List of judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of NSW as of September 2018 include : Current judges Chief Justices of NSW Presidents of the NSW Court of Appeal Judge Commissaries in the Vice Admiralty Court Chief Judges in Equity Chief Judges in Common law Judges of Appeal Acting judges Masters / Associate judges 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.

List of judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

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Table Section Text: Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of NSW as of September 2018 include : Current judges Chief Justices of NSW Presidents of the NSW Court of Appeal Judge Commissaries in the Vice Admiralty Court Chief Judges in Equity Chief Judges in Common law Judges of Appeal Acting judges Masters / Associate judges 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

Sir James Dowling	30 August 1837	27 September 1844	7 years, 28 days

Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB	14 November 1845	5 November 1873	27 years, 356 days

Sir James Martin KCB, QC	19 November 1873	4 November 1886	12 years, 350 days

Sir Julian Salomons	12 November 1886	27 November 1886	15 days

Sir Frederick Darley GCMG, PC	29 November 1886	4 January 1910	23 years, 36 days

Sir William Cullen KCMG	28 January 1910	27 January 1925	14 years, 365 days

Sir Philip Street KCMG	28 January 1925	31 January 1934	9 years, 3 days

Sir Frederick Jordan KCMG	1 February 1934	4 November 1949	15 years, 276 days

Sir Kenneth Street KCMG	6 January 1950	27 January 1960	10 years, 21 days

Herbert Evatt KStJ	15 February 1960	24 October 1962	2 years, 251 days

Sir Leslie Herron KBE CMG	25 October 1962	22 May 1972	9 years, 210 days

Sir John Kerr AK, GCMG, GCVO	23 May 1972	27 June 1974	2 years, 35 days	Appointed Governor-General

Sir Laurence Street KCMG	28 June 1974	1 November 1988	14 years, 126 days

Murray Gleeson AC	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

Tom Bathurst AC	1 June 2011	7 years, 303 days

Acting Chief Justice	John Stephen	22 February 1826	27 May 1826	94 days

Sir James Dowling	16 April 1836	29 August 1837	1 year, 135 days

Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB	7 October 1844	13 November 1845	1 year, 37 days

Sir John Dickinson	15 February 1860	17 February 1861	1 year, 2 days

Henry Stephen	16 June 1902	25 February 1904	1 year, 254 days

Sir George Simpson	1 February 1909	4 January 1910	337 days

Robert Pring	17 April 1918	15 May 1918	28 days

Sir Philip Street KCMG	28 July 1924	27 January 1925	183 days

Sir David Ferguson	1 February 1929	31 December 1929	333 days

Sir John Harvey	30 June 1933	31 January 1934	215 days

Sir Kenneth Street KCMG	16 September 1949	4 November 1949	49 days

Sir Leslie Herron KBE CMG	12 March 1962	24 October 1962	226 days

John Clancy CMG	8 October 1964	5 February 1965	120 days

Sir Gordon Wallace	1 October 1968	3 February 1969	125 days

Sir Bernard Sugerman	10 August 1970	11 October 1970	62 days

Sir Laurence Street KCMG	28 May 1974	16 June 1974	19 days

Athol Moffitt CMG	16 August 1979	16 September 1979	31 days

Michael Kirby AC, CMG	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

Sir Bernard Sugerman	2 January 1970	30 September 1972	2 years, 272 days

Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE	1 October 1972	7 February 1974	1 year, 129 days	Appointed to the High Court

Athol Moffitt CMG	8 February 1974	25 June 1984	10 years, 138 days

Michael Kirby AC CMG	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–)

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) Governor of NSW (2019–)

Andrew Bell	28 February 2019	31 days

Judge of Appeal	Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE	1 January 1966	7 February 1974	8 years, 37 days	Appointed to the High Court

Sir Bernard Sugerman	1 January 1966	30 September 1972	6 years, 273 days

Charles McLelland	1 January 1966	28 April 1973	7 years, 117 days

Cyril Walsh	1 January 1966	2 October 1969	15 years, 236 days	Appointed to the High Court

John Holmes	1 January 1966	21 January 1973	7 years, 20 days

Kenneth Asprey	1 January 1966	6 July 1975	9 years, 186 days

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

Athol Moffitt CMG	22 January 1970	25 June 1984	14 years, 155 days

Sir Laurence Street KCMG	31 July 1972	1 November 1988	16 years, 93 days

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

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

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

Roderick Meagher	31 January 1989	16 March 2004	15 years, 45 days

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

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 RFD	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) Governor of NSW (2019–)

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

John Bryson	17 March 2004	28 February 2007	2 years, 348 days

John Basten	2 May 2005	13 years, 333 days

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	8 September 2008	10 years, 204 days

Peter Young AO	6 March 2009	23 April 2012	3 years, 48 days

Anthony Meagher	10 August 2011	7 years, 233 days

Reginald Barrett	25 January 2012	20 April 2015	3 years, 85 days

Clifton Hoeben AM RFD	23 April 2012	6 years, 342 days

Julie Ward	12 November 2012	6 years, 139 days

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

Arthur Emmett AO	7 March 2013	30 September 2015	2 years, 207 days	Judge of the Federal Court (1997–2013)

Fabian Gleeson	29 April 2013	5 years, 336 days

Mark Leeming	3 June 2013	5 years, 301 days

Carolyn Simpson	11 June 2015	29 March 2018	2 years, 291 days

Anthony Payne	30 March 2016	3 years, 1 day

Richard White	15 March 2017	2 years, 16 days

Paul Brereton AM, RFD	23 August 2018	220 days

Lucy McCallum	27 January 2019	63 days

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

David Selby ED	20 April 1973	13 March 1976	2 years, 328 days

John McClemens	20 April 1973	31 January 1975	1 year, 286 days

Michael Helsham AO	22 December 1976	1 April 1986	9 years, 100 days

John O'Brien	13 August 1979	11 February 1986	6 years, 182 days

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

Robert Hope AC CMG	14 August 1989	14 October 1992	3 years, 61 days

Gordon Samuels AC	23 March 1992	7 April 1993	1 year, 15 days

John Brownie	20 February 1997 3 May 1999	30 June 1997 2 May 2005	130 days 5 years, 364 days

John Clarke	27 March 1997 5 June 2000	26 March 1998 30 June 2000	364 days 25 days

Ken Carruthers	2 March 1998	3 July 1998	123 days

Gerald Fitzgerald AC	1 July 1998	30 June 1999	364 days

Michael Foster	31 May 1999	26 November 2003	4 years, 179 days	Judge of the Federal Court (1987–1998)

Terence Cole RFD	31 May 1999	1 August 1999	62 days

Jane Mathews AO	8 February 2001	7 February 2005	3 years, 365 days

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	1 year, 365 days	Independent Commission Against Corruption (2004–2009)

Jeffrey Miles	28 April 2003	27 April 2005	1 year, 364 days	Formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ACT

Paul Stein AM	2 February 2004	1 February 2006	1 year, 364 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1983–1985) Judge of the Land and Environment Court (1985–1997)

Ronald Sackville AO	1 September 2008	10 years, 211 days	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

Arthur Emmett AO	30 September 2015	3 years, 182 days

Reginald Barrett	16 March 2016	3 years, 15 days

Carolyn Simpson	30 March 2018	1 year, 1 day

Chief Judge at Common Law	John McClemens	20 April 1973	31 January 1975	1 year, 286 days

Robert Taylor	1 January 1975	19 December 1978	3 years, 352 days

Colin Begg	28 September 1983	9 September 1984	347 days

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

Peter McClellan AM	2 September 2005	21 February 2013	7 years, 172 days

Clifton Hoeben AM RFD	22 February 2013	6 years, 37 days

Chief Judge in Equity	Sir John Harvey	10 February 1925	31 January 1935	9 years, 355 days

Harold Sprent Nicholas	17 November 1939	7 January 1948	8 years, 51 days

Charles McLelland	8 September 1958	30 September 1972	14 years, 22 days

Michael Helsham AO	22 December 1976	1 April 1986	9 years, 100 days

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

Patricia Bergin	6 March 2009	14 March 2017	8 years, 8 days

Julie Ward	15 March 2017	2 years, 16 days

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 Nov 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

Chief Judge, Family Law Division	David Selby ED	20 April 1973	13 March 1976	2 years, 328 days

Judge	John Stephen	5 March 1826	31 December 1832	6 years, 301 days	Appointed by Legislative Council 17 Aug, 1825

Sir James Dowling	6 August 1827	27 September 1844	17 years, 52 days

William Burton	22 December 1832	6 July 1844	11 years, 197 days	Appointed a judge in Madras

John Willis	7 November 1837	8 February 1841	3 years, 93 days

Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB	27 March 1841	5 November 1873	34 years, 205 days

Sir John Dickinson	2 October 1844	17 February 1861	16 years, 138 days

Roger Therry	18 February 1846	31 January 1859	12 years, 347 days

William à Beckett	1 October 1846	23 January 1852	5 years, 114 days

Samuel Milford	1 April 1857	26 May 1865	8 years, 55 days

Edward Wise	15 February 1860	28 September 1865	5 years, 217 days

Alfred Cheeke	12 June 1865	14 March 1876	10 years, 276 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1859–1865)

John Hargrave	23 June 1865	11 October 1881	16 years, 110 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1858–1859)

Peter Faucett	4 October 1865	8 February 1888	22 years, 125 days

Sir William Manning	28 April 1876	17 October 1887	11 years, 172 days

Sir William Charles Windeyer	9 August 1881	31 August 1896	15 years, 22 days

Sir Joseph Innes	14 October 1881	28 October 1896	15 years, 14 days

Henry Stephen	19 May 1887	25 February 1904	16 years, 282 days

Sir William Owen	18 October 1887	1 February 1908	20 years, 106 days

George Deffell	3 January 1888	9 November 1889	1 year, 310 days

William Foster	14 February 1888	18 December 1894	6 years, 307 days

Charles James Manning	13 November 1889	8 August 1898	8 years, 268 days

Sir George Simpson	18 December 1894	11 April 1910	15 years, 114 days

Henry Cohen	10 September 1896	5 January 1912	15 years, 117 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1881–1882)

Archibald Simpson	21 November 1896	31 December 1917	21 years, 40 days

Robert Pring	16 June 1902	31 July 1922	20 years, 45 days

Sir Philip Street KCMG	1 February 1907	31 January 1934	26 years, 364 days

Richard Sly	11 February 1908	16 December 1920	12 years, 309 days

Sir Alexander Gordon	27 April 1910	22 January 1929	18 years, 270 days

Sir David Ferguson	5 March 1912	6 October 1932	20 years, 215 days

George Rich	2 July 1912	4 April 1913	276 days	Appointed to the High Court

Sir John Harvey	15 April 1913	31 January 1936	22 years, 291 days

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)

Augustus James	6 January 1921	27 February 1934	13 years, 52 days

James Lang Campbell	1 September 1922	22 November 1929	7 years, 82 days

Sir Langer Owen CBE	30 October 1922	27 August 1933	10 years, 301 days

Reginald Innes	10 February 1925	16 November 1940	15 years, 280 days

Sir Colin Davidson	14 February 1927	17 November 1949	22 years, 276 days

Sir Percival Halse-Rogers KBE	7 June 1928	7 October 1945	17 years, 122 days

Edward Milner Stephen	10 June 1929	28 April 1939	9 years, 322 days

Sir Kenneth Street KCMG	7 October 1931	27 January 1960	28 years, 112 days

Victor Maxwell	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)

Francis Stewart Boyce	28 August 1932	27 June 1940	7 years, 304 days	Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1916–1917)

Harold Sprent Nicholas	1 February 1935	7 January 1948	12 years, 340 days

Sir Thomas Bavin KCMG	16 October 1935	31 August 1941	5 years, 319 days

Ernest David Roper	25 May 1937	28 June 1958	21 years, 34 days

Sir William FL Owen KBE	25 October 1937	21 September 1961	23 years, 331 days	Appointed to the High Court

Sir Dudley Williams MC	17 June 1940	14 October 1940	119 days	Appointed to the High Court

Reginald Schofield Bonney	1 August 1940	26 September 1950	10 years, 56 days

Henry George Edwards	28 November 1940	2 July 1952	11 years, 217 days

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)

John Clancy CMG	9 July 1947	29 May 1965	17 years, 324 days

Sir Bernard Sugerman	10 September 1947	30 September 1972	25 years, 20 days

Francis Dwyer	5 April 1948	16 November 1953	5 years, 225 days

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)

Stanley Toose	13 November 1950	5 April 1954	3 years, 143 days

John McClemens	3 September 1951	7 March 1975	23 years, 185 days

Charles McLelland	28 April 1952	28 April 1973	21 years, 0 days

Alan Taylor	5 May 1952	2 September 1952	120 days	Appointed to the High Court

Athol Richardson	5 May 1952	16 October 1967	15 years, 164 days

Russel Brereton	13 October 1952	7 May 1974	21 years, 206 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1951–1952)

Bill Dovey	30 March 1953	9 April 1964	11 years, 10 days

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)

Frederick Myers	9 October 1953	26 July 1971	17 years, 290 days

Cyril Walsh	8 February 1954	2 October 1969	15 years, 236 days	Appointed to the High Court

John Nield	8 February 1954	29 April 1962	8 years, 80 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1934–1954)

Keith Ferguson	6 May 1955	5 June 1965	10 years, 30 days

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

Wilfred Collins	5 December 1955	27 February 1979	23 years, 84 days

Rex Chambers	3 April 1958	31 December 1963	5 years, 272 days

Rae Else-Mitchell CMG	8 September 1958	1 October 1974	16 years, 23 days

Bruce MacFarlan OBE	28 July 1959	31 October 1974	15 years, 95 days

Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE	21 March 1960	7 February 1974	13 years, 323 days	Appointed to the High Court

Sir Gordon Wallace	21 March 1960	21 January 1970	9 years, 306 days

John Nagle AO	21 March 1960	10 July 1983	23 years, 111 days

Robert Taylor	10 October 1961	19 December 1978	17 years, 70 days

David Selby ED	29 June 1962	13 March 1976	13 years, 258 days

Athol Moffitt CMG	9 November 1962	25 June 1984	21 years, 229 days

Kenneth Asprey	25 June 1963	6 July 1975	12 years, 11 days

Colin Begg	3 April 1964	9 September 1984	20 years, 159 days

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

Simon Isaacs	19 October 1964	9 April 1975	10 years, 172 days

John Holmes	8 November 1965	21 January 1973	7 years, 74 days

Sir Laurence Street KCMG	29 November 1965	1 November 1988	22 years, 338 days

Norman Jenkyn	29 November 1965	29 November 1975	10 years, 0 days

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

Leycester Meares AC CMG	2 June 1969	4 February 1979	9 years, 247 days

Paul Toose CBE	2 June 1969	30 April 1981	11 years, 332 days

Robert Hope AC CMG	22 September 1969	23 July 1989	19 years, 304 days

Gordon Carmichael	7 October 1969	19 March 1981	11 years, 163 days

John Slattery AO	22 January 1970	3 August 1988	18 years, 194 days

Antony Larkins	18 October 1971	29 July 1983	11 years, 284 days

Philip Woodward	19 October 1971	2 February 1982	10 years, 106 days

Kevin Holland	23 August 1972	1 March 1985	12 years, 190 days

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

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	8 April 1974	1 August 1990	16 years, 115 days

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

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

Henry Cantor	6 June 1975	2 June 1986	10 years, 361 days

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)

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

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)

Michael Foster	13 July 1981	1 November 1987	6 years, 111 days	Judge of the Federal Court (1987–1998)

Thomas Reynolds	13 July 1981	11 April 1988	6 years, 273 days

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

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

Peter Young AO	4 March 1985	23 April 2012	27 years, 50 days

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

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

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

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	14 April 1992	28 November 2008	16 years, 228 days

Morris Ireland	18 May 1992	13 June 2000	8 years, 26 days

David Levine RFD	10 August 1992	31 March 2005	12 years, 233 days

John Dunford	2 February 1993	1 May 2005	12 years, 88 days

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 Nov 1999

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

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

John Dowd AO	25 July 1994	23 August 2004	10 years, 29 days

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 2004	9 years, 0 days

Peter Hidden AM	16 October 1995	17 March 2016	20 years, 153 days

Graham Barr	26 August 1996	21 March 2009	22 years, 217 days

John Hamilton	17 March 1997	31 March 2009	12 years, 14 days

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)

Michael Adams	28 July 1998	10 February 2017	18 years, 197 days	Chief Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission

David Kirby	12 August 1998	14 October 2011	13 years, 63 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1988–1989)

Robert Austin	31 August 1998	5 March 2010	11 years, 186 days

Michael Walton	8 December 2016	20 years, 103 days	Judge, Vice President & President of the Industrial Court of NSW (18 December 1998 - 7 December 2016)

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

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

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

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

William Nicholas	5 February 2003	1 July 2013	10 years, 146 days

Robert McDougall	21 August 2003	31 January 2019	15 years, 163 days

David Hislop	23 March 2004	26 March 2014	10 years, 3 days

Richard White	27 April 2004	14 years, 338 days

Clifton Hoeben AM RFD	16 August 2004	14 years, 227 days

Peter Johnson	1 February 2005	14 years, 58 days

Peter Hall	8 March 2005	21 December 2016	11 years, 288 days

Megan Latham	12 April 2005	13 years, 353 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1998-2005) Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (2014-2016)

Stephen Rothman AM	3 May 2005	13 years, 332 days

Paul Brereton AM, RFD	15 August 2005	13 years, 228 days

Derek Price AM	28 August 2006	12 years, 215 days	Chief Magistrate Local Court (2002-2014) Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014- )

David Hammerschlag	30 January 2007	12 years, 60 days

Ian Harrison	12 February 2007	12 years, 47 days

Elizabeth Fullerton	19 February 2007	12 years, 40 days

Lucy McCallum	30 January 2008	11 years, 60 days

Nigel Rein	5 May 2008	10 years, 330 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (2002-2008)

Julie Ward	29 September 2008	10 years, 183 days

Robert Allan Hulme	2 March 2009	10 years, 29 days

Robert Forster	4 May 2009	26 March 2010	326 days

Michael Slattery	25 May 2009	9 years, 310 days

David Davies	29 June 2009	9 years, 275 days

Monika Schmidt	27 July 2009	9 years, 247 days	Judge of the Industrial Court of NSW (1993–2009)

Michael Pembroke	12 April 2010	8 years, 353 days

Michael Ball	13 April 2010	8 years, 352 days

Peter Garling RFD	7 June 2010	8 years, 297 days

John Sackar	1 February 2011	8 years, 58 days

Ashley Black	4 July 2011	7 years, 270 days

Christine Adamson	17 October 2011	7 years, 165 days

Geoffrey Bellew	31 January 2012	7 years, 59 days

James Stevenson	1 February 2012	7 years, 58 days

Robert Beech-Jones	12 March 2012	7 years, 19 days

Stephen Campbell	2 May 2012	6 years, 333 days

Richard Button	12 June 2012	6 years, 292 days

Geoff Lindsay	6 August 2012	6 years, 237 days

Philip Hallen	12 November 2012	6 years, 139 days

Francois Kunc	8 April 2013	5 years, 357 days

Stephen Robb	20 June 2013	5 years, 284 days

Rowan Darke	16 August 2013	5 years, 227 days

Robertson Wright	25 October 2013	5 years, 157 days

Peter Hamill	29 April 2014	4 years, 336 days

Helen Wilson	3 November 2014	4 years, 148 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014-2014)

Des Fagan	11 June 2015	3 years, 293 days

Natalie Adams	5 April 2016	2 years, 360 days

Julia Lonergan	21 March 2017	2 years, 10 days

Guy Parker	6 April 2017	1 year, 359 days

Kelly Rees	5 September 2018	207 days

Lea Armstrong	31 October 2018	151 days	NSW Crown Solicitor (2015–2018) President of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (2018–)

Trish Henry	30 January 2019	60 days

Mark Ierace	31 January 2019	59 days

Additional Judge	Samuel Milford	1 January 1856	31 March 1857	1 year, 89 days

Acting judge	John Kinchela	April 1836	September 1837	1 year, 124–182 days

Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB	30 April 1839	26 March 1841	1 year, 330 days

Henry Stephen	1 October 1876	31 October 1886	10 years, 91 days

James Sheen Dowling	1 April 1878	31 December 1881	3 years, 274 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1858–1889)

Arthur Holroyd	2 April 1879	5 April 1879	3 days

George Deffell	12 August 1887	28 December 1887	138 days

Alfred Backhouse	1895	1898	2–3 years	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1884–1921)

Richard Sly	30 May 1898	31 December 1907	9 years, 215 days

George Rich	7 June 1911	2 July 1912	1 year, 25 days

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, 42 days 201 days 213 days	Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1894, 1905, 1907 1920)

Augustus James	21 September 1920	5 January 1921	106 days

Sir David Maughan	28 July 1924 6 May 1936	27 January 1925 31 March 1937	183 days 329 days

Sir Colin Davidson	8 June 1926	12 February 1927	249 days

Victor Maxwell	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)

John Hammond	11 June 1929	31 December 1929	203 days

Francis Stewart Boyce	17 June 1932	27 August 1932	71 days

Richard Windeyer	23 November 1936	15 February 1937	112 days

Ernest David Roper	8 March 1937	24 May 1937	77 days

Henry George Edwards	18 November 1937	5 September 1938	308 days

Charles Hardwick CMG	9 January 1939	31 May 1939	142 days

Arthur Pitt	14 February 1939	31 May 1939	106 days

Edmund Alfred Barton	1 June 1939	30 April 1940	334 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1933–1949)

Sir Dudley Williams MC	17 November 1939	16 June 1940	212 days

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)

Stanley Toose	5 January 1949	12 November 1950	1 year, 311 days

John Nield	7 January 1952	25 January 1952	18 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1934–1954)

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)

John Brennan	12 January 1953	8 February 1953	27 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1951–1977)

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)

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)

Frederick Myers	9 April 1953	8 October 1953	17 years, 290 days

Wilfred Collins	13 September 1955	4 December 1955	82 days

Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE	1 July 1959	31 December 1959	183 days	Appointed to the High Court

Kenneth Asprey	24 October 1962	24 June 1963	243 days

Hereward Henchman	12 September 1966	28 February 1967	169 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1968–1974)

Michael Helsham AO	3 June 1968	18 August 1968	76 days

Ken Carruthers	10 October 1983	16 December 1983	67 days

John Slattery AO	12 September 1988	3 December 1992	4 years, 113 days

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

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)

George Needham	7 April 1989	6 April 1991	1 year, 364 days

Kevin Holland	13 June 1989	31 August 1990	10 years, 89 days

Morris Ireland	14 August 1989	13 October 1989	60 days

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

Jack Lee	8 October 1991	4 December 1992	1 year, 57 days

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	5 years, 364 days

Ken Carruthers	10 May 1999	9 May 2004	4 years, 365 days

Peter McInerney	24 May 1999	23 May 2001	1 year, 364 days

Jeremy Badgery-Parker	1 July 1999	30 June 2002	2 years, 364 days

Morris Ireland	14 June 2000	13 June 2003	2 years, 364 days

David Ipp	29 January 2001	1 January 2003	1 year, 337 days

Peter Newman RFD	8 February 2001	7 February 2005	3 years, 365 days

Jerrold Cripps	24 January 2002	23 January 2003	364 days	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	2005	2018	12–13 years	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1980–1987)

William Victor Windeyer AM, RFD, ED	17 August 2009	30 November 2012	3 years, 105 days

Peter Hidden AM	20 July 2016	2 years, 254 days

Judge Commissary Vice-Admiralty Court	Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB	7 October 1844	5 November 1873	29 years, 29 days

Sir James Martin KCB, QC	19 November 1873	4 November 1886	12 years, 350 days

Deputy Commissary Vice-Admiralty Court	John Kinchela	September 1837	November 1840	3 years, 32–90 days

Samuel Milford	22 October 1844	31 January 1859	14 years, 101 days

Samuel Milford	9 March 1859	26 May 1865	6 years, 78 days

Acting Commissary Vice-Admiralty Court	Samuel Milford	1 August 1844	21 October 1844	81 days

Surrogate Judge Vice-Admiralty Court	Henry Stephen	1 January 1882	31 December 1884	2 years, 365 days

Judge at Port Phillip	John Willis	8 February 1841	24 June 1843	2 years, 136 days

William Jeffcott	1 July 1843	December 1844	1 year, 153 days

Roger Therry	9 January 1845	17 February 1846	1 year, 39 days

William à Beckett	28 February 1846	23 January 1852	5 years, 329 days	Became first Chief Justice of Victoria 24 Jan 1852

Judge at Moreton Bay	Samuel Milford	21 January 1856	14 February 1859	3 years, 24 days

Alfred Lutwyche	15 February 1859	7 August 1861	2 years, 173 days	Appointed first judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland

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

George Deffell	1 April 1857	10 May 1866	9 years, 39 days

Arthur Holroyd	11 May 1866	19 January 1885	18 years, 253 days

Henry F Barton	20 January 1885	25 October 1902	18 years, 278 days

Henry P Owen	4 November 1902	31 July 1918	15 years, 269 days

William Parker	1 August 1918	25 July 1940	21 years, 359 days

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	1989	April 1992	2–3 years

Master in Lunacy	Arthur Holroyd	16 May 1866	19 January 1885	18 years, 248 days

Henry F Barton	20 January 1885	25 October 1902	18 years, 278 days

Henry P Owen	4 November 1902	31 July 1918	15 years, 269 days

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

Master, Common Law / Associate Judge	Bryan Malpass	1989	30 October 2008	18–19 years

Master / Associate Judge	Joanne Harrison	1997	21–22 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

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

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