1926-10-23 Elocution23rd October, 1926ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Gentlemen under 21 years – “Battle of Killiecrankie” (Aytoun)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingKeithGorriePrestonVictoria89.001stKeithHallGeelongVictoria88.002ndNormanHeymansonGardenvaleVictoria85.003rdColinBinksSt KildaVictoria84.00Honourable MentionOratorical Display – Gentlemen – Open Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFrank E.LaneSouth HawthornVictoria86.001stReg B.McLeayAdelaideSouth Australia83.002ndFrankPartTorrensvilleSouth Australia82.003rdStephenDunksAdelaideSouth Australia81.00Honourable MentionDialogue (Serious) – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own SelectionGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingKathleen B. Metcalf & Bernard LambleKynetonVictoria93.001stStephen Dunks & Gwen HoneAdelaideSouth Australia88.002ndAlice Best […]
1929-10-22 Elocution22nd October, 1929ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Gentlemen under 21 years – “Timberland” (C. J. Dennis)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingColinBinksEast St KildaVictoria86.001stHarcourt E.LangCamberwellVictoria84.002ndEdgar E.VeitchNorth FitzroyVictoria83.003rdStanley E.JamesWest CoburgVictoria80.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Ladies under 21 years – “The Sign of the Cleft Heart” (T. Garrison)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAliceWellsAuburnVictoria88.001stJeanBarklambElsernwickVictoria84.002ndBeryl E.RobertsTorrensvilleSouth Australia83.00Equal 3rdIrisJonesPrestonVictoria83.00Equal 3rdThoraCoxheadHamptonVictoria82.00Honourable MentionBerylWalkerCoburgVictoria82.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Gentleman who have never won a First […]
1939-10-17 Elocution17th October, 1939ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallImpromptu Reading From Scripture – Boys or Girls 10 and under 13First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaryWatsonCarnegieVictoria87.001stAldaWalkerMalvernVictoria85.002ndMavisEdmundsMarnooVictoria84.003rdNancyWallaceGeelongVictoria83.00Honourable MentionSheilaLilleyBallaratVictoria83.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys 10 and under 13 – “Blue Mountain Pioneers” (Henry Kendall)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBobMurrellBallaratVictoria86.001stJohnOversteadBallaratVictoria84.002ndDickFootscrayFootscrayVictoria83.003rdRecitation – Girls 10 and under 13 – “The Shell” (James Stephens)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMurriumStainesEast BrunswickVictoria87.001stDulcieDavisBallaratVictoria86.002ndWilmaDorflerCoburgVictoria85.003rdEsmeGambettaStawellVictoria84.00Honourable MentionAldaWalkerMalvernVictoria84.00Honourable MentionMavisEdwardsMarnooVictoria84.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Boys or […]
1926-10-22 Elocution22nd October, 1926ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Ladies – Open “The Laboratory” (Browning)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDorothySykesElwoodVictoria91.001stElzaMuirSouth CamberwellVictoria90.002ndMimiMattinProspectSouth Australia88.00Equal 3rdRuthConabereFootscrayVictoria88.00Equal 3rdThoraCoxheadHamptonVictoria87.00Honourable MentionRecital with Musical Accompaniment – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingElzaMuirSouth CamberwellVictoria96.001stVeraTregowethAdelaideSouth Australia94.002ndStephenDunksAdelaideSouth Australia93.003rdMonaPepyatWest BrunswickVictoria92.00Honourable MentionPrepared Speech – Ladies – “Should Women Propose?”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGwenHoneUnleySouth Australia100.001stMonaPepyatWest BrunswickVictoria93.002ndRuthConabereFootscrayVictoria91.003rdPhyllisSimpsonUnleySouth Australia90.00Honourable MentionMusical Monologues – Ladies or Gentlemen – Competitors […]
1939-10-16 Elocution16th October, 1939ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecitation – Boys or Girls under 10 “Nature’s Lover”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJoyceMurphyBallaratVictoria87.001stLloydEvansBallaratVictoria86.00Equal 2ndSoniaDillionBallaratVictoria86.00Equal 2ndDouglasOxbrowBallaratVictoria85.00Honourable MentionDeniseChathamBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionFrankMurphyBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionClareCunninghamBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys or Girls under 10 – Any SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJoyceMurphyBallaratVictoria87.001stMaureneBerlynBallaratVictoria86.002ndEsmeMcGillBallaratVictoria85.00Equal 3rdEthelGovanBallaratVictoria85.00Equal 3rdNancyeBainesThornburyVictoria84.00Honourable MentionLloydEvansBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionValdaSelmanBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionHumorous Recital – Boys or Girls 10 years and under 13 years – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMavisEdmundsMarnooVictoria85.001stMurriumStainesEast BrunswickVictoria84.002ndNancyWallaceGeelongVictoria83.003rd
1929-10-21 Elocution21st October, 1929ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumChampion Recital – Boys or Girls 16 and under 18 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCoral E.BrownWest FootscrayVictoria83.001stKaraHarknessWest BrunswickVictoria82.002ndEileenRaggSouth MelbourneVictoria81.003rdBerylWalkerCoburgVictoria80.00Honourable MentionMabelSmithsonNorth MelbourneVictoria80.00Honourable MentionOratorical Display – Open (Gentleman) – Own Selection, not necessarily originalFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMauriceMarksArmadaleVictoria88.001stBernardLambleSouth MelbourneVictoria87.002ndHarcourt E.LangCamberwellVictoria86.003rdFredMalingSurrey HillsVictoria82.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Ladies who have never won a First Prize at South Street Competitions […]
1926-10-21 Elocution21st October, 1926ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumAustralian Recital – Ladies or Gentlemen – Any selection by an Australian authorFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEricKirkeElwoodVictoria95.001stMimiMattinProspectSouth Australia93.002ndRuthConabereFootscrayVictoria92.00Equal 3rdM.DuffyBendigoVictoria92.00Equal 3rdVeraTregowethAdelaideSouth Australia91.00Honourable MentionShakespearian Recital – Ladies “Julius Caesar” Act 2, Scene 2First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMonaPepyatWest BrunswickVictoria95.001stMimiMattinProspectSouth Australia93.002ndRuthConabereFootscrayVictoria92.003rdIreneMitchellPrahranVictoria91.00Honourable MentionHumorous Character Sketch (In Costume) – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMimiMattinProspectSouth Australia98.001stPhyllisSimpsonUnleySouth Australia96.002ndEdith G.FennellNorth FitzroyVictoria95.00Equal 3rdKeithCoxBendigoVictoria95.00Equal […]
1929-10-19 Elocution19th October, 1929ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Boys or Girls 16 and under 18 – “The Old Ballroom” (E. Cole)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJeanBarklambElsternwickVictoria85.001stBerylWalkerCoburgVictoria83.002ndIrisJonesPrestonVictoria82.003rdLornaPerryCaulfieldVictoria81.00Honourable Mention
1926-10-20 Elocution20th October, 1926ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Ladies under 21 years – “Ginevra” (Rogers)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPhyllisMoranEast St KildaVictoria96.001stIreneMitchellPrahranVictoria93.002ndPaulineMcFarlaneSouth GeelongVictoria90.003rdDorothySykesElwoodVictoria89.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Gentlemen who have never won a First Prize at South Street Competitions – “Henry of Navarre” (Macaulay)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingKeithHallGeelongVictoria99.001stColinBinksSt KildaVictoria93.002ndDavidBenjaminAdelaideSouth Australia92.003rdT. BernardLambleSouth MelbourneVictoria91.00Honourable MentionNormanHeymansonGardenvaleVictoria91.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Gentlemen – Open – “Claude Malnotte’s Defence” (Lytton)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFrankPartTorrensvilleSouth […]
1926-10-19 Elocution19th October, 1926ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumImpromptu Reading – LadiesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingElzaMuirSouth CamberwellVictoria89.001stDorothyLeddickBallaratVictoria84.002ndEthelUnderdownSt PetersSouth Australia83.003rdVeraTregowethAdelaideSouth Australia82.00Honourable MentionImpromptu Reading – GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFrankPartTorrensvilleSouth Australia94.001stFrank E.LangSouth HawthornVictoria91.002ndDavidBenjaminAdelaideSouth Australia90.003rdStephenDunksAdelaideSouth Australia88.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Ladies who have never won a first prize at South Street Competitions – “The Petrified Fern” (Mary Bolles Branch)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingVeraTregowethAdelaideSouth Australia96.001stM.DuffyBendigoVictoria95.002ndRuthConabereFootscrayVictoria93.003rdEdith G.FennellNorth FitzroyVictoria92.00Honourable MentionCharacter Recital (in Costume) – […]
1929-10-18 Elocution18th October, 1929ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumImpromptu Reading from Scripture – Boys or Girls 13 and under 16First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGerard J.FearonNorthcoteVictoria84.001stEvelynNicholsonBallaratVictoria81.002ndRolandConabereFootscrayVictoria80.003rdDulcieGreenMaryboroughVictoria79.00Honourable MentionAustralian Recital – Boys or Girls 13 and under 16 – Any Selection by an Australian authorFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLenaFisherThebartonSouth Australia83.001stRolandConabereFootscrayVictoria82.002ndChristian C.HesseAscot ValeVictoria81.00Equal 3rdKathleenMoodieNorth MelbourneVictoria81.00Equal 3rdCliveHallGeelongVictoria80.00Honourable MentionVioletMaloufCarltonVictoria80.00Honourable MentionGerard J.FearonNorthcoteVictoria80.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Boys or Girls 13 and […]
1926-10-18 Elocution18th October, 1926ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumAustralian Recital – Boys or Girls under 16 – Any selection by an Australian authorFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDollyHayesWindsorVictoria93.001stMavisTierneyAdelaideSouth Australia92.002ndDorothyCrawfordEast St KildaVictoria87.003rdMyrtleHanlonNorth FitzroyVictoria86.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Boys or Girls under 16 – “Pied Pipe of Hamelin” (Robert Browning)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMyraNoblettLargs BaySouth Australia95.001stDollyHayesWindsorVictoria93.002ndMavisTierneyAdelaideSouth Australia92.003rdMavisYeomansClifton HillVictoria90.00Honourable MentionDorothyCrawfordEast St KildaVictoria90.00Honourable MentionRecital (Humorous) – Ladies or Gentlemen […]
1929-10-17 Elocution17th October, 1929ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Girls 13 and under 16 – “The Fortune teller” (G. Anderson)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBettyThomasMiddle ParkVictoria85.001stDorothyRankinNorth BrightonVictoria84.002ndThelmaTreagusSeddon`Victoria82.00Equal 3rdLenaFisherThebartonSouth Australia82.00Equal 3rdVioletMaloufCarltonVictoria81.00Honourable MentionKathleenMoodieNorth MelbourneVictoria81.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys 13 and under 16 – “The Bugle” (H. Begbie)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRolandConabereFootscrayVictoria84.001stMattHanleyNorth MelbourneVictoria83.002ndDouglasKellyNorth MelbourneVictoria82.003rdKevinCroughNorth MelbourneVictoria80.00Honourable MentionCliveHallGeelongVictoria80.00Honourable MentionHeld in the ColiseumAustralian Recital – Boys or Girls under 13 […]
1926-10-16 Elocution16th October, 1926ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumImpromptu Reading – Boys or Girls under 16First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingValAndersonAdelaideSouth Australia92.001stMyraNoblettLargs BaySouth Australia89.002ndEdithOsborneGeelongVictoria84.003rdRoseForsterNorth MelbourneVictoria81.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys or Girls over 16 and under 18 – “The Fall of D’Assas” (Mrs Hemans)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHarcourt ELandSouth HawthornVictoria94.001stThoraCoxheadHamptonVictoria93.002ndAliceWellsAuburnVictoria92.003rdColinBinksSt KildaVictoria91.00Honourable Mention
1939-10-13 Elocution13th October, 1939ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallImpromptu Reading – Ladies or GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPaulineWinterAdelaideSouth Australia92.001stMaryMcDonaldPirron YalloakVictoria88.002ndDaphneViolichWellingtonNew Zealand87.003rdReaLawsonHawthornVictoria85.00Honourable MentionBertaBoxPenguinTasmania85.00Honourable MentionMaryCorbyBallartVictoria85.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Ladies or Gentlemen “The Old Piano” (W. M. Thackeray)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPaulineWinterAdelaideSouth Australia88.001stReaLawsonHorshamVictoria87.002ndShirleyDunnMurrumbeenaVictoria86.003rdMichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria85.00Honourable MentionDaphneViolichWellingtonNew Zealand85.00Honourable Mention3DB Radio Announcer’s Contest – Ladies or GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDaphneViolichWellingtonNew Zealand1stPaulineWinterAdelaideSouth Australia2ndMaryMcDonaldPirron YalloakVictoria3rdHeld in the Manchester Unity HallOration (Open) “Henry […]
