This is the most prestigious award presented annually by the Council to an educator whose contribution to the study and practice of educational administration and leadership is assessed as most outstanding, nationally.
| 2023 |
Professor Sandra Milligan |
VIC
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| 2022 |
Karen Spiller OAM CF |
QLD
|
| 2021 |
Patrea Walton |
QLD
|
| 2020 |
Ann McIntyre |
NSW |
| 2019 |
Margot Foster |
SA |
| 2018 |
Professor Martin
Westwell |
SA |
| 2017 |
Richard Teese |
VIC |
| 2016 |
Dr Jim Watterston |
QLD |
| 2015 |
Dr Michele Bruniges AM |
NSW |
| 2014 |
David Gurr |
VIC |
| 2013 |
Paul Brock |
NSW |
| 2012 |
Barry McGaw |
VIC |
| 2011 |
John Hattie |
VIC |
| 2010 |
Tony Mackay |
VIC |
| 2009 |
Alan Reid |
SA |
| 2008 |
David Loader |
VIC |
| 2007 |
Sylvia Walton |
VIC |
| 2006 |
Peter Tannock |
WA |
| 2005 |
Kwong Chiu Lee Dow |
VIC |
| 2004 |
Patrick Duignan |
NSW |
| 2003 |
USQ School Revitalisation Project Team |
QLD |
| 2002 |
Michael John Hough |
NSW |
| 2001 |
Kenneth George Boston |
NSW |
| 2000 |
William Richard Mulford |
TAS |
| 1999 |
No Award |
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| 1998 |
Charles Henry Payne |
NT |
| 1997 |
Francis Allan Crowther |
QLD |
| 1996 |
James Anthony (Tony) D'Arbon |
NSW |
| 1995 |
Albert (Alby) W Jones |
SA |
| 1994 |
Brian John Caldwell |
VIC |
| 1993 |
Kenneth Richard McKinnon |
NSW |
| 1992 |
Phillip Hughes |
TAS |
| 1991 |
Hedley Beare |
VIC |
| 1990 |
Wiliam George Walker |
VIC |
| 1989 |
Jarvis Leslie Finger |
QLD |
| 1988 |
Robert Bruce Winder |
NSW |
| 1987 |
Charles Philip Cullen |
QLD |
| 1986 |
Ruth Rogers |
SA |
| 1985 |
Robert Fordham
Edwin Harold Jones |
VIC
WA |