Year		First		Second		Third
1980		Jane KUCHINS (Vic) 2:53:23		Megan SLOANE (Pye) (Vic) 2:56:08		Barbara BYRNES (Vic) 3:00:10
1981		Rosemary LONGSTAFF (Bell) (ACT) 2:46:48.0		Penny WATERS (NSW) 2:48:37.0		Jackie TURNEY (Vic) 2:49:25.0
1982		Barbara MCKERROW (Vic) 2:50:28.4		Ann FOLEY (Mann) (SA) 2:55:32.2		Alison COLEMAN (Qld) 3:01:16.9
1983		Megan SLOANE (Pye) (Vic) 2:37:50.0		Jill COLWELL (Qld) 2:39:26.0		Annette MCNEILL (Perkins) (ACT) 2:46:59.0
1984		Mora MAIN (NSW) 2:46:00.0		Annette MCNEILL (Perkins) (ACT) 2:48:02.0		Pat MARSHALL (NSW) 2:54:12.0
1985		Elizabeth PATMORE (Qld) 2:45:47.0		Annette MCNEILL (Perkins) (ACT)		Jackie TURNEY (Vic) 2:49:31.0
1986		Margaret REDDAN (Qld) 2:48:28.0		Annette MCNEILL (Perkins) (ACT) 2:52:25.0		Kerryn MCCANN (Hindmarsh) (NSW) 2:54:39.0
1987		Tani RUCKLE (NSW) 2:37:49.0		Margaret REDDAN (Qld) 2:49:23.0		Annette MCNEILL (Perkins) (ACT) 2:52:09.0
1988		Ngaire DRAKE (NZL) 2:39:25.0 (3) Kerryn MCCANN (Hindmarsh) (NSW) 2:44:05.0		Bernadine PORTZENSKI (NZL) 2:41:32.0 (4) Trudy FENTON (Tas) 2:48:31.0		(5) Margaret REDDAN (Qld) 2:51:28.0
1989		Jan FEDERICK (Qld) 2:51:30.0		Molly WHITEHORN (SA) 2:56:30.0		Mary SILVER (ACT) 2:58:28.0
1990		Trudy FENTON (Tas) 2:44:38.0		Bev LUCAS (SA) 2:48:55.0		Candice CHARLES (SA) 2:49:16.0
1991		Karen GOBBY (WA) 2:36:42.0		Zoia GAVRILUK (URS) 2:43:06.0 (3) Bev LUCAS (SA) 2:44:44.0		(4) Joanne COWAN (NSW) 2:46:44.0
1992		Mari TANIGAWA (JPN) 2:35:45.0 (3) Jenny DOWIE (Vic) 2:40:40.0		Bernadine PORTZENSKI (NZL) 2:37:38.0 (5) Joanne COWAN (NSW) 2:46:41.0		(6) Kerry SCHREIBER (Jukes) (Qld) 2:48:39.0
1993		Eriko ASAI (JPN) 2:29:29.0 (2) Kerryn MCCANN (Hindmarsh) (NSW) 2:40:09.0		(5) Bev LUCAS (SA) 2:48:46.0		Misako HIMENO (JPN) 2:42:42.0 (6) Karen MOIR (Vic) 2:48:50.0
1994		Yuko YAMAZOE (JPN) 2:43:20.0 (2) Joanne COWAN (NSW) 2:45:35.0		(3) Bev LUCAS (SA) 2:48:32.0		(4) Leah WRIGHT (SA) 2:51:15.0
1995		Julie ROSE (Qld) 2:38:44.0		Bev LUCAS (SA) 2:44:27.0		Leah WRIGHT (SA) 2:51:58.0
1996		Sylvia ROSE (NSW) 2:40:17.0		Sherryn RHODES (Vic) 2:44:35.0		Bev LUCAS (SA) 2:47:25.0
1997		Susan HOBSON (ACT) 2:32:43.0		Bev LUCAS (SA) 2:44:12.0		Sylvia ROSE (NSW) 2:47:09.0
1998		Lisa DICK (Vic) 2:36:54		Sylvia ROSE (NSW) 2:39:29		Sherryn RHODES (Vic) 2:43:35
1999		Carolyn SCHUWALOW (Vic) 2:41:37		Kate MASLEN (NSW) 2:46:09		Helen / Verity TOLHURST (Qld) 2:50:53
2000		Susan HOBSON (ACT) 2:35:20		Sherryn RHODES (Vic) 2:42:15		Isabella DE CASTELLA (Woo) (Vic) 2:45:25
2001		Krishna STANTON (Wood) (ACT) 2:38:11		Sarah MYCROFT (NSW) 2:56.27		Melissa BULLOCH (NSW) 2:59.20
2002		Heather TURLAND (NSW) 2:51:06		Sarah MYCROFT (NSW) 2:55:59		Natalie KARL (NSW) 2:58:17
2003		Helen / Verity TOLHURST (Qld) 2:58:57		Jacinta WORLAND (Vic) 3:09:44		Rose PLIKSS (NSW) 3:14:04
2004		Jenny WICKHAM (NSW) 2:55:09		Alison BOWMAKER (NSW) 3:07:13		Keri VAUGHAN (ACT) 3:17:28
2005		Jackie FAIRWEATHER (Gallagher) (Qld) 2:34:42		Lauren SHELLEY (WA) 2:37:17		Helen STANTON (Qld) 2:45:16
2006		Jennifer GILLARD (Hindmarsh) (Tas) 2:44:06		Helen STANTON (Qld) 2:44:11		Kylie DICK (Vic) 2:48:51
2007		Eliza MAYGER (NT) 2:46:34		Helen / Verity TOLHURST (Qld) 2:52:13		Heidi CAYZER (NSW) 2:57:20
2008		Lisa FLINT (Qld) 2:47:42		Magda KARIMALI-POULOS (NSW) 2:48:53		Jackie FAIRWEATHER (Gallagher) (Qld) 2:53:42
2009		Lisa FLINT (Qld) 2:34:08		Magda KARIMALI-POULOS (NSW) 2:40:54		Michelle BLEAKLEY (Vic) 2:41:20
2010		Roxie FRASER (Qld) 2:43:52		Lisa ROSE (WA) 2:49:37		Kristen WYATT (Vic) 2:51:00
2011		Kirsten MOLLOY (NSW) 2:43:44		Magda KARIMALI-POULOS (NSW) 2:45:03		Clare WILLIAMS (Qld) 2:47:16

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.