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List of Judges of the High Court of Australia

See also High Court of Australia, list of jurists.

Table of contents
1 Current Judges
2 Previous Judges
3 External Links

Current Judges

Previous Judges

Chief Justices

Sir Samuel Griffith (born 1845; died 1920). Chief Justice 1903-19.

Sir Adrian Knox (born 1863; died 1932). Chief Justice 1919-30.

Sir Isaac Isaacs (born 1855; died 1948). A Justice 1906-30. Chief Justice 1930-31.

Sir Frank Gavan Duffy (born 1852; died 1936). A Justice 1913-21. Chief Justice 1931-35.

Sir John Latham (born 1877; died 1964). Chief Justice 1935-52.

Sir Owen Dixon (born 1886; died 1972). A Justice 1929-52. Chief Justice 1952-64.

Sir Garfield Barwick (born 1903; died 1997). Chief Justice 1964-81.

Sir Harry Gibbs (born 1917). A Justice 1970-81. Chief Justice 1981-87.

Sir Anthony Mason (born 1925). A Justice 1972-87. Chief Justice 1987-95.

Sir Gerard Brennan (born 1928). A Justice 1981-95. Chief Justice 1995-98.

Other Justices

Sir Edmund Barton (born 1849; died 1920). A Justice 1903-20.

Richard Edward O'Connor (born 1851; died 1912). A Justice 1903-12.

Henry Bournes Higgins (born 1851; died 1929). A Justice 1906-29.

Sir Charles Powers (born 1853; died 1939). A Justice 1913-29.

Albert Bathurst Piddington (born 1862; died 1945). A Justice 6 March 1913 - 5 April 1913.

Sir George Rich (born 1863; died 1956). A Justice 1913-50. Admitted

Sir Hayden Starke (born 1871; died 1958). A Justice 1920-50.

Herbert Vere Evatt (born 1894; died 1965). A Justice 1930-40.

Sir Edward McTiernan (born 1892; died 1990). A Justice 1930-76.

Sir Dudley Williams (born 1889; died 1963). A Justice 1940-58.

Sir William Webb (born 1887; died 1972). A Justice 1946-58.

Sir Wilfred Fullagar (born 1892; died 1961). A Justice 1950-61.

Sir Frank Kitto (born 1903; died 1994). A Justice 1950-70.

Sir Alan Taylor (born 1901; died 1969). A Justice 1952-69.

Sir Douglas Menzies (born 1907; died 1974). A Justice 1958-74.

Sir Victor Windeyer (born 1900; died 1987). A Justice 1958-72.

Sir William Owen (born 1899; died 1972). A Justice 1961-72.

Sir Cyril Walsh (born 1909; died 1973). A Justice 1969-73.

Sir Ninian Stephen (born 1923). A Justice 1972-82.

Sir Kenneth Jacobs (born 1917). A Justice 1974-79.

Lionel Keith Murphy (born 1922; died 1986). A Justice 1975-86.

Sir Keith Aickin (born 1916; died 1982). A Justice 1976-82.

Sir Ronald Wilson (born 1922). A Justice 1979-89.

Sir William Deane (born 1931). A Justice 1982-95.

Sir Daryl Dawson (born 1933). A Justice 1982-97.

John Leslie Toohey (born 1930). A Justice 1987-98.

Mary Genevieve Gaudron (born 1943). A Justice 1987-2003.

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