Year		First		Second		Third
1977-78	5000mW	Susan COOK (Orr) (Vic) 24:21.4		Rachel THOMPSON (NSW) 25:04.2		Lillian HARPUR (SA) 25:18.6
1978-79	5000mW	Sally PIERSON (Vic) 25:16.79		Rachel THOMPSON (NSW) 25:35.69		Karen ISELIN (Qld) 25:41.27
1979-80	5000mW	Susan COOK (Orr) (Vic) 24:40.6		Ann RYAN (NSW) 25:16.2		Sally PIERSON (Vic) 25:38.5
1980-81	5000mW	Susan COOK (Orr) (Vic) 22:53.20		Sally PIERSON (Vic) 23:20.62		Lorraine JACHNO (Young) (Vic) 24:25.87
1981-82	5000mW	Sally PIERSON (Vic) 23:14.62		Susan COOK (Orr) (Vic) 23:56.43		Ann RYAN (NSW) 25:14.04
1982-83	5000mW	Lorraine JACHNO (Young) (Vic) 23:58.69		Kerry SAXBY-JUNNA (Saxby) (NSW) 24:25.09		Ann RYAN (NSW) 24:47.71
1983-84	5000mW	Susan COOK (Orr) (Vic) 22:04.42		Sally PIERSON (Vic) 22:50.39		Rachel THOMPSON (NSW) 23:15.82
1984-85	5000mW	Susan COOK (Orr) (Vic) 23:11.11		Kerry SAXBY-JUNNA (Saxby) (NSW) 23:19.33		Rachel THOMPSON (NSW) 24:07.12
1985-86	5000mW	Kerry SAXBY-JUNNA (Saxby) (NSW) 22:29.25		Bev HAYMAN (Wilkins) (NSW) 22:42.81		Susan COOK (Orr) (Vic) 23:17.27
1986-87	5000mW	Kerry SAXBY-JUNNA (Saxby) (NSW) 21:31.06		Susan COOK (Orr) (Vic) 22:52.04		Lorraine JACHNO (Young) (Vic) 23:26.19
1987-88	5000mW	Kerry SAXBY-JUNNA (Saxby) (NSW) 20:45.32		Bev HAYMAN (Wilkins) (NSW) 23:36.48		Gabrielle BLYTHE (Vic) 24:41.85
1988-89	5000mW	Kerry SAXBY-JUNNA (Saxby) (NSW) 20:32.75		Lorraine JACHNO (Young) (Vic) 22:56.69		Bev HAYMAN (Wilkins) (NSW) 23:22.38
1989-90	5000mW	Kerry SAXBY-JUNNA (Saxby) (NSW) 20:52.82		Lorraine JACHNO (Young) (Vic) 23:19.02		Susan COOK (Orr) (Vic) 23:36.81
1990-91	5000mW	Kerry SAXBY-JUNNA (Saxby) (NSW) 21:21.53		Lorraine JACHNO (Young) (Vic) 23:29.09		Sharon SCHNYDER (Vic) 23:51.57
1991-92	5000mW	Kerry SAXBY-JUNNA (Saxby) (NSW) 20:53.31		Anne JUDKINS (NZL) 22:10.72 (3) Jane SAVILLE (NSW) 22:24.69		(4) Lorraine JACHNO (Young) (Vic) 22:29.27
1992-93	5000mW	Kerry SAXBY-JUNNA (Saxby) (NSW) 20:30.0		Jane SAVILLE (NSW) 21:47.5		Anne MANNING (Pembroke) (NSW) 21:55.5
1993-94	5000mW	Kerry SAXBY-JUNNA (Saxby) (NSW) 20:45.03		Anne MANNING (Pembroke) (NSW) 21:46.43		Gabrielle BLYTHE (Vic) 22:07.27
1994-95	5000mW	Kerry SAXBY-JUNNA (Saxby) (NSW) 21:21.16		Anne MANNING (Pembroke) (NSW) 22:01.85		Teresa LETHERBY (Qld) 22:24.62
1995-96	5000mW	Kerry SAXBY-JUNNA (Saxby) (NSW) 20:47.5h		Natalie SAVILLE (NSW) 21:47.1h		Anne MANNING (Pembroke) (NSW) 22:01.8h
1996-97	5000mW	Jane SAVILLE (NSW) 21:32.26		Natalie SAVILLE (NSW) 21:34.23		Jill MAYBIR-BARRETT (Qld) 22:49.86
1997-98	5000mW	Kerry SAXBY-JUNNA (Saxby) (NSW) 21:57.74		Jane SAVILLE (NSW) 22:21.79		Natalie SAVILLE (NSW) 22:48.54

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.