1906-10-09 Elocution and Readings9th October, 1906ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatreRecital – “Armada” – (Open to Gentlemen who have never won a first prize)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingG. GordonSwanAdelaideSouth Australia90.001stG. F.LennonSydneyNew South Wales88.002ndFrank . D.WilkinsonAdelaideSouth Australia84.003rdR. B.OrchardSydneyNew South Wales83.00Honourable MentionCharlesOswaldWindermereVictoriaNoneChas. LGreenMaryboroughVictoriaNoneLewisReynoldsBallaratVictoriaNoneJackHaniganBallaratVictoriaNoneJamesO’BernBallaratVictoriaNoneB.McCartinGeelongVictoriaNoneW.RidgewayCardiganVictoriaNoneChas.DunnBallaratVictoriaNoneRecital – “An old played-out song” – Gentlemen under 21 yearsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingG. GordonSwanAdelaideSouth Australia90.001stJackHaniganBallaratVictoria86.002ndW.RidgewayCardiganVictoria84.003rdMontagueWilliamsBallaratVictoria83.00Honourable MentionH.DaveyBallaratVictoriaNoneChas.DunnBallaratVictoriaNoneLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoriaNoneRecital – “Henry V.”, Act […]
1907-10-04 Elocution and Readings4th October, 1907ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatrePrepared Reading. “Fezziwig’s Ball.” GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria83.001stJamesO’BernBallaratVictoria79.002ndMontagueWilliamsBallaratVictoria78.003rdHerbertFentonSouth YarraVictoria76.00Honourable MentionPrepared Reading. “The Gifts of Prometheus.” LadiesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingIdaBlackmanSulkieVictoria87.001stGertrudeLewisGoodwoodSouth Australia85.002ndMaudePlunkettAdelaideSouth Australia80.003rdAustralian Recital.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGertrudeLewisGoodwoodSouth Australia86.001stEffieEdwardsAlbert ParkVictoria85.002ndMaudePlunkettAdelaideSouth Australia84.003rdJamesO’BernBallaratVictoria81.00Honourable MentionDialogue. “Horse v MotorGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEthel Goddard & Herbert FentonSouth YarraVictoria78.001stAddie Pearce & G. EbbworthMelbourneVictoria60.002ndChampion Character Recital. GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHerbertFentonSouth YarraVictoria87.001stJamesO’BernBallaratVictoria74.002ndDialogue. Open – Ladies or GentlemenGroup […]
1906-10-08 Elocution and Readings8th October, 1906ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatreChampion Debate – “Should Australia apply the Munroe doctrine to the Pacific”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHerbertMaroney (Affirm)FootscrayVictoria78.001stA. C.Ostrom (Neg)EchucaVictoria72.002ndAngusMcGregor (Affirm)BallaratVictoria71.003rdMatthewBaird (Affirm)LearmonthVictoria68.00Honourable MentionSydneySmith (Affirm)EchucaVictoriaNoneT.O.McNeil (Neg)HorshamVictoriaNoneW.S.Kelly (Neg)Tarlee SouthSouth AustraliaNoneJ.G.McNicholl (Neg)Brisbane QueenslandNoneOration – OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingD. W.MurphyBallaratVictoria78.001stH. P.McLennanBallaratVictoria75.002ndHerbertMaroneyFootscrayVictoria72.003rdW.D.WhealBallaratVictoriaNoneD. LaceClarkeTarleeSouth AustraliaNoneHedley R.GelstonAdelaideSouth AustraliaNoneT.O.McNeilHorshamVictoriaNoneW.S.KellyTarleeSouth AustraliaNoneFrankShannonBallaratVictoriaNoneHenryDickMetungVictoriaNoneJ.G.McNichollBrisbaneQueenslandNoneG.JDe GarisMilduraVictoriaNoneChampion Character Recital – GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJasAndersonBallaratVictoria100.001stFrank. D.WilkinsonAdelaideSouth Australia88.002ndG. GordonSwanAdelaideSouth Australia84.003rdJamesO’BrienBallaratVictoria83.00Honourable […]
1907-10-03 Elocution and Readings3rd October, 1907ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatreRecitation – “The Warriors of the Sea.” Open to ladies who have never won a first prize.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEdithPrattEast MelbourneVictoria85.001stMaudePlunkettAdelaideSouth Australia83.002ndElsieStewartAscot ValeVictoria79.003rdGertrudeHendersonBallaratVictoria78.00Honourable MentionRecitation – “The Shunammite.” Ladies.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEffieEdwardsAlbert ParkVictoria87.001stVictoriaKerrBallaratVictoria86.002ndLauraLeslieAdelaideSouth Australia84.003rdMin E.DavisBurnleyVictoria83.00Honourable MentionLilaWidburnBallaratVictoria83.00Honourable MentionChampion Character Recital. LadiesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaudePlunkettAdelaideSouth Australia90.001stGetrudeLewisGoodwoodSouth Australia89.002ndClariceRuleBrompton ParkSouth Australia83.003rdLauraLeslieAdelaideSouth Australia82.00Honourable MentionEdithPrattEast MelbourneVictoria82.00Honourable Mention
1907-10-02 Elocution and Readings2nd October, 1907ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatreOratorical Display. “Speech of Sir John Maddon, Unveiling the Queen’s Statute.”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria85.00Equal 1stHerbertFentonSouth YarraVictoria85.00Equal 1stJamesO’BernBallaratVictoria81.003rdRecital. “The Story of a Stowaway.”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLillianPrichardMelbourneVictoria90.001stElsieStewartAscot ValeVictoria88.002ndGladysMcLachlanHawthornVictoria87.003rdLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria85.00Honourable MentionOratorical Display. “Daniel O’Connell in defence of Mr. Magee.” – Open to those who have never won a first prize in an Oratorical Display.First […]
1907-10-01 Elocution and Readings1st October, 1907ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatreOration – “Conscription and It’s effects if Applied to Australia.”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGeo H.BurchettPoowongVictoria87.001stHerbertMoroneySt. KildaVictoria85.002ndAngusMcGregorBallaratVictoria78.003rdChampion Debate – “Ought Arbitration in Trade Disputes be Enforced by Law.” First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHerbertMaroneySt. KildaVictoria76.001stWm.DaveySebastopolVictoria75.002ndMatthewBairdLearmonthVictoria70.003rdRecital, Humorous – LadiesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGertrudeLewisGoodwoodSouth Australia98.001stLauraLeslieAdelaideSouth Australia87.002ndMaudePlunkettAdelaideSouth Australia85.003rdRoseJarvisAdelaideSouth Australia82.00Honourable MentionRecital, Humorous – GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHerbertFentonSouth YarraVictoria84.001stJamesO’BernBallaratVictoria77.00Equal 2ndMontagueWilliamsBallaratVictoria77.00Equal 2nd
1906-10-06 Elocution and Readings6th October, 1906ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatreRecital – “Little Orphant Annie” – Girls under 13 yearsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingSylviaCooperMoonee PondsVictoria93.001stElsieKingwellNewcastleNew South Wales90.002ndSheilaKeigheryDandenongVictoria80.003rdIvyRankinCarltonVictoria79.00Honourable MentionBerthaEdgertonAscot ValeVictoria78.00Honourable MentionGladysRedmondCarltonVictoria78.00Honourable MentionEdithRogersParkvilleVictoria75.00Honourable MentionAzaleaCollinsBallarat E,VictoriaNoneGwladysMcMillanGlenelgSouth AustraliaNoneGladysBerrymanDaylesfordVictoriaNoneIlmaBallaratVictoriaNoneLindaCooperBallaratVictoriaNoneEileenArmstrongBallaratVictoriaNoneDorothyFosterFitzroyVictoriaNonePearlieMcKenzieBallaratVictoriaNoneVestaliaNitschkeAdelaideSouth AustraliaNoneGladysWilliamsCreswickVictoriaNoneDorisBesemeresLittle BendigoVictoriaNoneAnnieDilenaCreswickVictoriaNoneHildaPetchBallaratVictoriaNoneElsieStewartClunesVictoriaNoneDorisHopkinsRichmondVictoriaNoneDorothyLyonsBallaratVictoriaNoneLilianDillonAdelaideSouth AustraliaNoneRecital – “Archery of William Tell – Boys under 16 yearsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJackBlaikieBallaratVictoria91.001stMontagueWilliamsBallaratVictoria90.002ndEdgarDaveyBallaratVictoria86.003rdDavidTwiningBallaratVictoriaNoneThomas E.SutterbyGeelongVictoriaNoneJohnDillonAdelaideSouth AustraliaNoneC.H.KirkpatrickSmeatonVictoriaNoneRecital – “The Three Bells” – Boys under 13 yearsFirst […]
1906-10-05 Elocution and Readings5th October, 1906ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatrePrepared Reading from Scripture – Under 16 yearsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingElsieKingwellNewcastleNew South Wales91.001stOliveBrooksBallaratVictoria89.002ndSylviaCooperMoonee PondsVictoria85.003rdLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionRubyBoswarrickBrunswickVictoria83.00Honourable MentionLillian B.PrichardMelbourneVictoria83.00Honourable MentionIreneStubbsAlbert ParkVictoriaNoneRosaWebbBallaratVictoriaNoneMaudePlunkettAdelaideSouth AustraliaNone”Claudia”BallaratVictoriaNoneDorothyFosterFitzroyVictoriaNoneGladysJenkinsBallaratVictoriaNoneMaryGibsonBallaratVictoriaNoneFlorrieKinniburgMaryboroughVictoriaNoneMontagueWilliamsBallaratVictoriaNoneIvyToopBallaratVictoriaNoneIvyRogersParkvilleVictoriaNoneWilicanniaBallaratVictoriaNoneDrusaSchmidtBallaratVictoriaNoneOliveBrooksBallaratVictoriaNoneGwladysMcMillanGlenelgVictoriaNoneRecital -“Macbeth” – Act 1, Scene 5 (Ladies)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingNellieStrongNewportVictoria85.001stMenaWebberBallaratVictoria81.002ndJessieWilliamsBallaratVictoria79.003rdMiss LeilaLakeBallaratVictoria77.00Honourable MentionS.RichardsClunesVictoria76.00Honourable MentionJ.McCartinGeelongVictoriaNoneMaudePlunkettAdelaideSouth AustraliaNoneIdaBlackmanSulkyVictoriaNoneEuniceMcGregorBallaratVictoriaNoneSybilBallaratVictoriaNoneVioletClarkNorwoodVictoriaNoneEssieDeasonCreswickVictoriaNoneRecital with Musical Accompaniment – OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHildaWhidburnBallaratVictoria100.001stJas.AndersonBallaratVictoria98.002ndMenaWebberBallaratVictoria94.003rdG. GordonSwanAdelaideSouth Australia93.00Honourable MentionL.CooperMoonee PondsVictoriaNoneMimaScottBallaratVictoriaNoneMabelBestMaylandsSouth AustraliaNoneJessieWilliamsBallaratVictoriaNoneG.F.LennonSydneyNew South WalesNoneRubyHooperMaryboroughVictoriaNoneR.A.ColensoBrunswickVictoriaNoneMiss Z.FitzpatrickBallaratVictoriaNoneG. GordonSwanAdelaideSouth AustraliaNoneB.McCartinGeelongVictoriaNoneElsieBuntingBallaratVictoriaNoneT.L.BishopHobartTasmaniaNoneGloriaBallaratVictoriaNoneR.B.OrchardSydneyNew […]
1906-10-04 Elocution and Readings4th October, 1906ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatrePrepared Reading – “The Rapids” (Gentlemen)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingG. GordonSwanAdelaideSouth Australia85.001stC.J.De GarisMilduraVictoria83.002ndG.F.LennonSydneyNew South Wales81.003rdJackHanniganBallaratVictoria77.00Honourable MentionH.P.McLennanBallaratVictoria76.00Honourable MentionErnestWhidburnBallaratVictoriaNoneR.B.OrchardSydneyNew South WalesNoneW.RidgewayCardiganVictoriaNoneB.McCartinGeelongVictoriaNoneLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoriaNoneJamesO’BernBallaratVictoriaNoneNelsonWellingtonBallaratVictoriaNoneChasDunnBallaratVictoriaNoneH.DaveyBallaratVictoriaNoneImpromptu Reading – OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingC.J.De GarisMilduraVictoria88.001stMiss KatieGardeMelbourneVictoria87.002ndAnnie “Gloria”RoachBallaratVictoria86.003rdHildaWhidburnBallaratVictoriaNoneMayButlerWaubraVictoriaNone”Wilcannia”BallaratVictoriaNoneEssieDeasonCreswickVictoriaNoneLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoriaNoneRubyBoswarrickBrunswickVictoriaNoneW.RidgewayCardiganVictoriaNoneIvyRogersParkvilleVictoriaNoneNelsonWellingtonBallaratVictoriaNoneG. GordonSwanAdelaideSouth AustraliaNoneJackHaniganBallaratVictoriaNonePrepared Reading – “The closing scene of George III” ( Ladies)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHildaWhidburnBallaratVictoria93.001stIdaBlackmanSulkyVictoria88.002ndRubyBoswarrackBrunswickVictoria87.00Equal 3rdMimaScottBallaratVictoria87.00Equal 3rdKatieGardeMelbourneVictoria86.00Honourable MentionM.WilkinsonNorthcoteVictoria86.00Honourable MentionEuniceMcGregorBallaratVictoriaNoneMayButlerWaubraVictoriaNoneMaudePlunkettAdelaideSouth AustraliaNoneS.RichardsClunesVictoriaNoneNellieSiorBallaratVictoriaNoneMabelBestMaylandsSouth AustraliaNone”Sybil”BallaratVictoriaNoneKatieGardeBallaratVictoriaNone”Gloria”BallaratVictoriaNoneNellieStrongNewportVictoriaNoneMaryGibsonBallaratVictoriaNoneM.WilkinsonNorthcoteVictoriaNone”Marguerite”BallaratVictoriaNoneEssieDeasonCreswickVictoriaNoneIvyRogersParkvilleVictoriaNoneLeilaLakeBallaratVictoriaNone”Wilcannia”BallaratVictoriaNonePrepared Reading – “Oliver Twist” […]
1910-10-06 Elocution and Readings6th October, 1910ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumAustralian Recital (must deal with Australian sentiment or subject)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria139.001stR. R.HaverfieldWarragulVictoria132.00Equal 2ndH. R.GelstonAdelaideSouth Australia132.00Equal 2ndLilianPrichardMelbourneVictoria129.00Equal 3rdMaxMetzlerHawthornVictoria129.00Equal 3rdHector E.McMurtrieFitzroyVictoriaHonourable MentionFrank S.JohnstonAdelaideSouth AustraliaHonourable MentionLouieDunnNorth FitzroyVictoriaHonourable MentionMarciaGrunekleeAdelaideSouth AustraliaHonourable MentionRecital – Open – With musical accompaniment – Ladies or GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLilianPrichardMelbourneVictoria150.001stR. R.HaverfieldWarragulVictoria146.002ndFrank S.JohnstonAdelaideSouth Australia140.00Equal 3rdLauraInglissWarragulVictoria140.00Equal 3rdMyrtleHeinzGeelongVictoria138.00Honourable MentionMarciaGrunekleeAdelaideVictoria138.00Honourable MentionErnest J.BrownAlbert ParkVictoria137.00Honourable MentionHeld […]
1910-10-05 Elocution and Readings5th October, 1910ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Ladies – Open. “Lady Macbeth’s Soliloquy”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria137.001stLilianPrichardMelbourneVictoria135.002ndMarciaGrunekleeAdelaideSouth Australia124.00Equal 3rdGwendolynEvansSurrey HillsVictoria124.00Equal 3rdLouieDunnNorth FitzroyVictoria124.00Equal 3rdLauraInglissWarragulVictoria121.00Honourable MentionIvyScorerMoonee PondsVictoria119.00Honourable MentionRebeJamesBrunswickVictoria119.00Honourable MentionPearlSmithNorth MelbourneVictoria118.00Honourable MentionOliveProctorAngus ParkSouth Australia118.00Honourable MentionIvyGoudyBallaratVictoria116.00Honourable MentionMyrtleJonesAdelaideSouth Australia115.00Honourable MentionRecital – Open – Ladies or GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLilianPrichardMelbourneVictoria147.001stH. R.GelstonAdelaideSouth Australia138.002ndR. R.HaverfieldWarragulVictoria126.00Equal 3rdLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria126.00Equal 3rdFrank S.JohnstonAdelaideSouth Australia126.00Equal 3rdMaxMetzlerHawthornVictoriaHonourable MentionLouieDunnNorth FitzroyVictoriaHonourable MentionIvyGoudyBallaratVictoriaHonourable MentionHector E.McMurtrieFitzroyVictoriaHonourable […]
1910-10-04 Elocution and Readings4th October, 1910ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Gentlemen Under 21 Years “Henry V to the Army before Harfleur”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaxMetzlerHawthornVictoria130.001stEdgarDaveyBallaratVictoria110.002ndMontagueWilliamsBallaratVictoria107.003rdOratorical Display – Open to Gentlemen who have never won a first prize in an Oratorical DisplayFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingH. R.GelstonAdelaideSouth Australia134.001stH.DaveyBallaratVictoria132.002ndFrank S.JohnstonAdelaideSouth Australia127.003rdMontagueWilliamsBallaratVictoria108.004thOratorical Display – Open – GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingH. R.GelstonAdelaideSouth Australia132.001stFrank S.JohnstonAdelaideSouth Australia113.002ndR. R.HaverfieldWarragulVictoria112.00Equal 3rdMaxMetzlerHawthornVictoria112.00Equal […]
1910-10-03 Elocution and Readings3rd October, 1910ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Ladies under 21 Years “A Wife’s Duty to Her Husband” (Shakespeare)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLouieDunnNorth FitzroyVictoria134.001stLilianPrichardMelbourneVictoria131.002ndLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria128.003rdOliveProctorAngas ParkSouth Australia114.00Honourable MentionMarciaGrunekleeAdelaideSouth Australia114.00Honourable MentionSylviaCooperMoonee PondsVictoria114.00Honourable MentionRebeJamesBrunswickVictoria114.00Honourable MentionMyrtleJonesAdelaideSouth Australia109.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Open to Ladies who have never won a first prize “An Incident of the French Campaign” (Browning)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingNessieLewisBendigoVictoria134.001stIvyGoudyBallaratVictoria132.00Equal 2ndGertieHoldenBallaratVictoria132.00Equal 2ndOliveProctorAngus ParkSouth […]
1910-10-01 Elocution and Readings1st October, 1910ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumChampion Recital – Boys and Girls Under 13 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRalphNewmanAdelaideSouth Australia139.001stEricDavidsonBendigoVictoria128.002ndArnoldHudsonNorth CarltonVictoria126.00Equal 3rdWallaceCrossleyNorthcoteVictoria126.00Equal 3rdIreneWarrenNorth FitzroyVictoria117.00Honourable MentionAnnieHoldenNorth MelbourneVictoria117.00Honourable MentionPearlieMcKenzieBallarat EastVictoria117.00Honourable MentionIslaVaughanNorth MelbourneVictoria111.00Honourable MentionDorisLascellesSouth YarraVictoria111.00Honourable MentionKennethLoudenScarsdaleVictoria109.00Honourable MentionDialogue – Open to Ladies or GentlemenGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHilda Whidburn & Jock Whidburn (Ingomar and Parthenia)BallaratVictoria130.001stMrs. Maurice Dudley and Letitia Noseda ( […]
1910-09-30 Elocution and Readings30th September, 1910ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Boys and Girls – Under 10 Years “My Shadow” (Stevenson)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingArnoldHudsonNorth CarltonVictoria125.001stStasiaSlatteryBald HillsVictoria117.00Equal 2ndFrankieForanAddingtonVictoria117.00Equal 2ndPrimroseSpenceBendigoVictoria108.00Equal 3rdDericBoultonParkvilleVictoria108.00Equal 3rdDoreenCraddockBallaratVictoria107.00Honourable MentionVallieBuchananBallaratVictoria103.00Honourable MentionLionelWebbLintonVictoria102.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys Under 13 Years “Drakes’ Drum” (Henry Newbolt)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingArnoldHudsonNorth CarltonVictoria115.00Equal 1stEricDavidsonBendigoVictoria115.00Equal 1stRaymondHudsonNorth CarltonVictoria110.002ndFrankieForanAddingtonVictoria107.00Equal 3rdRalphNewmanAdelaideSouth Australia107.00Equal 3rdHeld in the ColiseumDialogue – Humorous – Open to […]
