In 1858 the district courts were established with a civil jurisdiction up to 200 replacing the Court of Requests which only sat in limited places, and had a general claim limit of 10 to £30.) Initially each judge was appointed to a specific district. From 1955 judges were appointed to all district courts.

Serious criminal matters that were not punishable by death were heard by the courts of quarter sessions. From 1858 each district court judge had a concurrent appointment as chairman of the courts of quarter sessions for the district to which they were appointed. In 1973 the separate district courts and courts of quarter sessions were replaced by a single District Court which exercised both criminal and civil jurisdiction throughout the state.

The position of Chairman of the District Court Judges was introduced in 1950 to exercise administrative functions in relation to the courts similar to role of the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court. The role was renamed Chief Judge with the restructure of the courts in 1973.

The Compensation Court of New South Wales was abolished on 1 January 2004 and the judges were transferred to the District Court, maintaining their seniority based on the date of their appointment to the Compensation Court.

In 1918 the Judges Retirement Act 1918 (NSW), operated to retrospectively impose a retirement age of 70 immediately affecting Charles Heydon, Ernest Docker and Grantley Fitzhardinge and subsequently other judges in a similar position, such as Montgomerie Hamilton and Alfred Backhouse. Position Name Appointmentcommenced Appointmentended Term in officeCommentsNotes Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (January 1952)Judge of the Supreme Court (19541962) years Acting Judge District Court (1932, 1935 & 1938)Judge District Court (19471959) (1964) 1(4) Australian Bar Gazette 23. Director of Public Prosecutions (19871994)Judge of the Supreme Court (1994 & 2002) Judge of District Court (20002006)Chief Magistrate Local Court (20022010)Judge of the Supreme Court (2006) NSW Judicial Scholarship 12. Judge of District Court (20122023)Judge of the Supreme Court (20232024) Commissioner to the Courts of Requests (18451858)Judge of the Supreme Court (18651876) Commissioner to the Courts of Requests (1858) Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (18781881) 10 years, 210–239 days Judge of the Supreme Court (18651881) years years Judge of the civil and criminal courts of Western Australia. Judge of the Supreme Court (18941910) years years Acting Judge District Court (18711873, 1875) years Deputy Judge District Court (18681870, 1874)Commissioner of the Court of Claims (18941905) Judge on Norfolk Island (1894) years years years Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (18951898) years years years President of the Court of Arbitration (19051908)Court of Industrial Arbitration (19081918) President Industrial Court (19111912) Acting Judge District Court (19051911)Court of Industrial Arbitration (1914)Industrial Court of NSW (19201926) Acting Judge District Court (19001914) 12 years, 28–58 days Solicitor General for New South Wales (19111912) Judge on Norfolk Island (1935) Judge of the Court of Industrial Arbitration (19171926) Judge of the Supreme Court (19471965) Acting Judge District Court (19321933)Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (19391940) Chairman District Court Judges (19501954)Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (January 1952)Judge of the Supreme Court (19541962) Acting Judge District Court (19281932)Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1934, 1935 & 1952) Acting Judge District Court (19351937)Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (19371938)Member Industrial Commission of NSW (19391940)Judge of the Supreme Court (19401952) Acting Judge District Court (1939) years 25 years, 273–303 days (1965) 1(5) Australian Bar Gazette 21. Acting Judge District Court (19391940) Member of the Industrial Commission of NSW (19431950)Judge of the Supreme Court (19501963) years (1965) 1(5) Australian Bar Gazette 24. Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (19471973)President Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (19561973) (1973) 149 CAR v. years years Acting Judge District Court (1932, 1935 & 1938)Chairman of District Court Judges (19541959) Acting Judge District Court (1948) years Acting Judge District Court (1944) Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1952 & 1953) Judge of the Supreme Court (19521974) Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1953) Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1953 & 1956) years (1981) 55 Australian Law Journal 242. years years years (1964) 1(2) Australian Bar Gazette 20. years years years years years years years years years years years years years years years Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (19661967) years Acting Judge of the Supreme Court 1967 years years years years Judge of the Supreme Court (19881993) years years years years years years years years Head of NSW Crime CommissionActing Judge District Court (19982000) Judge of the Supreme Court (19781989) years Acting Judge District Court (19982001) (2016, Winter) Bar News: Journal of the New South Wales Bar Association 59. years Judge of the Supreme Court (19811984) Judge of the Land and Environment Court (19801992) years Compensation Court (2014 Summer) Bar News: Journal of the New South Wales Bar Association 84. 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Compensation Court Compensation Court Compensation Court Compensation Court Judge of the Supreme Court (20002010) Compensation Court Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory (2013) Compensation Court Compensation Court Judge of the Family Court (2010) Compensation Court Judge of the Supreme Court (20052018)Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (20142016) Compensation Court Judge of the Supreme Court (2006), Chief Judge District Court (2014) Acting Judge of the Supreme Court 7 Jul to 29 Aug 2008 Acting Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2019 ) Acting Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2014 ) Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (JanuaryMarch 2008)Judge of the Supreme Court (2008) NSW Judicial Scholarship 11. Acting Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2019 ) Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (NovemberDecember 2008)Judge of the Supreme Court (2009) Senior Judge, Drug Court of New South Wales (2005) Judge of the Supreme Court (2023) President, Children's Court (20122021)Chief Magistrate Local Court (2021) Suffered a stroke on 5 May and died a few days later President Mental Health Review Tribunal of New South Wales (2015-2019) President Mental Health Review Tribunal of New South Wales (2019-) Judge of the ACT Supreme Court (2016) Chief Magistrate Local Court (2010) Maiden ceased to be listed as a judicial officer in July 2019, but the date and reasons are unknown. 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