Life Membership
| 1903 | J GALE | (Queanbeyan) |
| 1914 | B J GROGAN | (Yass) |
| 1917 | F PINKSTONE | (Cootamundra) |
| 1926 | G H VARLEY | (Sydney) |
| 1928 | T M SHAKESPEARE | (Sydney) |
| 1929 | W A SMITH | (Bega) |
| 1938 | J RYAN | (Lithgow) |
| 1940 | M J CONDON | (Condobolin) |
| 1941 | S R MUSGRAVE | (Wollongong) |
| 1941 | E C SOMMERLAD | (Sydney) |
| 1941 | J A BRADLEY | (Temora) |
| 1941 | A JOSEPH | (Tamworth) |
| 1947 | G V SIDMAN | (Camden) |
| 1953 | E J TAYLOR | (Lithgow) |
| 1953 | J W PARKER | (West Wyalong) |
| 1955 | E W ROBINSON | (Singleton) |
| 1955 | R L BLAKE | (Armidale) |
| 1964 | A T SHAKESPEARE | (Canberra) |
| 1968 | J J BRADLEY | (Temora) |
| 1968 | H JOSEPH | (Tamworth) |
| 1970 | W B ANNABEL | (Bega) |
| 1976 | R E McCLINTOCK | (Muswellbrook) |
| 1977 | M G DAY | (Windsor) |
| 1977 | H J SULLIVAN | (Moree) |
| 1986 | D H MCGREGOR | (Mudgee) |
| 1986 | J B CHATAWAY | (Kempsey) |
| 1987 | D J R SOMMERLAD | (Sydney) |
| 1988 | F J RYAN | (Sydney) |
| 1989 | G R W WATSON | (Tumut) |
| 1999 | J F McL DUNNET | (Narrabri) |
| 2008 | A S J BRADLEY | (West Wyalong) |
Distinguished Service Medallion
| 1994 | J L PARKER | (Rural Press Limited) |
| 1999 | E L SOMMERLAD | (Country Press entities) |
| 1999 | D W AUSTIN OAM | (Rural Press Limited) |
| 2000 | MRS M WESTON | (Weston Group, Kiama) |
Tribute to Service Award
| 1994 | A J BRADLEY | (Temora Independent) Obit 1996 |
| H G WATSON | (Tumut & Adelong Times, Tumut) Obit 1997 |
| L J WOODS, OAM | (The Queanbeyan Age) |
| 1995 | MRS E M DWYER | (The Inverell Times) Obit 2003 |
| 1999 | A N LOUGHNAN | (Corowa Free Press) |
| 2000 | B A CLARKE | (Cootamundra Herald) Obit 2007 |
Conscientious Service to Country Newspapers
| 1999 | J HIRON | (Coates Brother Australia/Flint Ink Australia) Obit 1999 |
| R F ROBINSON | (Country Press Association of NSW) |
| 2000 | MS C WILLIS | (Country Press Limited and Mess Media Publications Pty Limited) Obit 2002 |
| 2001 | B G GREGSON | (Namoi Valley Independent Gunnedah) |
| N R DALTON | (Coates Brothers Australia) |
| 2024 | I DUNNET | (The Courier, Narrabri) |
| 2024 | W DUNNET OAM | (The Courier, Narrabri) |
Centenary Citations - 2000
| Heather Shakespeare, OAM, Canberra |
| Neville Jeffress, Sydney |
| Rural Press Limited |
| Sydney Institute of Technology |
| Weston Family of Kiama |
Millennium Award - 2001
Master Editor's Citation
| 1999 | R McLean | (Namoi Valley Independent, Gunnedah) |
