| 1900-04 | JAMES C LESLIE | (Corowa Free Press) Obit 1907 |
| 1904-07 | THOMAS TEMPERLEY | (Richmond River Times, Ballina) Obit 1918 |
| 1907-08 | W H MIDGLEY | (The North West Champion, Moree) Obit 1949 |
| 1908-09 | B J GROGAN | (Yass Tribune) Obit 1956 |
| 1909-10 | HON J RYAN, MLC | (The Lithgow Mercury) Obit 1940 |
| 1910-12 | HON JF TREFLE, MLA | (Temora Independent) Obit 1915 |
| 1912-14 | J JOHNSTON, OBE | (The Riverine Grazier, Hay) Obit 1939 |
| 1914-16 | A McARTHUR | (The Armidale Chronicle) Obit 1939 |
| 1916-18 | J J SULLIVAN | (Murrumbidgee Irrigator, Leeton) Obit 1936 |
| 1918-20 | R J BAKER | (The Gosford Times) Obit 1926 |
| 1920-22 | S R MUSGRAVE | (The Illawarra Mercury, Wollongong) Obit 1943 |
| 1922-24 | R V SMYTHE | (Katoomba Echo) Obit 1937 |
| 1923 | HON G H VARLEY, MLC | (Chairman, Country Press Co-op Co. Pty Ltd) Obit 1936 |
| 1923 | H S ROBINSON | (The Singleton Argus) Obit 1928 |
| 1924-25 | M J CONDON | (The Lachlander Condobolin) Obit1955 |
| 1925-26 | J A BRADLEY | (Temora independent) Obit 1945 |
| 1926 | W GILES | (The Western Champion, Parkes) Obit 1934 |
| 1927 | W A SMITH | (The Bega District News) Obit 1947 |
| 1927-28 | HON E C SOMMERLAD, CBE, MLC | (Glen Innes Examiner) Obit 1952 |
| 1929-30 | P SULLIVAN | (The Gundagai Independent) Obit 1930 |
| 1930 | T RAUCH | (Nowra News and Telegraph) Obit 1949 |
| 1930 | A J CREAGH | (The Northern Daily Leader, Tamworth) Obit 1946 |
| 1930-31 | H LEGGO | (Orange Leader) Obit 1941 |
| 1931-32 | H B WHITHAM | (Western Newspapers Limited, Orange) Obit 1948 |
| 1932-33 | J W PARKER | (West Wyalong Advocate) Obit 1968 |
| 1933-36 | A R McLEOD | (Manilla Express] Obit 1951 |
| 1934-35 | T M WOODLANDS | (Grenfell Observer) Obit 1951 |
| 1935-36 | A JOSEPH | (The Northern Daily Leader, Tamworth) Obit 1947 |
| 1936-37 | E J TAYLOR, MBE | (The Lithgow Mercury) Obit 1976 |
| 1937-38 | E W ROBINSON, MBE | (The Singleton Argus) Obit 1986 |
| 1938-39 | L P HIGGINS | (The South Coast Register, Berry) Obit 1967 |
| 1939-40 | J C PRICE | (The Tweed Daily, Murwitllumbah) Obit 1948 |
| 1940-42 | DR R L BLAKE, LittD (Hon) | (The Armidale Express) Obit 1973 |
| 1942-44 | G V SIDMAN | (Camden News) Obit 1953 |
| 1944-46 | A T SHAKESPEARE | (The Canberra Times) Obit 1975 |
| 1946-48 | R E McCLINTOCK, MBE | (Muswellbrook Chronicle) Obit 1979 |
| 1948-50 | W S MUSGRAVE | (The Illawarra Mercury, Wollongong) Obit 1976 |
| 1950-51 | E J TAYLOR, MBE | (The Lithgow Mercury] Obit 1976 |
| 1951-53 | J J BRADLEY, OBE | (Temora Independent) Obit 1993 |
| 1953-55 | H E O CAMPBELL | (Gilgandra Weekly) Obit 1988 |
| 1955-58 | H JOSEPH, AFC | (The Northern Daily Leader, Tamworth) Obit 1992 |
| 1958-60 | D D P DROVER | (Narrandera Argus) Obit 1965 |
| 1960-62 | I S M RICHARDSON | (Camden News) Obit 1989 |
| 1962-63 | C B WHITELOCK | (Narromine News & Trangie Advocate, Narromine) Obit 1994 |
| 1964-66 | W B ANNABEL, OAM | (The Bega District News) Obit1999 |
| 1966-68 | G R DOWLING, OAM | (The Border Morning Mail, Albury) Obit 1997 |
| 1968-70 | HON H J SULLIVAN, MLC | (Moree Champion) Obit 1977 |
| 1970-73 | M G DAY | (Windsor and Richmond Gazette, Windsor) |
| 1973-75 | G R WATSON | (Tumut & Adelong Times, Tumut) |
| 1975-77 | D H McGREGOR | (Mudgee Guardian & Gulgong Advertiser, Mudgee) Obit 1992 |
| 1977-79 | J B CHATAWAY, PhC | (The Macieay Argus, Kempsey) |
| 1979-81 | R H ROBINSON | (The Singleton Argus) |
| 1981 83 | F J RYAN | (The Macarthur Advertiser, Campbelltown) |
| 1983-86 | D J R SOMMERLAD FAIM | (Rural Press Limited, Sydney) |