The first court was established in 1788,
the first woman to be awarded a Bachelor of Laws degree graduated in 1903,
and the first woman barrister was admitted in 1905.
It was not until 1965 that the first woman was appointed to an Australian judicial position.
These pioneering Australians have been described as members of the FW2 club or First Woman to club.
[ 014New South Wales Judicial Scholarship 2. Retrieved 2 November 2017.] The list includes positions to which no woman has been appointed . 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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A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or Adolescence, adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female hum ...
Lists of Australian women