<page_title> List of the first women appointed to Australian judicial positions </page_title> <table> <cell> NSW <col_header> Jurisdiction </col_header> </cell> <cell> Chief Judge of the Land & Environment Court <col_header> Jurisdiction </col_header> </cell> <cell> Mahla Pearlman <col_header> first woman to be appointed </col_header> </cell> <cell> 6 April 1992 <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 1992, Pearlman was the first woman appointed as Chief Judge of the New South Wales Land and Environment Court.