The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Television Documentary is an award that was handed out to producers annually between 1990 and 1997 by the Australian Film Institute. In 1998, this Award was replaced equivalent Awards in the non-feature film category including Australian Film Institute Award for Best Feature Length Documentary, Australian Film Institute Award for Best Documentary Under One Hour and Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction in a Documentary.

Year	Winner	Recipient(s)	Network	Other nominees
1990	In search of Dr Mabuse	Varcha Sidwell	ABC TV ABC1 ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney using the branding of the Disney owned American network, ABC.The channel initially launched exclusively on the British digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on 27 September 2004. On 10 December 2004 it was launched on...
1991	Guns and Roses	John Moore Helen Bowman
1992	Cop it sweet	Jenny Brockie Jenny Brockie Jenny Brockie is an Australian journalist and documentary-maker, currently working as the host for the SBS program, Insight.Brockie has spent more than twenty years in broadcasting, reporting both nationally and internationally for ABC current affairs programs including Four Corners and...	ABC TV
1993	Who killed Malcolm Smith?	Nicholas Adler Caroline Sherwood
1994	So help me God	Jenny Brockie	ABC TV
1995	Untold Desires	Eva Orner Eva Orner Eva Orner is an Australian film producer. Her works include Untold Desires , Strange Fits of Passion Eva Orner (born 1969) is an Australian film producer. Her works include Untold Desires (winner of Best Documentary at the Australian Film Institute Awards, the Logie Awards and the Australian Human...   Sarah Stevens	SBS TV
1996	The Hillman	Tony Wright	SBS TV
1997	Dhuway	Lew Griffiths Noel Pearson Noel Pearson Noel Pearson is an Aboriginal Australian lawyer, academic, land rights activist and founder of the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership, an organisation promoting the economic and social development of Cape York....		No other nominees

See also

• Australian Film Institute
  Australian Film Institute
  The Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
  
  
• AFI Awards
  Australian Film Institute Awards
  The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, known as the AACTA Award , is an accolade presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . The awards recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry and television industry, including directors,...
  
  
• Australian Film Institute Television Awards
  Australian Film Institute Television Awards
  The Australian Film Institute Television Awards are annual awards presented for excellence in Australian television annually as part of the AFI Awards by the Australian Film Institute. The AFI Awards cover non-feature films, films, television, and special awards...