Year		First		Second		Third
1977-78	3000mW	Kerrie NEVILLE (Vic) 14:39.4		Rachel THOMPSON (NSW) 14:09.3		Frances BURKE (NSW) 15:20.1
1978-79	3000mW	Sally PIERSON (Vic) 14:29.51		Ann REDDISH (WA) 14:41.80		Rachel THOMPSON (NSW) 14:48.36
1979-80	3000mW	Anne MILLER (Vic) 14:21.6		Sally PIERSON (Vic) 14:38.5		Ann RYAN (NSW) 14:50.6
1980-81	3000mW	Louise NICHOLSON (Vic) 14:42.92		Tanya CLARKE (NSW) 14:53.06		Debbie ROBERTSON (Vic) 14:58.7
1981-82	3000mW	Frances TOOHEY (Vic) 14:30.97		Lisa HARRISON (NSW) 14:49.75		Tanya CLARKE (NSW) 14:54.85
1982-83	3000mW	Roseanne SMITH (Vic) 14:50.30		¾		¾
1983-84	3000mW	Frances TOOHEY (Vic) 15:20.21		Bernadette JENNES (SA) 15:50.29		¾
1984-85	3000mW	Sarah MILLER (Vic) 14:58.50		Lisa HARRISON (NSW) 15:31.52		Yvonne WATERS (Vic) 15:44.53
1985-86	3000mW	Penny URQUHART (Qld) 13:58.97		Aleyna NARBEY (WA) 14:13.25		Carolyn VANSTAN (Vic) 14:46.24
1986-87	3000mW	Gabrielle BLYTHE (Vic) 13:51.73		Michelle KEYS (NSW) 14:31.59		Carolyn VANSTAN (Vic) 14:32.84
1987-88	3000mW	Gabrielle BLYTHE (Vic) 14:03.4		Carolyn VANSTAN (Vic) 14:08.0		Michelle SCOTT (WA) 14:13.0
1988-89	3000mW	Sharon PEARCE (NSW) 14:00.23		Jantien SALTET (ACT) 14:09.46		Lynda PEARCE (NSW) 14:11.62
1989-90	3000mW	Jane SAVILLE (NSW) 13:45.10		Jantien SALTET (ACT) 13:46.97		Natalie MCKEAN (NSW) 13:49.20

The first three Australian athletes (as well as first three overall) are in the respective columns.
Rank in brackets ( ) indicate the overall rank of the Australian athlete where that athlete was beaten into that place by an international.