| 2002 |
Tim Winton |
Dirt Music |
| 2001 |
Frank Moorhouse |
Dark Palace |
| 2000 |
Kim Scott |
Benang |
| 2000 |
Thea Astley |
Drylands |
| 1999 |
Murray Bail |
Eucalyptus |
| 1998 |
Peter Carey |
Jack Maggs |
| 1997 |
David Foster |
The Glade Within the Grove |
| 1996 |
Chtistopher Kotch |
Highways to a War |
| 1995 |
Helen Demidenko |
The Hand That Signed the Paper |
| 1994 |
Rodney Hall |
The Gypsy Wife |
| 1993 |
Alex Miller |
The Ancestor Game |
| 1992 |
Tim Winton |
Cloudstreet |
| 1991 |
David Malouf |
The Great World |
| 1990 |
Tom Flood |
Oceana Fine |
| 1989 |
Peter Carey |
Oscar and Lucinda |
| 1988 |
Date of Award Changed |
|
| 1987 |
Glenda James |
Dancing on Coral |
| 1986 |
Elizabeth Jolley |
The Well |
| 1985 |
Christopher Koch |
The Doubleman |
| 1984 |
Tim Winton |
Shallows |
| 1983 |
No Award |
|
| 1982 |
Rodney Hall |
Just Relations |
| 1981 |
Peter Carey |
Bliss |
| 1980 |
Jessica Anderson |
The Impersonators |
| 1979 |
David Ireland |
A Woman of the Future |
| 1978 |
Jessica Anderson |
Tirra Lirra by the River |
| 1977 |
Rith Park |
Swords and Crowns and Rings |
| 1976 |
David Ireland |
The Glass Canoe |
| 1975 |
Xavier Herbert |
Poor Fellow My Country |
| 1974 |
Ronald McKie |
The Mango Tree |
| 1973 |
No Award |
|
| 1972 |
Thea Astley |
The Acolyte |
| 1971 |
David Ireland |
The Unknown Industrial Prisoner |
| 1970 |
Dal Stivens |
A Horse of Air |
| 1969 |
George Johnston |
Clean Straw for Nothing |
| 1968 |
Thomas Keneally |
Three Cheers for the Paraclete |
| 1967 |
Thomas Keneally |
Bring Larks and Heroes |
| 1966 |
Peter Mathers |
Trap |
| 1965 |
Thea Astley |
The Slow Natives |
| 1964 |
George Johnston |
My Brother Jack |
| 1963 |
Thea Astley |
The Well Dressed Explorer |
| 1962 |
George Turner |
The Cupboard Under the Stairs |
| 1961 |
Patrick White |
Riders in the Chariot |
| 1960 |
Elizabeth O'Connor |
The Irishman |
| 1959 |
Vance Palmer |
The Big Fellow |
| 1958 |
Randolph Stow |
To the Islands |
| 1957 |
Patrick White |
Voss |
