We do not have a full entry list for the inaugural Southern Cross Rally but have reconstructed the information below from a number of sources including photos and information on the NSW Rally Heritage website here.
| No. | Entrant | Driver | Country/ State | Co-driver | Country/ State | Car |
| 58 | Ford Motor Co | Harry Firth | Vic | Graham Hoinville | Vic | Ford Cortina GT |
| 15 | Cullens Garage | Greg Garard | NSW | Frank Goulburn | NSW | Holden HR |
| 17 | Ford Motor Co | Ian Vaughan | Vic | Roger Vaughan | Vic | Ford Cortina GT |
| Preston Motors | Bob Watson | Vic | Jim McAuliffe | Vic | Holden HR | |
| Ford Motor Co | Frank Kilfoyle | Vic | Bob Forsyth | Vic | Ford Cortina GT | |
| Renault Australia | Jim Laing-Peach | NSW | Peter Smith | Renault 10 | ||
| Murphy | McSweeney | Mini Cooper S | ||||
| 29 | NSW Motors | Peter Walz | Bob Cain | Mino Cooper S | ||
| Regan Motors | Geoff Russell | Vic | Peugeot 404 | |||
| Morris 850 Assoc. | Charles Ryder | NSW | Trevor French | NSW | Mini Cooper | |
| BMC Australia | Evan Green | NSW | John Keege | NSW | Mini Cooper S | |
| Colliers Auto Service | R. Drane | J. Wellard | Reanult RS | |||
| BMC Australia | Bob Holden | NSW | George Shepheard | NSW | Mini Cooper S | |
| 14 | Swedish Motors | Max Winkless | NSW | Volvo 122S | ||
| BMC Australia | Paddy Hopkirk | Ireland | Gary Chapman | SA | Mini Cooper S | |
| 39 | BMC Australia | Rauno Aaltonen | Finland | Roy Denny | Mini Cooper S | |
| Carol Shaw | NSW | Lyn Keefe | NSW | Mini Deluxe | ||
| Bill Nolan | NSW | Mike Alexander | Renault Gordini | |||
| Barry Arentz | NSW | Mini Cooper S | ||||
| Alec Mildren Motors | Doug Chivas | NSW | Lindsay Adcock | NSW | Alfa Romeo Guilia Special | |
| Christensen | Bil Stanley | Saab | ||||
| VW Australia | Barry Ferguson | NSW | Tony Denham | NSW | VW Beetle 1600 | |
| Jack Forrest | NSW | Miller | Volvo 122S | |||
| Cullens Garage | John Garard | NSW | Holden HR | |||
| Brian Hilton | NSW | Morris 1100S | ||||
| Ford Motor Co | Bruce Hodgson | NSW | Ford Cortina GT | |||
| Carl Kennedy | NSW | Prince Skyline GT | ||||
| Lober | Vauxhall Viva | |||||
| Jack Murray | NSW | Prince Skyline GT | ||||
| S.A. Cheney P/L | Tony Roberts | Vic | Peter Haas | Vic | Holden HR | |
| Doug Stewart | NSW | Morrris 1100S | ||||
| Stubber | WA | Tyler | WA | Holden | ||
| Arthur Treloar | NSW | Colt | ||||
| Ken Tubman | NSW | Mick Neilsen | NSW | Hillman | ||
| Lionel Williams | NSW | Wally McGreal | Holden | |||
| 48 | H.C. Dusting & Co | Reg Lunn | Vic | Geoff Thomas | Vic | Holden HR |
| R. Gudgeon | A. Platt | Holda |
