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Dixon was admitted to the [[Victoria (Australia)|Victorian]] [[Bar association|Bar]] in 1909 at the age of 23. In December 1911, he appeared before the High Court of Australia for the first time, aged just 25 years. After a slow start, his career became stellar, and he was made a [[Queen's Counsel|King's Counsel]] in 1922. In the 1920s, Dixon was a prominent member of the Victorian Bar, along with his colleagues and friends [[John Latham (Australian jurist)|John Latham]] (who would precede Dixon as [[Chief Justice of Australia]]) and [[Robert Menzies]] (later the longest serving [[Prime Minister of Australia]]). He regularly appeared in the High Court of Australia and the Privy Council in London. At the time of his appointment to the High Court in 1929, he was the acknowledged leader of the Bar in Victoria, and indeed Australia. In 1919, he married Alice Brooksbank (1891–1969) and they had four children (two sons and two daughters): Franklin (1922–1977), Ted (1924–1994), Betty (1929- ) and Anne (1934–1979).