The Bega Valley Rally is one of the main car rallies held in

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and has a history dating from the 1960s when it evolved from the

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Rally. It was centred in the New South Wales town of Bega since 1973 and used roads and forestry tracks in the Southern NSW/Victorian Border Region.

List of winners

{, class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Year ! Name of Rally ! Driver ! Vehicle , - ! 1968 , Rothmans Snowy Rally , Barry Ferguson , Volkswagen , - ! 1969 , Rothmans Snowy Rally , Evan Green ,

Austin 1800 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 18), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 12 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 16), ...

, - ! 1970 , Cibie Snowy Rally , Bob Watson ,

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, - ! 1971 , Snowy Mountains Rally , Colin Bond ,

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, - ! 1972 , Snowy Mountains Rally , Colin Bond , Holden Torana GTR XU-1 , - ! 1973 , Bega Valley Rally , Peter Lang , Holden Torana GTR XU-1 , - ! 1974 , Bega Valley Rally , Stewart McLeod ,

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, - ! 1975 , Bega Valley Rally , Colin Bond , Holden Torana SL/R5000 , - ! 1976 , Ampol Bega Valley Rally , Ross Dunkerton , Datsun 240Z , - ! 1977 , Ampol Bega Valley Rally , Greg Carr , Ford Escort RS2000 , - ! 1978 , Ampol Bega Valley Rally , Greg Carr , Ford Escort , - ! 1979 , Ampol Bega Valley Rally , Colin Bond , Ford Escort RS2000 , - ! 1980 , Ampol Bega Valley Rally ,

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, - ! 1981 , Bega Valley Rally ,

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, - ! 1985 , Bega Valley Rally , Hugh Bell ,

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, - ! 1986 , Bega Valley Rally , David Eadie , Datsun 1600 , - ! 1987 , Bega Valley Rally , David Eadie , Mazda 323 4WD , - ! 1988 , Bega Valley Rally , David Eadie , Mazda 323 4WD , - ! 1990 , Bega Valley Rally , Michael Thompson ,

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Rally competitions in Australia