Sir John Sulman Prize 1979
- Judith Alexandrovics - Nostalgia
- Peter Brookes - Grey Tendencies
- H Kenneth Cook - Afternoon Tea
- Ken Done - Australia Day, 1980
- Brian Dunlop - Room with a visitor
- John Firth-Smith - Steps to Eden
- Frederick Frizell - Three People on a Couch
- David Hawkes - Deciding Factor
- Geoff La Gerche - Pies, pasties, cakes and sandwiches
- Jerry Liew - Trendy Studio
- Keith Looby - Paint sculpture with used things
- David Ryley Marshall - The Vision of St. Helena
- Ross Mellick - Garment caught in a Thicket
- Idris Murphy - London Flat
- Ken Reinhard - The Riddle and the Queen of Sheba
- John Scurry - Large still life with dog
- Andrew Sibley - Dolls hospital
- Tim Storrier - Sunset in Cairo
- Nigel Thomson - Bride attacked by a shark
- Graeme Townsend - Triangle
- Thomas Vale-Slattery - God-Mill
- Luis Vargas - Emus
- Robert Francis Williams - Regal figurative presence
- Salvatore Zofrea - The water trap (Winner: Sir John Sulman Prize 1979)
- Salvatore Zofrea - Yesterday afternoon