Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the wrestler 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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If used next to the names of the wrestlers, they may, in fact, not have held the title in the period indicated. If used next to the dates or places, either they are possibly wrong or the title changes are fictitious.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Broadcast date; the actual recording date is unknown.
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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 wrestler shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized in HTML files
Ordered to defend the title at Raychard Stadium in 33 but refuses.
Tom Lurich
1933-06-03
Sydney, NSW
Defeats Bonny Muir to win the Raychard Stadium version after Meeske refuses to defend the title; Leo Demetral claims the title in 38.
George Pencheff
1939-12-09
Sydney, NSW
Still recognized as champion as of 47; Fred Atkins defeats Leo Demetral to claim the title in 40; Pencheff defeats Atkins on 40-12-07 in Broken Hill to unify the two versions.
Fred Atkins
1942-10-10
Sydney, NSW
Defeats Pat Meehan in round-robin tournament final; Pencheff, also in the tournament, continues to claim the title; Atkins defeats Pencheff on 44-03-18; still champion as of 47-10-29 (The Sydney Morning Herald, 47-10-30); leaves the country in 48-01.
George Pencheff #
1938-09-17<
Billed as champion in Portsmouth, Devon, ENG, GBR; defeats Tom Lurich on 39-12-09 in Sydney for the Raychard Stadium version (see above).
Eddie Scurff
1938-11-28
Sydney, NSW
Wins tournament at Ruschcutter Bay Stadium by default when Billy Meeske and Jim Barlett are both DQ'd in the semi-final; holds the title at least until 41.
Costello and George Pencheff both dispute "the right of Fred Atkins to hold the Australian heavyweight title" as of 49-03-15 (New Castle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, 49-03-15); Costello loses to Pencheff via DQ in a non-title match on 49-06-16 in Canberra (The Canberra Times, 49-06-17); still claims the title as of 52-12-01.
Leo Jensen
1952-11-11
Newcastle, NSW
Defeats Tony Lamaro for the vacant title; still champion as of 52-12-03.
Rocky Riley
1953-02-21
Leichhardt, NSW
Defeats Alf Greer.
George Pencheff [2]
1954-07-14
Returns from overseas and claims the title (The Age, Melbourne, 54-07-15).
Baron Von Heczy
1957-02-04
Adelaide, SA
Kangaroo Kennedy
1962-04-14
Newcastle, NSW
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Brian Ashby
1965-05<
Larry O'Dea
1965-05-07
Sydney, NSW
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Billy White Wolf
1967-01-28
Melbourne, VIC
Wins tournament; vacant on 67-02-11 when Wolf wins IWA World Title.
Allan Garfield #
1955-08<
Billed as champion in Liverpool, Merseyside, ENG, GBR.
