List of judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of NSW as of February 2020^[update] include :

• Current judges
• Chief Justices of NSW
• Presidents of the NSW Court of Appeal
• Chief Judges in Equity
• Chief Judges in Common law
• Judges of Appeal
• Acting judges ^[a]
• Masters / Associate judges ^[2]

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		[3]
	Sir James Dowling [b]	30 August 1837	27 September 1844	7 years, 28 days		[4]
	Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB [c]	14 November 1845	5 November 1873	27 years, 356 days		[5]
	Sir James Martin KCB, QC	19 November 1873	4 November 1886	12 years, 350 days		[6]
	Sir Julian Salomons	12 November 1886	27 November 1886	15 days		[7]
	Sir Frederick Darley GCMG, PC	29 November 1886	4 January 1910	23 years, 36 days		[8]
	Sir William Cullen KCMG	28 January 1910	27 January 1925	14 years, 365 days		[9]
	Sir Philip Street KCMG [d]	28 January 1925	31 January 1934	9 years, 3 days		[10]
	Sir Frederick Jordan KCMG	1 February 1934	4 November 1949	15 years, 276 days		[11]
	Sir Kenneth Street KCMG [d]	6 January 1950	27 January 1960	10 years, 21 days		[12]
	Herbert Evatt KStJ	15 February 1960	24 October 1962	2 years, 251 days		[13]
	Sir Leslie Herron KBE CMG	25 October 1962	22 May 1972	9 years, 210 days		[14]
	Sir John Kerr AK, GCMG, GCVO	23 May 1972	27 June 1974	2 years, 35 days	Appointed Governor-General	[15]
	Sir Laurence Street KCMG [d]	28 June 1974	1 November 1988	14 years, 126 days		[16]
	Murray Gleeson AC[e]	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		[17]
	Tom Bathurst AC	1 June 2011	5 March 2022	13 years, 322 days		[18][19]
	Andrew Bell	5 March 2022		3 years, 45 days	President of the Court of Appeal (2019–2022)	[20]
Acting Chief Justice	John Stephen [c]	22 February 1826	27 May 1826	94 days		[22]
	Sir James Dowling [b]	16 April 1836	29 August 1837	1 year, 135 days		[4]
	Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB [c]	7 October 1844	13 November 1845	1 year, 37 days		[5]
	Sir John Dickinson	15 February 1860	17 February 1861	1 year, 2 days		[23]
	Henry Stephen [c]	16 June 1902	25 February 1904	1 year, 254 days		[24]
	Sir George Simpson	1 February 1909	4 January 1910	337 days
	Robert Pring	17 April 1918	15 May 1918	28 days		[25]
	Sir Philip Street KCMG [d]	28 July 1924	27 January 1925	183 days		[10]
	Sir David Ferguson	1 February 1929	31 December 1929	333 days		[26]
	Sir John Harvey	30 June 1933	31 January 1934	215 days		[27]
	Sir Kenneth Street KCMG [d]	16 September 1949	4 November 1949	49 days		[12]
	Sir Leslie Herron KBE CMG	12 March 1962	24 October 1962	226 days		[14]
	John Clancy CMG	8 October 1964	5 February 1965	120 days		[28]
	Sir Gordon Wallace	1 October 1968	3 February 1969	125 days		[29]
	Sir Bernard Sugerman	10 August 1970	11 October 1970	62 days		[30]
	Sir Laurence Street KCMG [d]	28 May 1974	16 June 1974	19 days		[16]
	Athol Moffitt CMG	16 August 1979	16 September 1979	31 days		[31]
	Michael Kirby AC, CMG[f]	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		[29]
	Sir Bernard Sugerman	2 January 1970	30 September 1972	2 years, 272 days		[30]
	Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE	1 October 1972	7 February 1974	1 year, 129 days	Appointed to the High Court	[32]
	Athol Moffitt CMG	8 February 1974	25 June 1984	10 years, 138 days		[31]
	Michael Kirby AC CMG[f]	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 (2001–2008) Appointed Chief Justice of the Federal Court)
	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) Appointed Governor of NSW	[33][34]
	Andrew Bell	28 February 2019	5 March 2022	3 years, 5 days	Appointed Chief Justice	[34]
	Julie Ward	5 March 2022		3 years, 45 days	Chief Judge in Equity (2017–2022)	[35]
Judge of Appeal	Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE	1 January 1966	7 February 1974	8 years, 37 days	Appointed to the High Court	[32]
	Sir Bernard Sugerman	1 January 1966	30 September 1972	6 years, 273 days		[30]
	Charles McLelland	1 January 1966	28 April 1973	7 years, 117 days		[36]
	Cyril Walsh	1 January 1966	2 October 1969	15 years, 236 days	Appointed to the High Court	[37]
	John Holmes	1 January 1966	21 January 1973	7 years, 20 days		[38]
	Kenneth Asprey	1 January 1966	6 July 1975	9 years, 186 days		[39]
	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		[40]
	Athol Moffitt CMG	22 January 1970	25 June 1984	14 years, 155 days		[31]
	Sir Laurence Street KCMG [d]	31 July 1972	1 November 1988	16 years, 93 days		[16]
	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		[41]
	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		[42]
	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
	Roddy Meagher	31 January 1989	16 March 2004	15 years, 45 days		[43]
	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		[44]
	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	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) Appointed Governor of NSW	[33]
	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		[45]
	John Bryson	17 March 2004	28 February 2007	2 years, 348 days		[46]
	John Basten	2 May 2005		19 years, 352 days		[44]
	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 [g]	8 September 2008	22 February 2023	14 years, 167 days		[47][48]
	Peter Young AO	6 March 2009	23 April 2012	3 years, 48 days		[49]
	Anthony Meagher	10 August 2011		13 years, 252 days		[50]
	Reginald Barrett	25 January 2012	20 April 2015	3 years, 85 days		[51][52]
	Clifton Hoeben AM RFD	23 April 2012	31 August 2021	9 years, 130 days
	Julie Ward	12 November 2012	5 March 2022	9 years, 113 days	Chief Judge in Equity (2017–2022) Appointed President of the Court of Appeal
	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	[53]
	Arthur Emmett AO	7 March 2013	30 September 2015	2 years, 207 days	Judge of the Federal Court (1997–2013)	[54]
	Fabian Gleeson[e]	29 April 2013		11 years, 355 days		[55]
	Mark Leeming	3 June 2013		11 years, 320 days		[56]
	Carolyn Simpson	11 June 2015	29 March 2018	2 years, 291 days		[57]
	Anthony Payne	30 March 2016		9 years, 20 days
	Richard White	15 March 2017		8 years, 35 days		[58][59]
	Paul Brereton AM, RFD [h]	23 August 2018	30 May 2023	4 years, 280 days	Appointed as Commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption Commission	[60][61]
	Lucy McCallum	27 January 2019	7 March 2022	3 years, 39 days	Appointed Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory	[45][62]
	Robert Beech-Jones	31 August 2021		3 years, 231 days	Appointed to the High Court
	Anna Mitchelmore	28 March 2022		3 years, 22 days		[63]
	Jeremy Kirk	21 April 2022		2 years, 363 days		[64]
	Christine Adamson	3 February 2023		2 years, 75 days		[65]
	Kristina Stern	8 June 2023		1 year, 315 days		[66]
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		[67]
	David Selby ED	20 April 1973	13 March 1976	2 years, 328 days		[68]
	John McClemens	20 April 1973	31 January 1975	1 year, 286 days		[69]
	Michael Helsham AO	22 December 1976	1 April 1986	9 years, 100 days		[70]
	John O'Brien	13 August 1979	11 February 1986	6 years, 182 days		[71]
	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		[31]
	Robert Hope AC CMG	14 August 1989	14 October 1992	3 years		[41]
	Gordon Samuels AC	23 March 1992	7 April 1993	1 year		[42]
	John Brownie	20 February 1997 3 May 1999	30 June 1997 2 May 2005	130 days 5 year
	John Clarke	27 March 1997 5 June 2000	26 March 1998 30 June 2000	1 years 25 days
	Ken Carruthers	2 March 1998	3 July 1998	123 days
	Gerald Fitzgerald AC	1 July 1998	30 June 1999	1 year
	Michael Foster	31 May 1999	26 November 2003	4 years	Judge of the Federal Court (1987–1998)	[72]
	Terence Cole RFD	31 May 1999	1 August 1999	62 days
	Jane Mathews AO	8 February 2001	7 February 2005	3 years		[73]
	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	2 years	Independent Commission Against Corruption (2004–2009)
	Jeffrey Miles	28 April 2003	27 April 2005	2 years	Formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ACT	[44]
	Paul Stein AM	2 February 2004	1 February 2006	2 years	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1983–1985) Judge of the Land and Environment Court (1985–1997)
	Ronald Sackville AO	1 September 2008	13 July 2019	10 years	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		[49]
	Arthur Emmett AO	30 September 2015	2021	6 years		[54]
	Reginald Barrett	16 March 2016	30 June 2020	4 years
	Carolyn Simpson	30 March 2018		7 years		[57]
Chief Judge at Common Law	John McClemens	20 April 1973	31 January 1975	1 year, 286 days		[69]
	Robert Taylor	1 January 1975	19 December 1978	3 years, 352 days		[67]
	Colin Begg	28 September 1983	9 September 1984	347 days		[74]
	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		[44]
	Peter McClellan AM	2 September 2005	21 February 2013	7 years, 172 days		[44]
	Clifton Hoeben AM RFD	22 February 2013	31 August 2021	9 years, 130 days
	Robert Beech-Jones	|31 August 2021		3 years, 231 days	Appointed to the High Court
Chief Judge in Equity	Sir John Harvey	10 February 1925	31 January 1935	9 years, 355 days		[27]
	Harold Sprent Nicholas	17 November 1939	7 January 1948	8 years, 51 days		[75]
	Charles McLelland	8 September 1958	30 September 1972	14 years, 22 days		[36]
	Michael Helsham AO	22 December 1976	1 April 1986	9 years, 100 days		[70]
	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		[49]
	Patricia Bergin	6 March 2009	14 March 2017	8 years, 8 days
	Julie Ward	15 March 2017	5 March 2022	4 years, 355 days	Appointed President of the Court of Appeal	[58]
	David Hammerschlag	17 March 2022		3 years, 33 days		[63]
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 November 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		[71]
Chief Judge, Family Law Division	David Selby ED	20 April 1973	13 March 1976	2 years, 328 days		[68]
Judge	John Stephen [c]	5 March 1826	31 December 1832	6 years, 301 days	Appointed by Legislative Council 17 August 1825	[22]
	Sir James Dowling [b]	6 August 1827	27 September 1844	17 years, 52 days		[4]
	William Burton	22 December 1832	6 July 1844	11 years, 197 days	Appointed a judge in Madras	[76]
	John Willis	7 November 1837	8 February 1841	3 years, 93 days		[77]
	Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB [c]	27 March 1841	5 November 1873	34 years, 205 days		[5]
	Sir John Dickinson	2 October 1844	17 February 1861	16 years, 138 days		[23]
	Roger Therry	18 February 1846	31 January 1859	12 years, 347 days		[78]
	William à Beckett	1 October 1846	23 January 1852	5 years, 114 days		[79]
	Samuel Milford	1 April 1857	26 May 1865	8 years, 55 days		[80]
	Edward Wise	15 February 1860	28 September 1865	5 years, 217 days		[81]
	Alfred Cheeke	12 June 1865	14 March 1876	10 years, 276 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1859–1865)	[82]
	John Hargrave	23 June 1865	11 October 1881	16 years, 110 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1858–1859)	[83]
	Peter Faucett	4 October 1865	8 February 1888	22 years, 125 days		[84]
	Sir William Manning	28 April 1876	17 October 1887	11 years, 172 days		[85]
	Sir William Charles Windeyer [i]	9 August 1881	31 August 1896	15 years, 22 days		[86]
	Sir Joseph Innes [j]	14 October 1881	28 October 1896	15 years, 14 days		[87]
	Henry Stephen [c]	19 May 1887	25 February 1904	16 years, 282 days		[24]
	Sir William Owen [k]	18 October 1887	1 February 1908	20 years, 106 days		[88][89]
	George Deffell	3 January 1888	9 November 1889	1 year, 310 days		[90][91]
	William Foster	14 February 1888	18 December 1894	6 years, 307 days		[92]
	Charles James Manning	13 November 1889	8 August 1898	8 years, 268 days		[93][94]
	Sir George Simpson	18 December 1894	11 April 1910	15 years, 114 days		[95]
	Henry Cohen	10 September 1896	5 January 1912	15 years, 117 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1881–1882)	[96]
	Archibald Simpson	21 November 1896	31 December 1917	21 years, 40 days		[97][98]
	Gregory Walker	23 August 1898	31 December 1906	8 years, 130 days		[99][100]
	Robert Pring	16 June 1902	31 July 1922	20 years, 45 days		[25][101]
	Sir Philip Street KCMG [d]	1 February 1907	31 January 1934	26 years, 364 days		[10]
	Richard Sly	11 February 1908	16 December 1920	12 years, 309 days		[102]
	Sir Alexander Gordon	27 April 1910	22 January 1929	18 years, 270 days		[103]
	Sir David Ferguson	5 March 1912	6 October 1932	20 years, 215 days		[26][104]
	George Rich	2 July 1912	4 April 1913	276 days	Appointed to the High Court	[105]
	Sir John Harvey	15 April 1913	31 January 1936	22 years, 291 days		[27][106]
	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)	[107]
	Augustus James	6 January 1921	27 February 1934	13 years, 52 days		[108]
	James Lang Campbell	1 September 1922	22 November 1929	7 years, 82 days		[109]
	Sir Langer Owen CBE [k]	30 October 1922	27 August 1933	10 years, 301 days		[110][111]
	Reginald Long Innes [j]	10 February 1925	16 November 1940	15 years, 280 days		[112][113]
	Sir Colin Davidson	14 February 1927	17 November 1949	22 years, 276 days		[109]
	Sir Percival Halse-Rogers KBE	7 June 1928	7 October 1945	17 years, 122 days		[114]
	Edward Milner Stephen [c]	10 June 1929	28 April 1939	9 years, 322 days		[115]
	Sir Kenneth Street KCMG [d]	7 October 1931	27 January 1960	28 years, 112 days		[12]
	Victor Maxwell [l]	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)	[116]
	Francis Stewart Boyce	28 August 1932	27 June 1940	7 years, 304 days	Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1916–1917)	[117]
	Harold Sprent Nicholas	1 February 1935	7 January 1948	12 years, 340 days		[75]
	Sir Thomas Bavin KCMG	16 October 1935	31 August 1941	5 years, 319 days		[118]
	Ernest David Roper	25 May 1937 [m]	28 June 1958	21 years, 34 days		[120]
	Sir William FL Owen KBE [k]	25 October 1937	21 September 1961	23 years, 331 days	Appointed to the High Court	[121]
	Sir Dudley Williams MC	17 June 1940	14 October 1940	119 days	Appointed to the High Court	[122]
	Reginald Schofield Bonney	1 August 1940	26 September 1950	10 years, 56 days		[123]
	Henry George Edwards	28 November 1940	2 July 1952	11 years, 217 days		[124]
	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)	[14]
	John Clancy CMG	9 July 1947	29 May 1965	17 years, 324 days		[28]
	Sir Bernard Sugerman	10 September 1947	30 September 1972	25 years, 20 days		[30]
	Francis Dwyer	5 April 1948	16 November 1953	5 years, 225 days		[125]
	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)	[126]
	Stanley Toose [n]	13 November 1950	5 April 1954	3 years, 143 days		[127]
	John McClemens	3 September 1951	7 March 1975	23 years, 185 days		[69]
	Charles McLelland	28 April 1952	28 April 1973	21 years, 0 days		[36]
	Alan Taylor	5 May 1952	2 September 1952	120 days	Appointed to the High Court	[128]
	Athol Richardson	5 May 1952	16 October 1967	15 years, 164 days		[129]
	Russell Brereton [h]	13 October 1952	7 May 1974	21 years, 206 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1951–1952)	[130]
	Bill Dovey	30 March 1953	9 April 1964	11 years, 10 days		[131]
	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)	[132]
	Frederick Myers	9 October 1953	26 July 1971	17 years, 290 days		[133]
Cyril Walsh	8 February 1954	2 October 1969	15 years, 236 days	Appointed to the High Court	[37]
John Nield	8 February 1954	29 April 1962	8 years, 80 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1934–1954)	[134]
Keith Ferguson	6 May 1955	5 June 1965	10 years, 30 days		[135]
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		[40]
Wilfred Collins	5 December 1955	27 February 1979	23 years, 84 days		[136]
Rex Chambers	3 April 1958	31 December 1963	5 years, 272 days		[137]
Rae Else-Mitchell CMG	8 September 1958	1 October 1974	16 years, 23 days		[138]
Bruce MacFarlan OBE [g]	28 July 1959	31 October 1974	15 years, 95 days		[139]
Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE	21 March 1960	7 February 1974	13 years, 323 days	Appointed to the High Court	[32]
Sir Gordon Wallace	21 March 1960	21 January 1970	9 years, 306 days		[29]
John Nagle AO	21 March 1960	10 July 1983	23 years, 111 days		[40]
Robert Taylor	10 October 1961	19 December 1978	17 years, 70 days		[67]
David Selby ED	29 June 1962	13 March 1976	13 years, 258 days		[68]
Athol Moffitt CMG	9 November 1962	25 June 1984	21 years, 229 days		[31]
Kenneth Asprey	25 June 1963	6 July 1975	12 years, 11 days		[39]
Colin Begg	3 April 1964	9 September 1984	20 years, 159 days		[74]
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		[71]
Simon Isaacs	19 October 1964	9 April 1975	10 years, 172 days		[140]
John Holmes	8 November 1965	21 January 1973	7 years, 74 days		[38]
Sir Laurence Street KCMG [d]	29 November 1965	1 November 1988	22 years, 338 days		[16]
Norman Jenkyn	29 November 1965	29 November 1975	10 years, 0 days		[141]
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		[70]
Leycester Meares AC CMG	2 June 1969	4 February 1979	9 years, 247 days
Paul Toose CBE [n]	2 June 1969	30 April 1981	11 years, 332 days
Robert Hope AC CMG	22 September 1969	23 July 1989	19 years, 304 days		[41]
Gordon Carmichael	7 October 1969	19 March 1981	11 years, 163 days
John Slattery AO [o]	22 January 1970	3 August 1988	18 years, 194 days
Antony Larkins	18 October 1971	29 July 1983	11 years, 284 days		[142]
Philip Woodward	19 October 1971	2 February 1982	10 years, 106 days
Kevin Holland	23 August 1972	1 March 1985	12 years, 190 days		[143]
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		[42]
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 [l]	8 April 1974	1 August 1990	16 years, 115 days		[144]
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		[145]
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		[146]
Henry Cantor	6 June 1975	2 June 1986	10 years, 361 days		[147]
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)	[148]
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	[149]
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)	[150]
Michael Foster	13 July 1981	1 November 1987	6 years, 111 days	Judge of the Federal Court (1987–1998)	[72]
Thomas Reynolds	13 July 1981	11 April 1988	6 years, 273 days		[151]
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		[44]
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		[152]
Peter Young AO	4 March 1985	23 April 2012	27 years, 50 days		[49]
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		[46]
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	[73]
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		[153]
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 [i]	14 April 1992	28 November 2008	16 years, 228 days
Morris Ireland	18 May 1992	13 June 2000	8 years, 26 days		[154]
David Levine RFD	10 August 1992	31 March 2005	12 years, 233 days		[44]
John Dunford	2 February 1993	1 May 2005	12 years, 88 days		[44]
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 November 1999	[43]
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		[57]
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		[155]
John Dowd AO	25 July 1994	23 August 2004	10 years, 29 days		[43]
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 2005	10 years, 0 days		[44]
Peter Hidden AM	16 October 1995	17 March 2016	20 years, 153 days
Graham Barr	26 August 1996	21 March 2009	28 years, 236 days
John Hamilton	17 March 1997	31 March 2009	12 years, 14 days		[156]
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)	[44]
Michael Adams	28 July 1998	10 February 2017	18 years, 197 days	Chief Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission
David Kirby [f]	12 August 1998	14 October 2011	13 years, 63 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1988–1989)	[157]
Robert Austin	31 August 1998	5 March 2010	11 years, 186 days
Michael Walton	8 December 2016		26 years, 122 days	Judge, Vice President & President of the Industrial Court of NSW (18 December 1998 - 7 December 2016)	[158][159]
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		[160]
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		[161]
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		[162]
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		[43]
William Nicholas	5 February 2003	1 July 2013	10 years, 146 days
Robert McDougall	21 August 2003	31 January 2019	15 years, 163 days		[45]
David Hislop	23 March 2004	26 March 2014	10 years, 3 days		[43]
Richard White	27 April 2004		20 years, 357 days		[59]
Clifton Hoeben AM RFD	16 August 2004	31 August 2021	17 years, 15 days		[43]
Peter Johnson	1 February 2005		20 years, 77 days		[44]
Peter Hall	8 March 2005	21 December 2016	11 years, 288 days	Chief Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (2017–2022)	[44][163]
Megan Latham	12 April 2005	27 July 2018	13 years, 106 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1998–2005) Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (2014–2016)	[44][164]
Stephen Rothman AM	3 May 2005		19 years, 351 days		[44]
Paul Brereton AM, RFD [h]	15 August 2005	30 May 2023	17 years, 288 days	Appointed as Commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption Commission	[60][61]
Derek Price AM	28 August 2006		18 years, 234 days	Chief Magistrate Local Court (2002–2014) Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014- )	[165]
David Hammerschlag	30 January 2007		18 years, 79 days	Appointed Chief Judge in Equity (2022-)	[166]
Ian Harrison	12 February 2007		18 years, 66 days		[167]
Elizabeth Fullerton	19 February 2007		18 years, 59 days		[168]
Lucy McCallum	30 January 2008	7 March 2022	14 years, 36 days	Appointed Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory
Nigel Rein	5 May 2008	18 March 2022	13 years, 317 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (2002–2008)	[169][64]
Julie Ward	29 September 2008		16 years, 202 days		[170]
Robert Allan Hulme	2 March 2009		16 years, 48 days		[171]
Robert Forster	4 May 2009	26 March 2010	326 days		[172]
Michael Slattery [o]	25 May 2009		15 years, 329 days		[173]
David Davies	29 June 2009		15 years, 294 days		[174]
Monika Schmidt	27 July 2009	11 September 2019	10 years, 46 days	Judge of the Industrial Court of NSW (1993–2009)	[175][176]
Michael Pembroke	12 April 2010	12 April 2020	10 years, 0 days		[177]
Michael Ball	13 April 2010		15 years, 6 days		[178]
Peter Garling RFD	7 June 2010		14 years, 316 days		[179]
John Sackar	1 February 2011		14 years, 77 days		[180]
Ashley Black	4 July 2011		13 years, 289 days		[181]
Christine Adamson	17 October 2011		13 years, 184 days		[182]
Geoffrey Bellew	31 January 2012		Appointed [Chairman of the New South Wales Parole Board]		13 years, 78 days		[51][183]
James Stevenson	1 February 2012		13 years, 77 days		[51][184]
Robert Beech-Jones	12 March 2012		13 years, 38 days	Appointed to the High Court	[185]
Stephen Campbell	2 May 2012		12 years, 352 days		[186]
Richard Button	12 June 2012		12 years, 311 days		[187]
Geoff Lindsay	6 August 2012		12 years, 256 days		[188]
Philip Hallen	12 November 2012	30 June 2023	10 years, 230 days		[189]
Francois Kunc	8 April 2013		12 years, 11 days		[190]
Stephen Robb	20 June 2013		11 years, 303 days		[191]
Rowan Darke	16 August 2013	16 August 2023	10 years, 0 days		[192][193]
Robertson Wright	25 October 2013		11 years, 176 days		[194]
Peter Hamill	29 April 2014		10 years, 355 days		[195]
Helen Wilson	3 November 2014		10 years, 167 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014-2014)	[196]
Des Fagan	11 June 2015		9 years, 312 days
Natalie Adams	5 April 2016		9 years, 14 days
Julia Lonergan	21 March 2017		8 years, 29 days		[58]
Guy Parker	6 April 2017		8 years, 13 days		[197]
Kelly Rees	5 September 2018		6 years, 226 days		[198]
Lea Armstrong	31 October 2018		6 years, 170 days	NSW Crown Solicitor (2015–2018) President of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (2018–)	[199]
Trish Henry	30 January 2019		6 years, 79 days		[45]
Mark Ierace	31 January 2019		6 years, 78 days		[200]
Richard Cavanagh	16 September 2019		5 years, 215 days		[176]
Kate Williams	15 April 2020		5 years, 4 days		[201]
Hament Dhanji	20 September 2021		3 years, 211 days		[202]
Elisabeth Peden	6 April 2022		3 years, 13 days		[64]
Mark Richmond	19 April 2022		3 years, 0 days		[64]
Michael Meek	5 May 2022		2 years, 349 days		[203]
Dina Yehia	4 July 2022		2 years, 289 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (2014–2022)	[204]
Nicholas Chen	11 July 2022		2 years, 282 days		[204]
Sarah McNaughton	11 October 2022		2 years, 190 days	Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (2016–2022)	[205]
Richard Howard Weinstein SC	1 February 2023		2 years, 77 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (2019–2023)	[65]
Deborah Anne Sweeney	8 February 2023		2 years, 70 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (2006–2023)	[65]
Scott Nixon	8 February 2023		1 year, 254 days		[206]
Anthony McGrath	15 February 2023		1 year, 247 days		[206]
Sarah Huggett	29 November 2023	16 April 2024	1 year, 141 days		[207]
Additional Judge	Samuel Milford	1 January 1856	31 March 1857	1 year, 89 days		[80]
Acting Judge	John Kinchela	April 1836	September 1837	1 year
	Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB [c]	30 April 1839	26 March 1841	1–2 years		[5]
	Henry Stephen [c]	1 October 1876	31 October 1886	9–10 years		[24]
	James Sheen Dowling [b]	1 April 1878	31 December 1881	2–3 years	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1858–1889)	[208]
	Arthur Holroyd	2 April 1879	5 April 1879	3 days		[209]
	William Charles Windeyer	August 1879	9 August 1881	2 years, 0 days	Appointed judge
	George Deffell	12 August 1887	28 December 1887	138 days		[90][91]
	Alfred Backhouse	1895	1898	2–3 years	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1884–1921)	[210]
	Richard Sly	30 May 1898	31 December 1907	9 years		[102]
	George Rich	7 June 1911	2 July 1912	1 year		[105]
	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 201 days 213 days	Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1894, 1905, 1907 1920)	[211]
	Augustus James	21 September 1920	5 January 1921	106 days		[108]
	Sir David Maughan	28 July 1924 6 May 1936	27 January 1925 31 March 1937	183 days 329 days		[212]
	Sir Colin Davidson	8 June 1926	12 February 1927	249 days		[109]
	Victor Maxwell [l]	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)	[116]
	John Hammond	11 June 1929	31 December 1929	203 days		[213]
	Francis Stewart Boyce	17 June 1932	27 August 1932	71 days		[117]
	Richard Windeyer [i]	23 November 1936	15 February 1937	112 days		[214][215]
	Ernest David Roper	8 March 1937	24 May 1937	77 days		[120]
	Henry George Edwards	18 November 1937	5 September 1938	308 days		[124]
	Charles Hardwick CMG	9 January 1939	31 May 1939	142 days		[216]
	Arthur Pitt	14 February 1939	31 May 1939	106 days		[217]
	Edmund Alfred Barton [p]	1 June 1939	30 April 1940	334 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1933–1949)	[218]
	Sir Dudley Williams MC	17 November 1939	16 June 1940	212 days		[122]
	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)	[135]
	Stanley Toose [n]	5 January 1949	12 November 1950	1 years		[127]
	John Nield	7 January 1952	25 January 1952	18 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1934–1954)	[134]
	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)	[219]
	John Brennan	12 January 1953	8 February 1953	27 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1951–1977)	[220]
	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)	[221]
	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)	[132]
	Frederick Myers	9 April 1953	8 October 1953	182 days		[133]
	Wilfred Collins	13 September 1955	4 December 1955	82 days		[136]
	Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE	1 July 1959	31 December 1959	183 days	Appointed to the High Court	[32]
	Kenneth Asprey	24 October 1962	24 June 1963	243 days		[39]
	Hereward Henchman [q]	12 September 1966	28 February 1967	169 days	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1968–1974)	[222]
	Michael Helsham AO	3 June 1968	18 August 1968	76 days		[70]
	Ken Carruthers	10 October 1983	16 December 1983	67 days
	John Slattery AO [o]	12 September 1988	3 December 1992	4 years
	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		[223]
	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)	[224]
	George Needham	7 April 1989	6 April 1991	2 years
	Kevin Holland	13 June 1989	31 August 1990	10 years		[143]
	Morris Ireland	14 August 1989	13 October 1989	60 days		[154]
	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		[155]
	Jack Lee	8 October 1991	4 December 1992	1 year
	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	6 years
	Ken Carruthers	10 May 1999	9 May 2004	5 years
	Peter McInerney	24 May 1999	23 May 2001	2 years
	Jeremy Badgery-Parker	1 July 1999	30 June 2002	3 years
	Morris Ireland	14 June 2000	13 June 2003	3 years		[154]
	David Ipp	29 January 2001	1 January 2003	1–2 years
	Peter Newman RFD	8 February 2001	7 February 2005	3 years
	Jerrold Cripps	24 January 2002	23 January 2003	1 year	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	8 February 2001	18 December 2017	16 years	Judge of the District Court of NSW (1980–1987)
	William Victor Windeyer AM, RFD, ED [i]	17 August 2009	30 November 2012	3 years
	Peter Hidden AM	20 July 2016	2021	5 years
	Monika Schmidt	3 February 2020		5 years
Judge at Port Phillip [r]	John Willis	8 February 1841	24 June 1843 [s]	2 years, 136 days		[77]
	William Jeffcott	1 July 1843	December 1844	1 year, 153 days		[228]
	Roger Therry	9 January 1845	17 February 1846	1 year, 39 days		[78]
	William à Beckett	28 February 1846	23 January 1852	5 years, 329 days	Became first Chief Justice of Victoria 24 January 1852	[79]
Judge at Moreton Bay [t]	Samuel Milford	21 January 1856	14 February 1859	3 years, 24 days		[80]
	Alfred Lutwyche	15 February 1859	7 August 1861	2 years, 173 days	Appointed first judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland	[230]
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		[80]
	George Deffell	1 April 1857	10 May 1866	9 years, 39 days		[90][91]
	Arthur Holroyd	11 May 1866	19 January 1885	18 years, 253 days		[209]
	Henry F Barton	20 January 1885	25 October 1902	18 years, 278 days		[231]
	Henry P Owen	4 November 1902	31 July 1918	15 years, 269 days		[232]
	William Parker	1 August 1918	25 July 1940	21 years, 359 days		[233]
	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 [i]	1989	April 1992	2–3 years
Master in Lunacy	Arthur Holroyd	16 May 1879	19 January 1885	5 years, 248 days		[209]
	Henry F Barton	20 January 1885	25 October 1902	18 years, 278 days		[231]
	Henry P Owen	4 November 1902	31 July 1918	15 years, 269 days		[232]
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		[234]
Master, Common Law / Associate Judge	Bryan Malpass	1989	30 October 2008	18–19 years
Master / Associate Judge	Joanne Harrison	1997		27–28 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		[235]
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

Notes

1. The dates for acting judges and acting judges of appeal are from the date of their first commission until the date of their last commission. The judge may not have had a commission for the entire period and may not have sat throughout that period.
   From 1918 until 1990 a judge was required to retire at age 70. Since 1990 a judge is required to retire at age 72 but may be appointed an acting judge until age 77.^[1]
2. James Sheen Dowling was the son of Chief Justice Sir James Dowling.
3. The Stephen family is a prominent legal dynasty in Australia.^[21] John Stephen was the father of Sir Alfred Stephen, grandfather of (Matthew) Henry Stephen and great grandfather of Edward Milner Stephen.
4. The Street family is a prominent legal dynasty in Australia.^[21] Sir Philip Street was the father of Sir Kenneth Street and the grandfather of Sir Laurence Street
5. Fabian Gleeson is the son of Gerald Gleeson AC, the former Secretary of the NSW Premier's Department & brother of Justin Gleeson, the former Solicitor-General of Australia and is unrelated to Murray Gleeson AC whose daughter Jacqueline Gleeson is a judge of the Federal Court.
6. Michael Kirby is the elder brother of David Kirby.
7. Bruce MacFarlan is the father of Robert MacFarlan
8. Russell Brereton is the father of Paul Brereton
9. The Windeyer family is a prominent legal dynasty in Australia.^[21]
10. Sir Joseph Innes was the father of Regniald Long Innes
11. Sir William Owen was the father of Sir Langer Owen and the grandfather of Sir William FL Owen.
12. Victor Maxwell (1887-1975) was the father of Victor Maxwell (1922-1997).
13. Roper was appointed as a Judge of the Land and Valuation Court on 25 May 1937. Every six months from 1937 to 1939, he received an additional commission as an acting judge of the Supreme Court. In 1940 his appointment as a Supreme Court judge was backdated to 25 May 1937.^[119]
14. Stanley Toose is the father of Paul Toose
15. John Slattery is the father of Michael Slattery
16. Edmund Alfred Barton was the son of High Court judge Sir Edmund Barton.
17. Hereward John Humfry Henchman was the son of Hereward Humfry Henchman a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland
18. A resident judge was appointed for the Port Phillip District between 1840 and 1852 when the district became the colony of Victoria.^[225]
19. Willis was notified on 24 June 1843 that he had been amoved by Governor Gipps, however the Privy Council subsequently held that while there were sufficient grounds for his removal, he should have been given an opportunity to be heard.^[226] His appointment was revoked by the Queen in August 1846.^[227]
20. A resident judge was appointed for the Moreton Bay District from 1852,^[229] until the district became the colony of Queensland