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This is a list of the first women judge(s) in
Australia . The first court was established in 1788,
[1] the first woman to be awarded a Bachelor of Laws degree graduated in 1903,
[2] and the first woman barrister was admitted in 1905.
[3] It was not until 1965 that the first woman was appointed to an Australian judicial position.
[4] These pioneering Australians have been described as members of the FW2 club or First Woman to club.
[5] 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)
Notes
References
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David Collins (1798),
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales
^ O'Brien, Joan M. (1981).
"Evans, Ada Emily (1872 - 1947)" .
Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 8. National Centre of Biography,
Australian National University . pp. 443–444.
ISSN
1833-7538 . Retrieved 21 September 2018 .
^ Campbell, R; Barton (1983).
"Greig, Grata Flos Matilda (1880–1958)" .
Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 9. National Centre of Biography,
Australian National University .
ISSN
1833-7538 . Retrieved 21 September 2018 .
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"Roma Flinders Mitchell" , Australian Women Lawyers
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McColl, R (2014).
"Celebrating Women in the Judiciary" . New South Wales Judicial Scholarship . [2014] New South Wales Judicial Scholarship 2. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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"Susan Kiefel" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 3 January 2018 .
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"Mary Genevieve Gaudron" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 3 January 2018 .
^ Worthington, Brett (31 March 2023).
"Debra Mortimer becomes Australia's first female Federal Court chief justice" . ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 June 2023 .
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"Deirdre O'Connor" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 2 November 2017 .
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"Groundbreaking lawyer was first female Federal Court judge" . Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 13 February 2024 .
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"Elizabeth Andreas Evatt" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 3 January 2018 .
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"Diana Bryant" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 6 December 2017 .
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"2000-01 Annual Report" . Federal Magistrates Court of Australia. Retrieved 3 January 2018 .
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"Margaret Beazley" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 3 January 2018 .
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"Jane Mathews" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 2 November 2017 .
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"Mahla Pearlman" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 2 January 2018 .
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"Leone Carmel Glynn" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 2 January 2018 .
^ Shiel, Fergus (26 November 2003).
"Trailblazing lawyer named chief justice" .
The Age . Retrieved 4 January 2018 .
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"New Vic appeal court president appointed" . The Canberra Times . 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022 .
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"Susan Kenny" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 3 January 2018 .
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"Inspiring trailblazer for women in law" . Sydney Morning Herald. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018 .
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"Lynnette Rochelle Schiftan" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 3 January 2018 .
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"Catherine Holmes named as Queensland chief justice" . ABC News. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2018 .
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"McMurdo, Margaret" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 24 December 2017 .
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"The Honourable Justice Margaret J White AO" . Retrieved 4 January 2018 .
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"Patricia (Patsy) Wolfe" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 3 January 2018 .
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"Highly respected Judge farewelled" . Family Court of Australia. Retrieved 3 January 2018 .
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"Ill health forces first female South Australia chief magistrate Elizabeth Bolton to resign after eight years" . The Advertiser. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2018 .
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"Shan Eve Tennent" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 3 January 2018 .
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"Carmel McLure" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 3 January 2018 .
^ Offer, Kate.
"The Judges of Western Australia: Part II" (PDF) . (1998) 27 University of Western Australia Law Review 248.
^ Quigley, John (14 December 2018).
"Three new appointments to the Family Court announced" . mediastatements.wa.gov.au . Archived from
the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020 .
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"Former judges of the Family Court" . familycourt.gov.au . Retrieved 28 March 2020 .
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"Past District Court Judges" . District Court of WA . Retrieved 4 January 2018 .
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"Antoinette Kennedy" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 3 January 2018 .
^ Inman, Michael.
"Introducing the ACT's first female Supreme Court Chief Justice" . Canberra Times . Retrieved 4 January 2018 .
^ Gorrey, M (6 October 2017).
"Justice Hilary Penfold to retire from ACT Supreme Court" . Canberra Times . Retrieved 4 January 2018 .
^ Cummins, Jamie (1 February 2012).
"Canberra Conversations: Lorraine Walker" . www.abc.net.au . Retrieved 9 March 2019 .
^ Back, Alexandra (8 March 2019).
"Karen Fryar, first woman to the bench in Canberra, retires" . Canberra Times . Retrieved 9 March 2019 .
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"Sally Gordon Thomas" . Australian Women Lawyers . Retrieved 4 January 2018 .