| Year | First | Second | Third | |||
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| 1965-66 | Peter WATSON (WA) 3:52.6 | Graeme GLEDHILL (Vic) 3:52.8 | Grant TAGGERT (Vic) 3:55.4 | |||
| 1966-67 | Alan ROBINSON (NSW) 3:54.6 | Russell DONEY (Vic) 3:54.8 | L HILL (Vic) 3:57.8 | |||
| 1967-68 | L HILL (Vic) 3:49.3 | Bruce ADAMS (NSW) 3:52.6 | Chris FISHER (SA) 3:54.8 | |||
| 1968-69 | Stewart TEMPEST (WA) 3:56.6 | Bruce ADAMS (NSW) 3:57.5 | Kent RAYNER (Tas) 3:58.9 | |||
| 1969-70 | Ken HALL (Vic) 3:57.6 | Russell FOLEY (Qld) 4:01.5 | Arch SANSONETTI (Vic) 4:02.5 | |||
| 1970-71 | Steve STINGEMORE (WA) 3:51.1 | Tim O'SHAUGHNESSY (Vic) 3:52.5 | Michael AIKEN (NSW) 3:53.1 | |||
| 1971-72 | Tim O'SHAUGHNESSY (Vic) 4:01.4 | Steve STINGEMORE (WA) 4:01.4 | W HALL (NSW) 4:02.6 | |||
| 1972-73 | Randal MARKEY (Tas) 3:45.8 | Neil GALE (Tas) 3:55.8 | P GLEESON (NSW) 3:56.1 | |||
| 1973-74 | Bruce PETTS (Vic) 3:49.8 | Stephen VINCENT (Vic) 3:51.2 | Peter HUTTON (NSW) 3:51.7 | |||
| 1974-75 | Bruce PETTS (Vic) 3:58.1 | George FEWTRELL (Qld) 3:59.7 | Paul GRINSTED (Vic) 3:59.7 | |||
| 1975-76 | Paul GRINSTED (Vic) 3:50.9 | Steve FOLEY (Vic) 3:50.9 | Neil HAWTHORNE (Qld) 3:52.7 | |||
| 1976-77 | John SHEEHAN (Vic) 3:54.5 | Warwick HORSEY (Qld) 3:56.1 | Andrew CURRIE (NSW) 3:57.3 | |||
| 1977-78 | Warwick HORSEY (Qld) 3:50.6 | Michael THOMSON (NSW) 3:52.7 | Jock GIVEN (Qld) 3:52.8 | |||
| 1978-79 | David FORBES (NSW) 3:52.73 | Rod BRUTON (Vic) 3:52.92 | Mark ARENS (SA) 3:53.15 | |||
| 1979-80 | David FORBES (NSW) 3:51.4 | Mark ARENS (SA) 3:52.2 | Gerard RYAN (ACT) 3:53.9 | |||
| 1980-81 | Andrew REARDON (NSW) 3:46.80 | Mark ARENS (SA) 3:47.63 | Wayne CLARKE (Vic) 3:50.36 | |||
| 1981-82 | Mark ARENS (SA) 3:43.71 | Andrew REARDON (NSW) 3:47.96 | Michael TRUSHELL (ACT) 3:48.18 | |||
| 1982-83 | Colin MCDONALD (NZL) 3:48.60 (2) Malcolm NORWOOD (Vic) 3:50.43 |
(3) Robert GILLARD (Tas) 3:52.35 |
(4) Adrian WHITE (NSW) 3:53.99 |
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| 1983-84 | Malcolm NORWOOD (Vic) 3:48.64 | Tim PUGH (Qld) 3:49.01 | Adrian WHITE (NSW) 3:49.77 | |||
| 1984-85 | Mike INWOOD (Qld) 3:49.56 | Barry ACRES (WA) 3:50.26 | David LIGHTFOOT (NSW) 3:50.87 | |||
| 1985-86 | Sean QUILTY (Vic) 3:52.04 | Colin DALTON (NSW) 3:52.48 | Reece PATEN (Vic) 3:54.43 | |||
| 1986-87 | Reece PATEN (Vic) 3:52.18 | Tony FORD (Qld) 3:53.58 | David GRAHAM (SA) 3:54.01 | |||
| 1987-88 | Darren WILSON (Vic) 3:51.99 | David LORD (Vic) 3:52.20 | Steven TAGG (Qld) 3:52.56 | |||
| 1988-89 | Julian PAYNTER (Vic) 3:50.02 | Rohan PERROTT (Vic) 3:51.20 | Steven TUNNICLIFFE (Qld) 3:52.60 | |||
| 1989-90 | Nigel ADKIN (Vic) 3:48.47 | Nick JACKSON (NZL) 3:50.55 (3) Glenn FRANKLIN (Vic) 3:51.83 |
(4) Joshua FUNDER (Vic) 3:52.91 |
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| 1990-91 | Jason ROCK (Vic) 3:51.84 | Kealin HANIGAN (Tas) 3:52.40 | Jason CAMERON (NZL) 3:52.67 (4) Simon LEWIN (Vic) 3:52.80 |
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| 1991-92 | Jason ROCK (Vic) 3:45.73 | Steve MILLICHAMP (Vic) 3:48.06 | Glenn STOJANOVIC (NSW) 3:48.29 | |||
| 1992-93 | Glenn STOJANOVIC (NSW) 3:50.58 | John WALL (NSW) 3:50.99 | Stuart LYALL (Qld) 3:51.82 | |||
| 1993-94 | Paul CLEARY (Vic) 3:50.0 | Mark TAYLOR (SA) 3:50.4 | Michael POWER (Vic) 3:50.5 | |||
| 1994-95 | Chris BOWDEN (Vic) 3:49.92 | Stephen BROWN (Vic) 3:51.04 | Chris JONES (NSW) 3:51.51 | |||
| 1995-96 | Nick HOWARTH (SA) 3:51.58 | Alastair STEVENSON (Qld) 3:52.21 | Matthew PRIOR (Vic) 3:53.44 | |||
| 1996-97 | Stephen THURSTON (SA) 3:47.12 | Alastair STEVENSON (Qld) 3:47.14 | Matthew PRIOR (Vic) 3:49.83 | |||
| 1997-98 | Alastair STEVENSON (Qld) 3:49.02 | Hamish THORPE (NZL) 3:50.27 (3) Grant SCHMIDLECHNER (Vic) 3:51.99 |
(4) Lachlan CHISHOLM (NSW) 3:54.77 |
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| 1998-99 | Lachlan CHISHOLM (NSW) 3:45.49 | Craig MOTTRAM (Vic) 3:46.58 | Tim CLARKE (Vic) 3:52.13 | |||
| 1999-00 | David BYRNE (NSW) 3:57.74 | Duncan LONG (Qld) 3:57.82 | Tim CLARKE (Vic) 3:57.93 | |||
| 2000-01 | Mark FOUNTAIN (Vic) 3:52.96 | Will DEVJAK (NSW) 3:55.29 | Max SMITH (NZL) 3:55.49 (4) Grant PAGE (Tas) 3:56.22 |
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| 2001-02 | Andrew O'NEILL (NSW) 3:52.86 | Max SMITH (NZL) 3:52.96 (3) Mitchell KEALEY (Qld) 3:54.75 |
(4) Tyson MAHON (Vic) 3:54.96 |
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| 2002-03 | Mitchell KEALEY (Qld) 3:51.42 | Max SMITH (NZL) 3:51.86 (3) Ben MACK (Qld) 4:01.97 |
(4) Luke BOOSEY (Qld) 4:04.49 |
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| 2003-04 | Jayden RUSS (Qld) 3:54.96 | Flynn MORRIS-CLARKE (NZL) 3:55.45 (3) Dane FREY (Vic) 3:55.66 |
(4) Troy SIMPSON (NSW) 3:57.84 |
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| 2004-05 | Bradley WOODS (NSW) 3:54.90 | James MATTHEWS (NSW) 3:58.50 | Simon BUCKNELL (NZL) 3:58.95 (4) Kale SYMONS (Vic) 4:01.52 |
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| 2005-06 | Mathew MILDENHALL (NZL) 3:48.66 (2) Adam GRAHAM (Qld) 3:49.74 |
(3) Brenton ROWE (Vic) 3:52.11 |
(4) Ben GUEST (NSW) 3:53.41 |
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| 2006-07 | Matthew GIBNEY (Vic) 3:50.04 | David BRADNEY (NSW) 3:52.66 | James KAAN (NSW) 3:53.31 |
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.