List of Australian heavyweight boxing champions

Name Duration of reign Defences William Miller 28 May 1883 0 Bill Farnan 26 July 1884 – 20 May 1885^[4] 2 Tom Lees^[5] 20 May 1885 – 25 September 1886 3 Peter Jackson 25 September 1886^r[6][7] Frank Slavin^[8] 8 December 1888^r Joe Goddard 24 June 1890^r Owen Sullivan 25 August 1890^r Joe Goddard 1 November 1890 – 20 July 1891^r 2 Harry Laing 1 January 1894^r Mick Dooley 23 June 1894 – 10 July 1897 3 Peter Felix 10 July 1897 – 8 October 1898 1 Tut Ryan 8 October 1898^r Bill Doherty 25 February 1899 – 2 December 1899 4 Peter Felix 2 December 1899 – 16 July 1900 1 Bill Doherty 16 July 1900 – 19 June 1901 3 Tut Ryan 19 June 1901 – 19 June 1901 2 Bill Doherty 19 June 1901 – 13 October 1902 3 Bill Squires 13 October 1902 – 5 May 1903^r 2 Peter Felix 22 September 1903 – 27 September 1904 2 Arthur Cripps 27 September 1904^r Bill Squires 5 June 1905 – 9 September 1905 1 Tim Draffin Murphy 9 September 1905 – 28 April 1906 1 Bill Squires 28 April 1906 – 22 December 1906^r 3 Jim Griffin 15 April 1907^r Bill Lang 3 October 1907 – 11 April 1910 11 Tommy Burns 11 April 1919^r Bill Turner 15 August 1910^r Bill Lang 13 May 1911 – 9 September 1911 2 Jack Lester 9 September 1911 – 30 September 1911 1 Sam McVea 30 September 1911 – 8 April 1912 4 Sam Langford 8 April 1912 – 19 June 1913^r 4 Dave Smith^[9] 5 November 1913 – 1 August 1914^{[10][self-published source]} 2 Jimmy Clabby 1 August 1914 – 12 August 1914^[10] 1 Dave Smith 12 August 1914^[10]–13 February 1915^r 1 Harold Hardwick 6 March 1915 – 19 February 1916^[11] 1 Les Darcy 19 February 1916^[11]–16 August 1916^r 3 Dave Smith 26 December 1916 – 26 May 1917 2 Jimmy Clabby^[12] 26 May 1917 – 1 January 1918 4 Albert Kid Lloyd 1 January 1918 – 22 March 1918 2 Ern Waddy^[13] 1918–15 February 1919^r 2 Albert Kid Lloyd^[14] 1 March 1919 – 21 February 1920 6 George Cook 21 February 1920^r Billy Shade 7 May 1921^r Ern Waddy 7 May 1921 – 8 September 1921 1 Albert Kid Lloyd 8 September 1921^r Colin Bell 17 March 1922^[15]–24 February 1923^[16] 2 Jim Roland Dwyer^[17] 24 February 1923^[16]–30 April 1923 2 Ern Waddy^[18][19] 30 April 1923 – 8 September 1923 3 George “Blackie” Miller^[20] 8 September 1923 – 26 April 1924 1 Ern Waddy 26 April 1924 – 12 July 1926 5 Ern Sheppeard 12 July 1926 – 22 October 1926 1 George Thompson^[21] 22 October 1926 – 18 December 1926 1 Tiger Jack Payne^[21] 18 December 1926 – 27 December 1926 1 George Cook 27 December 1926^r George Thompson 18 June 1927 – 2 July 1927 1 Tiger Jack Payne 2 July 1927 – 7 April 1928^r 1 Dom McLeod 31 July 1929 – 9 November 1929 1 Fred Young 9 November 1929^r George Thompson 16 November 1929^[22]–4 July 1930^r 3 Jack O’Malley 7 March 1931 – 5 February 1932^[23] 2 Ambrose Palmer^[24] 5 February 1932^r[23] Ron Richards 19 August 1936 – 12 April 1938^[25] 2 Ambrose Palmer 12 April 1938^r[25] Ron Richards 4 June 1938 – 12 September 1940^r 2 Billy “Wokko” Britt 5 May 1941 – 23 October 1941 3 Ron Richards 23 October 1941^r Billy “Wokko” Britt 7 November 1942 – 3 April 1943 1 Herb Narvo 3 April 1943 – 24 November 1945 3 Jack Johnson 24 November 1945 – 2 March 1946^r 1 Herb Narvo 2 March 1946 – 6 April 1946 1 Jack Johnson 6 April 1946 – 26 June 1948^r 4 Dave Sands 4 September 1950 – 11 August 1952^died[26] 1 Ken Brady 29 May 1953 – 26 May 1955^[27] 3 Allen Williams 26 May 1955 – 30 November 1959 10 Steve Raduly 30 November 1959 – 24 June 1960^r 3 Tony Vickers 18 August 1961 – 5 October 1964 3 Ron Fritzsche 5 October 1964 – 14 December 1964 1 Peter Leaney 14 December 1964 – 28 May 1965 2 Fred Casey 28 May 1965 – 17 September 1965^r 1 Dave Cullen 15 April 1967^r Fred Casey 25 October 1968 – 29 September 1969 1 Bob Dunlop 29 September 1969^r Foster Bibron 22 May 1970 – 25 February 1972 1 Tony Mundine 25 February 1972^r Steve Aczel 26 June 1975 – 10 November 1976 2 Maile Haumona 10 November 1976 – 5 December 1977 2 Tony Mundine 5 December 1977 – 24 July 1981^r 3 Steve Aczel 14 July 1984 – 15 February 1985 1 Dave Russell 15 February 1985 – 13 March 1986 1 Dean Waters 13 March 1986 – 2 December 1988^r 1 Craig Petersen 14 November 1991 – 14 June 1992 1 Jimmy Thunder 14 June 1992 – 18 March 1994^r 1 Vince Cervi 26 March 1995 – 22 September 1995 1 Joe Bugner 22 September 1995^r 1 Colin Wilson 17 February 1997 – 31 January 1998 1 Joe Bugner 31 January 1998 – 20 April 1998^r 1 Bob Mirovic 5 September 1998 – 25 June 1999 2 Kali Meehan 25 June 1999 – 7 July 2000^r 2 Nathan Briggs 25 May 2001 – 8 July 2001 1 Bob Mirovic 8 July 2001 – 7 March 2003^r 5 Colin Wilson 19 September 2003 – 2 November 2007 5 Bob Mirovic 2 November 2007 – 10 September 2008 1 John Hopoate 10 September 2008 – 3 October 2009 3 Colin Wilson 3 October 2009 – 20 August 2010^[28] 1 Justin Whitehead 20 August 2010^r[28] Michael Kirby 7 October 2011^r Lucas Browne 17 February 2012^r Solomon Haumono^[29] 7 September 2012^r Hunter Sam 13 December 2013^s[30] Ben Edwards 27 February 2015 – 11 July 2015 1 Peter Graham 11 July 2015^r Willie Nasio 27 February 2016 – 6 October 2017 2 Demsey McKean^[a] 24 March 2017^r 1 Faiga Opelu November 2019 – 22 October 2020 1 Justis Huni 22 October 2020 – present 3