List of Justices of The High Court of Australia - List of Justices

List of Justices


# Name State Birth/Death Term of
Service as Justice		 Term of
Service
as Chief Justice		 Prime Minister at appointment Prior judicial experience Reason for
leaving		 Alma mater
1 Sir Samuel Walker Griffith Queensland 1845–1920 5 October 1903 – 17 October 1919 5 October 1903 – 17 October 1919 Deakin Chief Justice of Queensland; former Queensland MLA, former Premier of Queensland Retired University of Sydney
2 Sir Edmund Barton New South Wales 1849–1920 5 October 1903 – 7 January 1920
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 Deakin None; MHR, Prime Minister of Australia Died in office University of Sydney
3 Richard Edward O'Connor New South Wales 1851–1912 5 October 1903 – 18 November 1912
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 Deakin None; Senator, Vice-President of the Executive Council Died in office University of Sydney
4 Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs Victoria 1855–1948 12 October 1906 – 21 January 1931 2 April 1930 – 21 January 1931 Deakin (Justice)
Scullin (Chief Justice)		 None; MHR, Attorney-General of Australia Resigned to become Governor-General of Australia University of Melbourne
5 Henry Bournes Higgins Victoria 1851–1929 13 October 1906 – 13 January 1929
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 Deakin None; MHR, former Attorney-General of Australia Died in office University of Melbourne
6 Sir Frank Gavan Duffy Victoria 1852–1936 11 February 1913 – 1 October 1935 22 January 1931 – 1 October 1935 Fisher (Justice)
Scullin (Chief Justice)		 None; King's Counsel Retired University of Melbourne
7 Sir Charles Powers Queensland 1853–1939 5 March 1913 – 22 July 1929
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 Fisher None; Crown Solicitor, former Queensland MLA Resigned None
8* Albert Bathurst Piddington New South Wales 1862–1945 6 March 1913 – 5 April 1913
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 Fisher None; barrister, former NSW MLA Resigned University of Sydney
9 Sir George Edward Rich New South Wales 1863–1956 5 April 1913 – 5 May 1950
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 Fisher Supreme Court of New South Wales Resigned University of Sydney
10 Sir Adrian Knox New South Wales 1863–1932 18 October 1919 – 31 March 1930 18 October 1919 – 31 March 1930 Hughes None; King's Counsel, former NSW MLA Resigned University of Cambridge
11 Sir Hayden Erskine Starke Victoria 1871–1958 5 February 1920 – 31 January 1950
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 Hughes None; barrister Resigned
12 Sir Owen Dixon Victoria 1886–1972 4 February 1929 – 13 April 1964 18 April 1952 – 13 April 1964 Bruce (Justice)
Menzies (Chief Justice)		 None; King's Counsel Retired University of Melbourne
13 Herbert Vere Evatt New South Wales 1894–1965 19 December 1930 – 2 September 1940
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 Scullin None; King's Counsel, former NSW MLA Resigned to enter Federal Parliament University of Sydney
14 Sir Edward Aloysius McTiernan New South Wales 1892–1990 20 December 1930 – 12 September 1976
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 Scullin None; MHR, former NSW Attorney-General Retired University of Sydney
15 Sir John Latham Victoria 1877–1964 11 October 1935 – 7 April 1952 11 October 1935 – 7 April 1952 Lyons None; former MHR, former Attorney-General of Australia Retired University of Melbourne
16 Sir Dudley Williams New South Wales 1889–1963 15 October 1940 – 31 July 1958
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 Menzies Supreme Court of New South Wales Resigned University of Sydney
17 Sir William Flood Webb Queensland 1887–1972 16 May 1946 – 16 May 1958
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 Chifley Chief Justice of Queensland Resigned University of Queensland
18 Sir Wilfred Kelsham Fullagar Victoria 1892–1961 8 February 1950 – 9 July 1961
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 Menzies Supreme Court of Victoria Died in office University of Melbourne
19 Sir Frank Walters Kitto New South Wales 1903–1994 10 May 1950 – 1 August 1970
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 Menzies None; King's Counsel Resigned University of Sydney
20 Sir Alan Russell Taylor New South Wales 1901–1969 3 September 1952 – 3 August 1969
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 Menzies Supreme Court of New South Wales Died in office University of Sydney
21 Sir Douglas Ian Menzies Victoria 1907–1974 12 June 1958 – 29 November 1974
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 Menzies None; Queen's Counsel Died in office University of Melbourne
22 Sir William John Victor Windeyer New South Wales 1900–1987 8 September 1958 – 29 February 1972
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 Menzies None; Queen's Counsel Retired University of Sydney
23 Sir William Francis Langer Owen New South Wales 1899–1972 22 September 1961 – 31 March 1972
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 Menzies Supreme Court of New South Wales Died in office
24 Sir Garfield Edward John Barwick New South Wales 1903–1997 27 April 1964 – 11 February 1981 27 April 1964 – 11 February 1981 Menzies None; MHR, former Attorney-General of Australia Retired University of Sydney
25 Sir Cyril Ambrose Walsh New South Wales 1909–1973 20 September 1969 – 29 November 1973
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 Gorton Supreme Court of New South Wales (New South Wales Court of Appeal) Died in office University of Sydney
26 Sir Harry Talbot Gibbs Queensland 1917–2005 4 August 1970 – 5 February 1987 12 February 1981 – 5 February 1987 Gorton (Justice)
Fraser (Chief Justice)		 Federal Court of Bankruptcy; Supreme Court of Queensland Retired University of Queensland
27 Sir Ninian Martin Stephen Victoria 1923– 1 March 1972 – 11 May 1982
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 McMahon Supreme Court of Victoria Resigned to become Governor-General of Australia University of Melbourne
28 Sir Anthony Frank Mason New South Wales 1925– 7 August 1972 – 20 April 1995 6 February 1987 – 20 April 1995 McMahon (Justice)
Hawke (Chief Justice)		 Supreme Court of New South Wales (New South Wales Court of Appeal); former Solicitor-General of Australia Retired University of Sydney
29 Sir Kenneth Sydney Jacobs New South Wales 1917– 8 February 1974 – 6 April 1979
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 Whitlam Supreme Court of New South Wales (New South Wales Court of Appeal) Resigned University of Sydney
30 Lionel Keith Murphy New South Wales 1922–1986 10 February 1975 – 21 October 1986
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 Whitlam None; Senator, Attorney-General of Australia Died in office University of Sydney
31 Sir Keith Arthur Aickin Victoria 1916–1982 20 September 1976 – 18 June 1982
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 Fraser None; Queen's Counsel Died in office University of Melbourne
32 Sir Ronald Darling Wilson Western Australia 1922–2005 21 May 1979 – 13 February 1989
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 Fraser None; Solicitor-General of Western Australia Resigned University of Pennsylvania
33 Sir Francis Gerard Brennan Queensland 1928– 12 February 1981 – 21 May 1998 21 April 1995 – 21 May 1998 Fraser (Justice)
Keating (Chief Justice)		 Federal Court of Australia Retired University of Queensland
34 Sir William Patrick Deane New South Wales 1931– 25 June 1982 – 11 November 1995
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 Fraser Federal Court of Australia Resigned to become Governor-General of Australia University of Sydney
35 Sir Daryl Michael Dawson Victoria 1933– 30 July 1982 – 15 August 1997
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 Fraser None; Solicitor-General of Victoria Resigned University of Melbourne & Yale University
36 John Leslie Toohey Western Australia 1930– 6 February 1987 – 2 February 1998
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 Hawke Federal Court of Australia Resigned University of Western Australia
37 Mary Genevieve Gaudron New South Wales 1943– 6 February 1987 – 31 January 2003
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 Hawke None; Solicitor-General of New South Wales Resigned University of Sydney
38 Michael Hudson McHugh New South Wales 1935– 14 February 1989 – 1 November 2005
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 Hawke Supreme Court of New South Wales (New South Wales Court of Appeal) Retired
39 William Charles Montague Gummow New South Wales 1942– 21 April 1995 – 8 October 2012
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 Keating Federal Court of Australia Retired University of Sydney
40 Michael Donald Kirby New South Wales 1939– 6 February 1996 – 2 February 2009
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 Keating Supreme Court of New South Wales (President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal) Resigned University of Sydney
41 Kenneth Madison Hayne Victoria 1945– 22 September 1997 –
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 Howard Supreme Court of Victoria (Victorian Court of Appeal) University of Melbourne & Oxford University
42 Ian David Francis Callinan Queensland 1937– 3 February 1998 – 31 August 2007
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 Howard None; Queen's Counsel Retired University of Queensland
43 Anthony Murray Gleeson New South Wales 1938– 22 May 1998 – 29 August 2008 22 May 1998 – 29 August 2008 Howard Chief Justice of New South Wales Retired University of Sydney
44 John Dyson Heydon New South Wales 1943– 1 February 2003 –
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 Howard Supreme Court of New South Wales (New South Wales Court of Appeal) University of Sydney & Oxford University
45 Susan Maree Crennan Victoria 1945– 1 November 2005 –
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 Howard Federal Court of Australia University of Melbourne & University of Sydney
46 Susan Mary Kiefel Queensland 1954– 4 September 2007 –
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 Howard Federal Court of Australia University of Cambridge
47 Robert Shenton French Western Australia 1947– 1 September 2008 – 1 September 2008 – Rudd Federal Court of Australia University of Western Australia
48 Virginia Margaret Bell New South Wales 1951– 3 February 2009 –
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 Rudd Supreme Court of New South Wales (New South Wales Court of Appeal) University of Sydney
49 Stephen John Gageler New South Wales 1958– 9 October 2012 –
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 Gillard None; Commonwealth Solicitor-General The Australian National University

* Albert Piddington resigned from the High Court before being sworn in. He never sat on the High Court bench.

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