| Year |
Artist |
Title |
|
1897 |
Walter Withers |
The storm |
|
1898 |
W Lister Lister |
The last gleam |
|
1899 |
G W Lambert |
Across the blacksoil plains |
|
1900 |
Walter Withers |
Still autumn |
|
1901 |
W C Piguenit |
Thunderstorm on the Darling |
|
1902 |
James S White |
In Defence of the flat (sculpture) |
|
1903 |
Edward Officer |
Glenora |
|
1904 |
Hans Heysen |
Mystic morn |
|
1905 |
Albert J Hanson |
The blue noon (watercolour) |
|
1906 |
W Lister Lister |
The golden splendour of the bush |
|
1907 |
G W Hirst |
Study of a head (sculpture) |
|
1908 |
Will Ashton |
Noon, burnside, SA |
|
1909 |
Hans Heysen |
Summer (watercolour) |
|
1910 |
W Lister Lister |
Mid song of birds and insects murmuring |
|
1911 |
Hans Heysen |
Hauling timber |
|
1912 |
W Lister Lister |
Sydney Harbour |
|
1913 |
W Lister Lister |
Federal capital site |
|
1914 |
Penleigh Boyd |
Landscape |
|
1915 |
J C Wright |
Knowledge, fine art and commerce (sculpture) |
|
1916 |
Elioth Gruner |
Morning light |
|
1917 |
W Lister Lister |
Windswept marshes |
|
1918 |
W B McInnes |
The grey road |
|
1919 |
Elioth Gruner |
Spring frost |
|
1920 |
Hans Heysen |
Toilers (watercolour) |
|
1921 |
Elioth Gruner |
Valley of the Tweed |
|
1922 |
Hans Heysen |
The quarry (watercolour) |
|
1923 |
G W L Hirst |
Study of a head (sculpture) |
|
1924 |
Hans Heysen |
Afternoon in autumn (watercolour) |
|
1925 |
W Lister Lister |
Track through the bush |
|
1926 |
Hans Heysen |
Farmyard, frosty morning |
|
1927 |
Raynor Hoff |
Head (sculpture) |
|
1928 |
Arthur Streeton |
Afternoon light, Goulburn Valley |
|
1929 |
Elioth Gruner |
On the Murrumbidgee |
|
1930 |
Will Ashton |
Kosciusko |
|
1931 |
Hans Heysen |
Red gums of the far north (watercolour) |
|
1932 |
Hans Heysen |
Brachina Gorge |
|
1933 |
Lyndon Dadswell |
Youth (sculpture) |
|
1934 |
Elioth Gruner |
Murrumbidgee Ranges, Canberra |
|
1935 |
J Muir Auld |
Winter morning |
|
1936 |
Elioth Gruner |
An Australian landscape |
|
1937 |
Elioth Gruner |
Weetangera, Canberra |
|
1938 |
Sydney Long |
The approaching storm |
|
1939 |
Will Ashton |
Morning light, middle harbour |
|
1940 |
Sydney Long |
The lake, Narrabeen |
|
1941 |
Lorna Nimmo |
Valley farms |
|
1942 |
Douglas Watson |
Backyards |
|
1943 |
Douglas Dundas |
The hilltop |
|
1944 |
Sali Herman |
McElhone Stairs (Steps) |
|
1945 |
Douglas Watson |
Old grain stores, Greenough, WA |
|
1946 |
Lance Solomon |
January weather |
|
1947 |
Russell Drysdale |
Sofala |
|
1948 |
William Dobell |
Storm approaching, Wangi |
|
1949 |
George Lawrence |
Two rivers |
|
1950 |
Lloyd Rees |
The harbour from McMahons Point |
|
1951 |
Charles Meere |
Never Never Creek, Gleniffer |
|
1952 |
Charles Bush |
Summer at Kanmantoo |
|
1953 |
Lance Solomon |
The river bend |
|
1954 |
Arthur Even Read |
Cooktown |
|
1955 |
Charles Bush |
Townsville waterfront |
|
1956 |
L Scott Pendlebury |
The chicory kiln, Phillip Island |
|
1957 |
L Scott Pendlebury |
Constitution Dock, Hobart |
|
1958 |
Ronald Steuart |
The cliff |
|
1959 |
Reinis Zusters |
Harbour cruise |
|
1960 |
John Perceval |
Dairy farm, Victoria |
| |
L Scott Pendlebury |
Old farmhouse |
|
1961 |
David Strachan |
Landscape, Hill End |
|
1962 |
Sali Herman |
The Devil's Bridge, Rottnest |
|
1963 |
Sam Fullbrook |
Sandhills on the Darling |
|
1964 |
David Strachan |
Landscape, Hill End |
| |
Sam Fullbrook |
Trees in a landscape |
|
1965 |
Sali Herman |
The red house |
|
1966 |
Fred Williams |
Upwey landscape |
|
1967 |
Sali Herman |
Ravenswood I |
|
1968 |
L Scott Pendlebury |
Road to Whistlewood |
|
1969 |
John Olsen |
The chasing bird landscape |
|
1970 |
Frederick Bates |
Redfern - southern portal |
|
1971 |
Margaret Woodward |
Karri country |
|
1972 |
Eric Smith |
Falling bark |
|
1973 |
Clem Millwood |
Dry landscape |
|
1974 |
Eric Smith |
Redfern landscape |
|
1975 |
Robert Juniper |
Murchison sand plain |
|
1976 |
Fred Williams |
Mt Kosciusko (Also won Trustees' Watercolour Prize) |
|
1977 |
Brett Whiteley |
The jacaranda tree (on Sydney Harbour) |
|
1978 |
Brett Whiteley |
Summer at Carcoar |
|
1979 |
Robert Juniper |
Flood Creek |
|
1980 |
William Delafield Cook |
A waterfall (Strath Creek) |
|
1981 |
David Voigt |
Hills of Ravensdale |
|
1982 |
Lloyd Rees |
Morning on the Derwent |
|
1983 |
David Rankin |
Life along the coast |
|
1984 |
Brett Whiteley |
The south coast after rain |
|
1985 |
John Olsen |
A road to Clarendon, autumn |
|
1986 |
Rosemary Madigan |
Torso (sculpture) |
|
1987 |
Ian Bettinson |
Landscape painting II |
|
1988 |
Elwyn Lynn |
Fire and drought near Old Junee |
|
1989 |
Ian Bettinson |
Landscape painting IV |
|
1990 |
William Robinson |
The rainforest |
|
1991/92 |
Peter Schipperheyn |
Maschera Maschio & Maschera Femina (sculptures) |
|
1992/93 |
George Gittoes |
Open cut |
|
1993/94 |
Suzanne Archer |
Waratahs Wedderburn series |
|
1995 |
David Aspden |
Seasons of drought |
|
1996 |
William Robinson |
Creation landscape earth and sea |
|
1997 |
John Peart |
Nandi moon |
|
1998 |
Ann Thomson |
Yellow sound |
|
1999 |
Gloria Petyarre |
Leaves |
| |
|
(Highly commended: Jenny Sages The Leichhardt) |
|
2000 |
John Dahlsen |
Thong totems |
|
2001 |
Aida Tomescu |
Platra |
| |
|
(Highly commended: Salvatore Zofrea Spring morning on the Hawkesbury) |
|
2002 |
Angus Nivision |
Remembering rain |
| |
|
(Highly commended: Tim Kyle A small crowd) |
|
2003 |
Tim Kyle |
Seated figure |
|
2004 |
George Tjungurrayi |
Untitled |
|
2005 |
Jenny Sages |
The road to Utopia |
|
2006 |
John Beard |
The Gap |
|
2007 |
Philip Wolfhagen |
Winter nocturne IV |
|
2008 |
Joanne Currie Nalingu |
The river is calm |
