Australian Formula 3 has been the name applied to two distinctly different motor racing categories, separated by over twenty years.

Following the withdrawal of national championship status, an Australian Formula 3 Premier Series has been contested since 2016.

[2] For 1969 the engine capacity limit was increased to 1100cc and the prohibition on overhead camshafts was removed.

1977 was to be the last year of the first era of Australian Formula 3 as the category was discontinued at the end of the season.

In 2015 CAMS stripped the Gold Star Award from the Australian Formula 3 Championship citing low grid numbers.