List of judges of the Family Court of Australia
Judges of the Family Court of Australia, include the Chief Justice,[1] Deputy Chief Justice,[2] Judges of the Appeal Division,[3] current,[4] and former judges as of 24 October 2018[update].[5] They include judges who hold a concurrent commission with the Family Court of Western Australia.[6]
Position
|
Name
|
Appointment commenced
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Appointment ended
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Term
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Comments
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Notes
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Chief Justice
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Elizabeth Evatt
|
5 January 1976
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5 January 1988
|
12 years, 0 days
|
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Alastair Nicholson
|
1 February 1988
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2 July 2004
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16 years, 152 days
|
|
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Diana Bryant
|
5 July 2004
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12 October 2017
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13 years, 99 days
|
|
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John Pascoe
|
13 October 2017
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9 December 2018
|
1 year, 57 days
|
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[7]
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Will Alstergren
|
10 December 2018
|
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5 years, 349 days
|
Joint commission as Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia
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[8]
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Deputy Chief Justice
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John Faulks
|
25 June 2004
|
30 October 2016
|
12 years, 127 days
|
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[9]
|
Robert McClelland
|
10 December 2018
|
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5 years, 348 days
|
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[10]
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Judge of the Appeals Division
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Steven Strickland
|
22 November 1999
|
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25 years, 0 days
|
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Garry Watts
|
14 April 2005
|
|
19 years, 222 days
|
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Judith Ryan
|
31 July 2006
|
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18 years, 114 days
|
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Peter Murphy
|
11 October 2007
|
1 May 2019
|
11 years, 202 days
|
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Stewart Austin
|
13 July 2009
|
|
15 years, 132 days
|
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Ann Ainslie-Wallace
|
9 July 2010
|
|
14 years, 136 days
|
|
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Michael Kent
|
12 July 2011
|
|
13 years, 133 days
|
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Murray Aldridge
|
13 December 2012
|
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11 years, 345 days
|
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Peter Tree
|
14 January 2013
|
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11 years, 313 days
|
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[11]
|
Judge
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Austin Asche
|
5 January 1976
|
3 April 1986
|
10 years, 88 days
|
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John Marshall
|
5 January 1976
|
5 September 1982
|
6 years, 243 days
|
|
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Kenneth Pawley
|
5 January 1976
|
10 January 1986
|
10 years, 5 days
|
|
|
Alan Demack
|
21 January 1976
|
15 January 1978
|
1 year, 359 days
|
|
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Ray Watson
|
21 January 1976
|
1 April 1994
|
18 years, 70 days
|
|
|
John Fogarty
|
3 February 1976
|
2 October 1998
|
22 years, 241 days
|
|
|
Harry Emery
|
6 February 1976
|
4 July 1988
|
12 years, 149 days
|
|
|
Kemeri Murray
|
6 February 1976
|
16 December 2006
|
30 years, 313 days
|
|
|
Rodney Charles Wood
|
9 February 1976
|
5 September 1991
|
15 years, 208 days
|
|
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Basil Hogan
|
27 February 1976
|
11 December 1988
|
12 years, 288 days
|
|
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Margaret Lusink
|
27 February 1976
|
13 August 1988
|
12 years, 168 days
|
|
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Travis Lindenmayer
|
27 February 1976
|
31 December 2002
|
26 years, 307 days
|
|
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Thomas McGovern
|
27 February 1976
|
26 October 1996
|
20 years, 242 days
|
|
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Graham Bell
|
27 February 1976
|
27 February 2015
|
39 years, 0 days
|
|
|
William Griffith Dovey
|
27 February 1976
|
31 May 1989
|
13 years, 93 days
|
|
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William Simpson
|
11 June 1976
|
19 October 1991
|
15 years, 130 days
|
|
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Bryce Ross-Jones
|
11 June 1976
|
4 February 1995
|
18 years, 238 days
|
|
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Thomas Joske
|
11 June 1976
|
22 November 2005
|
29 years, 164 days
|
|
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Josephine Maxwell
|
21 June 1976
|
16 July 1999
|
23 years, 25 days
|
|
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Steven Strauss
|
12 July 1976
|
3 January 1994
|
17 years, 175 days
|
|
|
John Gun
|
19 July 1976
|
20 February 1998
|
21 years, 223 days
|
|
|
Joseph Goldstein
|
15 October 1976
|
28 February 1979
|
2 years, 136 days
|
|
|
Hubert Frederico
|
15 October 1976
|
24 April 2003
|
26 years, 191 days
|
|
|
Geoffrey Walsh
|
4 January 1977
|
3 June 1995
|
18 years, 150 days
|
|
|
Adrian Smithers
|
17 January 1977
|
15 March 2002
|
25 years, 57 days
|
|
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Adrian Cook
|
17 January 1977
|
15 March 2002
|
13 years, 231 days
|
|
|
Gordon Yuill
|
13 April 1977
|
10 February 1990
|
12 years, 303 days
|
|
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Robert Bulley
|
18 April 1977
|
17 July 1995
|
18 years, 90 days
|
|
|
David Tonge
|
28 October 1977
|
2 January 1987
|
9 years, 66 days
|
|
|
David Opas
|
31 October 1977
|
23 June 1980
|
2 years, 236 days
|
|
|
Brian Treyvaud
|
3 November 1977
|
3 March 1995
|
17 years, 120 days
|
|
|
Ernie Lambert
|
10 November 1977
|
10 August 1990
|
12 years, 273 days
|
|
|
Edward Butler
|
16 November 1977
|
30 June 1997
|
19 years, 226 days
|
|
|
William David Nobbs
|
18 November 1977
|
4 May 1981
|
3 years, 169 days
|
|
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Peter Underhill
|
31 January 1978
|
31 December 1997
|
19 years, 334 days
|
|
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John Ellis
|
31 January 1978
|
23 August 2004
|
26 years, 205 days
|
|
|
John Gibson
|
10 July 1978
|
14 August 1985
|
7 years, 35 days
|
|
|
Eric Baker
|
10 July 1978
|
19 January 1999
|
20 years, 193 days
|
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Peter Nygh
|
2 July 1979
|
10 July 1993
|
14 years, 8 days
|
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|
Peter Hase
|
10 December 1979
|
27 January 1998
|
18 years, 48 days
|
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John Elliott
|
19 December 1979
|
1 May 1991
|
11 years, 133 days
|
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Richard Gee
|
25 July 1980
|
1 August 1998
|
18 years, 7 days
|
|
|
David Haese
|
4 September 1981
|
1 August 1995
|
13 years, 331 days
|
|
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Doreen Bulbeck
|
11 January 1982
|
26 January 1998
|
16 years, 15 days
|
|
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Neil Buckley
|
7 February 1983
|
31 August 2006
|
23 years, 205 days
|
|
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Margaret Renaud
|
8 September 1983
|
28 August 1998
|
14 years, 354 days
|
|
|
James Barry
|
12 December 1983
|
27 June 2011
|
27 years, 197 days
|
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John Purdy
|
23 August 1984
|
23 September 2005
|
21 years, 31 days
|
|
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Rodney Purvis
|
11 March 1985
|
30 March 1998
|
13 years, 19 days
|
|
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John Wilczek
|
1 November 1985
|
11 February 2005
|
19 years, 102 days
|
|
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Warwick Rourke
|
31 January 1986
|
5 February 2001
|
15 years, 5 days
|
|
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Hugh Burton
|
5 June 1986
|
30 September 1999
|
13 years, 117 days
|
|
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Joseph Kay
|
12 June 1986
|
25 February 2008
|
21 years, 258 days
|
|
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Graham Mullane
|
28 July 1986
|
30 September 2008
|
22 years, 64 days
|
|
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Mary Jane Lawrie
|
21 August 1986
|
9 March 2007
|
20 years, 200 days
|
|
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Anthony Graham
|
5 June 1987
|
15 July 1998
|
11 years, 40 days
|
|
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Alwynne Rowlands
|
13 April 1988
|
10 January 2006
|
17 years, 272 days
|
|
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Peter Moss
|
2 May 1988
|
2 July 2000
|
12 years, 61 days
|
|
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John Cohen
|
1 February 1989
|
4 March 2011
|
22 years, 31 days
|
|
|
Mary Finn
|
2 July 1990
|
3 July 2016
|
26 years, 1 day
|
|
|
Nahum Mushin
|
26 October 1990
|
30 November 2011
|
21 years, 35 days
|
|
|
Colleen Moore
|
18 April 1991
|
31 July 2009
|
18 years, 104 days
|
|
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Ian Coleman
|
18 April 1991
|
8 May 2013
|
22 years, 20 days
|
|
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Peter Hilton
|
25 July 1991
|
6 June 2000
|
8 years, 317 days
|
|
|
Michael Hannon
|
26 August 1991
|
20 September 2005
|
14 years, 25 days
|
|
|
Bernard Warnick
|
2 September 1991
|
31 March 2010
|
18 years, 210 days
|
|
|
Richard Chisholm
|
21 September 1993
|
14 June 2004
|
10 years, 267 days
|
|
|
Sally Brown
|
23 November 1993
|
2 June 2010
|
16 years, 191 days
|
|
|
Brian Jordan
|
27 July 1994
|
31 December 2009
|
15 years, 157 days
|
|
|
Stephen O'Ryan
|
11 October 1994
|
15 March 2011
|
16 years, 155 days
|
|
|
John Faulks
|
11 October 1994
|
25 June 2004
|
9 years, 258 days
|
Promoted to Deputy Chief Justice
|
|
Linda Dessau
|
20 June 1995
|
21 June 2013
|
18 years, 1 day
|
|
|
Susan Morgan
|
30 June 1995
|
24 February 2006
|
10 years, 239 days
|
|
|
Michelle May
|
5 September 1995
|
31 July 2017
|
21 years, 329 days
|
|
|
Christine Dawe
|
3 March 1997
|
3 March 2017
|
20 years, 0 days
|
|
|
John Steele
|
1 December 1997
|
15 January 2008
|
10 years, 45 days
|
|
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John Jerrard
|
20 March 1998
|
29 May 2002
|
4 years, 70 days
|
|
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Rodney Burr
|
2 April 1998
|
25 May 2012
|
14 years, 53 days
|
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Paul Guest
|
1 May 1998
|
5 May 2008
|
10 years, 4 days
|
|
|
Heather Carter
|
1 June 1998
|
18 July 2008
|
10 years, 47 days
|
|
|
Lloyd Waddy
|
1 July 1998
|
22 December 2009
|
11 years, 174 days
|
|
|
Ann Robinson
|
7 September 1998
|
19 June 2002
|
3 years, 285 days
|
|
|
Michael Watt
|
14 December 1998
|
15 December 2008
|
10 years, 1 day
|
|
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Peter Rose
|
21 December 1998
|
1 July 2011
|
12 years, 192 days
|
|
|
Robyn Flohm
|
17 May 1999
|
29 April 2010
|
10 years, 347 days
|
|
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David Collier
|
19 July 1999
|
23 July 2013
|
14 years, 4 days
|
|
|
Jennifer Boland
|
29 October 1999
|
4 February 2011
|
11 years, 98 days
|
|
|
Robert Monteith
|
28 November 2000
|
30 November 2011
|
11 years, 2 days
|
|
|
Janine Stevenson
|
18 May 2001
|
|
23 years, 188 days
|
|
|
Mark Le Poer Trench
|
10 October 2001
|
1 November 2018
|
17 years, 22 days
|
|
[12]
|
Peter Young
|
26 August 2002
|
9 May 2013
|
10 years, 256 days
|
|
|
Elizabeth O'Reilly
|
10 January 2003
|
31 January 2013
|
10 years, 21 days
|
|
|
Tim Carmody
|
7 July 2003
|
8 July 2008
|
5 years, 1 day
|
|
|
Stephen Thackray
|
1 December 2004
|
6 January 2019
|
14 years, 36 days
|
Chief Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia
|
[13]
|
Robert Benjamin
|
19 August 2005
|
|
19 years, 95 days
|
|
|
Victoria Bennett
|
30 November 2005
|
|
18 years, 358 days
|
|
|
Paul Cronin
|
20 December 2006
|
18 April 2019
|
12 years, 119 days
|
|
|
Stuart Fowler
|
16 November 2007
|
14 November 2013
|
5 years, 363 days
|
|
[5]
|
Simon Moncrieff
|
31 August 2009
|
|
15 years, 83 days
|
Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia
|
|
Margaret Cleary
|
8 July 2010
|
|
14 years, 137 days
|
|
|
William Johnston
|
12 July 2010
|
4 September 2019
|
14 years, 133 days
|
|
[14]
|
Ian Loughnan
|
12 July 2010
|
|
14 years, 133 days
|
|
|
Colin Forrest
|
2 February 2011
|
|
13 years, 294 days
|
|
|
Kirsty Macmillan
|
14 December 2011
|
|
12 years, 344 days
|
|
|
Anne Rees
|
15 December 2011
|
|
12 years, 343 days
|
|
|
Susan Duncanson
|
6 December 2012
|
|
11 years, 352 days
|
Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia
|
|
John Walters
|
6 December 2012
|
|
11 years, 352 days
|
Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia
|
|
Jenny Hogan
|
14 January 2013
|
|
11 years, 313 days
|
|
|
Jennifer Coate
|
31 January 2013
|
8 February 2019
|
6 years, 25 days
|
|
[5]
|
David Berman
|
18 July 2013
|
|
11 years, 127 days
|
|
|
Sharon Johns
|
29 July 2013
|
|
11 years, 116 days
|
|
|
Garry Foster
|
8 August 2013
|
|
11 years, 106 days
|
|
|
Christine Thornton
|
12 August 2013
|
14 December 2018
|
5 years, 124 days
|
|
[5]
|
Hilary Hannam
|
12 August 2013
|
|
11 years, 101 days
|
|
|
Catherine Carew
|
7 March 2016
|
|
8 years, 260 days
|
|
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Richard O'Brien
|
12 April 2016
|
|
8 years, 224 days
|
Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia
|
|
Shane Gill
|
16 May 2016
|
|
8 years, 190 days
|
|
|
Michael Baumann
|
11 January 2018
|
|
6 years, 316 days
|
|
|
Gail Sutherland
|
16 March 2018
|
|
6 years, 251 days
|
Chief Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia
|
|
Louise Henderson
|
8 February 2019
|
|
5 years, 288 days
|
|
|
Jillian Williams
|
8 February 2019
|
|
5 years, 288 days
|
|
|
Ciara Tyson
|
22 February 2019
|
|
5 years, 274 days
|
Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia
|
|
Joshua Wilson
|
11 March 2019
|
|
5 years, 256 days
|
|
|
Robert Harper
|
11 March 2019
|
|
5 years, 256 days
|
|
|
Christine Mead
|
25 March 2019
|
|
5 years, 242 days
|
|
|
Norah Hartnett
|
25 March 2019
|
|
5 years, 242 days
|
|
|
Timothy McEvoy
|
27 March 2019
|
|
5 years, 240 days
|
|
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References
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