Year		First		Second		Third
1985		Grenville WOOD (SA) 44:38.9		Danny BOLTZ (NSW) 44:45.4		Lawrie WHITTY (NSW) 44:47.3
1986		Andrew LLOYD (NSW) 44:26.0		Brad CAMP (Vic) 44:29.0		Lawrie WHITTY (NSW) 44:31.0
1987		Steve MONEGHETTI (Vic) 44:11.0		Brad CAMP (Vic) 45:06.0		Quentin MORLEY (NSW) 45:18.0
1988		Rob DE CASTELLA (Vic) 44:09.0		Andrew LLOYD (NSW) 44:29.0		Pat CARROLL (Qld) 44:44.0
1989		Brad CAMP (Vic) 43:51.0		Pat CARROLL (Qld) 43:54.0		Ray BOYD (WA) 44:15.0
1990		Brad CAMP (Vic) 45:10.0		Shaun CREIGHTON (ACT) 45:33.0		Gerard BARRETT (Qld) 45:37.0
1991		Rod HIGGINS (ACT) 44:33.0		Brad CAMP (Vic) 44:38.0		Mike INWOOD (Qld) 44:39.0

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.