2018 - Martin Benge for lifetime achievement in sound recording.

2017 - Luise Hercus for excellence in linguistic sound recording and research.

2016 - Robyn Holmes for excellence in the documentation and dissemination of Australian music.

2015 - Bridget Griffen-Foley for outstanding contribution to the documentation of Australian radio history.

2015 - Warren Fahey for excellence in the presentation and interpretation of Australian music and folklore.

2014 - Ken Berryman for an outstanding contribution to the development and interpretation of Australia's audiovisual heritage.

2013 - Warren Barnett for outstanding contribution to Australian music heritage as an archivist and as a disc and cassette mastering engineer.

2012 - Tim and Ros Bowden for outstanding contributions to the recorded social history of Australia.

2012 - Bruce Leonard for outstanding contribution to the documentation and dissemination of Australian radio heritage.

2011 - Belinda Webster OAM for outstanding contribution to the recording and publication of Australian music and culture.

2010 - Murray Littlejohn for outstanding achievement in the recording, description, preservation and dissemination of recordings of frog calls.

2010 - Michelle Rayner for outstanding contribution to oral history and social history broadcasting.

2009 - Jack Ross for an outstanding achievement in documenting the history of radio technology in Australia.

2008 - Grace Koch for services to sound archiving and indigenous collections.

2008 - Owen Chambers for his contribution to radio broadcasting and recording in Australia.

2007 - John Kennedy for outstanding achievement and leadership in the Jazz Archiving Community.

2007 - Dr Jeff Brownrigg for an outstanding contribution to scholarship, research and the advancement of sound collections in Australia.

2006 - Barbara Blackman for an outstanding contribution to print handicapped radio services, oral history, and the encouragement of creative listening.

2005 - Judith Fyfe for outstanding contributions to the promotion of oral history interviewing and recording for the purposes of archiving New Zealand's sound heritage.

2004 - Ms Mary Miliano for outstanding contributions to National and International audio cataloguing.

2003 - Mr Clive Cross for the development of pioneering sound recording techniques.

2003 - Mr Reg James for his outstanding contribution to and preservation of Australian Radio Drama.

2002 - Mr Peter Fullagher for services to the Australian nature sounds, especially his efforts in setting up the National Wildlife Sound collection at the CSIRO.

2002 - Mr Martin Wright for services to the Australian record industry, especially the promotion and dissemination of Australian artists and Australian compositions.

2001 - Mr Mike Sutcliffe for outstanding contributions to the Australian record industry through discography and publications.

2001 - Mr Barclay Wright for outstanding services to the manufacture of piano rolls in Australia

2001 - Mr Denis Condon for outstanding contributions to preserving unique pianism as exhibited by pianos and rolls 1904-1941.

1999 - Mr James McCarthy for outstanding contributions to Australian Film Music and contributions to Australian Archiving as President of IASA.

1999 - Mr Jeff Rushton for outstanding service to public broadcasting in Australia.

1998 - Cyrus Meher-Homji for outstanding contributions to the recording industry and the advancement of classical music in Australia.

1998 - Dr David Rentz for outstanding contributions to public broadcasting and the recording and publication of nature sounds.

1997 - Peter Burgis for outstanding contributions to sound archiving in Australia.

1997 - Peter Fenton for outstanding contributions to film recording in Australia.

1996 - Lynn Murphy for outstanding contributions to radio drama in Australia.

1996 - Slim Dusty for outstanding contributions to country music recordings in Australia.

1996 - Richard Lane for outstanding contributions to radio drama in Australia.

1995 - Bill Armstrong for outstanding contributions to film recording in Australia.

1995 - Don Burrows for outstanding contributions to jazz recordings in Australia.

1995 - Ed Slater for outstanding contributions to Nature Sound Recordings.

1994 - June Bronhill for outstanding contributions to the recording industry in Australia.

1994 - Joan Hammond for outstanding contributions to singing, teaching and sound recording.

1994 - Leon Becker for outstanding contributions to the radio industry in Australia.

1994 - Neville Thiele for outstanding contributions to audio engineering in Australia.

1993 - Smokey Dawson for outstanding contributions to country music recordings in Australia.

1993 - John Meredith for outstanding contributions to folk music recordings in Australia.

1993 - Ron Wills for outstanding contributions to the recording industry in Australia.

1992 - Dr Alice Moyle for outstanding contributions to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander recordings.

1992 - Bert Button for outstanding contributions to the radio industry in Australia.