| Year |
Cover artist(s) |
Album title and original recording artist(s) |
1987
(1st) |
| Oleh Witer |
Big Pig by Big Pig |
| Art Scarff |
The Final Wave by Australian Crawl |
| Buster Stiggs |
Love an Adventure by Pseudo Echo |
| Nick Seymour |
Crowded House by Crowded House |
| Richard Alan |
Models' Media by Models |
| Bear Witness by I'm Talking |
| 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) |
| Nick Seymour |
Temple of Low Men by Crowded House |
| The Add Agency |
Up from Down Under by Tommy Emmanuel |
| Bruce Goold |
Wild Desert Rose by Coloured Stone |
| Phil Judd |
The Sound of Trees by Schnell Fenster |
| Malpass & Burrows |
Age of Reason by John Farnham |
| Robyn Stacey & Richard Allan |
Lost by Died Pretty |
| Eric Weideman |
...ish by 1927 |
1990
(4th) |
| Rob Miles |
Ghost Nation by Hunters & Collectors |
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These Here Are Crazy Times by Boom Crash Opera |
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Brave by Kate Ceberano |
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0-9 Series by Various Artists |
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The Big Don't Argue by Weddings Parties Anything |
1991
(5th) |
| Livingstone Clarke and Midnight Oil |
Blue Sky Mining by Midnight Oil |
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Collected Works by Hunters & Collectors |
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Code Blue by Icehouse |
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Chain Reaction by John Farnham |
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Harry's Cafe De Wheels by Peter Blakeley |
1992
(6th) |
| Louise Beach / Mushroom Art |
Tribal Voice by Yothu Yindi |
| Pierre Baroni / Mushroom Art |
Soul Deep by Jimmy Barnes |
| String of Pearls by Deborah Conway |
| Richard Pleasance and Ross Hipwell |
Galleon by Richard Pleasance Galleon |
| Tommy Steele and Nick Seymour |
Woodface by Crowded House |
1993
(7th) |
| Paul McNeil and Richard All |
Electric Soup and Gorilla Biscuit by Hoodoo Gurus |
| Angie Hart and Louise Beach |
Marvin the Album by Frente! |
| Ian Martin and Adrienne Overall |
Hepfidelity by Diesel |
| Midnight Oil and Neo One Design |
Scream in Blue by Midnight Oil |
| Pascoe & Gray Design and Eryk Photography |
Better Times by The Black Sorrows |
1994
(8th) |
| Pierre Baroni / Mushroom Art |
Bitch Epic by Deborah Conway |
| Kristyna Higgins and Jan Manby |
The Honeymoon Is Over by The Cruel Sea |
| Marcelle Lunam |
The Yearning by Things of Stone and Wood |
| Nick Seymour |
Together Alone by Crowded House |
| Kevin Wilkins and Midnight Oil |
Earth and Sun and Moon by Midnight Oil |
1995
(9th) |
| Dominic O'Brien |
A Million Year Girl by Max Sharam |
| Simon Anderson |
Electric Hippies by Electric Hippies |
| Hi Fi Way by You Am I |
| The Cruel Sea, Kristyna Higgins and Jim Paton |
Three Legged Dog by The Cruel Sea |
| Reg Mombassa |
Mr Natural by Mental As Anything |
1996
(10th) |
| Reg Mombassa |
Liar Liar Pants on Fire by Mental As Anything |
| Simon Anderson |
Hourly, Daily by You Am I |
| Rockin' Doodles, Quan Yeomans and Ben Ely |
Tu-Plang by Regurgitator |
| Janet English and George Stajsic |
The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake by Spiderbait |
| Tony Mahoney |
The Soft 'N Sexy Sound by Dave Graney |
1997
(11th) |
| John Watson, John O'Donnell, Kevin Wilkins and Silverchair |
Freak Show by Silverchair |
| Janet English |
Ivy and the Big Apples by Spiderbait |
| Pierre Baroni |
Songs from the South by Paul Kelly |
| Simon Anderson and Dean Manning |
Angel Blood by Leonardo's Bride |
| Tony Mahony |
The Devil Drives by Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes |
1998
(12th) |
| The Shits |
Unit by Regurgitator |
| Carl Breitkreuz and Ian Downie |
To Hal and Bacharach by various artists |
| Dominic O'Brien, Matt Thomas, Rachel Boyce and Alison Smith |
Pink Pills by The Mavis's |
| William Tennent and Chris Tennent |
Sumo by The Superjesus |
| Kevin Wilkins |
20,000 Watt R.S.L. by Midnight Oil |
1999
(13th) |
| Kevin Wilkins |
Internationalist by Powderfinger |
| Janet English and George Stajsic |
Grand Slam by Spiderbait |
| Reg Mombassa |
Garage by Mental As Anything |
| John Watson, Kevin Wilkins and Melissa Chenery |
Neon Ballroom by Silverchair |
| Quan Yeomans and Janet English – Happyland – Welcome to Happyland |
Welcome to Happyland by Happyland |
2000
(14th) |
| Janet English |
"Glokenpop" by Spiderbait |
| Mark Gowling |
Roadkill by Groove Terminator |
| Paul Kosky |
Reflector by Killing Heidi |
| Love Police |
Triple J Hottest 100 Vol 6 by Various |
| Kevin Wilkins |
"Passenger" by Powderfinger |
2001
(15th) |
| Kevin Wilkins |
Odyssey Number Five by Powderfinger |
| Bobbydazzler |
Since I Left You by The Avalanches |
| Darren Glindemann |
Jet Age by The Superjesus |
| Sam Hickey |
Sunset Studies by Augie March |
| Stephanie Ashworth |
Echolalia by Something for Kate |
2002
(16th) |
| Darren Glindemann, John Watson, Melissa Chenery and Daniel Johns |
Diorama by Silverchair |
| Art of the State and Scott James Smith |
Torch the Moon by The Whitlams |
| Campbell Murray Creating |
Barricades & Brickwalls by Kasey Chambers |
| Chris Von Sanden |
Polyserena by george |
| Craig Nicholls |
Highly Evolved by Highly Evolved |
2003
(17th) |
| Steven Gorrow and Revolution Design |
Vulture Street by Powderfinger |
| Jenny Sullivan and Sony Music Design |
Innocent Eyes by Delta Goodrem |
| Adalita and Steven Gorrow |
Tough Love by Magic Dirt |
| Stephanie Ashworth and David Homer (Sony Music Design) |
The Official Fiction by Something for Kate |
| James Bellesini and Love Police |
Deliverance by You Am I |
2004
(18th) |
| James Hackett |
The Dissociatives by The Dissociatives |
| Peter Barrett and Eskimo Joe |
A Song Is a City by Eskimo Joe |
| James Bellesini and Love Police |
Winning Days by The Vines |
| The Cream & The Crock by You Am I |
| Mathematics |
Wayward Angel by Kasey Chambers |
| Tom Walker |
Sunrise Over Sea by John Butler Trio |
2005
(19th) |
| Ben Lee, Lara Meyerratken and Dan Estabrook |
Awake Is the New Sleep by Ben Lee |
| Cameron Bird |
In Case We Die by Architecture in Helsinki |
| Cathie Glassby |
The Sound of White by Missy Higgins |
| David Homer, Aaron Hayward (Debaser) |
United Paper People by Kisschasy |
| Reg Mombassa |
Foggy Highway by Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys |
2006
(20th) |
| Debaser |
"Wish You Well" by Bernard Fanning |
| Alison Smith and Chris Cheney – The Living End |
State of Emergency by The Living End |
| Dane Lovett and Dave Snow |
Black Fingernails, Red Wine by Eskimo Joe |
| Luke Steele, James Bellesini and Love Police |
Personality – One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird by The Sleepy Jackson |
| The Grates |
Gravity Won't Get You High by The Grates |
2007
(21st) |
| Aaron Hayward and Dave Homer (Debaser) |
Dream Days at the Hotel Existence by Powderfinger |
| Wally de Backer |
Mixed Blood by Gotye |
| John Engelhardt |
The Hard Road: Restrung by Hilltop Hoods |
| Sharon Chai and Sarah Blasko |
What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have by Sarah Blasko |
| Hackett Films |
Young Modern by Silverchair |
2008
(22nd) |
| Jonathan Zawada |
Apocalypso by The Presets |
| Aaron Hayward & David Homer (Debaser) |
Be the Twilight by Faker |
| Rattlin' Bones by Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson |
| Alter |
In Ghost Colours by Cut Copy |
| IOSHVA |
A Book Like This by Angus & Julia Stone |
2009
(23rd) |
| Aaron Hayward and David Homer (Debaser) |
Walking on a Dream by Empire of the Sun |
| C. W. Stoneking |
Jungle Blues by C. W. Stoneking |
| Mathematics |
Inshalla by Eskimo Joe |
| Sarah Larnach |
Ladyhawke by Ladyhawke |
| Sharon Chai |
As Day Follows Night by Sarah Blasko |
2010
(24th) |
| Angus & Julia Stone |
Down the Way by Angus & Julia Stone |
| Cameron Gray and Scott Smith |
This Is the Warning by Dead Letter Circus |
| David Homer and Aaron Hayward (Debaser) |
Birds of Tokyo by Birds of Tokyo |
| Debaser |
Head of the Hawk by Bluejuice |
| Leif Podhajsky |
Innerspeaker by Tame Impala |
2011
(25th) |
| Alter |
Zonoscope by Cut Copy |
| Aaron Hayward and David Homer (Debaser) |
The Experiment by Art vs. Science |
| Tangier by Billy Thorpe |
| Carlo Santone |
Rrakala by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu |
| Ken Done |
Great Barrier Grief by Oh Mercy |
2012
(26th) |
| Frank de Backer and Wally de Backer |
Making Mirrors by Gotye |
| Carlo Santone |
"Bayini" by Gurrumul featuring Sarah Blasko |
| Christopher Doyle |
Prisoner by The Jezabels |
| Debaser |
Falling & Flying by 360 |
| Rennie Ellis |
Deep Heat by Oh Mercy |
2013
(27th) |
| Aaron Hayward and David Homer (Debaser) |
Ice on the Dune by Empire of the Sun |
| Glen Hannah |
Wreck & Ruin by Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson |
| Graeme Base |
Steal the Light by The Cat Empire |
| Justin Maller |
Circus in the Sky by Bliss n Eso |
| Kevin Parker and Leif Podhajsky |
Lonerism by Tame Impala |
2014
(28th) |
| Tin & Ed |
Built on Glass by Chet Faker |
| Angus & Julia Stone |
Angus & Julia Stone by Angus & Julia Stone |
| Celeste Potter |
Black Rat by DZ Deathrays |
| Sia Furler |
1000 Forms of Fear by Sia |
| The Leonard Brothers |
Utopia by 360 |
2015
(29th) |
| Courtney Barnett |
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett |
| Daniel Johns, Aref and Peter Salmon-Lomas |
Talk by Daniel Johns |
| Timothy Lovett |
Down To Earth by Flight Facilities |
| Bjenny Montero |
Man It Feels Like Space Again by Pond |
| Nathan Johnson |
The Positions by Gang of Youths |
2016
(30th) |
| Johnathan Zawada |
Skin by Flume |
| Karen Lynch |
Civil Dusk by Bernard Fanning |
| Kristen Doyle |
Wings of the Wild by Delta Goodrem |
| Jack Vanzet |
Bloom by RÜFÜS |
| Robbie Chater for Lost Art |
Wildflower by The Avalanches |
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