June 2013
11 years, 183 days
[ 56]
Carolyn Simpson
11 June 2015
29 March 2018
2 years, 291 days
[ 57]
Anthony Payne
30 March 2016
8 years, 248 days
Richard White
15 March 2017
7 years, 263 days
[ 58] [ 59]
Paul Brereton AM , RFD [ h]
23 August 2018
30 May 2023
4 years, 280 days
Appointed as Commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption Commission
[ 60] [ 61]
Lucy McCallum
27 January 2019
7 March 2022
3 years, 39 days
Appointed Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory
[ 45] [ 62]
Robert Beech-Jones
31 August 2021
3 years, 94 days
Appointed to the High Court
Anna Mitchelmore
28 March 2022
2 years, 250 days
[ 63]
Jeremy Kirk
21 April 2022
2 years, 226 days
[ 64]
Christine Adamson
3 February 2023
1 year, 304 days
[ 65]
Katrina Stern
8 June 2023
1 year, 178 days
[ 66]
Additional Judge of Appeal
Robert Taylor
18 November 1970 8 February 1972 1 February 1975
1 October 1971 7 August 1972 19 December 1978
317 days 181 days 3 years, 321 days
[ 67]
David Selby ED
20 April 1973
13 March 1976
2 years, 328 days
[ 68]
John McClemens
20 April 1973
31 January 1975
1 year, 286 days
[ 69]
Michael Helsham AO
22 December 1976
1 April 1986
9 years, 100 days
[ 70]
John O'Brien
13 August 1979
11 February 1986
6 years, 182 days
[ 71]
Thomas William Waddell
13 March 1996
12 May 1996
60 days
Alan Abadee RFD
4 October 1996
3 December 1996
60 days
Acting Judge of Appeal
Athol Moffitt CMG
10 February 1966
10 August 1966
181 days
[ 31]
Robert Hope AC CMG
14 August 1989
14 October 1992
3 years
[ 41]
Gordon Samuels AC
23 March 1992
7 April 1993
1 year
[ 42]
John Brownie
20 February 1997 3 May 1999
30 June 1997 2 May 2005
130 days 5 year
John Clarke
27 March 1997 5 June 2000
26 March 1998 30 June 2000
1 years 25 days
Ken Carruthers
2 March 1998
3 July 1998
123 days
Gerald Fitzgerald AC
1 July 1998
30 June 1999
1 year
Michael Foster
31 May 1999
26 November 2003
4 years
Judge of the Federal Court (1987–1998)
[ 72]
Terence Cole RFD
31 May 1999
1 August 1999
62 days
Jane Mathews AO
8 February 2001
7 February 2005
3 years
[ 73]
James Rolfe
30 April 2001 24 September 2001
29 June 2001 30 November 2001
60 days 67 days
Gerald Fitzgerald AC
4 June 2001 3 September 2001
29 June 2001 30 November 2001
25 days 88 days
Michael Campbell
3 June 2002 5 February 2004
28 June 2002 4 February 2005
25 days 365 days
Jerrold Cripps
24 January 2003
23 January 2005
2 years
Independent Commission Against Corruption (2004–2009)
Jeffrey Miles
28 April 2003
27 April 2005
2 years
Formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ACT
[ 44]
Paul Stein AM
2 February 2004
1 February 2006
2 years
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1983–1985) Judge of the Land and Environment Court (1985–1997)
Ronald Sackville AO
1 September 2008
13 July 2019
10 years
Judge of the Federal Court (1994–2008)
Roderick Howie
6 September 2010
31 December 2010
116 days
Peter Young AO
1 May 2012
31 December 2012
244 days
[ 49]
Arthur Emmett AO
30 September 2015
2021
6 years
[ 54]
Reginald Barrett
16 March 2016
30 June 2020
4 years
Carolyn Simpson
30 March 2018
6 years
[ 57]
Chief Judge at Common Law
John McClemens
20 April 1973
31 January 1975
1 year, 286 days
[ 69]
Robert Taylor
1 January 1975
19 December 1978
3 years, 352 days
[ 67]
Colin Begg
28 September 1983
9 September 1984
347 days
[ 74]
Jack Lee
4 August 1988
8 October 1991
3 years, 65 days
David Hunt
28 November 1991
31 March 1998
6 years, 123 days
Subsequently appointed Australia's Judge on UN International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia
James Wood AO
1 April 1998
31 August 2005
7 years, 152 days
[ 44]
Peter McClellan AM
2 September 2005
21 February 2013
7 years, 172 days
[ 44]
Clifton Hoeben AM RFD
22 February 2013
31 August 2021
9 years, 130 days
Robert Beech-Jones
|31 August 2021
3 years, 94 days
Appointed to the High Court
Chief Judge in Equity
Sir John Harvey
10 February 1925
31 January 1935
9 years, 355 days
[ 27]
Harold Sprent Nicholas
17 November 1939
7 January 1948
8 years, 51 days
[ 75]
Charles McLelland
8 September 1958
30 September 1972
14 years, 22 days
[ 36]
Michael Helsham AO
22 December 1976
1 April 1986
9 years, 100 days
[ 70]
Thomas William Waddell
2 April 1986
16 April 1993
7 years, 14 days
Malcolm McLelland
17 April 1993
29 August 1997
4 years, 134 days
David Hodgson AO
30 August 1997
22 April 2001
3 years, 235 days
Peter Young AO
23 April 2001
5 March 2009
7 years, 316 days
[ 49]
Patricia Bergin
6 March 2009
14 March 2017
8 years, 8 days
Julie Ward
15 March 2017
5 March 2022
4 years, 355 days
Appointed President of the Court of Appeal
[ 58]
David Hammerschlag
17 March 2022
2 years, 261 days
[ 63]
Chief Judge, Commercial Division
Andrew Rogers
21 December 1987
3 May 1993
5 years, 133 days
Barry O'Keefe AM , RFD , ED
19 May 1993
13 November 1994
1 year, 178 days
Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (1994–1999) Judicial Appointment revived (without loss of seniority) 14 November 1999
Roger Giles
8 December 1994
11 June 1998
3 years, 185 days
Chief Judge, Criminal Division
John O'Brien
13 August 1979
11 February 1986
6 years, 182 days
[ 71]
Chief Judge, Family Law Division
David Selby ED
20 April 1973
13 March 1976
2 years, 328 days
[ 68]
Judge
John Stephen [ c]
5 March 1826
31 December 1832
6 years, 301 days
Appointed by Legislative Council 17 August 1825
[ 22]
Sir James Dowling [ b]
6 August 1827
27 September 1844
17 years, 52 days
[ 4]
William Burton
22 December 1832
6 July 1844
11 years, 197 days
Appointed a judge in Madras
[ 76]
John Willis
7 November 1837
8 February 1841
3 years, 93 days
[ 77]
Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG , CB [ c]
27 March 1841
5 November 1873
34 years, 205 days
[ 5]
Sir John Dickinson
2 October 1844
17 February 1861
16 years, 138 days
[ 23]
Roger Therry
18 February 1846
31 January 1859
12 years, 347 days
[ 78]
William à Beckett
1 October 1846
23 January 1852
5 years, 114 days
[ 79]
Samuel Milford
1 April 1857
26 May 1865
8 years, 55 days
[ 80]
Edward Wise
15 February 1860
28 September 1865
5 years, 217 days
[ 81]
Alfred Cheeke
12 June 1865
14 March 1876
10 years, 276 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1859–1865)
[ 82]
John Hargrave
23 June 1865
11 October 1881
16 years, 110 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1858–1859)
[ 83]
Peter Faucett
4 October 1865
8 February 1888
22 years, 125 days
[ 84]
Sir William Manning
28 April 1876
17 October 1887
11 years, 172 days
[ 85]
Sir William Charles Windeyer [ i]
9 August 1881
31 August 1896
15 years, 22 days
[ 86]
Sir Joseph Innes [ j]
14 October 1881
28 October 1896
15 years, 14 days
[ 87]
Henry Stephen [ c]
19 May 1887
25 February 1904
16 years, 282 days
[ 24]
Sir William Owen [ k]
18 October 1887
1 February 1908
20 years, 106 days
[ 88] [ 89]
George Deffell
3 January 1888
9 November 1889
1 year, 310 days
[ 90] [ 91]
William Foster
14 February 1888
18 December 1894
6 years, 307 days
[ 92]
Charles James Manning
13 November 1889
8 August 1898
8 years, 268 days
[ 93] [ 94]
Sir George Simpson
18 December 1894
11 April 1910
15 years, 114 days
[ 95]
Henry Cohen
10 September 1896
5 January 1912
15 years, 117 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1881–1882)
[ 96]
Archibald Simpson
21 November 1896
31 December 1917
21 years, 40 days
[ 97] [ 98]
Gregory Walker
23 August 1898
31 December 1906
8 years, 130 days
[ 99] [ 100]
Robert Pring
16 June 1902
31 July 1922
20 years, 45 days
[ 25] [ 101]
Sir Philip Street KCMG [ d]
1 February 1907
31 January 1934
26 years, 364 days
[ 10]
Richard Sly
11 February 1908
16 December 1920
12 years, 309 days
[ 102]
Sir Alexander Gordon
27 April 1910
22 January 1929
18 years, 270 days
[ 103]
Sir David Ferguson
5 March 1912
6 October 1932
20 years, 215 days
[ 26] [ 104]
George Rich
2 July 1912
4 April 1913
276 days
Appointed to the High Court
[ 105]
Sir John Harvey
15 April 1913
31 January 1936
22 years, 291 days
[ 27] [ 106]
Sir Charles Wade KCMG
15 March 1920
26 September 1922
2 years, 195 days
Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW Attorney General (1904–1910)Premier (1907–1910)
[ 107]
Augustus James
6 January 1921
27 February 1934
13 years, 52 days
[ 108]
James Lang Campbell
1 September 1922
22 November 1929
7 years, 82 days
[ 109]
Sir Langer Owen CBE [ k]
30 October 1922
27 August 1933
10 years, 301 days
[ 110] [ 111]
Reginald Long Innes [ j]
10 February 1925
16 November 1940
15 years, 280 days
[ 112] [ 113]
Sir Colin Davidson
14 February 1927
17 November 1949
22 years, 276 days
[ 109]
Sir Percival Halse-Rogers KBE
7 June 1928
7 October 1945
17 years, 122 days
[ 114]
Edward Milner Stephen [ c]
10 June 1929
28 April 1939
9 years, 322 days
[ 115]
Sir Kenneth Street KCMG [ d]
7 October 1931
27 January 1960
28 years, 112 days
[ 12]
Victor Maxwell [ l]
9 August 1932
31 August 1956
24 years, 22 days
Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1928) Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1929–1930 & 1934)
[ 116]
Francis Stewart Boyce
28 August 1932
27 June 1940
7 years, 304 days
Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1916–1917)
[ 117]
Harold Sprent Nicholas
1 February 1935
7 January 1948
12 years, 340 days
[ 75]
Sir Thomas Bavin KCMG
16 October 1935
31 August 1941
5 years, 319 days
[ 118]
Ernest David Roper
25 May 1937 [ m]
28 June 1958
21 years, 34 days
[ 120]
Sir William FL Owen KBE [ k]
25 October 1937
21 September 1961
23 years, 331 days
Appointed to the High Court
[ 121]
Sir Dudley Williams MC
17 June 1940
14 October 1940
119 days
Appointed to the High Court
[ 122]
Reginald Schofield Bonney
1 August 1940
26 September 1950
10 years, 56 days
[ 123]
Henry George Edwards
28 November 1940
2 July 1952
11 years, 217 days
[ 124]
Sir Leslie Herron KBE , CMG , KStJ
10 February 1941
22 May 1972
31 years, 102 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1939–1941)
[ 14]
John Clancy CMG
9 July 1947
29 May 1965
17 years, 324 days
[ 28]
Sir Bernard Sugerman
10 September 1947
30 September 1972
25 years, 20 days
[ 30]
Francis Dwyer
5 April 1948
16 November 1953
5 years, 225 days
[ 125]
Ted Kinsella
18 January 1950
9 June 1963
13 years, 142 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW 1943 Member of the Industrial Commission of NSW (1943–1950)
[ 126]
Stanley Toose [ n]
13 November 1950
5 April 1954
3 years, 143 days
[ 127]
John McClemens
3 September 1951
7 March 1975
23 years, 185 days
[ 69]
Charles McLelland
28 April 1952
28 April 1973
21 years, 0 days
[ 36]
Alan Taylor
5 May 1952
2 September 1952
120 days
Appointed to the High Court
[ 128]
Athol Richardson
5 May 1952
16 October 1967
15 years, 164 days
[ 129]
Russell Brereton [ h]
13 October 1952
7 May 1974
21 years, 206 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1951–1952)
[ 130]
Bill Dovey
30 March 1953
9 April 1964
11 years, 10 days
[ 131]
Hugh Maguire
25 September 1953
31 October 1973
20 years, 36 days
Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1947) Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1953)
[ 132]
Frederick Myers
9 October 1953
26 July 1971
17 years, 290 days
[ 133]
Cyril Walsh
8 February 1954
2 October 1969
15 years, 236 days
Appointed to the High Court
[ 37]
John Nield
8 February 1954
29 April 1962
8 years, 80 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1934–1954)
[ 134]
Keith Ferguson
6 May 1955
5 June 1965
10 years, 30 days
[ 135]
Martin Hardie
2 September 1955
29 June 1974
18 years, 300 days
Sir James Manning
5 December 1955
28 February 1973
17 years, 85 days
[ 40]
Wilfred Collins
5 December 1955
27 February 1979
23 years, 84 days
[ 136]
Rex Chambers
3 April 1958
31 December 1963
5 years, 272 days
[ 137]
Rae Else-Mitchell CMG
8 September 1958
1 October 1974
16 years, 23 days
[ 138]
Bruce MacFarlan OBE [ g]
28 July 1959
31 October 1974
15 years, 95 days
[ 139]
Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE
21 March 1960
7 February 1974
13 years, 323 days
Appointed to the High Court
[ 32]
Sir Gordon Wallace
21 March 1960
21 January 1970
9 years, 306 days
[ 29]
John Nagle AO
21 March 1960
10 July 1983
23 years, 111 days
[ 40]
Robert Taylor
10 October 1961
19 December 1978
17 years, 70 days
[ 67]
David Selby ED
29 June 1962
13 March 1976
13 years, 258 days
[ 68]
Athol Moffitt CMG
9 November 1962
25 June 1984
21 years, 229 days
[ 31]
Kenneth Asprey
25 June 1963
6 July 1975
12 years, 11 days
[ 39]
Colin Begg
3 April 1964
9 September 1984
20 years, 159 days
[ 74]
Philip Allen
4 August 1964
2 February 1978
13 years, 182 days
John O'Brien
31 August 1964
11 February 1986
21 years, 164 days
[ 71]
Simon Isaacs
19 October 1964
9 April 1975
10 years, 172 days
[ 140]
John Holmes
8 November 1965
21 January 1973
7 years, 74 days
[ 38]
Sir Laurence Street KCMG [ d]
29 November 1965
1 November 1988
22 years, 338 days
[ 16]
Norman Jenkyn
29 November 1965
29 November 1975
10 years, 0 days
[ 141]
Jack Lee
12 September 1966
8 October 1991
25 years, 26 days
Raymond Reynolds AO
17 October 1967
18 February 1983
15 years, 124 days
Michael Helsham AO
19 August 1968
1 April 1986
17 years, 225 days
[ 70]
Leycester Meares AC CMG
2 June 1969
4 February 1979
9 years, 247 days
Paul Toose CBE [ n]
2 June 1969
30 April 1981
11 years, 332 days
Robert Hope AC CMG
22 September 1969
23 July 1989
19 years, 304 days
[ 41]
Gordon Carmichael
7 October 1969
19 March 1981
11 years, 163 days
John Slattery AO [ o]
22 January 1970
3 August 1988
18 years, 194 days
Antony Larkins
18 October 1971
29 July 1983
11 years, 284 days
[ 142]
Philip Woodward
19 October 1971
2 February 1982
10 years, 106 days
Kevin Holland
23 August 1972
1 March 1985
12 years, 190 days
[ 143]
Dennis Mahoney AO
8 August 1972
3 February 1997
24 years, 179 days
Francis Hutley
9 October 1972
22 October 1984
12 years, 13 days
Gordon Samuels AC
20 November 1972
23 March 1992
19 years, 124 days
[ 42]
Ian Sheppard AO
6 February 1973
8 December 1979
6 years, 305 days
Judge of the Federal Court (1979–1987)
Hal Wootten
17 September 1973
7 October 1983
10 years, 20 days
Harold Glass AO
17 September 1973
3 July 1987
13 years, 289 days
Arthur Francis Rath
18 February 1974
20 June 1984
10 years, 123 days
Victor Maxwell [ l]
8 April 1974
1 August 1990
16 years, 115 days
[ 144]
Thomas William Waddell
25 July 1974
16 April 1993
18 years, 265 days
Philip Jeffrey
26 August 1974
24 December 1978
4 years, 120 days
[ 145]
David Yeldham
21 October 1974
28 January 1990
15 years, 99 days
George Needham
4 November 1974
6 April 1989
14 years, 153 days
William Ash
20 February 1975
1 October 1982
7 years, 223 days
[ 146]
Henry Cantor
6 June 1975
2 June 1986
10 years, 361 days
[ 147]
Sir William Deane AC KBE
1 February 1977
31 March 1977
58 days
Judge of the Federal Court (1977–1982) Subsequently appointed to the High Court
Phillip Powell AM
26 April 1977
8 November 2002
25 years, 196 days
Edwin Lusher
29 September 1977
16 June 1986
8 years, 260 days
John Kearney
1 May 1978
21 February 1992
13 years, 296 days
Adrian Roden
4 December 1978
31 March 1989
10 years, 117 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1977–1978)
[ 148]
David Hunt
5 March 1979
31 March 1998
19 years, 26 days
Subsequently appointed Australia's Judge on UN International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia
Bill Fisher AO
30 July 1979
17 November 1981
2 years, 110 days
President Industrial Commission of NSW (1981–1998)Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW 1998-2002
[ 149]
Malcolm McLelland
30 July 1979
29 August 1997
18 years, 30 days
Andrew Rogers
14 December 1979
3 May 1993
13 years, 140 days
Donald Stewart
24 June 1981
31 December 1984
3 years, 190 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1977–1981)
[ 150]
Michael Foster
13 July 1981
1 November 1987
6 years, 111 days
Judge of the Federal Court (1987–1998)
[ 72]
Thomas Reynolds
13 July 1981
11 April 1988
6 years, 273 days
[ 151]
Kep Enderby
22 February 1982
26 June 1992
10 years, 125 days
Jeffrey Miles
8 March 1982
16 June 1985
3 years, 100 days
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ACT
John Clarke
1 February 1983
14 February 1997
14 years, 13 days
David Hodgson AO
31 October 1983
9 August 2011
27 years, 282 days
John Brian
21 November 1983
28 February 1999
15 years, 99 days
Ken Carruthers
28 November 1983
17 February 1995
11 years, 81 days
James Wood AO
1 February 1984
31 August 2005
21 years, 211 days
[ 44]
Mervyn Finlay
13 August 1984
8 September 1995
11 years, 26 days
Rex Smart
29 October 1984
13 November 1998
14 years, 15 days
Michael Grove RFD
11 February 1985
11 October 2010
25 years, 242 days
[ 152]
Peter Young AO
4 March 1985
23 April 2012
27 years, 50 days
[ 49]
Peter McInerney
8 July 1985
12 March 1999
13 years, 247 days
Michael Campbell
3 March 1986
6 February 1994
7 years, 340 days
Chief Judge, Compensation Court of NSW (1994–2004)
John Bryson
12 May 1986
28 February 2007
20 years, 292 days
[ 46]
John Brownie
16 June 1986
25 October 1996
10 years, 131 days
Colin Allen
1 August 1986
4 August 1996
10 years, 3 days
Jane Mathews AO
7 July 1987
3 July 1994
6 years, 361 days
President Administrative Appeals Tribunal
[ 73]
Peter Newman RFD
2 November 1987
5 November 2000
13 years, 3 days
Ray Loveday AM
29 April 1988
9 June 1993
5 years, 41 days
Roger Giles
6 May 1988
23 December 2011
23 years, 231 days
Terence Cole RFD
5 May 1988
18 May 1998
10 years, 13 days
Tim Studdert
19 September 1988
15 July 2007
18 years, 299 days
Brian Sully
24 July 1989
19 March 2007
17 years, 238 days
[ 153]
Jeremy Badgery-Parker
25 July 1989
20 March 1998
8 years, 238 days
George Sharpe
26 July 1989
9 August 1993
4 years, 14 days
Alan Abadee RFD
27 August 1990
3 October 2000
10 years, 37 days
James Rolfe
24 September 1990
16 March 2001
10 years, 173 days
Bruce James
18 May 1991
9 December 2011
20 years, 205 days
William Victor Windeyer AM , RFD , ED [ i]
14 April 1992
28 November 2008
16 years, 228 days
Morris Ireland
18 May 1992
13 June 2000
8 years, 26 days
[ 154]
David Levine RFD
10 August 1992
31 March 2005
12 years, 233 days
[ 44]
John Dunford
2 February 1993
1 May 2005
12 years, 88 days
[ 44]
Robert Shallcross Hulme
14 May 1993
6 June 2012
19 years, 23 days
Barry O'Keefe AM , RFD , ED
19 May 1993
22 March 2004
10 years, 308 days
Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (1994–1999) Judicial Appointment revived (without loss of seniority) 14 November 1999
[ 43]
Kim Santow OAM
30 August 1993
31 December 2007
14 years, 123 days
Carolyn Simpson
22 December 1993
29 March 2018
24 years, 97 days
[ 57]
Reg Blanch
28 February 1994
13 December 1994
288 days
Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (1994–2014)
Robert Hunter
29 April 1994
21 July 2002
8 years, 83 days
Vince Bruce
4 July 1994
8 March 1999
4 years, 247 days
[ 155]
John Dowd AO
25 July 1994
23 August 2004
10 years, 29 days
[ 43]
Theodore Simos
31 January 1995
16 October 2001
6 years, 258 days
Russell Bainton
20 February 1995
28 August 1998
3 years, 189 days
Harold Sperling
27 February 1995
27 February 2005
10 years, 0 days
[ 44]
Peter Hidden AM
16 October 1995
17 March 2016
20 years, 153 days
Graham Barr
26 August 1996
21 March 2009
28 years, 99 days
John Hamilton
17 March 1997
31 March 2009
12 years, 14 days
[ 156]
Clifford Einstein
1 September 1997
3 May 2012
14 years, 245 days
Greg James
14 April 1998
1 May 2005
7 years, 17 days
Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1988–1990)
[ 44]
Michael Adams
28 July 1998
10 February 2017
18 years, 197 days
Chief Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission
David Kirby [ f]
12 August 1998
14 October 2011
13 years, 63 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1988–1989)
[ 157]
Robert Austin
31 August 1998
5 March 2010
11 years, 186 days
Michael Walton
8 December 2016
25 years, 351 days
Judge, Vice President & President of the Industrial Court of NSW (18 December 1998 - 7 December 2016)
[ 158] [ 159]
Patricia Bergin
1 March 1999
14 March 2017
18 years, 13 days
Virginia Bell
25 March 1999
19 December 2008
9 years, 269 days
Appointed to the High Court
Anthony Whealy
26 June 2000
29 June 2012
12 years, 3 days
[ 160]
Roderick Howie
11 October 2000
14 May 2010
9 years, 215 days
Peter McClellan AM
29 January 2001
25 August 2003
2 years, 208 days
Chief Judge, Land and Environment Court (25 August 2003 – 1 September 2005)
Reginald Barrett
19 March 2001
20 April 2015
14 years, 32 days
[ 161]
George Palmer
23 April 2001
3 June 2011
10 years, 41 days
Joseph Campbell
26 October 2001
19 December 2012
11 years, 54 days
Terrence Buddin
30 January 2002
16 March 2012
10 years, 46 days
Ian Gzell
4 February 2002
27 May 2013
11 years, 112 days
[ 162]
David Ipp
21 October 2002
13 November 2009
7 years, 23 days
Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (2009–2014)
Jeff Shaw
4 February 2003
12 November 2004
1 year, 282 days
[ 43]
William Nicholas
5 February 2003
1 July 2013
10 years, 146 days
Robert McDougall
21 August 2003
31 January 2019
15 years, 163 days
[ 45]
David Hislop
23 March 2004
26 March 2014
10 years, 3 days
[ 43]
Richard White
27 April 2004
20 years, 220 days
[ 59]
Clifton Hoeben AM RFD
16 August 2004
31 August 2021
17 years, 15 days
[ 43]
Peter Johnson
1 February 2005
19 years, 306 days
[ 44]
Peter Hall
8 March 2005
21 December 2016
11 years, 288 days
Chief Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (2017–2022)
[ 44] [ 163]
Megan Latham
12 April 2005
27 July 2018
13 years, 106 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1998–2005) Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (2014–2016)
[ 44] [ 164]
Stephen Rothman AM
3 May 2005
19 years, 214 days
[ 44]
Paul Brereton AM , RFD [ h]
15 August 2005
30 May 2023
17 years, 288 days
Appointed as Commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption Commission
[ 60] [ 61]
Derek Price AM
28 August 2006
18 years, 97 days
Chief Magistrate Local Court (2002–2014) Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014- )
[ 165]
David Hammerschlag
30 January 2007
17 years, 308 days
Appointed Chief Judge in Equity (2022-)
[ 166]
Ian Harrison
12 February 2007
17 years, 295 days
[ 167]
Elizabeth Fullerton
19 February 2007
17 years, 288 days
[ 168]
Lucy McCallum
30 January 2008
7 March 2022
14 years, 36 days
Appointed Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory
Nigel Rein
5 May 2008
18 March 2022
13 years, 317 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (2002–2008)
[ 169] [ 64]
Julie Ward
29 September 2008
16 years, 65 days
[ 170]
Robert Allan Hulme
2 March 2009
15 years, 276 days
[ 171]
Robert Forster
4 May 2009
26 March 2010
326 days
[ 172]
Michael Slattery [ o]
25 May 2009
15 years, 192 days
[ 173]
David Davies
29 June 2009
15 years, 157 days
[ 174]
Monika Schmidt
27 July 2009
11 September 2019
10 years, 46 days
Judge of the Industrial Court of NSW (1993–2009)
[ 175] [ 176]
Michael Pembroke
12 April 2010
12 April 2020
10 years, 0 days
[ 177]
Michael Ball
13 April 2010
14 years, 234 days
[ 178]
Peter Garling RFD
7 June 2010
14 years, 179 days
[ 179]
John Sackar
1 February 2011
13 years, 306 days
[ 180]
Ashley Black
4 July 2011
13 years, 152 days
[ 181]
Christine Adamson
17 October 2011
13 years, 47 days
[ 182]
Geoffrey Bellew
31 January 2012
Appointed [Chairman of the New South Wales Parole Board]
12 years, 307 days
[ 51] [ 183]
James Stevenson
1 February 2012
12 years, 306 days
[ 51] [ 184]
Robert Beech-Jones
12 March 2012
12 years, 266 days
Appointed to the High Court
[ 185]
Stephen Campbell
2 May 2012
12 years, 215 days
[ 186]
Richard Button
12 June 2012
12 years, 174 days
[ 187]
Geoff Lindsay
6 August 2012
12 years, 119 days
[ 188]
Philip Hallen
12 November 2012
30 June 2023
10 years, 230 days
[ 189]
Francois Kunc
8 April 2013
11 years, 239 days
[ 190]
Stephen Robb
20 June 2013
11 years, 166 days
[ 191]
Rowan Darke
16 August 2013
16 August 2023
10 years, 0 days
[ 192] [ 193]
Robertson Wright
25 October 2013
11 years, 39 days
[ 194]
Peter Hamill
29 April 2014
10 years, 218 days
[ 195]
Helen Wilson
3 November 2014
10 years, 30 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014-2014)
[ 196]
Des Fagan
11 June 2015
9 years, 175 days
Natalie Adams
5 April 2016
8 years, 242 days
Julia Lonergan
21 March 2017
7 years, 257 days
[ 58]
Guy Parker
6 April 2017
7 years, 241 days
[ 197]
Kelly Rees
5 September 2018
6 years, 89 days
[ 198]
Lea Armstrong
31 October 2018
6 years, 33 days
NSW Crown Solicitor (2015–2018) President of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (2018–)
[ 199]
Trish Henry
30 January 2019
5 years, 308 days
[ 45]
Mark Ierace
31 January 2019
5 years, 307 days
[ 200]
Richard Cavanagh
16 September 2019
5 years, 78 days
[ 176]
Kate Williams
15 April 2020
4 years, 232 days
[ 201]
Hament Dhanji
20 September 2021
3 years, 74 days
[ 202]
Elisabeth Peden
6 April 2022
2 years, 241 days
[ 64]
Mark Richmond
19 April 2022
2 years, 228 days
[ 64]
Michael Meek
5 May 2022
2 years, 212 days
[ 203]
Dina Yehia
4 July 2022
2 years, 152 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014–2022)
[ 204]
Nicholas Chen
11 July 2022
2 years, 145 days
[ 204]
Sarah McNaughton
11 October 2022
2 years, 53 days
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (2016–2022)
[ 205]
Richard Howard Weinstein SC
1 February 2023
1 year, 306 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (2019–2023)
[ 65]
Deborah Anne Sweeney
8 February 2023
1 year, 299 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (2006–2023)
[ 65]
Scott Nixon
8 February 2023
1 year, 117 days
[ 206]
Anthony McGrath
15 February 2023
1 year, 110 days
[ 206]
Sarah Huggett
29 November 2023
16 April 2024
1 year, 4 days
[ 207]
Additional Judge
Samuel Milford
1 January 1856
31 March 1857
1 year, 89 days
[ 80]
Acting Judge
John Kinchela
April 1836
September 1837
1 year
Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG , CB [ c]
30 April 1839
26 March 1841
1–2 years
[ 5]
Henry Stephen [ c]
1 October 1876
31 October 1886
9–10 years
[ 24]
James Sheen Dowling [ b]
1 April 1878
31 December 1881
2–3 years
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1858–1889)
[ 208]
Arthur Holroyd
2 April 1879
5 April 1879
3 days
[ 209]
William Charles Windeyer
August 1879
9 August 1881
2 years, 0 days
Appointed judge
George Deffell
12 August 1887
28 December 1887
138 days
[ 90] [ 91]
Alfred Backhouse
1895
1898
2–3 years
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1884–1921)
[ 210]
Richard Sly
30 May 1898
31 December 1907
9 years
[ 102]
George Rich
7 June 1911
2 July 1912
1 year
[ 105]
Alexander Gerard Ralston KC
23 September 1919 18 October 1922 1 March 1923 28 July 1924 1 June 1925
31 December 1919 31 December 1922 12 April 1924 14 February 1925 31 December 1925
99 days 74 days 1 year 201 days 213 days
Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1894, 1905, 1907 1920)
[ 211]
Augustus James
21 September 1920
5 January 1921
106 days
[ 108]
Sir David Maughan
28 July 1924 6 May 1936
27 January 1925 31 March 1937
183 days 329 days
[ 212]
Sir Colin Davidson
8 June 1926
12 February 1927
249 days
[ 109]
Victor Maxwell [ l]
10 June 1929 9 February 1934
30 March 1930 8 August 1934
293 days 180 days
Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1928) Judge of the Supreme Court (1934–1956)
[ 116]
John Hammond
11 June 1929
31 December 1929
203 days
[ 213]
Francis Stewart Boyce
17 June 1932
27 August 1932
71 days
[ 117]
Richard Windeyer [ i]
23 November 1936
15 February 1937
112 days
[ 214] [ 215]
Ernest David Roper
8 March 1937
24 May 1937
77 days
[ 120]
Henry George Edwards
18 November 1937
5 September 1938
308 days
[ 124]
Charles Hardwick CMG
9 January 1939
31 May 1939
142 days
[ 216]
Arthur Pitt
14 February 1939
31 May 1939
106 days
[ 217]
Edmund Alfred Barton [ p]
1 June 1939
30 April 1940
334 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1933–1949)
[ 218]
Sir Dudley Williams MC
17 November 1939
16 June 1940
212 days
[ 122]
Keith Ferguson
17 March 1941
30 April 1941
44 days
Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW 1933 Judge of the Supreme Court (1955–1965)
[ 135]
Stanley Toose [ n]
5 January 1949
12 November 1950
1 years
[ 127]
John Nield
7 January 1952
25 January 1952
18 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1934–1954)
[ 134]
Gerald O'Sullivan
7 January 1952 12 January 1953
25 January 1952 1 February 1953
18 days 20 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1950–1960)
[ 219]
John Brennan
12 January 1953
8 February 1953
27 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1951–1977)
[ 220]
Frank Stephen
12 January 1953 11 June 1956
8 February 1953 26 October 1956
27 days 137 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1952–1967)
[ 221]
Hugh Maguire
30 March 1953
24 September 1953
178 days
Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1947) Judge of the Supreme Court (1953–1973)
[ 132]
Frederick Myers
9 April 1953
8 October 1953
182 days
[ 133]
Wilfred Collins
13 September 1955
4 December 1955
82 days
[ 136]
Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE
1 July 1959
31 December 1959
183 days
Appointed to the High Court
[ 32]
Kenneth Asprey
24 October 1962
24 June 1963
243 days
[ 39]
Hereward Henchman [ q]
12 September 1966
28 February 1967
169 days
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1968–1974)
[ 222]
Michael Helsham AO
3 June 1968
18 August 1968
76 days
[ 70]
Ken Carruthers
10 October 1983
16 December 1983
67 days
John Slattery AO [ o]
12 September 1988
3 December 1992
4 years
James Rolfe
31 January 1989
28 April 1989
87 days
Peter Capelin
27 February 1989 26 February 1990
12 May 1989 4 May 1990
74 days 67 days
[ 223]
Calvin Callaway
27 February 1989 26 February 1990 29 September 1997
12 May 1989 4 May 1990 19 December 1997
74 days 67 days 81 days
Associate Judge of the District Court of NSW (1988–1990)
[ 224]
George Needham
7 April 1989
6 April 1991
2 years
Kevin Holland
13 June 1989
31 August 1990
10 years
[ 143]
Morris Ireland
14 August 1989
13 October 1989
60 days
[ 154]
Alan Abadee RFD
2 April 1990
1 June 1990
60 days
Vince Bruce
4 June 1990 1 July 1991
3 August 1990 30 August 1991
60 days 60 days
[ 155]
Jack Lee
8 October 1991
4 December 1992
1 year
Ray Loveday AM
25 October 1993 12 September 1994
31 January 1994 31 December 1994
98 days 110 days
George Sharpe
1 August 1994
31 December 1994
152 days
John Hamilton
29 July 1996
1 November 1996
95 days
Rex Smart
4 March 1999
3 March 2005
6 years
Ken Carruthers
10 May 1999
9 May 2004
5 years
Peter McInerney
24 May 1999
23 May 2001
2 years
Jeremy Badgery-Parker
1 July 1999
30 June 2002
3 years
Morris Ireland
14 June 2000
13 June 2003
3 years
[ 154]
David Ipp
29 January 2001
1 January 2003
1–2 years
Peter Newman RFD
8 February 2001
7 February 2005
3 years
Jerrold Cripps
24 January 2002
23 January 2003
1 year
Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner (2004–2009)
Reg Blanch
3 June 2002
28 June 2002
25 days
Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (1994–2014)
Jane Mathews AO
8 February 2001
18 December 2017
16 years
Judge of the District Court of NSW (1980–1987)
William Victor Windeyer AM , RFD , ED [ i]
17 August 2009
30 November 2012
3 years
Peter Hidden AM
20 July 2016
2021
5 years
Monika Schmidt
3 February 2020
4 years
Judge at Port Phillip [ r]
John Willis
8 February 1841
24 June 1843 [ s]
2 years, 136 days
[ 77]
William Jeffcott
1 July 1843
December 1844
1 year, 153 days
[ 228]
Roger Therry
9 January 1845
17 February 1846
1 year, 39 days
[ 78]
William à Beckett
28 February 1846
23 January 1852
5 years, 329 days
Became first Chief Justice of Victoria 24 January 1852
[ 79]
Judge at Moreton Bay [ t]
Samuel Milford
21 January 1856
14 February 1859
3 years, 24 days
[ 80]
Alfred Lutwyche
15 February 1859
7 August 1861
2 years, 173 days
Appointed first judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland
[ 230]
Master in Equity
William Carter
1 December 1823 1829 22 November 1841
1828 1832 1843
4–5 years 2–3 years 1–2 years
John Kinchela
30 November 1840
September 1841
275–304 days
Samuel Milford
24 January 1843
31 December 1855
12 years, 341 days
[ 80]
George Deffell
1 April 1857
10 May 1866
9 years, 39 days
[ 90] [ 91]
Arthur Holroyd
11 May 1866
19 January 1885
18 years, 253 days
[ 209]
Henry F Barton
20 January 1885
25 October 1902
18 years, 278 days
[ 231]
Henry P Owen
4 November 1902
31 July 1918
15 years, 269 days
[ 232]
William Parker
1 August 1918
25 July 1940
21 years, 359 days
[ 233]
John Hooton
26 July 1940
1959
18–19 years
Edward Dawes
1959
1976
16–17 years
Brian Cohen
1976
1983
6–7 years
Denis Gressier
1983
1991
7–8 years
William Victor Windeyer AM , RFD , ED [ i]
1989
April 1992
2–3 years
Master in Lunacy
Arthur Holroyd
16 May 1879
19 January 1885
5 years, 248 days
[ 209]
Henry F Barton
20 January 1885
25 October 1902
18 years, 278 days
[ 231]
Henry P Owen
4 November 1902
31 July 1918
15 years, 269 days
[ 232]
Master
Henry Cantor
1 July 1972
5 June 1975
2 years, 339 days
Master, Common Law
George Sharpe
1975
1989
13–14 years
Colin Allen
1976
July 1986
9–10 years
John Hogan
1982
1989
6–7 years
Terence Greenwood
1982
1997
14–15 years
James Monaghan
6 August 1986
2 December 1988
2 years, 118 days
[ 234]
Master, Common Law / Associate Judge
Bryan Malpass
1989
30 October 2008
18–19 years
Master / Associate Judge
Joanne Harrison
1997
26–27 years
Master in Equity / Associate Judge
John McLaughlin
1989
4 July 2010
20–21 years
Richard Macready
1992
27 February 2013
20–21 years
Associate Judge
Philip Hallen
5 July 2010
11 November 2012
2 years, 129 days
[ 235]
Acting Master in Equity
Frederick Salisbury
8 June 1897
31 December 1897
206 days
Harry Henry
1 November 1928 22 May 1933
31 January 1929 February 1934
91 days 255–282 days
Geofrey Stuckey
4 December 1937
31 January 1938
58 days
Deputy Master in Equity
Frederick Salisbury
3 April 1905
31 May 1905
58 days
Notes
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