<P> Prior to 1977, appointments were for life . However, since 1977, appointments are made until the mandatory retirement age of 70 . Due to the steady increase in the judicial workload, several Justices have retired before reaching the mandatory retirement age . </P> <P> The current judges are listed in bold on the table below . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> State </Th> <Th> Birth / death </Th> <Th> Position </Th> <Th> Term began </Th> <Th> Term ended </Th> <Th> Days in office </Th> <Th> PM at app 't </Th> <Th> Prior judicial experience </Th> <Th> Reason left </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Samuel Griffith </Td> <Td> Qld </Td> <Td> 1845--1920 </Td> <Td> Chief Justice </Td> <Td> 5 October 1903 </Td> <Td> 17 October 1919 </Td> <Td> 5,856 </Td> <Td> Deakin </Td> <Td> Chief Justice, Sup Ct of Qld </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Edmund Barton </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1849--1920 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 5 October 1903 </Td> <Td> 7 January 1920 </Td> <Td> 5,938 </Td> <Td> Deakin </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Died </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Richard O'Connor </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1851--1912 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 5 October 1903 </Td> <Td> 18 November 1912 </Td> <Td> 3,332 </Td> <Td> Deakin </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Died </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Isaac Isaacs </Td> <Td> Vic </Td> <Td> 1855--1948 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 12 October 1906 </Td> <Td> 21 January 1931 </Td> <Td> 8,867 </Td> <Td> Deakin </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chief Justice </Td> <Td> 2 April 1930 </Td> <Td> 21 January 1931 </Td> <Td> 294 </Td> <Td> Scullin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> H.B. Higgins </Td> <Td> Vic </Td> <Td> 1851--1929 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 13 October 1906 </Td> <Td> 13 January 1929 </Td> <Td> 8,128 </Td> <Td> Deakin </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Died </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Frank Gavan Duffy </Td> <Td> Vic </Td> <Td> 1852--1936 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 11 February 1913 </Td> <Td> 1 October 1935 </Td> <Td> 8,267 </Td> <Td> Fisher </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chief Justice </Td> <Td> 22 January 1931 </Td> <Td> 1 October 1935 </Td> <Td> 1,713 </Td> <Td> Scullin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Charles Powers </Td> <Td> Qld </Td> <Td> 1853--1939 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 5 March 1913 </Td> <Td> 22 July 1929 </Td> <Td> 5,983 </Td> <Td> Fisher </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 * </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Albert Piddington </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1862--1945 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 6 March 1913 </Td> <Td> 5 April 1913 </Td> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> Fisher </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir George Rich </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1863--1956 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 5 April 1913 </Td> <Td> 5 May 1950 </Td> <Td> 13,544 </Td> <Td> Fisher </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of NSW </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Adrian Knox </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1863--1932 </Td> <Td> Chief Justice </Td> <Td> 18 October 1919 </Td> <Td> 31 March 1930 </Td> <Td> 3,817 </Td> <Td> Hughes </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Hayden Starke </Td> <Td> Vic </Td> <Td> 1871--1958 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 5 February 1920 </Td> <Td> 31 January 1950 </Td> <Td> 10,953 </Td> <Td> Hughes </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Owen Dixon </Td> <Td> Vic </Td> <Td> 1886--1972 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 4 February 1929 </Td> <Td> 13 April 1964 </Td> <Td> 12852 </Td> <Td> Bruce </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chief Justice </Td> <Td> 18 April 1952 </Td> <Td> 13 April 1964 </Td> <Td> 4378 </Td> <Td> Menzies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> H.V. Evatt </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1894--1965 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 19 December 1930 </Td> <Td> 2 September 1940 </Td> <Td> 3,545 </Td> <Td> Scullin </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Edward McTiernan </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1892--1990 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 20 December 1930 </Td> <Td> 12 September 1976 </Td> <Td> 16,703 </Td> <Td> Scullin </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir John Latham </Td> <Td> Vic </Td> <Td> 1877--1964 </Td> <Td> Chief Justice </Td> <Td> 11 October 1935 </Td> <Td> 7 April 1952 </Td> <Td> 6,023 </Td> <Td> Lyons </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Dudley Williams </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1889--1963 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 15 October 1940 </Td> <Td> 31 July 1958 </Td> <Td> 6,498 </Td> <Td> Menzies </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of NSW </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir William Webb </Td> <Td> Qld </Td> <Td> 1887--1972 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 16 May 1946 </Td> <Td> 16 May 1958 </Td> <Td> 4,383 </Td> <Td> Chifley </Td> <Td> Chief Justice, Sup Ct of Qld </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Wilfred Fullagar </Td> <Td> Vic </Td> <Td> 1892--1961 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 8 February 1950 </Td> <Td> 9 July 1961 </Td> <Td> 4,169 </Td> <Td> Menzies </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of Vic </Td> <Td> Died </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Frank Kitto </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1903--1994 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 10 May 1950 </Td> <Td> 1 August 1970 </Td> <Td> 7,388 </Td> <Td> Menzies </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Alan Taylor </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1901--1969 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 3 September 1952 </Td> <Td> 3 August 1969 </Td> <Td> 6,178 </Td> <Td> Menzies </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of NSW </Td> <Td> Died </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Douglas Menzies </Td> <Td> Vic </Td> <Td> 1907--1974 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 12 June 1958 </Td> <Td> 29 November 1974 </Td> <Td> 6,014 </Td> <Td> Menzies </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Died </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Victor Windeyer </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1900--1987 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 8 September 1958 </Td> <Td> 29 February 1972 </Td> <Td> 4,922 </Td> <Td> Menzies </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir William Owen </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1899--1972 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 22 September 1961 </Td> <Td> 31 March 1972 </Td> <Td> 3,843 </Td> <Td> Menzies </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of NSW </Td> <Td> Died </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Garfield Barwick </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1903--1997 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 27 April 1964 </Td> <Td> 11 February 1981 </Td> <Td> 6,134 </Td> <Td> Menzies </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Cyril Walsh </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1909--1973 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 20 September 1969 </Td> <Td> 29 November 1973 </Td> <Td> 1,531 </Td> <Td> Gorton </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of NSW NSW Ct of App </Td> <Td> Died </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Harry Gibbs </Td> <Td> Qld </Td> <Td> 1917--2005 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 4 August 1970 </Td> <Td> 5 February 1987 </Td> <Td> 6029 </Td> <Td> Gorton </Td> <Td> Fed Ct of BK Sup Ct of Qld </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chief Justice </Td> <Td> 12 February 1981 </Td> <Td> 5 February 1987 </Td> <Td> 2184 </Td> <Td> Fraser </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Ninian Stephen </Td> <Td> Vic </Td> <Td> 1923--2017 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 1 March 1972 </Td> <Td> 11 May 1982 </Td> <Td> 3,723 </Td> <Td> McMahon </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of Vic </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Anthony Mason </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1925--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 7 August 1972 </Td> <Td> 20 April 1995 </Td> <Td> 8,291 </Td> <Td> McMahon </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of NSW NSW Ct of App </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chief Justice </Td> <Td> 6 February 1987 </Td> <Td> 20 April 1995 </Td> <Td> 2995 </Td> <Td> Hawke </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Kenneth Jacobs </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1917--2015 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 8 February 1974 </Td> <Td> 6 April 1979 </Td> <Td> 1,883 </Td> <Td> Whitlam </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of NSW NSW Ct of App </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lionel Murphy </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1922--1986 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 10 February 1975 </Td> <Td> 21 October 1986 </Td> <Td> 4,271 </Td> <Td> Whitlam </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Died </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Keith Aickin </Td> <Td> Vic </Td> <Td> 1916--1982 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 20 September 1976 </Td> <Td> 18 June 1982 </Td> <Td> 2,097 </Td> <Td> Fraser </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Died </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Ronald Wilson </Td> <Td> WA </Td> <Td> 1922--2005 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 21 May 1979 </Td> <Td> 13 February 1989 </Td> <Td> 3,556 </Td> <Td> Fraser </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Gerard Brennan </Td> <Td> Qld </Td> <Td> 1928--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 12 February 1981 </Td> <Td> 21 May 1998 </Td> <Td> 6,307 </Td> <Td> Fraser </Td> <Td> Fed Ct </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chief Justice </Td> <Td> 21 April 1995 </Td> <Td> 21 May 1998 </Td> <Td> 1126 </Td> <Td> Keating </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir William Deane </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1931--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 25 June 1982 </Td> <Td> 11 November 1995 </Td> <Td> 4,887 </Td> <Td> Fraser </Td> <Td> Fed Ct </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Daryl Dawson </Td> <Td> Vic </Td> <Td> 1933--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 30 July 1982 </Td> <Td> 15 August 1997 </Td> <Td> 5,495 </Td> <Td> Fraser </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 36 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Toohey </Td> <Td> WA </Td> <Td> 1930--2015 </Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 6 February 1987 </Td> <Td> 2 February 1998 </Td> <Td> 4,014 </Td> <Td> Hawke </Td> <Td> Fed Ct </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mary Gaudron </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1943--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 6 February 1987 </Td> <Td> 31 January 2003 </Td> <Td> 5,838 </Td> <Td> Hawke </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Michael McHugh </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1935--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 14 February 1989 </Td> <Td> 31 October 2005 </Td> <Td> 6,104 </Td> <Td> Hawke </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of NSW NSW Ct of App </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William Gummow </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1942--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 21 April 1995 </Td> <Td> 8 October 2012 </Td> <Td> 6,381 </Td> <Td> Keating </Td> <Td> Fed Ct </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Michael Kirby </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1939--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 6 February 1996 </Td> <Td> 2 February 2009 </Td> <Td> 4,745 </Td> <Td> Keating </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of NSW Pres, NSW Ct of App </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 41 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kenneth Hayne </Td> <Td> Vic </Td> <Td> 1945--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 22 September 1997 </Td> <Td> 5 June 2015 </Td> <Td> 6,465 </Td> <Td> Howard </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of Vic Vic Ct of App </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 42 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ian Callinan </Td> <Td> Qld </Td> <Td> 1937--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 3 February 1998 </Td> <Td> 31 August 2007 </Td> <Td> 3,496 </Td> <Td> Howard </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 43 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Murray Gleeson </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1938--</Td> <Td> Chief Justice </Td> <Td> 22 May 1998 </Td> <Td> 29 August 2008 </Td> <Td> 3,752 </Td> <Td> Howard </Td> <Td> Chief Justice, Sup Ct of NSW </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 44 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dyson Heydon </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1943--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 1 February 2003 </Td> <Td> 28 February 2013 </Td> <Td> 3,681 </Td> <Td> Howard </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of NSW NSW Ct of App </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 45 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Susan Crennan </Td> <Td> Vic </Td> <Td> 1945--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 1 November 2005 </Td> <Td> 2 February 2015 </Td> <Td> 3,381 </Td> <Td> Howard </Td> <Td> Fed Ct </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 46 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Susan Kiefel </Td> <Td> Qld </Td> <Td> 1954--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 4 September 2007 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> 3,975 </Td> <Td> Howard </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of Qld Fed Ct </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chief Justice </Td> <Td> 30 January 2017 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> 539 </Td> <Td> Turnbull </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 47 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Robert French </Td> <Td> WA </Td> <Td> 1947--</Td> <Td> Chief Justice </Td> <Td> 8 September 2008 </Td> <Td> 29 January 2017 </Td> <Td> 3,072 </Td> <Td> Rudd </Td> <Td> Fed Ct </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 48 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Virginia Bell </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1951--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 3 February 2009 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> 3,457 </Td> <Td> Rudd </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of NSW NSW Ct of App </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 49 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stephen Gageler </Td> <Td> NSW </Td> <Td> 1958--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 9 October 2012 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> 2,113 </Td> <Td> Gillard </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Patrick Keane </Td> <Td> Qld </Td> <Td> 1952--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 1 March 2013 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> 1,970 </Td> <Td> Gillard </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of Qld Fed Ct </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 51 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Geoffrey Nettle </Td> <Td> Vic </Td> <Td> 1950--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 3 February 2015 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> 1,266 </Td> <Td> Abbott </Td> <Td> Sup Ct of Vic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 52 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Michelle Gordon </Td> <Td> Vic </Td> <Td> 1964--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 9 June 2015 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> 1,140 </Td> <Td> Abbott </Td> <Td> Fed Ct </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 53 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> James Edelman </Td> <Td> WA </Td> <Td> 1974--</Td> <Td> Justice </Td> <Td> 30 January 2017 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> 539 </Td> <Td> Turnbull </Td> <Td> Fed Ct Sup Ct of WA </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> State </Th> <Th> Birth / death </Th> <Th> Position </Th> <Th> Term began </Th> <Th> Term ended </Th> <Th> Days in office </Th> <Th> PM at app 't </Th> <Th> Prior judicial experience </Th> <Th> Reason left </Th> </Tr>

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