Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the competitor has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a competitor held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the competitor shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized.
* Many of the pre-1960s reigns are also for the Australian national title. The competitor may have held both titles at the time or was actually the national champion but listed as Australasian champion in the newspaper articles (although there are too many such cases to consider them as simple mistakes).
Jack Hall
1887-12-23
Wellington, NZL
Australian champion, defeats New Zealand champion Billy Murphy.
Hock Keys
1906-12-29
Sydney, NSW, AUS
Defeats Bob Turner to win Australasian title (Sydney Worker, 07-01-03).
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Johnny Summers
1910-04-06
Sydney, NSW, AUS
Defeats Hughie Mehegan; vacates in 10-10 upon returning to GBR.
Hughie Mehegan
1910-10-19
Sydney, NSW, AUS
Defeats Arthur Douglas for the vacant "Australasian" title (The Sydney Morning Herald, 10-10-20); also billed as Australian champion as late as 12-02-21 (The Sydney Morning Herald); Herb McCoy and Hock Keys fight for the title to a draw on 12-10-02 (The Sydney Morning Herald).
Herb McCoy
1912-11-16
Sydney, NSW, AUS
Defeats Hock Keys and claims the title while Mehegan is away (The Sydney Morning Herald, 12-11-20) and competes in GBR.
Hughie Mehegan [2]
1914-08-22
Sydney, NSW, AUS
Defeats McCoy for "Australasian" title (The Sydney Morning Herald, 14-08-24).
Herb McCoy [2]
1915-02-27
Melbourne, VIC, AUS
Llew Edwards
1917-03-10
Sydney, NSW, AUS
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Sid Godfrey
1921-08-20
Sydney, NSW, AUS
Defeats Australian champion Harry Stone; "No matter who, of Stone and Godfrey, succeeds, there will be a new holder of the Australasian lightweight belt" (Sydney Referee, 21-08-17).
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Billy Grime
1925-06-30<
Australian champion, also billed as the lightweight and featherweight champion of Australia as late as 26-05-08 (The Age, Melbourne, VIC, AUS); most likely vacant in 27 when Grime leaves for USA where he mainly competes until 28.
Charlie Purdy
1928-03-10
Sydney, NSW, AUS
Australian champion, defeats New Zealand champion Billy Jones; moves up to the welterweight class in 28.
Duncan Parbery
1940s?
Listed as ex-champion on 48-02-26 (Grafton Daily Examiner, Grafton, NSW, AUS).
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Jack Hassen defeats Archie Kemp for Australian title on 49-09-19 in Sydney, NSW, AUS (no mention of Australasian title on The Sydney Morning Herald).
Hector Thompson and Manny Santos fight for the vacant title to a draw on 72-10-16 in Brisbane, QLD, AUS.
Hector Thompson
1973-02-26
Brisbane, QLD, AUS
Defeats Manny Santos to be recognized by ABNF; loses his bid for WBA world title on 73-06-02.
Scott Brouwer
1993-03-19
Sydney, NSW, AUS
Defeats Hamish McLelland; retires in 93.
Kayne Clarke
2019-07-27
Malvern, VIC, AUS
Defeats Shiva Mishra; vacant in 20(?); Hunter Ioane and Jackson Woods for the vacant tite to a draw on 20-03-07.
Jacob Wyllie
2021-10-23
Broadbeach, QLD, AUS
Defeats Dana Coolwell; vacant in 22.
Jalen Tait
2022-05-07
Bowen Hills, QLD, AUS
Defeats Timea Belik; vacates in 23 upon moving up to the super lightweight class.
