| Year
|
Cover artist(s)
|
Album title and original recording artist(s)
|
1987
(1st)
|
| Oleh Witer
|
Big Pig by Big Pig
|
| Art Scarff
|
The Final Wave by Australian Crawl
|
| Buster Stiggs
|
Love an Adventure by Pseudo Echo
|
| Nick Seymour
|
Crowded House by Crowded House
|
| Richard Alan
|
Models' Media by Models
|
| Bear Witness by I'm Talking
|
| Steve Malpass
|
Whispering Jack by John Farnham
|
1988
(2nd)
|
Ken Duncan, Creative Type Wart, Gary Morris and Midnight Oil
|
Diesel and Dust by Midnight Oil
|
1989
(3rd)
|
| Nick Seymour
|
Temple of Low Men by Crowded House
|
| The Add Agency
|
Up from Down Under by Tommy Emmanuel
|
| Bruce Goold
|
Wild Desert Rose by Coloured Stone
|
| Phil Judd
|
The Sound of Trees by Schnell Fenster
|
| Malpass & Burrows
|
Age of Reason by John Farnham
|
| Robyn Stacey & Richard Allan
|
Lost by Died Pretty
|
| Eric Weideman
|
...ish by 1927
|
1990
(4th)
|
| Rob Miles
|
Ghost Nation by Hunters & Collectors
|
| Greg O'Connor
|
These Here Are Crazy Times by Boom Crash Opera
|
| Martin Fabinyi
|
Brave by Kate Ceberano
|
| Deborah Parry Graphics / Ben Evans
|
0–9 Series by Various Artists
|
| Stephen Thomas
|
The Big Don't Argue by Weddings Parties Anything
|
1991
(5th)
|
| Livingstone Clarke and Midnight Oil
|
Blue Sky Mining by Midnight Oil
|
| Timothy Eames
|
Collected Works by Hunters & Collectors
|
| Iva Davies and David Barnes
|
Code Blue by Icehouse
|
| Jon Quinn
|
Chain Reaction by John Farnham
|
| Capitol Art / Peter Blakeley
|
Harry's Café De Wheels by Peter Blakeley
|
1992
(6th)
|
| Louise Beach / Mushroom Art
|
Tribal Voice by Yothu Yindi
|
| Pierre Baroni / Mushroom Art
|
Soul Deep by Jimmy Barnes
|
| String of Pearls by Deborah Conway
|
| Richard Pleasance and Ross Hipwell
|
Galleon by Richard Pleasance Galleon
|
| Tommy Steele and Nick Seymour
|
Woodface by Crowded House
|
1993
(7th)
|
| Paul McNeil and Richard All
|
Electric Soup and Gorilla Biscuit by Hoodoo Gurus
|
| Angie Hart and Louise Beach
|
Marvin the Album by Frente!
|
| Ian Martin and Adrienne Overall
|
Hepfidelity by Diesel
|
| Midnight Oil and Neo One Design
|
Scream in Blue by Midnight Oil
|
| Pascoe & Gray Design and Eryk Photography
|
Better Times by The Black Sorrows
|
1994
(8th)
|
| Pierre Baroni / Mushroom Art
|
Bitch Epic by Deborah Conway
|
| Kristyna Higgins and Jan Manby
|
The Honeymoon Is Over by The Cruel Sea
|
| Marcelle Lunam
|
The Yearning by Things of Stone and Wood
|
| Nick Seymour
|
Together Alone by Crowded House
|
| Kevin Wilkins and Midnight Oil
|
Earth and Sun and Moon by Midnight Oil
|
1995
(9th)
|
| Dominic O'Brien
|
A Million Year Girl by Max Sharam
|
| Simon Anderson
|
The Electric Hippies by Electric Hippies
|
| Hi Fi Way by You Am I
|
| The Cruel Sea, Kristyna Higgins and Jim Paton
|
Three Legged Dog by The Cruel Sea
|
| Reg Mombassa
|
Mr Natural by Mental As Anything
|
1996
(10th)
|
| Reg Mombassa
|
Liar Liar Pants on Fire by Mental As Anything
|
| Simon Anderson
|
Hourly, Daily by You Am I
|
| Rockin' Doodles, Quan Yeomans and Ben Ely
|
Tu-Plang by Regurgitator
|
| Janet English and George Stajsic
|
The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake by Spiderbait
|
| Tony Mahoney
|
The Soft 'N Sexy Sound by Dave Graney
|
1997
(11th)
|
| John Watson, John O'Donnell, Kevin Wilkins and Silverchair
|
Freak Show by Silverchair
|
| Janet English
|
Ivy and the Big Apples by Spiderbait
|
| Pierre Baroni
|
Songs from the South by Paul Kelly
|
| Simon Anderson and Dean Manning
|
Angel Blood by Leonardo's Bride
|
| Tony Mahony
|
The Devil Drives by Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes
|
1998
(12th)
|
| The Shits
|
Unit by Regurgitator
|
| Carl Breitkreuz and Ian Downie
|
To Hal and Bacharach by various artists
|
| Dominic O'Brien, Matt Thomas, Rachel Boyce and Alison Smith
|
Pink Pills by The Mavis's
|
| William Tennent and Chris Tennent
|
Sumo by The Superjesus
|
| Kevin Wilkins
|
20,000 Watt R.S.L. by Midnight Oil
|
1999
(13th)
|
| Kevin Wilkins
|
Internationalist by Powderfinger
|
| Janet English and George Stajsic
|
Grand Slam by Spiderbait
|
| Reg Mombassa
|
Garage by Mental As Anything
|
| John Watson, Kevin Wilkins and Melissa Chenery
|
Neon Ballroom by Silverchair
|
| Quan Yeomans and Janet English
|
Welcome to Happyland by Happyland
|
2000
(14th)
|
| Janet English
|
"Glokenpop" by Spiderbait
|
| Mark Gowling
|
Road Kill by Groove Terminator
|
| Paul Kosky
|
Reflector by Killing Heidi
|
| Love Police
|
Triple J Hottest 100 Vol 6 by Various
|
| Kevin Wilkins
|
"Passenger" by Powderfinger
|
2001
(15th)
|
| Kevin Wilkins
|
Odyssey Number Five by Powderfinger
|
| Bobbydazzler
|
Since I Left You by The Avalanches
|
| Darren Glindemann
|
Jet Age by The Superjesus
|
| Sam Hickey
|
Sunset Studies by Augie March
|
| Stephanie Ashworth
|
Echolalia by Something for Kate
|
2002
(16th)
|
| Darren Glindemann, John Watson, Melissa Chenery and Daniel Johns
|
Diorama by Silverchair
|
| Art of the State and Scott James Smith
|
Torch the Moon by The Whitlams
|
| Campbell Murray Creating
|
Barricades & Brickwalls by Kasey Chambers
|
| Chris Von Sanden
|
Polyserena by george
|
| Craig Nicholls
|
Highly Evolved by Highly Evolved
|
2003
(17th)
|
| Steven Gorrow and Revolution Design
|
Vulture Street by Powderfinger
|
| Jenny Sullivan and Sony Music Design
|
Innocent Eyes by Delta Goodrem
|
| Adalita and Steven Gorrow
|
Tough Love by Magic Dirt
|
| Stephanie Ashworth and David Homer (Sony Music Design)
|
The Official Fiction by Something for Kate
|
| James Bellesini and Love Police
|
Deliverance by You Am I
|
2004
(18th)
|
| James Hackett
|
The Dissociatives by The Dissociatives
|
| Peter Barrett and Eskimo Joe
|
A Song Is a City by Eskimo Joe
|
| James Bellesini and Love Police
|
Winning Days by The Vines
|
| The Cream & The Crock by You Am I
|
| Mathematics
|
Wayward Angel by Kasey Chambers
|
| Tom Walker
|
Sunrise Over Sea by John Butler Trio
|
2005
(19th)
|
| Ben Lee, Lara Meyerratken and Dan Estabrook
|
Awake Is the New Sleep by Ben Lee
|
| Cameron Bird
|
In Case We Die by Architecture in Helsinki
|
| Cathie Glassby
|
The Sound of White by Missy Higgins
|
| David Homer, Aaron Hayward (Debaser)
|
United Paper People by Kisschasy
|
| Reg Mombassa
|
Foggy Highway by Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys
|
2006
(20th)
|
| Debaser
|
Tea & Sympathy by Bernard Fanning
|
| Alison Smith and Chris Cheney – The Living End
|
State of Emergency by The Living End
|
| Dane Lovett and Dave Snow
|
Black Fingernails, Red Wine by Eskimo Joe
|
| Luke Steele, James Bellesini and Love Police
|
Personality – One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird by The Sleepy Jackson
|
| The Grates
|
Gravity Won't Get You High by The Grates
|
2007
(21st)
|
| Aaron Hayward and Dave Homer (Debaser)
|
Dream Days at the Hotel Existence by Powderfinger
|
| Wally de Backer
|
Mixed Blood by Gotye
|
| John Engelhardt
|
The Hard Road: Restrung by Hilltop Hoods
|
| Sharon Chai and Sarah Blasko
|
What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have by Sarah Blasko
|
| Hackett Films
|
Young Modern by Silverchair
|
2008
(22nd)
|
| Jonathan Zawada
|
Apocalypso by The Presets
|
| Aaron Hayward & David Homer (Debaser)
|
Be the Twilight by Faker
|
| Rattlin' Bones by Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson
|
| Alter
|
In Ghost Colours by Cut Copy
|
| IOSHVA
|
A Book Like This by Angus & Julia Stone
|
2009
(23rd)
|
| Aaron Hayward and David Homer (Debaser)
|
Walking on a Dream by Empire of the Sun
|
| C. W. Stoneking
|
Jungle Blues by C. W. Stoneking
|
| Mathematics
|
Inshalla by Eskimo Joe
|
| Sarah Larnach
|
Ladyhawke by Ladyhawke
|
| Sharon Chai
|
As Day Follows Night by Sarah Blasko
|
2010
(24th)
|
| Angus & Julia Stone
|
Down the Way by Angus & Julia Stone
|
| Cameron Gray and Scott Smith
|
This Is the Warning by Dead Letter Circus
|
| David Homer and Aaron Hayward (Debaser)
|
Birds of Tokyo by Birds of Tokyo
|
| Debaser
|
Head of the Hawk by Bluejuice
|
| Leif Podhajsky
|
Innerspeaker by Tame Impala
|
2011
(25th)
|
| Alter
|
Zonoscope by Cut Copy
|
| Aaron Hayward and David Homer (Debaser)
|
The Experiment by Art vs. Science
|
| Tangier by Billy Thorpe
|
| Carlo Santone
|
Rrakala by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
|
| Ken Done
|
Great Barrier Grief by Oh Mercy
|
2012
(26th)
|
| Frank de Backer and Wally de Backer
|
Making Mirrors by Gotye
|
| Carlo Santone
|
"Bayini" by Gurrumul featuring Sarah Blasko
|
| Christopher Doyle
|
Prisoner by The Jezabels
|
| Debaser
|
Falling & Flying by 360
|
| Rennie Ellis
|
Deep Heat by Oh Mercy
|
2013
(27th)
|
| Aaron Hayward and David Homer (Debaser)
|
Ice on the Dune by Empire of the Sun
|
| Glen Hannah
|
Wreck & Ruin by Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson
|
| Graeme Base
|
Steal the Light by The Cat Empire
|
| Justin Maller
|
Circus in the Sky by Bliss n Eso
|
| Kevin Parker and Leif Podhajsky
|
Lonerism by Tame Impala
|
2014
(28th)
|
| Tin & Ed
|
Built on Glass by Chet Faker
|
| Angus & Julia Stone
|
Angus & Julia Stone by Angus & Julia Stone
|
| Celeste Potter
|
Black Rat by DZ Deathrays
|
| Sia Furler
|
1000 Forms of Fear by Sia
|
| The Leonard Brothers
|
Utopia by 360
|
2015
(29th)
|
| Courtney Barnett
|
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett
|
| Daniel Johns, Aref and Peter Salmon-Lomas
|
Talk by Daniel Johns
|
| Timothy Lovett
|
Down To Earth by Flight Facilities
|
| Bjenny Montero
|
Man It Feels Like Space Again by Pond
|
| Nathan Johnson
|
The Positions by Gang of Youths
|
2016
(30th)
|
| Johnathan Zawada
|
Skin by Flume
|
| Karen Lynch
|
Civil Dusk by Bernard Fanning
|
| Kristen Doyle
|
Wings of the Wild by Delta Goodrem
|
| Jack Vanzet
|
Bloom by RÜFÜS
|
| Robbie Chater for Lost Art
|
Wildflower by The Avalanches
|
2017
(31st)
|
| Peter Salmon-Lomas
|
Life Is Fine by Paul Kelly
|
| Lee McConnell
|
The Kids Will Know It's Bullshit by Dune Rats
|
| Nathan Cahyadi
|
Go Farther in Lightness by Gang of Youths
|
| Nick McKinlay
|
Don't Let the Kids Win by Julia Jacklin
|
| Mitchell Storck
|
The Overflow Tank by Midnight Oil
|
2018
(32nd)
|
| Caiti Baker
|
Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) by Gurrumul
|
| Ben Lopez
|
Flow State by Tash Sultana
|
| Dean Hanson
|
Good Mood by Ball Park Music
|
| Jonathan Zawada
|
Hi Viz by The Presets
|
| Steve Wyper
|
Love Monster by Amy Shark
|
2019
(33rd)
|
| Emilie Pfitzner
|
Better in Blak by Thelma Plum
|
| Ben Jones
|
Amyl and the Sniffers by Amyl and the Sniffers
|
| Jonathan Zawada
|
Hi This is Flume by Flume
|
| Lucy Dyson
|
Nature by Paul Kelly
|
| Nick Mckk
|
Crushing by Julia Jacklin
|
