# Mr. Australia

This is not recognised by any State or Federal Government of Australia. Please note. Many similar competitions are organised by various clubs etc across the globe.The Mr. Australia contest, now known as the Australian Championships, is a bodybuilding contest for men and women organised by WFF Australia. It includes fitness, figure, bikini and sports model competitions. The Australian Championships is a National Qualifier for major international events.
Beginning in 1947, the Mr. Australia contest was staged haphazardly by various individual promoters. It did not become a regular annual event until 1958. The early contests were not officially associated with any bodybuilding organisation however promoters in each state or territory were mindful not to promote more than one Mr Australia nationally and so shared the contest between them.

## Winners

This is a list of overall Amateur Mr. Australia champions:
AMATEUR MR AUSTRALIA :
| Year | Overall Winner | State or Territory |
| 1947 | Bob Human | South Australia |
| 1951 | Gordon Nutter | Victoria |
| 1952/3 | Not held. |
| 1954 | John Penman | New South Wales |
| 1955 | Les Griffiths | New South Wales |
| 1956 | Charlie Sherhan | New South Wales |
| 1958 | Joseph Cassar | Victoria |
| 1959 | Tom Lardner | South Australia |
| 1960 | Victor Vella | New South Wales |
| 1961 | Victor Vella | New South Wales |
| 1962 | Victor Vella | New South Wales |
| 1963 | Les Griffiths | New South Wales |
| 1964 | Chim Leong | Victoria |
| 1965 | Les Spendlove | New South Wales |
| 1966 | Carlo Zumbo | New South Wales |
| 1967 | Victor Vella | New South Wales |
| 1968 | Carlo Zumbo | New South Wales |
| 1969 | Carlo Zumbo | New South Wales |
| 1970 | Carlo Zumbo | New South Wales |
| 1971 | Peter McCarthy | Victoria |
| 1972 | Frank Colombera | Western Australia |
| 1973 | Roger Walker | New South Wales |
| 1974 | Ted Matoush | New South Wales |
| 1975 | Roger Walker | New South Wales |
| 1976 | Billy Robertson | Western Australia |
| 1977 | Ivan Djirlic | New South Wales |
| 1978 | Graeme Lancefield | Victoria |
| 1979 | Peter Lindsay | Victoria |
| 1980 | Richard Jonker | Queensland |
| 1981 | Billy Knight | New South Wales |
| 1982 | Billy Knight | New South Wales |
| 1983 | Clem Ziegler | Tasmania |
| 1984 | George Costa | New South Wales |
| 1985 | Gary Lewer | Victoria |
| 1986 | Sammy Ioannidis | Victoria |
| 1987 | Gary Lewer | Victoria |
| 1988 | Gary Lewer | Victoria |
| 1989 | Gary Lewer | Victoria |
| 1990 | Bruce Leong | Northern Territory |
| 1991 | Gary Tchernakoff | Western Australia |
| 1992 | Kevin O'Grady | New South Wales |
| 1993 | Grant Clemesha | Western Australia |
| 1994 | Grant Clemesha | Western Australia |
| 1995 | Grant Clemesha | Western Australia |
| 1996 | Colin Murphie | New South Wales |
| 1997 | Grant Mayo | New South Wales |
| 1998 | Charles Duca | New South Wales |
| 1999 | Tony Loiacono | Western Australia |
| 2000 | Nick Jones | South Australia |
| 2001 | Lee Newman | Queensland |
| 2002 | Nick Jones | South Australia |
| 2003 | Mark McEntyre | New South Wales |
| 2004 | Scott Burgess | Queensland |
| 2005 | Adam Fennell | South Australia |
| 2006 | Charles Duca | New South Wales |
| 2007 | Darren Smith | Tasmania |
| 2008 | Justin Wessels | New South Wales |
| 2009 | Justin Wessels | New South Wales |
| 2010 | Justin Wessels | New South Wales |
| 2011 | Abraham Elzaibak | Victoria |
| 2012 | Frank Giampino | Victoria |
| 2013 | Matt Smedley | South Australia |
| 2014 | Michael Dittmann | Victoria |
| 2015 | David Cutler | Queensland |
| 2016 | Milton DeFreitas | Western Australia |
| 2017 | Justin Wessels | New South Wales |
| 2018 | Paul Jayilian | Victoria |
| 2019 | Al Pope | Victoria |
| 2020 | Hasnain Vali Karimi | Pakistan |
| 2021 | | |
| 2022 | [] | [] |
PROFESSIONAL MR AUSTRALIA :
| Year | Professional Winner | State or Territory |
| 2017 | David Cutler | Queensland |
| 2018 | Barry Lawler | New South Wales |
| 2019 | Shaun Mason | Victoria |
| 2020 | Hasnain Vali Karimi | Pakistan |
| 2021 | | |
| 2022 | | |