The Fremantle Print Award was established in 1976 with the support of Shell Australia, this partnership continued until 2006. The Fremantle Print Award is currently sponsored by the Little Creatures Brewery. It is noteworthy as being one of the longest running print awards in Australia. With acquisitive and non-acquisitive awards the prize money totals $20,000 (AUD). Several noted Australian artists have been recipients of the award including David Rose in 1978 and Mike Parr in 1990.
Selected Past winners include;
1976 Ray Beattie
1977 Jock Clutterbuck
1978 David Rose
1979 Basil Hadley
1980 Jörg Schmeisser joint with Rod Ewins
1981 Paul King joint with Richard Hook
1982 Ray Arnold joint with Tony Pankiw
1983 Keith Cowlam joint with Michael Taylor
1984 Stewart Merrett joint with Monica Schmid
1985 Alun Leach-Jones
1986 John Spooner joint with Ruth Johnstone
1987 Karen Turnbull joint with Margaret Sulikowski
1988 Daniel Moynihan joint with Ron McBurnie
1989 Helen Ling joint with Megan Russell
1990 Mike Parr
1991 Jock Clutterbuck joint with Jodi Heffernan
1992 Heather Hesterman
1993 Bevan Honey joint with Sally Morgan
1994 Dean Bowen
1995 Jan Davis
1996 Paul Brown
1997 Pat Brassington,
1998 Kathy Barber
1999 Raymond Arnold
2000 Bede Tungatalum joint winner with Chips Mackinolty,Therese Ritchie