Winner for 1953
Eric Smith"Convicts, Berrima, 1839" Mural, Old Court House, Berrima (in Situ)
Winner: Sir John Sulman Prize 1953
Finalists for 1953
- Douglas S Annand - Ceramic Mural Exterior, The Nurses' Home, Mildura Base Hospital (in Situ)
- Alan D Baker - Mural, Morris Hotel, Sydney (in Situ)
- E Blair Barber - Sawmilling Industry of Western Australia
- Paul Beadle - Mural Sculpture, "Farmer, Brewer, Drayman, Publican," British Breweries, Petersham [NSW] (in Situ)
- John Bice - "The Arts" Newcastle Technical College [NSW] (in Situ)
- Jack Carington Smith - Plant Forms by the Sea
- William Constable - "Theatre" Mural, Theatre Royal, Sydney (in Situ)
- Robin Crofts - Mural, Royal Naval House, Sydney (in Situ)
- Desmonde Downing - Australian Theatre Mural "World Drama"
- Elaine Haxton - "World Routes, Messageries Maritimes," Sydney (in Situ)
- Elaine Haxton - "The Butterfly Catchers" Mural at Clareville [NSW] (in Situ)
- Melville R Haysom - "Queensland" Mural Queensland Government Tourist Bureau, Sydney (in Situ)
- Bernard Hesling - Murals. Lounge, Adams Hotel, Sydney (in Situ)
- Bernard Hesling - Murals. Lounge, Paragon Hotel, Sydney (in Situ)
- Jack Noel Kilgour - "Spring." Mural, Point Piper [NSW] (in Situ)
- Virgil Lo Schiavo - "Characters from Dickens" Mural, University of Sydney (in Situ)
- Virgil Lo Schiavo - "Industry." Mural. Commonwealth Bank, Bankstown [NSW] (in Situ)
- Virgil Lo Schiavo - "Industry." Mural. Commonwealth Bank Newcastle [NSW] (in Situ)
- Pamela MacFarlane - "Queensland" Mural Queensland Government Tourist Bureau, Sydney (in Situ)
- Byram Mansell - Marthoura, The Wind from the West
- Byram Mansell - Aboriginals Fishing, Chalet Kosciuscko (in Situ)
- Alison McMaugh - Mural, Royal Naval House, Sydney (in Situ)
- Hal Missingham - "Barbecue." Mural, Hunter's Hill [NSW] (in Situ)
- W A Moir - The Sovereign of the Seas Greets the Soveriegn of Our Realm and Joins in the Wish that her Reign will be Blessed with Peace, Prosperity and Progress
- Eric Smith - "Convicts, Berrima, 1839" Mural, Old Court House, Berrima (in Situ)
- Lorraine Trebilcock - "Children's Mural" Craftsman Bookshop, Sydney (in Situ)
- Mary Troy - Mural Composition
- Mary Troy - Terrace
- Gail Turner - Mural, Royal Naval House, Sydney (in Situ)
- E A Douglas Watson - Mural. Roseville [NSW] (in Situ)