| Year | Cover artist | Album title and original recording artist |
1987
(1st) | - | - |
1987
(1st) | Oleh Witer | Big Pig by Big Pig |
1987
(1st) | Art Scarff | The Final Wave by Australian Crawl |
1987
(1st) | Buster Stiggs | Love an Adventure by Pseudo Echo |
1987
(1st) | Nick Seymour | Crowded House by Crowded House |
1987
(1st) | Richard Alan | Models' Media by Models |
1987
(1st) | Richard Alan | Bear Witness by I'm Talking |
1987
(1st) | Steve Malpass | Whispering Jack by John Farnham |
1988
(2nd) | Ken Duncan, Creative Type Wart, Gary Morris and Midnight Oil | Diesel and Dust by Midnight Oil |
1989
(3rd) | - | - |
1989
(3rd) | Nick Seymour | Temple of Low Men by Crowded House |
1989
(3rd) | The Add Agency | Up from Down Under by Tommy Emmanuel |
1989
(3rd) | Bruce Goold | Wild Desert Rose by Coloured Stone |
1989
(3rd) | Phil Judd | The Sound of Trees by Schnell Fenster |
1989
(3rd) | Malpass & Burrows | Age of Reason by John Farnham |
1989
(3rd) | Robyn Stacey & Richard Allan | Lost by Died Pretty |
1989
(3rd) | Eric Weideman | ...ish by 1927 |
1990
(4th) | - | - |
1990
(4th) | Rob Miles | Ghost Nation by Hunters & Collectors |
1990
(4th) | Greg O'Connor | These Here Are Crazy Times by Boom Crash Opera |
1990
(4th) | Martin Fabinyi | Brave by Kate Ceberano |
1990
(4th) | Deborah Parry Graphics / Ben Evans | 0–9 Series by Various Artists |
1990
(4th) | Stephen Thomas | The Big Don't Argue by Weddings Parties Anything |
1991
(5th) | - | - |
1991
(5th) | Livingstone Clarke and Midnight Oil | Blue Sky Mining by Midnight Oil |
1991
(5th) | Timothy Eames | Collected Works by Hunters & Collectors |
1991
(5th) | Iva Davies and David Barnes | Code Blue by Icehouse |
1991
(5th) | Jon Quinn | Chain Reaction by John Farnham |
1991
(5th) | Capitol Art / Peter Blakeley | Harry's Café De Wheels by Peter Blakeley |
1992
(6th) | - | - |
1992
(6th) | Louise Beach / Mushroom Art | Tribal Voice by Yothu Yindi |
1992
(6th) | Pierre Baroni / Mushroom Art | Soul Deep by Jimmy Barnes |
1992
(6th) | Pierre Baroni / Mushroom Art | String of Pearls by Deborah Conway |
1992
(6th) | Richard Pleasance and Ross Hipwell | Galleon by Richard Pleasance |
1992
(6th) | Tommy Steele and Nick Seymour | Woodface by Crowded House |
1993
(7th) | - | - |
1993
(7th) | Paul McNeil and Richard All | Electric Soup and Gorilla Biscuit by Hoodoo Gurus |
1993
(7th) | Angie Hart and Louise Beach | Marvin the Album by Frente! |
1993
(7th) | Ian Martin and Adrienne Overall | Hepfidelity by Diesel |
1993
(7th) | Midnight Oil and Neo One Design | Scream in Blue by Midnight Oil |
1993
(7th) | Pascoe & Gray Design and Eryk Photography | Better Times by The Black Sorrows |
1994
(8th) | - | - |
1994
(8th) | Pierre Baroni / Mushroom Art | Bitch Epic by Deborah Conway |
1994
(8th) | Kristyna Higgins and Jan Manby | The Honeymoon Is Over by The Cruel Sea |
1994
(8th) | Marcelle Lunam | The Yearning by Things of Stone and Wood |
1994
(8th) | Nick Seymour | Together Alone by Crowded House |
1994
(8th) | Kevin Wilkins and Midnight Oil | Earth and Sun and Moon by Midnight Oil |
1995
(9th) | - | - |
1995
(9th) | Dominic O'Brien | A Million Year Girl by Max Sharam |
1995
(9th) | Simon Anderson | The Electric Hippies by Electric Hippies |
1995
(9th) | Simon Anderson | Hi Fi Way by You Am I |
1995
(9th) | The Cruel Sea, Kristyna Higgins and Jim Paton | Three Legged Dog by The Cruel Sea |
1995
(9th) | Reg Mombassa | Mr Natural by Mental As Anything |
1996
(10th) | - | - |
1996
(10th) | Reg Mombassa | Liar Liar Pants on Fire by Mental As Anything |
1996
(10th) | Simon Anderson | Hourly, Daily by You Am I |
1996
(10th) | Rockin' Doodles, Quan Yeomans and Ben Ely | Tu-Plang by Regurgitator |
1996
(10th) | Janet English and George Stajsic | The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake by Spiderbait |
1996
(10th) | Tony Mahoney | The Soft 'N Sexy Sound by Dave Graney |
1997
(11th) | - | - |
1997
(11th) | John Watson, John O'Donnell, Kevin Wilkins and Silverchair | Freak Show by Silverchair |
1997
(11th) | Janet English | Ivy and the Big Apples by Spiderbait |
1997
(11th) | Pierre Baroni | Songs from the South by Paul Kelly |
1997
(11th) | Simon Anderson and Dean Manning | Angel Blood by Leonardo's Bride |
1997
(11th) | Tony Mahony | The Devil Drives by Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes |
1998
(12th) | - | - |
1998
(12th) | The Shits | Unit by Regurgitator |
1998
(12th) | Carl Breitkreuz and Ian Downie | To Hal and Bacharach by various artists |
1998
(12th) | Dominic O'Brien, Matt Thomas, Rachel Boyce and Alison Smith | Pink Pills by The Mavis's |
1998
(12th) | William Tennent and Chris Tennent | Sumo by The Superjesus |
1998
(12th) | Kevin Wilkins | 20,000 Watt R.S.L. by Midnight Oil |
1999
(13th) | - | - |
1999
(13th) | Kevin Wilkins | Internationalist by Powderfinger |
1999
(13th) | Janet English and George Stajsic | Grand Slam by Spiderbait |
1999
(13th) | Reg Mombassa | Garage by Mental As Anything |
1999
(13th) | John Watson, Kevin Wilkins and Melissa Chenery | Neon Ballroom by Silverchair |
1999
(13th) | Quan Yeomans and Janet English | Welcome to Happyland by Happyland |
2000
(14th) | - | - |
2000
(14th) | Janet English | "Glokenpop" by Spiderbait |
2000
(14th) | Mark Gowling | Road Kill by Groove Terminator |
2000
(14th) | Paul Kosky | Reflector by Killing Heidi |
2000
(14th) | Love Police | Triple J Hottest 100 Vol 6 by Various |
2000
(14th) | Kevin Wilkins | "Passenger" by Powderfinger |
2001
(15th) | - | - |
2001
(15th) | Kevin Wilkins | Odyssey Number Five by Powderfinger |
2001
(15th) | Bobbydazzler | Since I Left You by The Avalanches |
2001
(15th) | Darren Glindemann | Jet Age by The Superjesus |
2001
(15th) | Sam Hickey | Sunset Studies by Augie March |
2001
(15th) | Stephanie Ashworth | Echolalia by Something for Kate |
2002
(16th) | - | - |
2002
(16th) | Darren Glindemann, John Watson, Melissa Chenery and Daniel Johns | Diorama by Silverchair |
2002
(16th) | Art of the State and Scott James Smith | Torch the Moon by The Whitlams |
2002
(16th) | Campbell Murray Creating | Barricades & Brickwalls by Kasey Chambers |
2002
(16th) | Chris Von Sanden | Polyserena by george |
2002
(16th) | Craig Nicholls | Highly Evolved by Highly Evolved |
2003
(17th) | - | - |
2003
(17th) | Steven Gorrow and Revolution Design | Vulture Street by Powderfinger |
2003
(17th) | Jenny Sullivan and Sony Music Design | Innocent Eyes by Delta Goodrem |
2003
(17th) | Adalita and Steven Gorrow | Tough Love by Magic Dirt |
2003
(17th) | Stephanie Ashworth and David Homer | The Official Fiction by Something for Kate |
2003
(17th) | James Bellesini and Love Police | Deliverance by You Am I |
2004
(18th) | - | - |
2004
(18th) | James Hackett | The Dissociatives by The Dissociatives |
2004
(18th) | Peter Barrett and Eskimo Joe | A Song Is a City by Eskimo Joe |
2004
(18th) | James Bellesini and Love Police | Winning Days by The Vines |
2004
(18th) | James Bellesini and Love Police | The Cream & The Crock by You Am I |
2004
(18th) | Mathematics | Wayward Angel by Kasey Chambers |
2004
(18th) | Tom Walker | Sunrise Over Sea by John Butler Trio |
2005
(19th) | - | - |
2005
(19th) | Ben Lee, Lara Meyerratken and Dan Estabrook | Awake Is the New Sleep by Ben Lee |
2005
(19th) | Cameron Bird | In Case We Die by Architecture in Helsinki |
2005
(19th) | Cathie Glassby | The Sound of White by Missy Higgins |
2005
(19th) | David Homer, Aaron Hayward | United Paper People by Kisschasy |
2005
(19th) | Reg Mombassa | Foggy Highway by Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys |
2006
(20th) | - | - |
2006
(20th) | Debaser | Tea & Sympathy by Bernard Fanning |
2006
(20th) | Alison Smith and Chris Cheney – The Living End | State of Emergency by The Living End |
2006
(20th) | Dane Lovett and Dave Snow | Black Fingernails, Red Wine by Eskimo Joe |
2006
(20th) | Luke Steele, James Bellesini and Love Police | Personality – One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird by The Sleepy Jackson |
2006
(20th) | The Grates | Gravity Won't Get You High by The Grates |
2007
(21st) | - | - |
2007
(21st) | Aaron Hayward and Dave Homer | Dream Days at the Hotel Existence by Powderfinger |
2007
(21st) | Wally de Backer | Mixed Blood by Gotye |
2007
(21st) | John Engelhardt | The Hard Road: Restrung by Hilltop Hoods |
2007
(21st) | Sharon Chai and Sarah Blasko | What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have by Sarah Blasko |
2007
(21st) | Hackett Films | Young Modern by Silverchair |
2008
(22nd) | - | - |
2008
(22nd) | Jonathan Zawada | Apocalypso by The Presets |
2008
(22nd) | Aaron Hayward & David Homer | Be the Twilight by Faker |
2008
(22nd) | Aaron Hayward & David Homer | Rattlin' Bones by Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson |
2008
(22nd) | Alter | In Ghost Colours by Cut Copy |
2008
(22nd) | IOSHVA | A Book Like This by Angus & Julia Stone |
2009
(23rd) | - | - |
2009
(23rd) | Aaron Hayward and David Homer | Walking on a Dream by Empire of the Sun |
2009
(23rd) | C. W. Stoneking | Jungle Blues by C. W. Stoneking |
2009
(23rd) | Mathematics | Inshalla by Eskimo Joe |
2009
(23rd) | Sarah Larnach | Ladyhawke by Ladyhawke |
2009
(23rd) | Sharon Chai | As Day Follows Night by Sarah Blasko |
2010
(24th) | - | - |
2010
(24th) | Angus & Julia Stone | Down the Way by Angus & Julia Stone |
2010
(24th) | Cameron Gray and Scott Smith | This Is the Warning by Dead Letter Circus |
2010
(24th) | David Homer and Aaron Hayward | Birds of Tokyo by Birds of Tokyo |
2010
(24th) | Debaser | Head of the Hawk by Bluejuice |
2010
(24th) | Leif Podhajsky | Innerspeaker by Tame Impala |
2011
(25th) | - | - |
2011
(25th) | Alter | Zonoscope by Cut Copy |
2011
(25th) | Aaron Hayward and David Homer | The Experiment by Art vs. Science |
2011
(25th) | Aaron Hayward and David Homer | Tangier by Billy Thorpe |
2011
(25th) | Carlo Santone | Rrakala by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu |
2011
(25th) | Ken Done | Great Barrier Grief by Oh Mercy |
2012
(26th) | - | - |
2012
(26th) | Frank de Backer and Wally de Backer | Making Mirrors by Gotye |
2012
(26th) | Carlo Santone | "Bayini" by Gurrumul featuring Sarah Blasko |
2012
(26th) | Christopher Doyle | Prisoner by The Jezabels |
2012
(26th) | Debaser | Falling & Flying by 360 |
2012
(26th) | Rennie Ellis | Deep Heat by Oh Mercy |
2013
(27th) | - | - |
2013
(27th) | Aaron Hayward and David Homer | Ice on the Dune by Empire of the Sun |
2013
(27th) | Glen Hannah | Wreck & Ruin by Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson |
2013
(27th) | Graeme Base | Steal the Light by The Cat Empire |
2013
(27th) | Justin Maller | Circus in the Sky by Bliss n Eso |
2013
(27th) | Kevin Parker and Leif Podhajsky | Lonerism by Tame Impala |
2014
(28th) | - | - |
2014
(28th) | Tin & Ed | Built on Glass by Chet Faker |
2014
(28th) | Angus & Julia Stone | Angus & Julia Stone by Angus & Julia Stone |
2014
(28th) | Celeste Potter | Black Rat by DZ Deathrays |
2014
(28th) | Sia Furler | 1000 Forms of Fear by Sia |
2014
(28th) | The Leonard Brothers | Utopia by 360 |
2015
(29th) | - | - |
2015
(29th) | Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett |
2015
(29th) | Daniel Johns, Aref and Peter Salmon-Lomas | Talk by Daniel Johns |
2015
(29th) | Timothy Lovett | Down To Earth by Flight Facilities |
2015
(29th) | Bjenny Montero | Man It Feels Like Space Again by Pond |
2015
(29th) | Nathan Johnson | The Positions by Gang of Youths |
2016
(30th) | - | - |
2016
(30th) | Johnathan Zawada | Skin by Flume |
2016
(30th) | Karen Lynch | Civil Dusk by Bernard Fanning |
2016
(30th) | Kristen Doyle | Wings of the Wild by Delta Goodrem |
2016
(30th) | Jack Vanzet | Bloom by RÜFÜS |
2016
(30th) | Robbie Chater for Lost Art | Wildflower by The Avalanches |
2017
(31st) | - | - |
2017
(31st) | Peter Salmon-Lomas | Life Is Fine by Paul Kelly |
2017
(31st) | Lee McConnell | The Kids Will Know It's Bullshit by Dune Rats |
2017
(31st) | Nathan Cahyadi | Go Farther in Lightness by Gang of Youths |
2017
(31st) | Nick McKinlay | Don't Let the Kids Win by Julia Jacklin |
2017
(31st) | Mitchell Storck | The Overflow Tank by Midnight Oil |
2018
(32nd) | - | - |
2018
(32nd) | Caiti Baker | Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) by Gurrumul |
2018
(32nd) | Ben Lopez | Flow State by Tash Sultana |
2018
(32nd) | Dean Hanson | Good Mood by Ball Park Music |
2018
(32nd) | Jonathan Zawada | Hi Viz by The Presets |
2018
(32nd) | Steve Wyper | Love Monster by Amy Shark |
2019
(33rd) | - | - |
2019
(33rd) | Emilie Pfitzner | Better in Blak by Thelma Plum |
2019
(33rd) | Ben Jones | Amyl and the Sniffers by Amyl and the Sniffers |
2019
(33rd) | Jonathan Zawada | Hi This is Flume by Flume |
2019
(33rd) | Lucy Dyson | Nature by Paul Kelly |
2019
(33rd) | Nick Mckk | Crushing by Julia Jacklin |
2020
(34th) | - | - |
2020
(34th) | Adam Dal Pozzo, Megan Washington and Michelle Pitiris | Batflowers by Washington |
2020
(34th) | Louis Leimbach | 14 Steps to a Better You by Lime Cordiale |
2020
(34th) | Luke Henery | Everything Is A-OK by Violent Soho |
2020
(34th) | Made in Katana | Hilda by Jessica Mauboy |
2020
(34th) | Tim Rogers | Mr Experience by Donny Benét |
2021
(35th) | - | - |
2021
(35th) | Kofi Anash & Bailey Howard | Smiling with No Teeth by Genesis Owusu |
2021
(35th) | Ngaiire Joseph & Dan Segal | 3 by Ngaiire |
2021
(35th) | Eben Ejdne | Herald by Odette |
2021
(35th) | Jonathan Zawada | We Will Always Love You by The Avalanches |
2021
(35th) | Giulia Giannini McGauran & Mitchell Eaton | Welcome to the Madhouse by Tones and I |
2022
(36th) | - | - |
2022
(36th) | Adnate | Gela by Baker Boy |
2022
(36th) | Giulia Giannini McGauran | How to Grow a Sunflower Underwater by Alex the Astronaut |
2022
(36th) | Jonathan Zawada | Palaces by Flume |
2022
(36th) | Kayla Flett, Gabi Coulthurst & Dimathaya Burarrwanga | King Stingray by King Stingray |
2022
(36th) | Seshanka Samarajiwa, Zain Ayub & Tasman Keith | A Colour Undone by Tasman Keith |
2023
(37th) | - | - |
2023
(37th) | Jeremy Koren | Everything Was Green by Forest Claudette |
2023
(37th) | Connor Dewhurst | Acres by Brad Cox |
2023
(37th) | Harry Allen — Studio Balcony | 370HSSV 0773H by Private Function |
2023
(37th) | Peach PRC, Billy Zammit | Manic Dream Pixie by Peach PRC |
2023
(37th) | Sam Netterfiled, Mia Rankin | Jesus at the Gay Bar by Cub Sport |
2024
(38th) | - | - |
2024
(38th) | Daniel Boyd and Nomad Create | Kill the Dead by 3% |
2024
(38th) | Giulia McGauran & Sam Chirnside | Beautifully Ordinary by Tones and I |
2024
(38th) | Louis Leimbach | Enough of the Sweet Talk by Lime Cordiale |
2024
(38th) | Michael Bryers | Between the Fires by Troy Cassar-Daley |
2024
(38th) | Tomas Shanahan | Chorus by Mildlife |
2025
(39th) | - | - |
2025
(39th) | John Stewart | Cartoon Darkness by Amyl and the Sniffers |
2025
(39th) | Giulia McGauran | Bird in Paradise by The Cat Empire |
2025
(39th) | Kira Puru and Em Jensen | I'm Sorry, Now Say It Back by Thelma Plum |
2025
(39th) | Nina Wilson, John You and Aria Zarzycki | I Love My Computer by Ninajirachi |
2025
(39th) | Sarah McCloskey | Fall from the Light by Hilltop Hoods |