• 1998 - Best Indigenous Release
• 
• Archie Roach
• Looking For Butter Boy
• Other Nominees
• Bart Willoughby- Pathways
• Gondwana- Xenophon
• John Williamson & Warren H Williams- Raining On The Rock
• Singers For The Red Black And Gold- Yil Lull

• 1997 - Best Indigenous Release
• 
• Archie Roach
• Hold On Tight
• Other Nominees
• Telek- Telek
• Tiddas- Tiddas
• Warumpi Band The- Stompin' Ground
• Yothu Yindi- Birrkuta - Wild Honey

• 1996 - Best Indigenous Release
• 
• Christine Anu
• Come On
• Other Nominees
• Blekbala Mujik- Blekbala Mujik
• Kev Carmody- Images And Illusions
• Various- Our Home Our Land
• Warumpi Band The- Too Much Humbug

• 1995 - Best Indigenous Release
• 
• Christine Anu
• Stylin' Up
• Other Nominees
• Kev Carmody- On The Wire
• Ruby Hunter- Thoughts Within
• Tiddas- Changing Times
• Yothu Yindi & Neil Finn- Dots On The Shells

• 1994 - Best Indigenous Release
• 
• Tiddas
• Sing About Love
• Other Nominees
• Archie Roach- Jamu Dreaming
• Kev Carmody- Bloodlines
• Not Drowning Waving- Circus
• Yothu Yindi- Freedom

• 1993 - Best Indigenous Release
• 
• Yothu Yindi
• Djapana
• Other Nominees
• Coloured Stone- Inma Juju
• Gondwanaland- Wide Skies
• Kev Carmody- Street Beat
• Tiddas- Inside My Kitchen

• 1992 - Best Indigenous Release
• 
• Yothu Yindi
• Tribal Voice
• Other Nominees
• Archie Roach- Down City Streets
• Kev Carmody- Eulogy (For A Black Person)
• Not Drowning Waving & The Musicians Of Rabaul Papua New Guinea featuring Telek- Tabaran
• Shane Howard- Escape From Reality

• 1991 - Best Indigenous Release
• 
• Archie Roach
• Charcoal Lane

• 1990 - Best Indigenous Release
• 
• Weddings Parties Anything
• The Big Don't Argue

• 1989 - Best Indigenous Release
• 
• Weddings Parties Anything
• Roaring Days

• 1988 - Best Indigenous Release
• 
• Gondwanaland
• Gondwanaland

• 1987 - Best Indigenous Release
• 
• Coloured Stone
• Human Love