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Former Judges of the Federal Court of Australia

Judges - Appointments and Retirements

As at 1 August 2011

Alphabetical list of former Judges Date of Appointment Date of Departure Farewell Transcript
Allsop, James Leslie Bain 7 May 2001 3 June 2008  
Beaumont, Bryan Alan AO 30 May 1983 11 Feb 2005  
Beazley, Margaret Joan 1 Jan 1993 28 April 1996  
Black, Michael Eric John AC 1 Jan 1991 21 Mar 2010 Transcripts
Blackburn , Sir Richard Arthur OBE 1 Feb 1977 31 Mar 1985  
Bowen, Sir Nigel Hubert AC, KBE 20 Dec 1976 31 Dec 1990  
Branson, Catherine Margaret 16 May 1994 13 Oct 2008  
Brennan, Francis Gerald 1 Feb 1977 12 Feb 1981  
Burchett, James Charles Sholto 3 Jun 1985 10 Oct 2000  
Carr, Christopher John Seymour Metford 13 Dec 1993 1 Aug 2004  
Connor, Xavier Francis L. AO 1 Feb 1977 17 Mar 1982  
Conti, Richard Alan 15 Aug 2000 15 Aug 2007  
Cooper, Richard Ellard 30 Mar 1992 14 Mar 2005  
Crennan, Susan Maree 3 Feb 2004 1 Nov 2005  
Davies, John Daryl 17 May 1978 31 Aug 1998  
Deane, William Patrick 1 Apr 1977 26 Jul 1982  
Drummond, Douglas Paton 2 Dec 1991 12 Apr 2003  
Einfeld, Marcus Richard 18 Dec 1986 16 Apr 2001  
Ellicott, Robert James 2 Mar 1981 24 Feb 1983  
Evatt, Phillip George DSC 1 Feb 1977 28 Feb 1987  
Everett, Mervyn George 27 Jun 1984 4 Oct 1987  
Finkelstein, Raymond Antony 21 July 1997 1 Jul 2011  
Fisher, Francis Robert 6 Mar 1978 31 Jul 1989  
Fitzgerald, Gerald Edward 25 Nov 1981 30 Jun 1984  
Forster, Sir William Edward Stanley 1 Feb 1977 31 Jan 1989  
Foster, Michael Leader 2 Nov 1987 26 Nov 1998  
Fox, Russell Walter 1 Feb 1977 31 Mar 1989  
Franki, Robert James Anning 1 Feb 1977 5 Aug 1986  
French, Robert Shenton 25 Nov 1986 1 Sep 2008  
Gallop, John Foster AM, RFD 11 Mar 1978 30 Jul 2000  
Goldberg, Alan Henry AO 3 Feb 1997 4 July 2010 30 June 2010
Graham, Peter Ross 24 May 2005 6 Sep 2010  
Gyles, Roger Vincent AO 11 Jun 1999 22 Aug 2008  
Gummow, William Montague Charles 24 Nov 1986 20 Apr 1995  
Hartigan, Trevor Russell 13 Aug 1987 24 Apr 1990  
Heerey, Peter Cadden AM
17 Dec 1990
16 Feb 2009
 
Hely, Peter Graham 2 Oct 1998 1 Oct 2005  
Hill, Donald Graham 1 Feb 1989 24 Aug 2005  
Jackson, David Francis 15 Nov 1985 26 May 1987  
Jenkinson, Kenneth Joseph 1 Nov 1982 5 Jun 1997  
Katz, Leslie Sydney 30 Sep 1998 21 Mar 2002  
Keely, John Augustine 1 Feb 1977 29 Feb 1996  
Kelly, John Joseph Anthony 11 Mar 1980 1 Jul 1990  
Kiefel, Susan Mary 17 Oct 1994 3 Sep 2007  
Kirby, Michael Donald C.M.G. 30 Mar 1983 23 Sep 1984  
Lee, Malcolm Cameron 15 Feb 1988 1 May 2006  
Lehane, John Robert Felix 3 Oct 1995 10 Sep 2001  
Lindgren, Kevin Edmund AM 26 July 1994 12 Feb 2010  
Lockhart, John Stanley AO 30 Oct 1978 11 Jun 1999  
McGregor, Douglas Gordon Patrick 7 Nov 1977 14 Nov 1985  
Madgwick, Rodney Neville 3 Oct 1995 21 Apr 2008  
Mathews, Jane Hamilton AO 4 Jul 1994 6 Apr 2001  
Merkel, Ronald 5 Feb 1996 15 May 2006  
Miles, Jeffrey Allan AO 18 Jun 1985 30 Sep 2002  
Moore, Michael Francis 28 Mar 1994 1 Aug 2011  
Morling, Trevor Rees 11 Feb 1981 1 Feb 1993  
Muirhead, James Henry 1 Feb 1977 4 Aug 1986  
Neaves, Alan Reginald 11 Mar 1983 8 Jan 1995  
Nicholson, Alastair Bothwick AO RFD 1 Feb 1988 31 May 2004  
Nicholson, Robert David AO 1 Jan 1995 7 Aug 2007  
Nimmo, Sir John Angus CBE, OStJ 1 Feb 1977 30 Jun 1980  
Northrop, Raymond Moyle 1 Feb 1977 31 Aug 1998  
O'Connor, Deirdre Frances 1 Ju1 1990 5 Mar 2002  
Olney, Howard William AM 21 May 1988 30 Apr 2003  
O'Loughlin, Maurice Francis 1 Aug 1989 28 Jan 2003  
Phillips, John Harber 14 Aug 1990 17 Dec 1991  
Pincus, Cecil William 25 Mar 1985 16 Dec 1991  
Riley, Bernard Blomfield 1 Feb 1977 4 Aug 1978  
Ryan, Donnell Michael 29 Sep 1986 2 June 2011  
Sackville, Ronald 19 Sep 1994 25 Aug 2008  
Selway, Bradley Maxwell 18 Nov 2002 10 Apr 2005  
Sheppard, Ian Fitzhardinge AO 9 Dec 1979 23 May 1997  
Smithers, Sir Reginald Allfree 1 Feb 1977 30 Sep 1986  
Spender, Jeffrey Ernest John
17 May 1984 19 Jul 2010 14 Jul 2010
St John , Robert James Baldwin 1 Feb 1977 31 Mar 1985  
Sundberg, Ross Alan 10 Jul 1995 9 Aug 2010  
Sweeney, Charles Augustine CBE 1 Feb 1977 29 Jun 1995  
Sweeney, John Bernard 1 Feb 1977 7 May 1981  
Tamberlin, Brian John 29 Aug 1994 30 Mar 2009 27 Mar 2009
Toohey, John Leslie 4 Apr 1977 31 Dec 1986  
von Doussa, John William 1 Dec 1988 15 Aug 2003  
Ward, Richard Charles 1 Feb 1977 24 Nov 1977  
Weinberg, Mark Samuel 15 Jul 1998 19 Jul 2008  
Whitlam, Antony Philip 1 Jan 1993 1 May 2005  
Wilcox, Murray Rutledge 11 May 1984 2 Oct 2006  
Woodward, Sir Albert Edward OBE 1 Feb 1977 31 Jul 1990  
Young, John Neil 30 Nov 2005 24 Jan 2007  

 

 

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