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Former judges

Chief judge
The Hon. Sir William Edward Stanley Forster 1977 - 1979
Chief justices
The Hon. Sir William Edward Stanley Forster 1979 - 1985
The Hon. Kevin Frederick O'Leary 1985 - 1987
The Hon. Keith John Austin Asche AC 1987 - 1993
The Hon. Brian Frank Martin AO MBE 1993 - 2003
The Hon. Brian Ross Martin AO 2004 - 2010
The Hon. Trevor Riley AO 2010 - 2016
Resident judges
The Hon. Samuel James Mitchell 1911 - 1912
The Hon. David John Davies Bevan 1912 - 1920
The Hon. Donald Arthur Roberts 1921 - 1928
The Hon. Ross Ibbotson Dalton Mallam 1928 - 1933
The Hon. Thomas Alexander Wells 1933 - 1952
The Hon. Martin Chemnitz Kriewaldt 1952 - 1960
The Hon. Alan Bruce Keith Ian Bridge 1961 - 1966
The Hon. Sir Richard Arthur Blackburn OBE (Mil) 1966 - 1971
The Hon. William Edward Stanley Forster 1971 - 1985
The Hon. James Henry Muirhead AC 1974 - 1985
The Hon. Richard Charles Ward 1974 - 1977
The Hon. John Leslie Toohey AC 1977 - 1987
The Hon. John Foster Gallop AM 1978 - 1982
The Hon. Sir William John Francis Kearney CBE 1982 - 1999
The Hon. John Anthony Nader 1982 - 1992
The Hon. Kevin Frederick O'Leary 1983 - 1987
The Hon. Michael David Andrew Maurice 1984 - 1988
The Hon. Phillip John Rice 1985 - 1991
The Hon. Keith John Austin Asche AC 1986 - 1993
The Hon. Brian Frank Martin AO MBE 1987 - 1993
The Hon. David Norman Angel 1989 - 2010
The Hon. Steven Ronald Bailey 1997 - 2004
The Hon. Sally Gordon Thomas AC 1992 - 2009
The Hon. Dean Mildren 1991-2021
Additional & acting judges
(AJ indicates Acting Judge & DJ indicates Deputy Judge)
The Hon. Norman Kirkwood Ewing DJ 1919 - 1920
The Hon. Gerald Hogan DJ 1920 - 1921
The Hon. Charles Edward Herbert AJ 1921 - 1922
The Hon. William Henry Sharwood AJ 1922 - 1933
The Hon. Donald Gordon Bathgate AJ 1941
The Hon. Martin Chemnitz Kriewaldt AJ 1951 - 1952
The Hon. James Archibald Douglas AJ 1956 - 1957
The Hon. William Charles Gillespie AJ 1960
The Hon. Lawrence Eric Clarke AJ 1960
The Hon. Edward Arthur Dunphy 1961 - 1979
The Hon. Sir Percy Ernest Joske CMG 1961 - 1977
The Hon. Sir Reginald Alfree Smithers 1964 - 1971
The Hon. Charles Augustine Sweeney CBE 1967 - 1970
The Hon. Sir John Angus Nimmo CBE 1969 - 1974
The Hon. Sir John Robert Kerr (PC) AK KCMG CVO 1970 - 1972
The Hon. Sir Albert Edward Woodward OBE 1972 - 1979
The Hon. Robert James Anning Franki 1972 - 1986
The Hon. John Bernard Sweeney 1976 - 1979
The Hon. Phillip George Evatt DSC 1976 - 1987
The Hon. Robert James Baldwin St John 1976 - 1979
The Hon. Sir Francis Gerard Brennan AC KBE 1976 - 1979
The Hon. James Boyd Keith Williams CBE 1982
The Hon. Kevin Frederick O'Leary 1982 - 1983
The Hon. James Henry Muirhead AC AJ 1987 - 1988
The Hon. Ian Gray 1991, 1994, 1995, 1998
The Hon. Trevor Rees Morling 1991 - 1994, 1997, 1998
The Hon. Lancelot John Priestley 1992 - 2006
The Hon. John Jeremy Doyle AC 2000 - 2001
The Hon. Robert Brooking 2000 - 2001
The Hon. John Foster Gallop AM 2000 - 2002
The Hon. Leonard James King AC 2004 - 2005
The Hon. Geoffrey Michael Eames AJ 2007 - 2009
The Hon. Howard William Olney AM 1998 - 2003, 2005 - 2011
The Hon. Leslie Trevor Olsson AO MBE RFD ED 2004 - 2014
The Hon. John Ronald Mansfield AM 2009 - 2016
The Hon. Anthony Graham 2017-2023

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