1938-10-15 Elocution15th October, 1938ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallImpromptu Speech – OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingStanleyKeonEast MelbourneVictoria96.001stJohn L.CremeanRichmondVictoria95.002ndJ. M.TaylorHartwellVictoria94.00Honourable MentionT. G.PatersonHartwellVictoria94.00Honourable MentionTeams’ Debate: “That Mr Neville Chamberlain’s Foreign Policy Has Been Justified”. Teams to consist of Two MembersGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingC.Y.M.S. Melbourne (No 1 Team) JL Cremean & C MurphyMelbourneVictoria217.001stP.Y.M.F. Melbourne (No 1 Team) JM Taylor & W TrudingerMelbourneVictoria212.002ndC.Y.M.S. Melbourne (No […]
1937-10-12 Elocution12th October, 1937ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecitation – Ladies who have never won a First Prize at South Street Competitions – “The Token of the Rose” (Flavel Scott Mines)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingTinaDunstoneMorphett ValeSouth Australia82.001stElmaCrockerMillswood EstateSouth Australia80.002ndPegHingstonBallaratVictoria77.003rdLornaVialCamperdownVictoria76.00Honourable MentionBelleSageBallaratVictoria76.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Gentleman who have never won a First Prize at South Street Competitions – “The Guides of Cabul” […]
1937-10-11 Elocution11th October, 1937ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecitation – 16 years and under 18 (Boys of Girls) – “Britons Beyond the Sead” (Harold Begbie)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingIsobelGovanBallaratVictoria75.001stPatriciaDaviesMerbeinVictoria74.002ndShirleyFosdickHawthornVictoria73.003rdChampion Recital – 16 years and under 18 (Boys or Girls) – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPatriciaDaviesMerbeinVictoria79.001stShirleyFosdickHawthornVictoria77.002ndIsobelGovanBallaratVictoria75.003rdCharacter Recital – In Costume – Non Humorous (Ladies) – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingElmaCrockerMillswood EstateSouth Australia88.001stEsmeGovanBallaratVictoria87.002ndBelleSageBallaratVictoria86.003rdM.DuffyBendigoVictoria85.00Honourable Mention
1938-10-14 Elocution14th October, 1938ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallImpromptu Reading. Ladies or GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaryPageBalaclavaVictoria83.001stNanceAngwinClifton HillVictoria82.002ndReaLawsonHawthornVictoria81.003rdFrancieNosedaSurrey HillsVictoria80.00Honourable MentionDonaldLittledyeAdelaideSouth Australia80.00Honourable Mention3DB Radio Announcer’s Contest. Ladies or Gentlemen. FinalistsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAdaGeorgeParkdaleVictoriaNanceAngwinClifton HillVictoriaDonaldLittledyeAdelaideSouth AustraliaMaryPageBalaclavaVictoriaMaryCorbyBallaratVictoriaKeith MHaddenCoburgVictoriaImpromptu Conversation. (Two Persons). Ladies or GentlemenGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaie Duffy & John L CremeanBendigoVictoria176.001stKeith M Hadden & Winifred BrownCoburgVictoria165.002ndLloyd Lindsay & Rea LawsonBallaratVictoria162.003rd3DB Radio Announcers’ Contest. FinalFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaryPageBalaclaveVictoria1stKeith […]
1938-10-13 Elocution13th October, 1938ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallOratorical Display. Gentlemen. Open. Own Selection, not necessarily originalFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLloydLindsayBallaratVictoria89.001stDonaldLittledyeAdelaideSouth Australia88.002ndKeith M.HaddenCoburgVictoria87.003rdLaurieCraigBallaratVictoria86.00Honourable MentionShakespearian Recital. Gentlemen. From Henry VI, Part III, Act II, Scene VFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLloydLindsayBallaratVictoria88.001stTomEusticePascoe Vale SouthVictoria87.002ndKeith MHaddenCobrgVictoria86.003rdDonaldLittledyeAdelaideSouth Australia85.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital. Ladies or Gentlemen. “Westminster Abbey” (H. V. Morton)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAntoinetteNewellArmadaleVictoria93.001stLloydLindsayBallaratVictoria90.002ndRonaPresgraveHenley BeachSouth Australia88.00Equal 3rdBelleSageBallaratVictoria88.00Equal 3rdKeith M.HaddenCoburgVictoria87.00Honourable MentionRobAllisonCanterburyVictoria87.00Honourable MentionCharacter Recital. […]
1938-10-12 Elocution12th October, 1938ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallShakespearian Recital. Ladies. From Henry VIII, Act IV, Scene IIFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBelleSageBallaratVictoria94.001stJoyceUnklesMelbourneVictoria92.002ndReaLawsonHawthornVictoria91.00Equal 3rdRonaPresgraveHenley BeachSouth Australia91.00Equal 3rdNancyPetersNorthcoteVictoria90.00Honourable MentionAustralian Recital. Ladies or Gentlemen. Any Selection by an Australian authorFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRonaPresgraveHenley BeachSouth Australia90.001stNanceAngwinClifton HillVictoria89.002ndFrancieNosedaSurrey HillsVictoria88.003rdPatsyFriswellBendigoVictoria87.00Honourable MentionMaryPageBalaclavaVictoria87.00Honourable MentionBelleSageBallaratVictoria87.00Honourable MentionRecital with Musical Background. Ladies or Gentlemen. Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRobAllisonCanterburyVictoria89.001stRonaPresgraveHenley BeachSouth Australia88.002ndFrancieNosedaSurrey HillsVictoria86.00Equal 3rdMaryPageBalaclavaVictoria86.00Equal 3rdIsobelGovanBallaratVictoria85.00Honourable […]
1940-10-19 Elocution19th October, 1940ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallAustralian Recital (Ladies or Gentlemen) – Any Selection by an Australian AuthorFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingVeraConnellMcKinnonVictoria82.001stReaLawsonHawthornVictoria81.002ndShirleyDunnMurrumbeenaVictoria79.003rdJuneBrownEssendonVictoria71.00Honourable MentionSableGrivellAdelaideSouth Australia71.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital (Ladies or Gentlemen) “Madman’s Speech from ‘Good Friday'” (Masefield)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingUnaWardKadinaSouth Australia75.001stDonaldLittledyeFullartonSouth Australia74.002ndMaiePrendergastAscot ValeVictoria73.003rdMichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria70.00Honourable Mention
1940-10-18 Elocution18th October, 1940ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallOratorical Display (Gentlemen) Open – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria80.001stBernardD’ArcyBallaratVictoria78.002ndSableGrivellAdelaideSouth Australia74.003rdDonaldLittledyeFullartonSouth Australia73.00Honourable MentionRecitation (Gentlemen) – Open – “The Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister” (Robert Browning)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria82.001stSableGrivellAdelaideSouth Australia81.002ndDonaldLittledyeFullartonSouth Australia71.003rdImpromptu Reading (Ladies or Gentlemen)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAlfredTurnerBallaratVictoria86.001stVernonCooperMelbourneVictoria82.002ndDonaldLittledyeFullartonSouth Australia80.003rdMichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria76.00Honourable Mention3DB Radio Announcers Contest – FinalistsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingNanSitrlingSouth YarraVictoriaAldythAngwinBallaratVictoriaMichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoriaSylviaCarlyonBendigoVictoriaLornaVialBrightonVictoriaDonaldLittledyeFullartonVictoriaLyrical Recital (Ladies) Own SelectionFirst […]
1940-10-17 Elocution17th October, 1940ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecitation – Boys or Girls 16 and Under 18 “The Old Ships” (Flecker)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGwenythWinsladeMentoneVictoria84.001stJohnRedmanBallaratVictoria82.002ndJoyDrinkmilkBrunswickVictoria81.003rdPeggyDorflerPrahranVictoria78.00Honourable MentionRecitation – (Ladies) Open “Ode to Autumn” (Keats)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJuneBrownEssendonVictoria82.001stSylviaCarlyonBendigoVictoria80.002ndDoreenFarnsworthYarravilleVictoria77.003rdGwenythWinsladeMentoneVictoria75.00Honourable MentionShakespearian Recital (Ladies) “King John”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJeanPayneHindmarshSouth Australia85.001stMurielAndrewMillswoodSouth Australia82.002ndJuneBrownEssendonVictoria81.003rdJoanStantonRutherglenVictoria74.00Honourable MentionShakespearian Recital (Gentlemen) “Hamlet”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingSableGrivellAdelaideSouth Australia80.001stVernonCooperMelbourneVictoria79.002ndMichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria71.003rdDonaldLittledyeFullartonSouth Australia70.00Honourable MentionBernardD’ArcyBallaratVictoria70.00Honourable MentionCharacter Recital (In Costume) Not Humorous – Ladies […]
1940-10-16 Elocution16th October, 1940ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallImpromptu Reading – Boys or Girls 13 and Under 16First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLallieCookeElwoodVictoria79.001stUnee L.EasthaughSurrey HillsVictoria77.002ndJoanWallaceAdelaideSouth Australia74.003rdJoyceOliverSt LeonardsSouth Australia72.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys or Girls 13 and Under 16 “For the Fallen” (Binyon)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAvis L.WaldonGlenhuntlyVictoria85.001stKevinLeonardBallaratVictoria84.002ndUnee L.EasthaughSurrey HillsVictoria82.003rdJoanWallaceAdelaideSouth Australia78.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Boys or Girls 13 and Under 16 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJoyceOliverSt […]
1940-10-15 Elocution15th October, 1940ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecitation – Boys or Girls 10 and Under 13 “Young Lochinvar” (Scott)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRalphGrisoldThornburyVictoria81.001stBobMurrellBallaratVictoria78.002ndPatriciaEdwardsSt KildaVictoria76.003rdIvy N.WilliamsThornburyVictoria73.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Boys or Girls 10 and Under 13 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMurriumStainesBrunswickVictoria78.001stEsmeMcGillBallaratVictoria77.002ndJoyceOversteadBallaratVictoria74.003rdIvy N.WilliamsThornburyVictoria73.00Honourable MentionJoyceMurphyBallaratVictoria73.00Honourable MentionHumorous Recital – Boys or Girls 13 and Under 16 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEnee L.EasthoughSurrey HillsVictoria85.001stJoyceOliverSt LeonardsSouth […]
1940-10-14 Elocution14th October, 1940ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecitation – Boys or Girls under 10 “Time, You Old Gypsy Man” (Ralph Hodgson)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRobertaWalkerNorthcoteVictoria92.001stRobertWalkerNorthcoteVictoria91.002ndValmaYoungBroomfirldVictoria90.003rdShirleyEdwardsBrightonVictoria89.00Honourable MentionImpromptu Reading from Scripture – Boys or Girls 10 and Under 13First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAldaWalkerMalvernVictoria91.001stMargaretDaveyBallaratVictoria90.002ndDouglasOxbrowBallaratVictoria87.003rdRuthTozerBallaratVictoria86.00Honourable MentionKathleenReedNorthcoteVictoria86.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys or Girls Under 10First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRobertaWalkerNorthcoteVictoria93.001stLynetteMerlingBallaratVictoria92.002ndBillyLindsayBallaratVictoria91.003rdPaulinePethickSeaton ParkSouth Australia90.00Honourable MentionHumorous Recital – Boys or Girls 10 and Under […]
1947-10-22 Elocution22nd October, 1947ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecital by Australian-Born Author – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAudreySedgwickNorth RichmondSouth Australia92.001stNoelaBartlettPimpinioVictoria91.002ndChristianHesseMoonee PondsVictoria90.003rdWilmaDorflerMooroopnaVictoria89.00Honourable MentionLloydEvansBallaratVictoria89.00Honourable MentionRosalindLitchfieldWoodvilleSouth Australia89.00Honourable MentionRobertElshaugBallaratVictoria89.00Honourable MentionHumorous Recital – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingWilmaDorflerMooroopnaVictoria91.001stChristianHesseMoonee PondsVictoria90.002ndMollyWoodsWest FootscrayVictoria89.003rdSableGrivellMyrtle BankSouth Australia88.00Honourable MentionJuneMitchellWoodvilleSouth Australia88.00Honourable MentionMarjorieBerrimanAdelaideSouth Australia88.00Honourable MentionRobertaWalkerNorthcoteVictoria88.00Honourable MentionAudreySedgwickNorth RichmondSouth Australia88.00Honourable Mention
1947-10-21 Elocution21st October, 1947ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallShakespearian Recital – LadiesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJoyceBerrimanKelmscottSouth Australia92.001stBettyCorriganNorthcoteVictoria90.002ndBettyRechterNorth BrightonVictoria89.003rdNoelaBartlettPimpinioVictoria88.00Honourable MentionWilmaWhitneyMalvernVictoria88.00Honourable MentionNoeleneHendersonDunedinNew Zealand88.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Ladies or Gentlemen – “The Song of the Surf” (Adam Lindsay Gordon)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingChristianHesseMoonee PondsVictoria94.001stWilmaDorflerMooroopnaVictoria92.00Equal 2ndJoanStantonRutherglenVictoria92.00Equal 2ndMollyWoodsWest FootscrayVictoria90.00Honourable MentionRobertElshaugBallaratVictoria90.00Honourable MentionNoeleneHendersonDunedinNew Zealand89.00Honourable MentionPlayGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMiss Louie Dunn’s Party – “Lady Killer”MelbourneVictoria91.001stMiss Louie Dunn’s Party – “Possession”MelbourneVictoria90.002ndConservatorium Players – […]
1947-10-20 Elocution20th October, 1947ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallShakespearian Recital – GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingChristianHesseMoonee PondsVictoria90.001stSableGrivellMyrtle BankSouth Australia89.002ndRobertDymondSouth MelbourneVictoria88.003rdLloydEvansBallaratVictoria87.00Honourable MentionBernardD’ArcyBallaratVictoria87.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Ladies – Open “Lady of Castlenoire” (Thomas Bailey Aldrich)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingNoeleneHendersonDunedinNew Zealand91.001stMarjorieBerrimanAdelaideSouth Australia90.002ndWilmaDorflerMooroopnaVictoria89.00Equal 3rdGloriaPerryWest BrunswickVictoria89.00Equal 3rdBettyRechterNorth BrightonVictoria88.00Honourable MentionRosalindLitchfieldWoodvilleSouth Australia88.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Any Selection from Dickens – Ladies or GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingIsobelGovanBallaratVictoria91.001stAudreySedgwickNth. RichmondSouth Australia90.002ndWilmaDorflerMooroopnaVictoria89.003rdJoyceBerrimanKelmscottSouth Australia88.00Honourable MentionCharacter Recital – In […]
