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The Australian Middleweight Championship was a national Australian professional wrestling championship and was the first Middleweight Championship in Australia. [1] [2] [3]
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date won: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Jim Deakin | 1 | 9 May 1931 | Sydney | Defeats Jack Haymon |
| VACANT | 1 | Sydney | Deakin retired | |
| Dick Cameron | 1 | 8 June 1935 | Sydney | |
| Sammy Rogers | 1 | 30 May 1936 | Sydney | |
| Dick Cameron | 2 | 27 May 1939 | Sydney | |
| INACTIVE | 1 | Sydney | ||
| Ray Greenfield | 1 | 28 February 1953 | Sydney | Defeats Len Holt |
| John Morrow | 1 | 17 August 1955 | Sydney | |
| Lenny Holt | 1 | 2 April 1957 | Sydney | Title retired in 1960 |
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