The below is a complete list of Judges of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory is the superior court for the Australian Territory of the Northern Territory. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the territory in civil matters, and hears the most serious criminal matters...

. The Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

 has six resident Judges, including a Chief Justice

Chief Justice

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. Judges from other Courts and retired Judges have regularly held appointment as additional or acting Judges to assist, particularly with appeal sittings where at least three Judges are required.

The Northern Territory went through a period where from 1961 up until Self-Government in 1978 Federal Court

Federal Court of Australia

The Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law , along with some summary criminal matters. Cases are heard at first instance by single Judges...

 (and before that Commonwealth

Commonwealth

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) Judges were appointed and sat occasionally in the Northern Territory.

Chief Judge

Name	Term as Chief Judge
Sir William Edward Stanley Forster William Forster (judge) Sir William Edward Stanley Forster was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory holding that position from 1979 to 1985...	01.02.1977 - 30.09.1979

Chief Justice

Name	Term as Chief Justice
Sir William Edward Stanley Forster William Forster (judge) Sir William Edward Stanley Forster was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory holding that position from 1979 to 1985...	01.10.1979 - 07.02.1985
Kevin Frederick O'Leary	12.09.1985 - 31.07.1987
Keith John Austin Asche Austin Asche Keith John Austin Asche, AC, QC is a former Administrator of the Northern Territory and was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.-Early years, education and family:...	01.08.1987 - 25.02.1993
Brian Frank Martin Brian Frank Martin Brian Frank Martin AO MBE QC was the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. He was appointed to that position on 26 February 1993 when the former Chief Justice Austin Asche took up appointment as Administrator of the Northern Territory...	26.02.1993 - 31.10.2003
Brian Ross Martin Brian Ross Martin Brian Ross Martin AO QC was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory from 2004 to 2010. He was sworn in as the Northern Territory's fifth Chief Justice on 27 January 2004 following the retirement of Brian Frank Martin.At the time of his appointment he was a judge of the...	27.01.2004 -

Resident Judges

Name	Term as Justice
Samuel Mitchell	30 May 1911 - April 1912
David Bevan	23 May 1912 - 22 September 1920
Donald Roberts	11 November 1921 - 7 April 1928
Ross Mallam	24 April 1928] - 1933
Thomas Wells	21 August 1933 - 26 March 1952
Martin Kriewaldt	27 March 1952 - 12 June 1960
Alan Bridge	28 September 1961 - 28 July 1966
Richard Blackburn Richard Blackburn Sir Richard Arthur Blackburn OBE was a judge, prominent legal academic and former military officer in Australia. He became a judge of three separate courts in Australia, and eventually became chief justice of the Australian Capital Territory. In the 1970s he decided one of Australia's earliest...	14 October 1966 - 27 June 1971
Sir William Forster William Forster (judge) Sir William Edward Stanley Forster was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory holding that position from 1979 to 1985...	28 June 1971 - 31 January 1977
James Muirhead James Muirhead James Henry Muirhead AC KStJ QC was an Administrator of the Northern Territory and a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.-Pre-Northern Territory:...	1 May 1974 - 11 September 1985
Richard Ward Richard Ward (judge) Richard Charles Ward QC was an Australian jurist and politician.Ward was born in Kew and attended Victoria Street School and Melbourne High School before studying law at the University of Melbourne...	27 September 1974 - 24 November 1977
John Toohey	4 April 1977 - 5 February 1987
John Gallop	10 March 1978 - 31 July 2000
Sir William Kearney	13 April 1982 - 13 October 1999
John Nader	19 August 1982 - 19 March 1992
Kevin O'Leary	1 July 1983 - 31 July 1987
Michael Maurice	21 September 1984 - 30 January 1988
Phillip Rice	8 March 1985 - 31 January 1991
Austin Asche Austin Asche Keith John Austin Asche, AC, QC is a former Administrator of the Northern Territory and was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.-Early years, education and family:...	14 April 1986 - 31 July 1987
Brian Frank Martin Brian Frank Martin Brian Frank Martin AO MBE QC was the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. He was appointed to that position on 26 February 1993 when the former Chief Justice Austin Asche took up appointment as Administrator of the Northern Territory...	13 September 1987 - 25 February 1993
David Angel David Angel David Norman Angel QC was a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Australia. He was appointed to the court on 8 May 1989. Justice Angel retired on 20 January 2010...	8 May 1989 –
Dean Mildren Dean Mildren Dean Mildren RFD QC is a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. He was appointed to the Court on 27 June 1991.-Education and pre-Northern Territory:...	27 June 1991 –
Sally Thomas Sally Thomas Sally Gordon Thomas AM was a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Australia from 1992 - 2009. She was appointed to the Court on 10 August 1992 and was the first female to be appointed a Judge of the Court.-Early life:...	30 July 1992 –
Steven Bailey Steven Bailey Steven Bailey may refer to:* Steve Bailey, American musician* Steve Bailey , baseball player* Steven Bailey , American television executive...	6 January 1997 - 25 November 2004
Trevor Riley Trevor Riley Trevor John Riley QC is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court on 1 February 1999 and Chief Justice on 27 September 2010....	1 February 1999 –
Stephen Southwood Stephen Southwood Stephen Roger Southwood QC is a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. He was appointed to the Court on 31 January 2005....	31 January 2005 -

Additional and Acting Judges

Name	Term as Justice
Norman Kirkwood Ewing DJ	1919 –1920
Gerald Hogan DJ	1920 – 1921
Charles Edward Herbert AJ	1921 – 1922
William Henry Sharwood AJ	1922, 1932 and 1933
Donald Gordon Bathgate AJ	1941
Martin Kriewaldt AJ	1951 – 52
James Archibald Douglas AJ	1956 – 57
William Charles Gillespie AJ	1960
Lawrence Eric Clarke AJ	1960
Edward Arthur Dunphy	1961 – 79
Percy Ernest Joske	1961 – 77
Sir Reginald Alfree Smithers	1964 – 71
Charles Augustine Sweeney	1967 – 70
Sir John Angus Nimmo	1969 – 74
John Robert Kerr	1970 – 72
Albert Edward Woodward	1972 – 79
Robert James Anning Franki	1972 – 86
John Bernard Sweeney	1976 – 79
Phillip George Evatt	1976 – 87
Robert James Baldwin St John	1976 – 79
Francis Gerard Brennan Gerard Brennan Sir Francis Gerard Brennan, AC, KBE, QC , is an Australian lawyer, judge and 10th Chief Justice of Australia. He is father to Jesuit priest and lawyer Frank Brennan....	1976 – 79
James Boyd Keith Williams AJ	1982
Kevin Frederick O'Leary AJ	1982 – 83
James Henry Muirhead James Muirhead James Henry Muirhead AC KStJ QC was an Administrator of the Northern Territory and a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.-Pre-Northern Territory:...  AJ	1987 – 88
Ian Gray AJ	1991, 1994, 1995, 1998
Trevor Rees Morling	1991 – 1994, 1997* - 1998
Lancelot John Priestley	1992 – 2001, 2002 - 2006*
Howard William Olney	1998 - 2003, 2005* -
John Foster Gallop AJ	2000 - 2002
John Jeremy Doyle AJ	2000 – 2001
Robert Brooking AJ	2000 – 2001
Len King Len King Leonard John King, , was an Australian Test cricket match umpire, from Victoria.He umpired 6 Test matches between 1989 and 1993...  AJ	2004 – 2005
Brian Frank Martin Brian Frank Martin Brian Frank Martin AO MBE QC was the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. He was appointed to that position on 26 February 1993 when the former Chief Justice Austin Asche took up appointment as Administrator of the Northern Territory... AJ	2004 –
Leslie Trevor Olsson AJ	2004 –
Geoffrey Michael Eames AJ	2007 –

DJ indicates ‘Deputy Judge’ (abolished 1921)
AJ indicates ‘Acting Judge’

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