Griffith served until when as the inaugural Chief Justice of Australia?
1910
1915
1919
1924
Answer
Griffith served as the inaugural Chief Justice of Australia from 1903 to 1919. He was appointed to the position by the first Prime Minister of Australia, Edmund Barton, and served as the Chief Justice for the first 16 years of the High Court of Australia's existence.
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