List Of The First Women Appointed To Australian Judicial Positions

The first court was established in 1788, the first woman to be awarded a Bachelor of Laws degree graduated in 1903, and the first woman barrister was admitted in 1905. It was not until 1965 that the first woman was appointed to an Australian judicial position. These pioneering Australians have been described as members of the FW2 club or First Woman to club. The list includes positions to which no woman has been appointed as of March 2022^[update]. It does not include abolished courts to which no woman was appointed, such as the Commonwealth Industrial Court.

For a list of the first women lawyers see list of first women lawyers (Australia)

Jurisdiction	first woman to be appointed	Name	Date
Commonwealth	Chief Justice of Australia	Susan Kiefel	31 January 2017
	Justice of the High Court	Mary Gaudron	6 February 1987
	Chief Justice of the Federal Court	Debra Mortimer	7 April 2023
	Judge of the Federal Court	Deirdre O'Connor	1 July 1990
	President of the Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Deirdre O'Connor	1 July 1990
	Presidents of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission	Deirdre O'Connor	1 March 1994
	Chief Justice of the Family Court	Elizabeth Evatt	11 November 1976
	Judge of the Family Court	Elizabeth Evatt	11 November 1976
Chief Federal Magistrate	Diana Bryant	11 May 2000
Federal Magistrate	Norah Hartnett Christine Mead Judy Ryan	28 June 2000
NSW	Chief Justice
	President of the Court of Appeal	Margaret Beazley	1 March 2013
	Judge of Appeal	Margaret Beazley	29 April 1996
	Judge of the Supreme Court	Jane Mathews	7 July 1987
	Chief Judge of the Land & Environment Court	Mahla Pearlman	6 April 1992
	Judge of the Land & Environment Court	Mahla Pearlman	6 April 1992
	Judge of the Industrial Court	Leonie Glynn	14 April 1980
	Chief Judge of the District Court
	Judge of the District Court	Jane Mathews	1980
Victoria	Chief Justice	Marilyn Warren	25 November 2003
	President of the Court of Appeal	Karin Emerton	21 June 2022
	Judge of the Court of Appeal	Susan Kenny	25 July 1997
	Supreme Court	Rosemary Balmford	6 March 1996
	Chief Judge of the County Court
	Judge of the County Court	Lynette Schiftan	1985
Queensland	Chief Justice	Catherine Holmes	11 September 2015
	President of the Court of Appeal	Margaret McMurdo	30 July 1998
	Judge of the Supreme Court	Margaret White	2 April 1992
	Chief Judge of the District Court	Patsy Wolfe	1999
	Judge of the District Court	Margaret McMurdo	29 January 1991
South Australia	Chief Justice
	Judge of the Supreme Court	Roma Mitchell	23 September 1965
	Chief Judge of the District Court
	Judge of the District Court	Kemeri Murray	1973
	Chief Magistrate	Elizabeth Bolton	February 2007
Tasmania	Chief Justice
Tasmania	Supreme Court	Shan Tennent	15 March 2005
Western Australia	Chief Justice
	President Court of Appeal	Carmel McLure	November 2009
	Judge of the Supreme Court	Christine Wheeler	30 October 1996
	Chief Judge of the Family Court	Gail Sutherland	7 January 2019
	Family Court	Elizabeth Evatt	5 January 1976
	Chief Judge of the District Court	Antoinette Kennedy	1 January 2004
	Judge of the District Court	Antoinette Kennedy	15 March 1985
ACT	Chief Justice	Helen Murrell	28 October 2013
	Additional judge of the Supreme Court	Margaret Beazley	22 June 1994
	Resident judge of the Supreme Court	Hilary Penfold	1 February 2008
	Chief Magistrate	Lorraine Walker	13 October 2011
	Magistrate	Karen Fryar	6 September 1993
NT	Chief Justice
NT	Supreme Court	Sally Thomas	30 July 1992
Norfolk Island	Chief Justice
Norfolk Island	Supreme Court	Susan Kiefel	16 December 2004

List Of The First Women Appointed To Australian Judicial Positions

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