List of judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland explained

Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of Queensland,,[1] [2] include:

PositionNameAppointment
commenced		Appointment
ended		Term in officeCommentsNotes
Died 27 January 1895
Died 20 August 1897
Appointed Chief Justice of Australia, died 9 August 1920
Died 30 August 1923
Died in office
Died 18 November 1944
Died in office
Appointed to the High Court, died 11 August 1972
Died in office
Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 17 July 1980
Died 26 July 1979
Died 11 August 1980
Died 17 October 1999
Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 4 September 2004
Died 28 July 2004
Died 5 August 2008
Appointed Governor of Queensland
Chief Magistrate, Magistrates Court (2013-2014)
Judge, District Court (Qld) (2013-2014)
Judge, Family Court of Australia (2003-2008)
[3]
Died 16 October 2014
Died 7 October 2013
[4]
Died 10 February 2018
President of the Land Appeal Court,
Judge and President of the Mental Health Court [5]
1 year[6]
Appointed Chief Justice
Died 10 June 1928
Died in office
Appointed to the High Court, died 11 August 1972
Died in office
Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 17 July 1980
Died in office
Died 22 September 1971
Died 11 August 1980
Died 12 May 1989
Died 28 November 1992
Died 28 July 2004
Died 20 April 1999
Died 7 October 2013
Died 2 April 2017
rowspan="2" [7]
Appointed first judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland.[8]
Previously resident judge at Moreton Bay. Died in office
Died in office
Died 20 August 1897
Died in office
Died in office
Died 30 August 1923
Died in office
Died 27 February 1930
Died 10 June 1928
Died 2 June 1914
Died 4 March 1942
Subsequently appointed to the Federal Court of Bankruptcy, died 1 June 1944
Died in office
Died 18 November 1944
Died 8 May 1937
Died 28 June 1936
Died 22 February 1953
Died 24 December 1972
Appointed to the High Court, died 11 August 1972
Died in office
Died in office
Died in office
Died in office
Died in office
Died in office
Died in office
Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 17 July 1980
Died in office
Died 5 June 1974
Died 23 May 1993
Died 22 September 1971
Died 28 August 1981
Died 26 July 1979
Died in office
Died 20 October 1970
Died 11 August 1980
Died in office
Died 16 November 1969
Died 17 October 1999
Died 12 May 1989
Appointed to the Federal Court of Bankruptcy, then High Court of Australia in 1970, including as Chief Justice of Australia 1981. Died 25 June 2005
Died 24 February 1983
Died 23 November 1992
Died in office
Died in office
Died 12 July 2003
Died 11 July 1999
Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 4 September 2004
Died 2 July 1998
Died 15 February 1993
Died 28 July 2004
Died 10 January 1999
Died 20 April 1999
Died in office
Died 30 November 1997
Died 3 May 2009
Died 5 August 2008
Died 7 October 2013
Died 27 October 2015
Died 18 November 2009
Removed from office by Parliament. Died 29 September 2021[9] [10]
Died 2 April 2017
Appointed Governor of Queensland
Appointed to the Federal Court
Died 31 December 2015
Appointed to the Federal Court, died 15 March 2005
[11]
Appointed to the Federal Court
[12]
Died 10 February 2018
[13]
Chair, Law Reform Commission
President, Land Appeal Court
Judge and President, Mental Health Court
Judge, Mental Health Court (2000–04)
Acting Judge, District Court (Qld) (1999)
Criminal List Judge
Died in office
(Central Judge, Rockhampton)
Land Appeal Court (Central Division)
President QCAT (2017-)
President, QCAT (2009-2013)
Mental Health Court
(Northern Judge Townsville)
President (2013 – 2017)
President Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2017)
appointed as a Judge of the Federal Court
(Far North, Cairns), Land Appeal Court (Far Northern Division)[14]
Chief Magistrate, Magistrates Court (2013-2014)
Judge, District Court (Qld) (2013-2014)
Judge, Family Court of Australia (2003-2008)
Judge, District Court (Qld) (2014-2017)
(Central Judge, Rockhampton)
[15]
Justice Crowley is the first Indigenous judge to be appointed to a superior court in Australia.
Tom Sullivan24 February 2023
Catherine Muir 11 April 2023
Michael Copley8 May 2024
Rebecca Treston8 May 2024

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Judges of the Supreme Court . 8 May 2024 . Supreme Court (Qld).
  2. Web site: Judicial profiles . 8 May 2024 . Supreme Court Library (Qld).
  3. Web site: Attorney-General's comments at the swearing in of Chief Justice Catherine Holmes . Qld.gov.au . 28 September 2018 . 11 September 2015.
  4. Web site: Swearing in of the Hon Justice Catherine Holmes as a Judge of Appeal . 28 September 2018 . 26 May 2006. [2006] Queensland Judicial Scholarship 35.
  5. Web site: Judicial profiles .
  6. Web site: Wilson, Margaret . The Australian Women's Register . 2 March 2019.
  7. Web site: Samuel Frederick Milford . NSW State Archives & Records.
  8. P.A. . Howell . Lutwyche, Alfred James (1810–1880) . lutwyche-alfred-james-4048 .
  9. Web site: Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee . Honourable Angelo Vasta (Reversal of Removal) Bill 2017 . Parliament.qld.gov.au . 4 October 2018.
  10. Web site: Publisher. Online News. 29 September 2021. former judge Angelo Vasta dies. 29 September 2021. Herbert River Online News. en-AU.
  11. Web site: The Honourable Kenneth Mackenzie QC . Supreme Court Library, Queensland . 7 March 2021.
  12. Web site: Speech delivered at the valedictory ceremony upon the retirement of the Honourable Justice H G Fryberg. de Jersey . The Honourable Paul . [2013] Queensland Judicial Scholarship 46.
  13. Web site: Judicial profiles . Supreme Court Library (Qld). 2 March 2019.
  14. Web site: Swearing-In of Mr James Dawson Henry S.C.. 18 December 2012.
  15. Web site: Holmes . The Hon Chief Justice Catherine . Welcome ceremony for the Hon Justice Elizabeth Wilson and the Hon Thomas Bradley as Judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland . [2019] Queensland Judicial Scholarship 2

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