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The Australian Heavyweight Wrestling Championship was the first Heavyweight professional wrestling championship in Australia. [1] [2]
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date won: | Location: | Notes: |
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| "Professor" William Miller | 1 | before 1880 | New South Wales | |
| Clarence Whistler | 1 | 1885/10/26 | New South Wales | |
| Vacant/Abandoned | Dies in 1885 | |||
| Harry Pearce | 1 | 1894 | Perth, Western Australia | [3] [4] |
| Buttan Singh | 1 | 1903 | Melbourne | |
| Clarence Weber | 1 | 1906/11 [5] | Melbourne | |
| Vacant | 1915 | Weber retired | ||
| Billy Meeske | 1 | 1922/11/22 | Melbourne | Defeated Joe Bailey in a tournament final |
| Clarence Weber | 2 | 1923/09/01 | Melbourne | |
| Billy Meeske | 2 | 1926/09/18 | Melbourne | |
| Joe Dawson | 1 | 1933/03/18 | Brisbane, Queensland | |
| Billy Meeske | 3 | 1933/04/15 | Brisbane, Queensland | Ordered to defend title at Leichhardt Stadium in 33, but refused |
| Tom Lurich | 1 | 1933/06/03 | New South Wales | Defeats Bonny Muir to win the Leichhardt Stadium version after Meeske refuses to defend the title. Eddie Scarf defeats Jim Barlett in tournament final to win the Stadiums Limited version in 38 and defend it at least until 41 Meeske loses in earlier round. Leo Demetral claims the title in 38. |
| Eddie Scarf | 1 | 1938 | Sydney Stadium, Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales | Defeated Chief Little Wolf [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] |
| George Pencheff | 1 | 1939/12/09 | Sydney | Still recognised as champion 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 | 1 | 1942/10/10 | Sydney | Defeated Pat Meehan in a tournament final and left the country in 1949 [11] |
| Fred Atkins | 2 | 1944 | [12] | |
| Fred Atkins | 3 | 1947 | [13] | |
| Leo Jensen | 1 | 1952/12/03 | Leichhardt, New South Wales | Defends against Bonnie Muir on this day [14] |
| Rocky Riley | 1 | 1953 | Leichhardt, New South Wales | Defeated Alf Greer in a tournament final. [15] |
| George Pencheff | 2 | 1955 | New South Wales | Returned from overseas and claimed the title |
| Baron Von Heczy | 1 | 1957/02/04 | Adelaide, South Australia | |
| Kangaroo Kennedy | 1 | 1962/04/14 | Newcastle, New South Wales | |
| Brian Ashby | 1 | 1965/05 | New South Wales | |
| Larry O'Dea | 1 | 1965/05/07 | Sydney | |
| Earl Black | 1 | 1966/01/28 | Melbourne | |
| Billy White Wolf | 1 | 1967/01/28 | Melbourne | Wins tournament for the title |
| Vacant/Abandoned | 1967/02/11 | Melbourne | White Wolf won the IWA World Heavyweight Championship |
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