Format:	Sacred, March, Set Test and Own Choice Contest
Adjudicators:	Steve Haisman
Venue:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Test Piece	Sacred	Own Choice	Stage March	Total
1	Brisbane Waterside Workers	Harry Perkins		1	89	78	86	338	591
2	Charters Towers Excelsior	Lou Gray		3	79	81	85	342	587
3	East Brisbane Model	Goldie Holmes		5	79	75	83	346	583
4	Gladstone Municipal	T. J. Rees		4	80	76	80	344	581
5	Ipswich Model	Horace Harper		2	82	74	78	340	574

NEW RULE--- This is the first time in which the new rule applying to a championship band operated. The championship shield now goes to the band gaining the greatest number of points in music & drill instead of the band winning the aggregate in selections only (Cairns newspaper 14/04/1949)

Marching events = Street / Oval / Diagram points listed under Stage March