Winner for 1968
William PidgeonLloyd Rees
Winner: Archibald Prize 1968
Finalists for 1968
- Harold Abbott - Gino Preziosa, II
- Auriel D Alford - Mr. Gordon Mackie, M.L.A.
- Ian Armstrong - Barbara Brash
- George Arnold - Sir Robert Helpmann
- Stanley Ballard - Lieutenant Bruce Fletcher (official war artist)
- Esme Bell - The Hon. Sir Leslie Herron
- William Geoffrey Boissevain - The Artist's Daughter (Daisy)
- Mary Bonds - Richard
- Shirley Bourne - Brian Finemore
- Jean Margaret Brothers - Mr. William Frater
- Ida Bruckhauser - John Hall
- Ida Bruckhauser - Joshua Smith
- William Burgess - George Johnston
- Charles William Bush - Douglas Watson
- Jo Caddy - John Gaden, Actor
- Jo Caddy - Self Portrait
- Donald Cameron - Brigadier Francis Robert Burton
- Jack Carington Smith - Self Portrait
- Judy Cassab - Mungo McCallum
- Frederick P Chandler - Olivette Chandler
- Jane Maddocks Cohen - Mr. Justice Begg
- Dorothy Cragg - Self Portrait
- George Crossley - Hugh Connolly
- William Degan - Michael Hirst
- William Degan - 'The Actor' Portrait of Roger Cox
- Jose de Koster - The Sadness of Woman I Know. My Mother as Remembered.
- Roma de Wolff - Craig McGregor
- Victor Dove - Desmond Kennard, B.A.
- Carolyn Louise Edwards - Ainslie Roberts
- Vy Elsom - Dame Ngaio Marsh, DBE
- James Farrell - Boy in Blue Jeans
- Zoltan Feynes - 'Eve-Lynn'
- Dorothy Fletcher - Dorothy Braund
- D N Gallagher - 'Ruth'
- Garran-Brown - Self Portrait
- Dorothy Gragg - Self Portrait
- Pattie Graham - Rosemary Fenton
- Robert Greer - Arlene
- Henry Aloysius Hanke - Jas. R. Jackson, F.R.A.S.
- Leonie Patricia Harman - Mr. Robert Warnock
- David Harrison - Mr. Mike Kitching
- David Harrison - Miss Shenna Buchanan
- Newton Hedstrom - Catherine
- Youlia Heffernan - Ann-Marie
- Renee Hefti - Shirley Harding
- Renee Hefti - Self Portrait
- Robert Wheeler Helsham - Kath
- Sali Herman - Self Portrait
- Irene Gladys Hill - Professor K.C. Westfold, Monash University
- Timothy Ross Hobson - Desmond Noel Kennard
- Nonica Hoevenaars - George Malpas (Watercolour)
- Nonica Hoevenaars - Self portrait
- Richard David Hopper - Dr. S. J. Minogue
- Richard David Hopper - Rt. Hon. Sir William McKell G.C.M.G., Q.C., Hon Ll.D. Sydney
- Patrina Houldsworth - Lois Simpson
- Graeme Inson - Alwynne Rowlands OBE. VRD. FRCS. FRACS.
- Graeme Inson - George Woodger
- Gil Jamieson - Portrait of Errol. B. Joyce
- Hazel Johnson - The Physicist
- Molly Johnson - Dr Gordon Rowel (President of Dental Institute)
- Constance Jones - 'Old John'
- Clement Charles Kennedy - Gerard Kennedy Actor T.V. and Stage
- Jack Noel Kilgour - H. G. Gibbons Esq.
- Garrett Kingsley - Miss Vera M. Adderley
- Joseph A Klimek - Lyndon Dadswell, sculptor
- Michael Kmit - Camille Geysens [sic]
- Mary Laing - Toyoko Ryo
- Mary Laing - Freda Leslie. B.A. T.V. & Radio Broadcaster
- Silvia Lambert - Actor Lou Vernow
- Judy Lane - W. J. Sinclair
- David Lawrance - Self Portrait
- Bernard Lawson - Self Portrait
- Vaike Liibus - Guy Warren
- Ennio Lucantonio - Miss Dorothy Helmrich, OBE
- Joan Marks - Portrait of Billie Sneddon
- Alan Martin - Sir Archibald Glenn
- John V Maudson - Vicki
- Stuart Maxwell - Self Portrait
- Sue McDougall - Elizabeth Prior
- Mary Elizabeth McLeish - Self Portrait
- Trevor Ernest McZilius - Dr. Ross. M. Dunn.MBE. MS.(Aust) F.R.A.C.S.
- Vladas Meskenas - Lloyd Rees
- Martin Moorhouse - Mr. E. W. Beattie. M.H.A.
- James F Morrell - Mr. Goph Whitlam [sic]
- Joy Morrison - Roz
- Ross Morrow - Di Walder
- William Nancarrow - Dr. Harry Windsor
- Robin Norling - Self Portrait in 3 Acts
- Douglas Ferrier Norman - Vice Admiral Sir John Collins. K.B.E. C.B.
- Douglas Ferrier Norman - Federal Member for Wilmot (Tas) & Federal Opposition Whip
- Shirley Mary O'Leary - Mrs. John Armstrong
- Dick Ovenden - George Slater Gen. Sec.Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia
- Dick Ovenden - Albert E. Monk President A.C.T.U. Australian Council of Trade Unions
- Edwa Owen - Mrs. Carina Doyle
- Meg Padgham - John A. Booth M.B.B.S (Melb)
- William Paes - Self Portrait
- William Paes - My Daughter-in-Law
- Miriam Geneveive Pantebre - His Worship, Cr. John F. Staughton. J.P.
- Gabriel Pearl - Self-Portrait
- L Scott Pendlebury - Anne as "Irena" in the Three Sisters
- Frances Philip - Professor Bernhard Neumann, F.A.A., F.R.S, Professor Hanna Neumann, and the Graeco-Latin Square
- William Pidgeon - Mr. F. J. Carberry
- William Pidgeon - Lloyd Rees
- Lesley Pockley - The Hon Leslie Bury MP
- Elizabeth Prior - Sue McDougall
- Clifton Pugh - Dr. Ian Turner, BA. LLB. PHD.
- David Rae - Gilbert Whitley F.R.Z.S.
- Tiiu Reissar - Darcy Dugan's Portrait
- W Rice - Self Portrait
- Francis Edward Richardson - Self Portrait
- Arnold Riches - Self Portrait
- Naida Righi - Jean Isherwood
- Bernhard Rust - Wynn Roberts
- Hugh Sawrey - John Cooper
- Granville G Sayers - Mr Smith of Berowra
- Constance Scott - The Reverend F. Lambert Carter
- Hans Selke - The Honorable Mr. Justice Sir Gordon Wallace Acting Chief Justice
- Hans Selke - The Honorable Mr Justice L. W. Street
- Roderick M Shaw - James Cant revisited
- Garry Shead - Portrait of Michael Hobbs
- Andrew Sibley - John Brack
- Reg Slater - 'Robyn' Artist's Daughter
- Eric Smith - John Olsen
- Eric Smith - Neville Gruzman
- Joshua Smith - 'Florence Broadhurst', (Artist)
- Harold Smythe - Professor Lloyd. E. Smythe, M.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.A.C.I., Foundation Chair of Analytical Chemistry, University of N.S.W.
- Alexander Robert Spensley - Self Portrait
- Jane Stapleford - John Fogarty
- Fotini Stoios - Mr. Frank Galbally L.L.B. (Barrister)
- Phyl Stone - Professor Beryl Nashar, B.Sc.
- Geraldine Stride - Doctor
- Lillian Sutherland - Salvatore Zofria [sic]
- C G Taylor - Shane
- Dora Toovey - Lady Cutler
- Norman H Trist - R. M. Trist F.C.A.
- Norman H Trist - V. Aroney B.D.S.
- Thora Ungar - Stella
- Michael Voice - Barones Von Sternberg
- Phyllis Paulina Waterhouse - Self Portrait
- Alfred A Watson - Gordon A. Speary
- Lyn Woodger - A. Mellos. President of the Hellenic Soccer Club.