Important Past Winners

 WB McInnes- first winner
  1921 Desbrowe Annear
  1922 Professor Harrison Moore
  1923 Portrait of a Lady
  1924 Portrait of Miss Collins
  1926 Silk and Lace
  1930 Drum-Major Harry McClelland
  1936 Dr Julian Smith

John Longstaff- Man who was comminsioned by J.F. Archbald to paint Henry Lawson
  1925 Portrait of Maurice Moscovitch
  1928 Portrait of Dr Alexander Leeper
  1929 WA Holman, KC
  1931 Sir John Sulman
  1935 AB ('Banjo') Paterson

Nora Heyson- first female winner
  1938 Mme Elink Schuurman
 
William Dargie- holds record for most Archibald Prize wins 
  1941 Sir James Elder, KBE
  1942 Corporal Jim Gordon, VC
  1945 Lt-General The Hon Edmund Herring, KBC, DSO, MC, ED
  1946 LC Robson, MC, MA
  1947 Sir Marcus Clarke, KBE
  1950 Sir Leslie McConnan
  1952 Mr Essington Lewis, CH
  1956 Mr Albert Namatjira

William Dobell- his work caused a lot of debate
  1943 Joshua Smith
  1948 Margaret Olley
  1959 Dr Edward MacMahon

Brett Whiteley- first person to win the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes in a year
  1976 Self portrait in the studio
  1978 Art, life and the other thing