Sir John Sulman Prize 1987
- Marcus Beilby - Crutching the ewes (Winner: Sir John Sulman Prize 1987 Joint winner)
- Kerry Blake - Last Supper
- Rhett Brewer - Bathers at Bondi
- Peter Daly - Figmalist
- Ken Done - Talking to Sir Sidney Nolan
- Joe Furlonger - Bathers
- Robert Hannaford - Shearing
- Geoff Harvey - A wonderful day at Bronte pool
- Louis James - Reflections - night garden
- Keith Looby - Sir Art Kelly’s gang no. 3
- Bob Marchant - The Grand Parade, Sydney Show
- Bob Marchant - The Great Ferry Boat Race
- Michael Nay - Colonist Plough, Two Phases
- Miriam Norton - The Day the Shamrock Hotel Burnt Down
- Alan Oldfield - Arcady
- Prisoners of Long Bay Prison - Orphalese
- Prisoners of Long Bay Prison - Killing the wall
- Arthur Leeds Schmidt - 'Babes' in the wood
- Rosemary Valadon - Room with a view
- Greg Warburton - Summer visit
- Rosalind Wilcock - Grandfather's Wedding
- Hadyn Wilson - The new humanity – a shared cup of billy tea