1992 ARIA Music Awards

Presenters and performers

Awards

ARIA Awards

• Album of the Year
• *Baby Animals – Baby Animals
• **Jimmy Barnes – Soul Deep
• **Deborah Conway – String of Pearls
• **Crowded House – Woodface
• **Died Pretty – Doughboy Hollow
• Single of the Year
• *Yothu Yindi – "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)"
• **Baby Animals – "Early Warning"
• **Jimmy Barnes & John Farnham – "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"
• **Daryl Braithwaite – "The Horses"
• **Deborah Conway – "It's Only the Beginning"
• Highest Selling Album
• *Jimmy Barnes – Soul Deep
• **Cold Chisel – Chisel
• **Crowded House – Woodface
• **Ratcat – Blind Love
• **Noiseworks – Love Versus Money
• **John Farnham – Full House
• Highest Selling Single
• *Melissa – "Read My Lips"
• **Daryl Braithwaite – "The Horses"
• **Jimmy Barnes & John Farnham – "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"
• **Screaming Jets – "Better"
• **Jenny Morris – "Break in the Weather"
• Best Group
• *INXS – Live Baby Live
• **Baby Animals – Baby Animals
• **Black Sorrows – "Never Let Me Go"
• **Crowded House – Woodface
• **Hunters & Collectors – "Where Do You Go?"
• Best Female Artist
• *Deborah Conway – String of Pearls
• **Kate Ceberano – Think About It!
• **Kylie Minogue – Let's Get to It
• **Wendy Matthews – "Let's Kiss (Like Angels Do)"
• **Jenny Morris – Honeychild
• Best Male Artist
• *Jimmy Barnes – Soul Deep
• **Daryl Braithwaite – "The Horses"
• **Tommy Emmanuel – Determination
• **John Farnham – Full House
• **Richard Pleasance – Galleon
• Best New Talent
• *Underground Lovers – Underground Lovers
• **Degenerates – Out of My Head
• **Euphoria – "Love You Right"
• **Melissa – "Read My Lips"
• **Jo Beth Taylor – "99 Reasons"
• Breakthrough Artist – Album
• *Baby Animals – Baby Animals
• **Clouds – Penny Century
• **Deborah Conway – String of Pearls
• **Ratcat – Blind Love
• **Richard Pleasance – Galleon
• Breakthrough Artist – Single
• *Baby Animals – "Early Warning"
• **Deborah Conway – "It's Only the Beginning"
• **Maybe Dolls – "Nervous Kid"
• **Troy Newman – "Love Gets Rough"
• **Richard Pleasance – "Sarah "
• Best Country Album
• *Anne Kirkpatrick – Out of the Blue
• **James Blundell – "Time on His Hands"
• **Graeme Connors – Tropicali
• **Keith Urban – "Only You"
• **John Williamson – Waratah St
• Best Independent Release
• *Not Drowning, Waving – Proof
• **The Aints – Ascension
• **Def FX – Water
• **Ed Kuepper – Honey Steel's Gold
• **Underground Lovers – Underground Lovers
• Best Indigenous Release
• *Yothu Yindi – Tribal Voice
• **Archie Roach – "Down City Streets"
• **Kev Carmody – Eulogy
• **Shane Howard – "Escape from Reality"
• **Not Drowning, Waving & The Musicians of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea featuring George Telek – Tabaran
• Best Adult Contemporary Album
• *Tommy Emmanuel – Determination
• **Debbie Byrne – Caught in the Act
• **Grace Knight – Stormy Weather
• **Monica & the Moochers – Cotton on the Breeze
• **John Williamson – Waratah St
• Best Comedy Release
• *John Clarke & Bryan Dawe – The Annual Report
• **Agro – Agro Too
• **Rodney Rude – A Legend
• **Rubbery Figures – "Recession Rap"
• **Kevin Bloody Wilson – ''Let's Call Him Kev''

Fine Arts Awards

• Best Jazz Album
• *Dale Barlow – Hipnotation
• **James Morrison – Manner Dangerous
• **Mike Nock Quartet – Dark and Curious
• **Carl Orr – Seeking Spirit
• **Ten Part Invention – Ten Part Invention
• Best Classical Album
• *Stuart Challender, Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Vine: 3 Symphonies
• **Australian Ensemble – Cafe Concertino
• **The Australian Opera – Mozart Arias & Scenes
• **Geoffrey Lancaster – Fortepiano
• **Roger Woodward – Prokofiev Piano Works
• Best Children's Album
• *Peter Combe – The Absolutely Very Best of Peter Combe (So Far) Recorded in Concert
• **Agro – Agro Too
• **Ruth Cracknell – Paul Gallico's The Snow Goose
• **Noni Hazlehurst – Noni Sings Day and Night Songs and Rhymes from Play School
• **Franciscus Henri – Dancing in the Kitchen
• Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
• *Mario Millo – Brides of Christ
• **Jan Castor – Red Express
• **Not Drowning, Waving – Proof Soundtrack
• **Original Australian Cast – Return to the Forbidden Planet
• **Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Philip Judd – ''Death in Brunswick''

Artisan Awards

• Song of the Year
• *Mandawuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu, Milkayngu Mununggurr, Stuart Kellaway, Paul Kelly, Cal Williams – Yothu Yindi – "Treaty"
• **Phil Buckle – Southern Sons – "Hold Me in Your Arms"
• **Suze DeMarchi, Eddie Parise, Dave Leslie – Baby Animals – "Early Warning"
• **Deborah Conway, Scott Cutler – Deborah Conway – "It's Only the Beginning"
• **Neil Finn – Crowded House – "Fall at Your Feet"
• Producer of the Year
• *Simon Hussey – Craig McLachlan – "On My Own"; Daryl Braithwaite – "The Horses", "Higher than Hope", "Don't Hold Back Your Love"; James Reyne – "Slave"
• **Mark Moffatt, Gavin Campbell, Robert Goodge, Paul Main – Yothu Yindi – "Treaty "
• **Nick Mainsbridge – Def FX – "Water"; – Ratcat – "Blind Love Don't Go Now"; – Tall Tales and True – "Lifeboat"
• **Richard Pleasance – Richard Pleasance – "Don't Cry"; Deborah Conway – "It's Only the Beginning", "Release Me", "White Roses"
• **Ross Fraser – Southern Sons – "Hold Me in Your Arms"; John Farnham – "In Days to Come", "That's Freedom"
• Engineer of the Year
• *David Price, Ted Howard, Greg Henderson, Simon Polinski – Yothu Yindi – "Maralitja", "Dharpa", "Treaty", "Treaty ", "Tribal Voice"
• **Peter Cobbin – Grace Knight – "Crazy", "Fever", "Stormy Weather", "That Ole Devil Called Love"
• **Paul Kosky – Crowded House – "Chocolate Cake", "Woodface"
• **Nick Mainsbridge – Def FX – "Water"; – Ratcat – "Blind Love Don't Go Now"; – Tall Tales and True – "Lifeboat"
• **Doug Roberts – Deborah Conway – "Release Me", "White Roses", "Someday"
• Best Video
• *John Hillcoat – Crowded House – "Chocolate Cake"
• **Paul Elliott – Boom Crash Opera – "Holywater"
• **Stephen Johnson – Yothu Yindi – "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)"
• **Marcel Lunam – Died Pretty – "D.C."
• **Brendon Young – Tall Tales and True – "Lifeboat"
• Best Cover Art
• *Louise Beach, Mushroom Art – Yothu Yindi – Tribal Voice
• **Pierre Baroni, Mushroom Art – Jimmy Barnes – Soul Deep
• **Pierre Baroni, Mushroom Art – Deborah Conway – String of Pearls
• **Richard Pleasance, Ross Hipwell – Richard Pleasance – Galleon
• **Tommy Steele, Nick Seymour – Crowded House – ''Woodface''

Special Achievement Award

• '''Michael Gudinski & Mushroom Records'''

ARIA Hall of Fame inductee

• '''Skyhooks'''