1935-10-26 Elocution26th October, 1935ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumTeams’ Debate: “That the Political Salvation of the World lies in Dictatorships rather than in Democracy”Group NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFrancis P. McManus and J.J. O’SullivanFlemingtonVictoria193.001stThomas W. Brennan and A. MacKenzieSurrey Hills and BallaratVictoria184.00Equal 2ndP.Y.M.F. No 1 Team (K.A. Ness and S.A. Arms)MelbourneVictoria184.00Equal 2ndP.Y.M.F. No 2 Team (W.Trudinger and T.J. McKenzie)MelbourneVictoria181.00Honourable MentionC.Y.M.F. No […]
1935-10-25 Elocution25th October, 1935ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumJunior Debate: “Should All Secondary Schools Be Controlled By The State?” Open to those under 21 years of ageFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJamesCardwellPort MelbourneVictoria82.001stJohn.FAllenBallaratVictoria79.002ndBarryBourkeSurrey HillsVictoria78.003rdChampion Debate: “That the Censorship of Books is Desirable”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJ. L.CremeanRichmondVictoria86.001stT. W.BrennanSurrey HillsVictoria83.00Equal 2ndW.TrudingerGlen IrisVictoria83.00Equal 2ndJ. McKenzieTaylorHartwellVictoria81.00Honourable MentionHeld in the ColiseumImpromptu Speech – OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingThomas. WBrennanSurrey HillsVictoria84.001stL.CollieBlackburnVictoria83.002ndA.C.MessengerBallaratVictoria82.003rdJ.L.CremeanRichmondVictoria81.00Honourable MentionShakespearian […]
1935-10-24 Elocution24th October, 1935ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumOratorical Display – Gentlemen – OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingChristianHesseMoonee PondsVictoria85.001stStanley .BLeeBallaratVictoria83.002ndJ. MichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria81.003rdSableGrivellAdelaideSouth Australia80.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Ladies – Open – “By Jedah Town” (Anon.)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAlmaGovanBallaratVictoria87.001stMaieDuffyBendigoVictoria85.002ndBonRobertsBrightonVictoria84.00Equal 3rdMiriamHeathHawthornVictoria84.00Equal 3rdGwenStricklandKelmscottSouth Australia83.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Gentlemen – Open – “A Voice from the Bush” (Morris)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingTomEusticeGeelong WestVictoria88.001stSableGrivellAdelaideSouth Australia79.002ndJ. MichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria77.003rdChristainHesseMoonee PondsVictoria76.00Honourable MentionOration (Open) – “The Silver […]
1945-10-20 Elocution20th October, 1945ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecital By Australian Author – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingChristianHesseMoonee PondsVictoria86.001stBettyPearlmanElwoodVictoria85.002ndDoreenFarnsworthYarravilleVictoria84.00Equal 3rdWilmaDorflerHawthornVictoria84.00Equal 3rdLynBarrettSheppartonVictoria82.00Honourable MentionAlisonMuggridgeEssendonVictoria82.00Honourable MentionBettyDuncanGeelongVictoria82.00Honourable MentionPhoebePriceWagga WaggaNew South Wales82.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Ladies – Open “Music Comes” (John Freeman)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBettyPearlmanElwoodVictoria85.001stAlisonMuggridgeEssendonVictoria84.002ndWilmaDorflerHawthornVictoria83.003rdJoanWallaceAdelaideSouth Australia82.00Honourable MentionDoreenFarnsworthYarravilleVictoria82.00Honourable MentionShakespearian Recital – Gentlemen “Othello”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBernardD’ArcyBallaratVictoria83.001stSableGrivellFullartonSouth Australia82.002ndChristianHesseMoonee PondsVictoria81.003rdHumorous Recital – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own […]
1935-10-23 Elocution23rd October, 1935ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumImpromptu Reading – LadiesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaryPageBalaclavaVictoria81.001stEvelynNicholsonBallaratVictoria80.002ndMaieDuffeyBendigoVictoria79.003rdGwenStricklandKelmscottSouth Australia78.00Honourable MentionImpromptu Reading – GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingSableGrivellAdelaideSouth Australia80.001stStanley.BLeeBallaratVictoria78.002ndJ. MichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria77.003rdSydneyGrahamNorth MelbourneVictoria76.00Honourable MentionRecitation -Ladies who have never won a First Prize at South Street Competitions – “A Small Sweet Idyll” (Alfred Lord Tennyson)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMiriamHeathHawthornVictoria82.001stTinaDunstoneReynellaSouth Australia81.002ndLornaPangWarracknabealVictoria80.003rdHildaElliottBallaratVictoria79.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Gentlmen who have never won a First Prize at […]
1935-10-22 Elocution22nd October, 1935ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumAustralian Recital -Boys and Girls – 14 and under 18 years – Any Selection by an Australian AuthorFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPatsyFriswellBendigoVictoria86.001stGwenMcCreddenBendigoVictoria83.002ndPhyllisKitsonAlbertonSouth Australia81.003rdRobAllisonKewVictoria80.50Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Boys and Girls – 14 and ander 18 years – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPatsyFriswellBendigoVictoria88.001stMyraDeanMont AlbertVictoria84.002ndNormaGrangerMoonee PondsVictoria83.003rdRobAllisonKewVictoria82.00Honourable MentionHeld in the ColiseumHumorous Recital – Boys and Girls – 14 […]
1939-10-12 Elocution12th October, 1939ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallOratorical Display – Gentlemen – Open – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria85.001stWilliamMcCaskillMelbourneVictoria84.002ndDonaldLittledyeAdelaideSouth Australia83.003rdSableGrivellAdelaideSouth Australia81.00Honourable MentionShakespearian Recital – Gentlemen – “Richard II” Act III Scene IIIFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria86.001stSableGrivellAdelaideSouth Australia83.002ndPercivalWinterToowoombaQeensland82.003rdRecitation – Ladies Open – “A Ballad of Christmas” (Walter de la Mare)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJeanPayneHindmarshSouth Australia88.001stLawsonReaHawthornVictoria87.002ndPaulineWinterAdelaideSouth Australia86.003rdShirleyDunnMurrumbeenaVictoria85.00Honourable MentionCharacter Recital – Gentlemen – Own […]
1939-10-11 Elocution11th October, 1939ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallShakespearian Recital- Ladies – “Richard III” Act I Scene IIFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingReaLawsonHawthornVictoria88.001stPaulineWinterAdelaideSouth Australia86.002ndJeanPayneHindmarshSouth Australia84.00Equal 3rdShirleyDunnMurrumbeenaVictoria84.00Equal 3rdRonaPresgraveHenley BeachSouth Australia83.00Honourable MentionAntoinetteNewellArmadaleVictoria83.00Honourable MentionAustralian Recital – Ladies or Gentlemen – Any selection by an Australian AuthorFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPegHingstonBallaratVictoria86.001stReaLawsonHawthornVictoria85.002ndNancyPetersNorthcoteVictoria84.00Equal 3rdBelleSageBallaratVictoria84.00Equal 3rdRecital with Musical Background – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingShirleyDunnMurrembeenaVictoria88.001stReaLawsonHawthornVictoria87.002ndRonaPresgraveHenley BeachSouth Australia85.003rdPaulineWinterAdelaideSouth Australia83.00Honourable […]
1939-10-10 Elocution10th October, 1939ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecitation – Ladies who have never won First Prize at South Street Competitions “The Cap and Bells” (W. B. Yeats)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaryCorbyBallaratVictoria86.001stPaulineWinterAdelaideSouth Australia85.002ndDaphneViolichWellingtonNew Zealand84.00Equal 3rdSylviaBlakewayFlinders ParkSouth Australia84.00Equal 3rdJuneBrownEssendonVictoria83.00Honourable MentionElsieMcCorkellWindsorVictoria83.00Honourable MentionIsobelGovanBallaratVictoria83.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Gentlemen – Open – “Lines from Drake” (Alfred Noyes)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria87.001stRobAllisonCanterburyVictoria85.002ndPercivalWinterToowoombaQeensland84.003rdLyrical Recital – Ladies – Own SelectionFirst […]
1939-10-09 Elocution9th October, 1939ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallImpromptu Reading – Boy or Girls 16 and under 18 First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBelleDaveyBallaratVictoria85.001stDoreenFarnsworthYarravilleVictoria83.002ndCatherineReidMiners RestVictoria81.003rdRecitation – Boys or Girls 16 and under 18 – Shelley’s “Skylark” (Thomas Hardy)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGwyendaGauntTrafalgarVictoria84.001stAdrianAndersonBallaratVictoria83.002ndDoreenFarnsworthYarravilleVictoria82.00Equal 3rdJuneBrownEssendonVictoria82.00Equal 3rdGwenythWinsladeMentoneVictoria81.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Boys or Girls 16 and under 18 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDoreenFarnsworthYarravilleVictoria84.001stJuneBrownEssendonVictoria83.002ndJoanStantonRutherglenVictoria82.003rdGwenythWinsladeMentoneVictoria80.00Honourable MentionAdrianAndersonBallaratVictoria80.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Gentlemen who […]
1930-10-27 Elocution27th October, 1930ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumImpromptu Reading – (Ladies)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingM.DuffyBendigoVictoria93.001stSylviaArcherFootscrayVictoria92.002ndHildaElliottBallaratVictoria86.003rdNancyAngwinBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionPrepared Speech (Ladies) – Any subject, not necessarily originalFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingSylviaArcherFootscrayVictoria94.001stJeanBarklambElsternwickVictoria93.002ndEdith G.FennellNorth FitzroyVictoria90.003rdElvieAllenNorth BrightonVictoria89.00Honourable MentionOpen Scene (Open to non-prize winners at South Street Competitions)Group NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingTrial Scene from “Merchant of Venice” by Mr. Victor Trotman’s PartyEast St. KildaVictoria78.001st”A Night at an Inn” by West Footscray Scouts […]
1930-10-25 Elocution25th October, 1930ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumAustralian Recital (Ladies or Gentlemen) Any selection by an Australian authorFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHarcourt E.LangCamberwellVictoria87.001stSylviaArcherFootscrayVictoria85.00Equal 2ndBerylWalkerCoburgVictoria85.00Equal 2ndEdith G.FennellNorth FitzroyVictoria84.003rdM.DuffyBendigoVictoria83.00Honourable MentionDialogue – (Serious)Group NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDouglas Caddy & Alice WellsAuburnVictoria86.001stFrank E. Lang & George EdwardsCamberwellVictoria82.002ndMarjorie McLeod & Adeline StrainCaulfieldVictoria80.003rdDialogue (Humorous)Group NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGeorge Edwards & Gwen PhillipsCamberwellVictoria87.001stFrank E. Lang & Dorothy BushCamberwellVictoria85.002ndHarcourt Lang & Jean BarklambCamberwellVictoria82.003rdAdeline […]
1930-10-24 Elocution24th October, 1930ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumShakespearian Recital – (Ladies) – Third part of Henry VI, Act 1, Scene 4First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBerylWalkerCoburgVictoria85.00Equal 1stAudreyDaviesGlen IrisVictoria85.00Equal 1stGwenStricklandAlbertonSouth Australia83.003rdAlmaGovanBallaratVictoria82.00Honourable MentionM.DuffyBendigoVictoria82.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – (Ladies or Gentlemen) – Own Selection Not humorousFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHarcourt E.LangCamberwellVictoria86.001stColinBinksEast St KildaVictoria83.002ndMarionPageNewcastleNew South Wales82.003rdGwernStricklandAlbertonSouth Australia81.00Honourable MentionHeld in the AthenaeumJunior Debate: “Which Is The Happier Life – […]
1930-10-23 Elocution23rd October, 1930ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Ladies. Open – “The Song of the Shirt” (Thoma Hood)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAudreyDaviesGlen IrisVictoria88.001stGwenStricklandAlbertonSouth Australia86.002ndAlmaGovanBallaratVictoria85.003rdFrancieNosedaSurrey HillsVictoria82.00Honourable MentionRecital – Humorous (Ladies or Gentlemen) – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAdelineStrainCaulfieldVictoria84.001stColinBinksEast St KildaVictoria83.002ndHarcourt E.LangCamberwellVictoria82.00Equal 3rdHerbert E.OniansWest FootscrayVictoria82.00Equal 3rdGwenStricklandAlbertonSouth Australia81.00Honourable MentionHumorous Character Sketch – In Costume (Ladies or Gentlemen) – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAudreyAndersonNorth FitzroyVictoria85.001stHerbert E.OniansWest […]
1930-10-22 Elocution22nd October, 1930ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumImpromptu Reading – GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingValAndersonAdelaideSouth Australia84.00Equal 1stGeorgeGrockeMalvernVictoria84.00Equal 1stColinBanksEast St KildaVictoria81.003rdHarcourt E.LangCamberwellVictoria79.00Honourable MentionShakespearian Recital – (Gentlemen) Selection from “Julius Caesar” Brutus Address, Act 3, Scene 2First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingValAndersonAdelaideSouth Australia86.001stColinBinksEast St KildaVictoria83.002ndHarcourt E.LangCamberwellVictoria82.003rdHerbert E.OniansWest FootscrayVictoria80.00Honourable MentionLloydLindsayBallaratVictoria80.00Honourable MentionRecital with Musical Accompaniment (Ladies or Gentlemen) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMarionPageNewcastleNew South Wales82.001stValAndersonAdelaideSouth Australia80.002ndColinBinksEast St KildaVictoria79.003rdAliceWellsAuburnVictoria78.00Honourable MentionMyraNobletLargs […]
