The official list of Australian Bush Poetry Champions from the official Australian National Bush Poets Championships
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Australian National Bush Poet Champions

Australian Bush Poetry Champion
Place	Year	Performance		Written
		Male	Female
Bray Park, Qld	2008	Greg North	Carol Heuchan	Graham Fredriksen
Dunedoo, NSW	2007	Terry Regan	Carol Heuchan	Max Merckenschlager
Charters Towers, Qld	2006	Milton Taylor	Melanie Hall	Max Merckenschlager
Charters Towers, Qld	2005	Ron Liekefett	Melanie Hall	Veronica Weal
Perth, WA	2004	Milton Taylor	Melanie Hall	Keith Lethbridge
Perth, WA	2003	Noel Stallard	Kerry Lee
Mulwala, Vic	2002	Milton Taylor	Maxine Ireland
Winton, Qld	2001	Milton Taylor	Carmel Dunn
Mulwala, Vic	2000	Guy McLean	Janine Haig
Mulwala, Vic	1999	Guy McLean	Janine Haig
Winton, Qld	1998	Milton Taylor	Zita Horton
Winton, Qld	1997	Mark Kleinschmidt	Helen Avery
Winton, Qld	1995	Gary Fogarty	Glenny Palmer

Results for the 2008 Australian Bush Poetry Championships

Contemporary Bush Poets
Bobby Miller Bruce Simpson Carmel Wooding Carol Heuchan Charlee Marshall Claude Morris Ellis Campbell Gary Fogarty Glenny Palmer Graham Fredriksen Gregory North Guy McLean Helen Avery Janine Haig	Keith Lethbridge Kerry Lee Mark Kleinschmidt Max Merckenschlager Maxine Ireland Melanie Hall Milton Taylor Neil Hulm Noel Stallard Ron Liekefett Ron Stevens Terry Regan Veronica Weal Zita Horton
Contemporary Poems

Contemporary Bush Poems
A Grave Situation A Round Tooit Chasing Your Dreams Daybreak Over The Bay Dingo Down Memory Lane Good Looker I Said Infidelity Mary Not Gone Retiring Riding with My Children Rocky Creek	Seven Miles from Sydney Small White Crosses The Bachelor The Child & the Horse The English Rose The Horses Slave The Hut The Last Pit Pony The Old Wongoondy Hall The Outback Cattle Drive The Pontiff's Eyes Valour Rode The Range Westerly You'll Win If You Can Grin