| Year | Cover artist(s) | Album title and original recording artist(s) |
|---|
1987
(1st) |
| Oleh Witer | Big Pig byBig Pig |
| Art Scarff | The Final Wave byAustralian Crawl |
| Buster Stiggs | Love an Adventure byPseudo Echo |
| Nick Seymour | Crowded House byCrowded House |
| Richard Alan | Models' Media byModels |
| Bear Witness byI'm Talking |
| Steve Malpass | Whispering Jack byJohn Farnham |
1988
(2nd) | Ken Duncan, Creative Type Wart, Gary Morris andMidnight Oil | Diesel and Dust byMidnight Oil |
1989
(3rd) |
| Nick Seymour | Temple of Low Men byCrowded House |
| The Add Agency | Up from Down Under byTommy Emmanuel |
| Bruce Goold | Wild Desert Rose byColoured Stone |
| Phil Judd | The Sound of Trees bySchnell Fenster |
| Malpass & Burrows | Age of Reason byJohn Farnham |
| Robyn Stacey & Richard Allan | Lost byDied Pretty |
| Eric Weideman | ...ish by1927 |
1990
(4th) |
| Rob Miles | Ghost Nation byHunters & Collectors |
| Greg O'Connor | These Here Are Crazy Times byBoom Crash Opera |
| Martin Fabinyi | Brave byKate Ceberano |
| Deborah Parry Graphics / Ben Evans | 0–9 Series by Various Artists |
| Stephen Thomas | The Big Don't Argue byWeddings Parties Anything |
1991
(5th) |
| Livingstone Clarke andMidnight Oil | Blue Sky Mining byMidnight Oil |
| Timothy Eames | Collected Works byHunters & Collectors |
| Iva Davies and David Barnes | Code Blue byIcehouse |
| Jon Quinn | Chain Reaction byJohn Farnham |
| Capitol Art / Peter Blakeley | Harry's Café De Wheels byPeter Blakeley |
1992
(6th) |
| Louise Beach / Mushroom Art | Tribal Voice byYothu Yindi |
| Pierre Baroni / Mushroom Art | Soul Deep byJimmy Barnes |
| String of Pearls byDeborah Conway |
| Richard Pleasance and Ross Hipwell | Galleon byRichard Pleasance |
| Tommy Steele andNick Seymour | Woodface byCrowded House |
1993
(7th) |
| Paul McNeil and Richard All | Electric Soup andGorilla Biscuit byHoodoo Gurus |
| Angie Hart and Louise Beach | Marvin the Album byFrente! |
| Ian Martin and Adrienne Overall | Hepfidelity byDiesel |
| Midnight Oil and Neo One Design | Scream in Blue byMidnight Oil |
| Pascoe & Gray Design and Eryk Photography | Better Times byThe Black Sorrows |
1994
(8th) |
| Pierre Baroni / Mushroom Art | Bitch Epic byDeborah Conway |
| Kristyna Higgins and Jan Manby | The Honeymoon Is Over byThe Cruel Sea |
| Marcelle Lunam | The Yearning byThings of Stone and Wood |
| Nick Seymour | Together Alone byCrowded House |
| Kevin Wilkins andMidnight Oil | Earth and Sun and Moon byMidnight Oil |
1995
(9th) |
| Dominic O'Brien | A Million Year Girl byMax Sharam |
| Simon Anderson | The Electric Hippies byElectric Hippies |
| Hi Fi Way byYou Am I |
| The Cruel Sea, Kristyna Higgins and Jim Paton | Three Legged Dog byThe Cruel Sea |
| Reg Mombassa | Mr Natural byMental As Anything |
1996
(10th) |
| Reg Mombassa | Liar Liar Pants on Fire byMental As Anything |
| Simon Anderson | Hourly, Daily byYou Am I |
| Rockin' Doodles,Quan Yeomans andBen Ely | Tu-Plang byRegurgitator |
| Janet English and George Stajsic | The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake bySpiderbait |
| Tony Mahoney | The Soft 'N Sexy Sound byDave Graney |
1997
(11th) |
| John Watson, John O'Donnell, Kevin Wilkins andSilverchair | Freak Show bySilverchair |
| Janet English | Ivy and the Big Apples bySpiderbait |
| Pierre Baroni | Songs from the South byPaul Kelly |
| Simon Anderson and Dean Manning | Angel Blood byLeonardo's Bride |
| Tony Mahony | The Devil Drives byDave Graney & the Coral Snakes |
1998
(12th) |
| The Shits | Unit byRegurgitator |
| Carl Breitkreuz and Ian Downie | To Hal and Bacharach by various artists |
| Dominic O'Brien, Matt Thomas, Rachel Boyce and Alison Smith | Pink Pills byThe Mavis's |
| William Tennent and Chris Tennent | Sumo byThe Superjesus |
| Kevin Wilkins | 20,000 Watt R.S.L. byMidnight Oil |
1999
(13th) |
| Kevin Wilkins | Internationalist byPowderfinger |
| Janet English and George Stajsic | Grand Slam bySpiderbait |
| Reg Mombassa | Garage byMental As Anything |
| John Watson, Kevin Wilkins and Melissa Chenery | Neon Ballroom bySilverchair |
| Quan Yeomans and Janet English | Welcome to Happyland byHappyland |
2000
(14th) |
| Janet English | "Glokenpop" bySpiderbait |
| Mark Gowling | Road Kill byGroove Terminator |
| Paul Kosky | Reflector byKilling Heidi |
| Love Police | Triple J Hottest 100 Vol 6 by Various |
| Kevin Wilkins | "Passenger" byPowderfinger |
2001
(15th) |
| Kevin Wilkins | Odyssey Number Five byPowderfinger |
| Bobbydazzler (a.k.a.Darren Seltmann, Robbie Chater) | Since I Left You byThe Avalanches |
| Darren Glindemann | Jet Age byThe Superjesus |
| Sam Hickey | Sunset Studies byAugie March |
| Stephanie Ashworth | Echolalia bySomething for Kate |
2002
(16th) |
| Darren Glindemann, John Watson, Melissa Chenery andDaniel Johns | Diorama bySilverchair |
| Art of the State and Scott James Smith | Torch the Moon byThe Whitlams |
| Campbell Murray Creating | Barricades & Brickwalls byKasey Chambers |
| Chris Von Sanden | Polyserena bygeorge |
| Craig Nicholls | Highly Evolved byHighly Evolved |
2003
(17th) |
| Steven Gorrow andRevolution Design | Vulture Street byPowderfinger |
| Jenny Sullivan and Sony Music Design | Innocent Eyes byDelta Goodrem |
| Adalita and Steven Gorrow | Tough Love byMagic Dirt |
| Stephanie Ashworth and David Homer (Sony Music Design) | The Official Fiction bySomething for Kate |
| James Bellesini and Love Police | Deliverance byYou Am I |
2004
(18th) |
| James Hackett | The Dissociatives byThe Dissociatives |
| Peter Barrett andEskimo Joe | A Song Is a City byEskimo Joe |
| James Bellesini and Love Police | Winning Days byThe Vines |
| The Cream & The Crock byYou Am I |
| Mathematics | Wayward Angel byKasey Chambers |
| Tom Walker | Sunrise Over Sea byJohn Butler Trio |
2005
(19th) |
| Ben Lee,Lara Meyerratken andDan Estabrook | Awake Is the New Sleep byBen Lee |
| Cameron Bird | In Case We Die byArchitecture in Helsinki |
| Cathie Glassby | The Sound of White byMissy Higgins |
| David Homer, Aaron Hayward (Debaser) | United Paper People byKisschasy |
| Reg Mombassa | Foggy Highway byPaul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys |
2006
(20th) |
| Debaser | Tea & Sympathy byBernard Fanning |
| Alison Smith andChris Cheney –The Living End | State of Emergency byThe Living End |
| Dane Lovett and Dave Snow | Black Fingernails, Red Wine byEskimo Joe |
| Luke Steele, James Bellesini and Love Police | Personality – One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird byThe Sleepy Jackson |
| The Grates | Gravity Won't Get You High byThe Grates |
2007
(21st) |
| Aaron Hayward andDave Homer (Debaser) | Dream Days at the Hotel Existence byPowderfinger |
| Wally de Backer | Mixed Blood byGotye |
| John Engelhardt | The Hard Road: Restrung byHilltop Hoods |
| Sharon Chai andSarah Blasko | What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have bySarah Blasko |
| Hackett Films | Young Modern bySilverchair |
2008
(22nd) |
| Jonathan Zawada | Apocalypso byThe Presets |
| Aaron Hayward & David Homer (Debaser) | Be the Twilight byFaker |
| Rattlin' Bones byKasey Chambers andShane Nicholson |
| Alter | In Ghost Colours byCut Copy |
| IOSHVA | A Book Like This byAngus & Julia Stone |
2009
(23rd) |
| Aaron Hayward and David Homer (Debaser) | Walking on a Dream byEmpire of the Sun |
| C. W. Stoneking | Jungle Blues byC. W. Stoneking |
| Mathematics | Inshalla byEskimo Joe |
| Sarah Larnach | Ladyhawke byLadyhawke |
| Sharon Chai | As Day Follows Night bySarah Blasko |
2010
(24th) |
| Angus & Julia Stone | Down the Way byAngus & Julia Stone |
| Cameron Gray and Scott Smith | This Is the Warning byDead Letter Circus |
| David Homer and Aaron Hayward (Debaser) | Birds of Tokyo byBirds of Tokyo |
| Debaser | Head of the Hawk byBluejuice |
| Leif Podhajsky | Innerspeaker byTame Impala |
2011
(25th) |
| Alter | Zonoscope byCut Copy |
| Aaron Hayward and David Homer (Debaser) | The Experiment byArt vs. Science |
| Tangier byBilly Thorpe |
| Carlo Santone | Rrakala byGeoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu |
| Ken Done | Great Barrier Grief byOh Mercy |
2012
(26th) |
| Frank de Backer andWally de Backer | Making Mirrors byGotye |
| Carlo Santone | "Bayini" byGurrumul featuringSarah Blasko |
| Christopher Doyle | Prisoner byThe Jezabels |
| Debaser | Falling & Flying by360 |
| Rennie Ellis | Deep Heat byOh Mercy |
2013
(27th) |
| Aaron Hayward and David Homer (Debaser) | Ice on the Dune byEmpire of the Sun |
| Glen Hannah | Wreck & Ruin byKasey Chambers andShane Nicholson |
| Graeme Base | Steal the Light byThe Cat Empire |
| Justin Maller | Circus in the Sky byBliss n Eso |
| Kevin Parker andLeif Podhajsky | Lonerism byTame Impala |
2014
(28th) |
| Tin & Ed | Built on Glass byChet Faker |
| Angus & Julia Stone | Angus & Julia Stone byAngus & Julia Stone |
| Celeste Potter | Black Rat byDZ Deathrays |
| Sia Furler | 1000 Forms of Fear bySia |
| The Leonard Brothers | Utopia by360 |
2015
(29th) |
| Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit byCourtney Barnett |
| Daniel Johns, Aref and Peter Salmon-Lomas | Talk byDaniel Johns |
| Timothy Lovett | Down To Earth byFlight Facilities |
| Bjenny Montero | Man It Feels Like Space Again byPond |
| Nathan Johnson | The Positions by Gang of Youths |
2016
(30th) |
| Johnathan Zawada | Skin byFlume |
| Karen Lynch | Civil Dusk byBernard Fanning |
| Kristen Doyle | Wings of the Wild byDelta Goodrem |
| Jack Vanzet | Bloom byRÜFÜS |
| Robbie Chater for Lost Art | Wildflower byThe Avalanches |
2017
(31st) |
| Peter Salmon-Lomas | Life Is Fine byPaul Kelly |
| Lee McConnell | The Kids Will Know It's Bullshit byDune Rats |
| Nathan Cahyadi | Go Farther in Lightness byGang of Youths |
| Nick McKinlay | Don't Let the Kids Win byJulia Jacklin |
| Mitchell Storck | The Overflow Tank byMidnight Oil |
2018
(32nd) |
| Caiti Baker | Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) byGurrumul |
| Ben Lopez | Flow State byTash Sultana |
| Dean Hanson | Good Mood byBall Park Music |
| Jonathan Zawada | Hi Viz byThe Presets |
| Steve Wyper | Love Monster byAmy Shark |
2019
(33rd) |
| Emilie Pfitzner | Better in Blak byThelma Plum |
| Ben Jones | Amyl and the Sniffers byAmyl and the Sniffers |
| Jonathan Zawada | Hi This is Flume byFlume |
| Lucy Dyson | Nature byPaul Kelly |
| Nick Mckk | Crushing byJulia Jacklin |
2020
(34th) |
| Adam Dal Pozzo,Megan Washington and Michelle Pitiris | Batflowers byWashington |
| Louis Leimbach | 14 Steps to a Better You byLime Cordiale |
| Luke Henery | Everything Is A-OK byViolent Soho |
| Made in Katana | Hilda byJessica Mauboy |
| Tim Rogers | Mr Experience byDonny Benét |
2021
(35th) |
| Kofi Anash & Bailey Howard | Smiling with No Teeth byGenesis Owusu |
| Ngaiire Joseph & Dan Segal | 3 byNgaiire |
| Eben Ejdne | Herald byOdette |
| Jonathan Zawada | We Will Always Love You byThe Avalanches |
| Giulia Giannini McGauran & Mitchell Eaton | Welcome to the Madhouse byTones and I |
2022
(36th) |
| Adnate | Gela byBaker Boy |
| Giulia Giannini McGauran | How to Grow a Sunflower Underwater byAlex the Astronaut |
| Jonathan Zawada | Palaces byFlume |
| Kayla Flett, Gabi Coulthurst & Dimathaya Burarrwanga | King Stingray byKing Stingray |
| Seshanka Samarajiwa, Zain Ayub &Tasman Keith | A Colour Undone by Tasman Keith |
2023
(37th) |
| Jeremy Koren (Grey Ghost) | Everything Was Green byForest Claudette |
| Connor Dewhurst | Acres byBrad Cox |
| Harry Allen — Studio Balcony | 370HSSV 0773H byPrivate Function |
| Peach PRC, Billy Zammit | Manic Dream Pixie byPeach PRC |
| Sam Netterfiled, Mia Rankin | Jesus at the Gay Bar byCub Sport |
2024
(38th) |
| Daniel Boyd and Nomad Create | Kill the Dead by3% |
| Giulia McGauran & Sam Chirnside | Beautifully Ordinary byTones and I |
| Louis Leimbach | Enough of the Sweet Talk byLime Cordiale |
| Michael Bryers | Between the Fires byTroy Cassar-Daley |
| Tomas Shanahan | Chorus byMildlife |
2025
(39th) |
| John Stewart | Cartoon Darkness byAmyl and the Sniffers |
| Giulia McGauran | Bird in Paradise byThe Cat Empire |
| Kira Puru and Em Jensen | I'm Sorry, Now Say It Back byThelma Plum |
| Nina Wilson, John You and Aria Zarzycki | I Love My Computer byNinajirachi |
| Sarah McCloskey | Fall from the Light byHilltop Hoods |
