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Detailed explanation-1: -Susan Kiefel becomes Australia’s first female chief justice of the high court. Australia now has its first female chief justice of the high court after Susan Kiefel was sworn in on Monday.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ceremony comes more than 35 years after Mary Gaudron was sworn in as Australia’s first female High Court Judge.

Detailed explanation-3: -First Female Judge in Australia1965 Roma Mitchell was appointed as judge to the Supreme Court of South Australia. Mitchell was the first female judge in Australia.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first female justice in the court was Fathima Beevi appointed on 6 October 1989. There have been 11 female justices in the court since then. Presently there is 3 sitting female judges out of the total 34 judges (including Chief Justice of India) in the court.

Detailed explanation-5: -"Sydney barrister Hament Dhanji SC has become the first Australian of Indian descent to be appointed a judge of the New South Wales Supreme Court. Admitted as a legal practitioner in 1990, Mr Dhanji has over three decades of legal experience.