Articles published in the Australiana journal are eligible for the Peter Walker Fine Art writer award. The award is made annually for the best article and is judged by a respected authority of Australian decorative arts. The Peter Walker Fine Art writer award is generously sponsored by Peter Walker Fine Arts of Adelaide.
Please click on the link to read the latest winner of the Peter Walker Fine Art writer award: Richard Dowling, the elusive cabinetmaker of O'Brien's Bridge, Van Diemen's Land (PDF file will open in a new window)
| Year | Author | Article | Issue(s) | Judge |
| 2021 | Jo Vandepeer | The Browns of Montrose, near Mintaro | May 2021 | Megan Martin |
| 2020 | David Bedford | Richard Dowling, the elusive cabinetmaker of O'Brien's Bridge, Van Diemen's Land | May 2020 | Megan Martin |
| 2019 | Justin Gare, Peter Scammell & Andrew Klenke |
Kingston's vision: South Australia's earliest and most enigmatic piece of colonial furniture |
May 2019 |
Megan Martin |
| 2018 | David Bedford | Moreton Bay pearls in Australian jewellery | Aug 2018 | Elizabeth Ellis OAM |
| 2017 | Robert Stevens | Elizabeth Hudspeth, an artist in Van Diemen's Land | Feb 2017 | Elizabeth Ellis OAM |
| 2016 | John Wade | Kevin Fahy (1932-2007) Friend, patriarch, storyteller, scholar | Aug 2016 | Elizabeth Ellis OAM |
| 2015 | Karen Eaton | John Black Carmichael (1803-1857), artist and engraver | Nov 2015 | Elizabeth Ellis OAM |
| 2014 | Dr James Bertouch | Taking tea in the colonies | Aug 2014 | Elizabeth Ellis OAM |
| 2013 (joint) | Rosemary Annable | Upholding king and church | May 2013 | Elizabeth Ellis OAM |
| 2013 (joint) | Joy Hughes | George III's gift to the Governors of New South Wales | May 2013 | Elizabeth Ellis OAM |
| 2012 | Christine Erratt | Ceremonial maces of Australian universities [2 parts] | Feb & May 2012 | Elizabeth Ellis OAM |
| 2011 | Dr Dorothy Erickson | William Howitt: woodcarver of distinction | Nov 2011 | Elizabeth Ellis OAM |
| 2010 | Robyn Lake | Bound for Van Diemen's Land: Scottish cabinet maker Alexander Watson and the tools of his trade | Feb 2010 | Elizabeth Ellis OAM |
| 2007-2009 | NO AWARD | |||
| 2006 | Roslyn Maguire | Angelo Tornaghi's tiles | Nov 2006 | Australiana Society Committee |
| 2005 | Ruth Dwyer | The pledge of her affection | Nov 2005 | Kevin Fahy AM |
| 2004 | Robert M Warneke | A scrimshaw box in the Clyde Bank Collection and its conjectural Australian significance | May 2004 | Kevin Fahy AM |
| 2004 (encouragement award) | John Edwards | Edward Baker Boulton (1812-1895): a watercolorist rediscovered | Aug 2004 | Kevin Fahy AM |
| 2003 | Robyn Lake | George Peck purveyor of the fine arts | Nov 2003 | Kevin Fahy AM |
| 2003 (encouragement award) | Andrew Morris | Charles Henry Theodore Constantini: convict, surgeon, artist & ... forger? | May 2004 | Kevin Fahy AM |
| 2002 | Robyn Lake | A stranger to the town: the life of colonial painter Frederick Strange | Aug 2002 | Kevin Fahy AM |
| 2001 | R.A. Fredman | Dates and doubts. A review of current Australian nineteenth century furniture dating | Feb 2001 | Kevin Fahy |
| 2000 | John Hawkins | Julius Hogarth: behind the shopfront. Part 1: the first bankruptcy 1861 and Julius Hogarth: behind the shopfront. Part 2: the second and third bankruptcies | May & Aug 2000 | Kevin Fahy |
| 1999 | John Hawkins | A royal visitor: the Duke of Edinburgh K.G. [three parts] | May, Aug & Nov 1999 | Kevin Fahy & John Wade |