1908-09-29 Elocution29th September, 1908ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumImpromptu ReadingFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingC JDeGarisMilduraVictoria85.001stIdaBlackmanSulkyVictoria80.002ndLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria79.003rdRoseJarvisAdelaideSouth Australia78.00Honourable MentionJeanRobertsonSt Peter’sSouth Australia78.00Honourable MentionRecitation. (Gentlemen under 21 years). “The Handy Man” (Harold Begbie).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria79.001stEdgarDaveyBallaratVictoria76.002ndHDaveyBallaratVictoria74.003rdRecitation. (Gentlemen). Open to gentlemen who have never won a first prize. “Corporal Dick” (Sir A Conan Doyle).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria80.001stWilliamDaveySebastopolVictoria76.002ndOratorical Display. Open (Gentlemen). Own Selection.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria79.001stWDWhealBallaratVictoria76.002ndHarryBambrickBallarat EastVictoria75.003rdCJDeGarisMilduraVictoria74.00Honourable MentionMatthewBairdLearmonthVictoria74.00Honourable MentionDialogue. (Ladies and Gentlemen […]
1909-10-01 Elocution1st October, 1909ShareShareShareHeld in The AthenaeumRecitation – Boys under 13 years – “Ring Out Wild Bells” (Tennyson)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCliftonBinksClifton HillVictoria140.001stRalphNewmanAdelaideSouth Australia131.002ndRoyMorrisSouth MelbourneVictoria126.003rdFrankForanAddingtonVictoria120.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Girls under 13 years – “Indignant Nellie”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingIslaVaughanNorth MelbourneVictoria142.00Equal 1stThelmaSmithNewcastleNew South Wales142.00Equal 1stSylviaCooperMoonee PondsVictoria136.002ndGladysWilliamsCreswickVictoria129.00Equal 3rdFannyAndersonRose ParkSouth Australia129.00Equal 3rdHeld in The ColiseumRecitation Humorous – boys and girls under 16 years of age […]
1909-09-30 Elocution30th September, 1909ShareShareShareHeld in The AthenaeumRecitation – Girls under 16 years – “Guild’s Signal” (Brete Harte)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRebeJamesBrunswickVictoria154.001stGertieHoldenBallaratVictoria120.002ndGladysWilliamsCreswickVictoria115.003rdGladysRedmondNorth CarltonVictoria104.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys under 16 years – “Labor, the Magician” (Newman Hall)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCliftonBinksClifton HillVictoria132.001stBobStephenBallaratVictoria103.002ndRalphNewmanAdelaideSouth Australia102.003rdAlbertBuddleBallaratVictoria95.00Honourable MentionHeld in The ColiseumOratorical Display – Open (Gentlemen) – Own selectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria132.001stBertWhidburnBallaratVictoria125.002ndR.R.HaverfieldWarragulVictoria121.003rdVictor L.TrotmanAlbert ParkVictoria115.00Honourable MentionDialogue – (Ladies and Gentlemen under 18 […]
1909-09-29 Elocution29th September, 1909ShareShareShareHeld in The AthenaeumRecitation (Open to Ladies who have never won a First Prize) “Surrey in Captivity” (Mary Howitt)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingIlmaBarnesNewportVictoria127.001stMinnieBestNorwoodSouth Australia109.002ndRebeBloomAdelaideSouth Australia104.00Equal 3rdRubyKutcherAdelaideSouth Australia104.00Equal 3rdCassieCooneyNorth MelbourneVictoria103.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Ladies under 21 years – “Lady Clare” (Tennyson)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLouieDunnNorth FitzroyVictoria122.001stBertha MayGovanSydneyNew South Wales113.002ndLucyWhiteBallaratVictoria110.003rdGladysRedmondNorth CarltonVictoria107.00Honourable MentionJamesRebeBrunswickVictoria107.00Honourable MentionElsiePengillyNorth FitzroyVictoria107.00Honourable MentionHeld in The ColiseumDialogue – Open Ladies […]
1909-09-28 Elocution28th September, 1909ShareShareShareHeld in The AthenaeumPrepared Reading – Ladies – “D’ Artagnan’s Ride SpeechFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLouieDunnNorth FitzroyVictoria109.001stBertha MayGovanSydneyNew South Wales108.002ndHildaWhidburnBallaratVictoria106.003rdIvyLeslieAdelaideSouth Australia105.00Honourable MentionPrepared Reading – Gentlemen – “The Characters of Milton and Dante”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingVictor L.TrotmanAlbert ParkVictoria139.001stH.DaveyBallaratVictoria138.002ndImpromptu Reading – Ladies and GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHildaWhidburnBallaratVictoria104.001stNelsonWellingtonBallaratVictoria102.002ndVictor L.TrotmanAlbert ParkVictoria101.003rdR.R.HaverfieldWarragulVictoria100.00Honourable MentionHeld in The ColiseumRecital Humorous – LadiesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGertrudeLewisAdelaideSouth Australia129.001stIvyLeslieAdelaideSouth Australia123.002ndElsiePengillyNorth FitzroyVictoria122.00Equal 3rdLetitiaNosedaToorakVictoria122.00Equal […]
1921-10-04 Elocution4th October, 1921ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Gentlemen who have never won a First Price – “Sincerity” MilesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGeorgeMcLeayAdelaideSouth Australia91.001stAtholLykkeAdelaideSouth Australia90.002ndFrankPartAdelaideSouth Australia89.003rdJackHallGeelongVictoria87.00Honourable MentionAustralian Recital Own Selection – GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingn/ano 1st PrizeNoneFrankPartAdelaideSouth Australia87.002ndClaudeSaundersAdelaideSouth Australia86.003rdAtholLykkeAdelaideSouth Australia85.00Honourable MentionFrankForanAddingtonVictoria85.00Honourable MentionShakespearian Recital – Ladies – “Julius Caesar” Act 2, Scene 2 from beginning, down to “Give me my robe, […]
1921-10-03 Elocution3rd October, 1921ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumAustralian Recital Own Selection – LadiesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHildaOldfieldKnightsbridgeSouth Australia95.001stPhillisRosmanAdelaideSouth Australia91.002ndIzobelDuncanEssendonVictoria89.003rdEileenPascoe-WebbeNorth FitzroyVictoria88.00Honourable MentionMelbaCrillySheppartonVictoria88.00Honourable MentionDickens Recital Narrative Own selection – Ladies or GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingClaudeSaundersAdelaideSouth Australia98.001stEileenPascoe-WebbeNorth FitzroyVictoria96.002ndPhyllisRosmanAdelaideSouth Australia92.003rdKathleenHilfersAdelaideSouth Australia91.00Honourable MentionChampion Character Recital Own Selection – GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJ.F.O’SheaBallaratVictoria96.001stClaudeSaundersAdelaideSouth Australia92.002ndHarlandBrownElsternwickVictoria82.003rdFrank ELangRichmondVictoria80.00Honourable MentionGesture Scene Play without words – Open – Two or more performersGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRita Fleming […]
1921-10-01 Elocution1st October, 1921ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Ladies Open – “The Laboratory” BrowningFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRitaFlemingNorth FitzroyVictoria94.001stLucyAhonCamberwellVictoria92.002ndHildaOldfieldKnightsbridgeSouth Australia88.003rdPaulineAbrahamsNorth FitzroyVictoria86.00Honourable MentionEileenPascoe-WebbeNorth FitzroyVictoria86.00Honourable MentionRecital Humorous Own Selection – GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingClaudeSaundersAdelaideVictoria94.00Equal 1stHarlandBrownElsternwickVictoria94.00Equal 1stAtholLykkeAdelaideSouth Australia87.003rdFrankLangEast RichmondVictoria86.00Honourable MentionDialogue Serious Own Selection – Ladies or GentlemenGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingKathleen Hilfers and Claude SaundersAdelaideVictoria93.001stDulcie Bland and N SimpsonBrightonVictoria91.002ndWinnie Maresly and J HerithyWest BrunswickVictoria90.003rdHarland Brown and […]
1911-10-12 Elocution12th October, 1911ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Open to Ladies who have never won a first prize “The King of Denmark’s Ride” (Hon. Mrs Norton)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingIvyScorerMoonee PondsVictoria85.001stNellieHiosanAdelaideSouth Australia84.002ndDaisyStephenBallaratVictoria83.003rdAzaleaCollinsBallaratVictoria82.00Honourable MentionEileenArmstrongBallaratVictoria82.00Honourable MentionRecital – Open (Ladies or Gentlemen)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLouieDunnNorth FitzroyVictoria93.001stFrank SJohnstonAdelaideSouth Australia88.002ndLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria87.003rdLilian BMetzlerMelbourneVictoria85.00Honourable MentionDebate “Would the Amalgamation of the City and Town be a Benefit to the […]
1911-10-11 Elocution11th October, 1911ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Ladies – OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLouieDunnNorth FitzroyVictoria89.001stIvyScorerMoonee PondsVictoria86.002ndLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria85.003rdGaillardieYeoBendigoVictoria83.00Honourable MentionNellieHiosanAdelaideVictoria83.00Honourable MentionRecital with Musical Accompaniment – Open – Ladies or GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLouieDunnNorth FitzroyVictoria95.001stNellieHiosanAdelaideVictoria94.002ndEdithPrattEast MelbourneVictoria93.003rdFrank SJohnstonAdelaideSouth Australia92.00Honourable MentionLilian BMetzlerMelbourneVictoria92.00Honourable MentionHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Gentlemen – OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJohnMcCardellSydneyNew South Wales83.001stFrank SJohnstonAdelaideSouth Australia81.002ndErnest JBrownEast MelbourneVictoria80.003rdTom ESutterbyGeelongVictoria79.00Honourable MentionHDaveyBallaratVictoria79.00Honourable MentionHector EMcMurtrieFitzroyVictoria79.00Honourable Mention
1942-10-16 Elocution16th October, 1942ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred Hall5 Impromptu Reading – Ladies and GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAntoinetteNewellEast St KildaVictoria91.001stFrancisHollandWest BrunswickVictoria89.002ndMayMontgomeryIvanhoeVictoria87.003rdPeggyDorflerAlbert ParkVictoria81.00Honourable Mention22 Recitation – Humorous – 16 Years and Under – Own ChoiceFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingWilmaDorflerAlbert ParkVictoria93.001stBettyPearlmanSt. KildaVictoria90.002ndThelmaEvansBallaratVictoria86.003rdBettyRechterBrighton NorthVictoria85.00Honourable Mention11 Champion Recital – Ladies and Gentlemen “A Dream Vision of Infinite Space” (De Quincey)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAntoinetteNewellEast St. KildaVictoria93.001stGwenythWinsladeMentoneVictoria90.002nd6 Radio Announcers’ […]
1911-10-10 Elocution10th October, 1911ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Gentlemen who have never won a first prizeFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHector EMcMurtrieFitzroyVictoria80.001stRandolphPhillipsCoburgVictoria79.002ndNormanReidBallaratVictoria78.003rdAustralian Recital (must deal with Australian sentiment or subject)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingNellieHiosanAdelaideSouth Australia89.001stCharlesBennettNorthcoteVictoria88.002ndIvyScorerMoonee PondsVictoria87.00Equal 3rdLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria87.00Equal 3rdLouieDunnNorth FitzroyVictoria86.00Honourable MentionHeld in the ColiseumHumorous Recital – GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRandolphPhillipsCoburgVictoria84.001stFrank SJohnstonAdelaideSouth Australia83.002ndErnest JBrownEast MelbourneVictoria82.00Equal 3rdHector EMcMurtrieFitzroyVictoria82.00Equal 3rd
1942-10-15 Elocution15th October, 1942ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred Hall1 Recitation – Open – Ladies and GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGwenythWinsladeMentoneVictoria93.001stAntoinetteNewellEast St. KildaVictoria82.002ndValdaNauntonPrestonVictoria80.00Equal 3rdMayMontgomeryMiddle ParkVictoria80.00Equal 3rd4 Shakesperian Recital – Ladies and GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGwenythWinsladeMentoneVictoria89.001stAntoinetteNewellEast St. KildaVictoria83.00Equal 2ndPeggyDorflerAlbert ParkVictoria83.00Equal 2ndValdaNauntonPrestonVictoria80.00Honourable Mention2 Recital – Ladies and Gentlemen who have never won a 1st prize at South Street “Admirals All” (Henry Newbolt)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPeggyDorflerAlbert ParkVictoria90.001stGwenythWinsladeMentoneVictoria85.002ndPhyllisBlackmoreBallaratVictoria83.003rdValdaNauntonPrestonVictoria82.00Honourable […]
1911-10-09 Elocution9th October, 1911ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Ladies Under 21 Years “The Victim” (Tennyson)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingIvyScorerMoonee PondsVictoria87.001stLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria85.002ndRubyFieldAdelaideSouth Australia84.003rdRebeJamesParkvilleVictoria83.00Honourable MentionPearlieMcKenzieBallarat EastVictoria80.00Special MentionOratorical Display – Open – Gentlemen who have never won a first prize in an Oratorical display “Education”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFrank SJohnstonAdelaideSouth Australia88.001stW CStiebelLauncestonTasmania86.00Equal 2ndHDaveyBallaratVictoria86.00Equal 2ndCharlesBennettNorthcoteVictoria85.00Honourable MentionOratorical Display – Gentlemen – OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHectorMcMurtrieFitzroyVictoria88.001stLewisReynoldsBallaratVictoria87.002ndCharlesBennettNorthcoteVictoria85.003rdBertWhidburnBallaratVictoria83.00Honourable MentionHeld in the ColiseumChampion […]
1911-10-07 Elocution7th October, 1911ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Boys and Girls under 10 Years “The Children’s Hour” (Longfellow)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDoreenCraddockBallaratVictoria83.001stMadgeWattAdelaideVictoria80.002ndNancySackNorth NorwoodSouth Australia79.00Equal 3rdMyrtleSalterBallarat EastVictoria79.00Equal 3rdHeld in the ColiseumChampion Recital – Boys and Girls under 13 Years – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDoreenCraddockBallaratVictoria92.001stIslaVaughanNorth MelbourneVictoria90.002ndThelmaSmithNewcastleNew South Wales87.00Equal 3rdVicDuboisElsternwickVictoria87.00Equal 3rdIreneWarrenNorth FitzroyVictoria85.00Honourable MentionFrankieForanAddingtonVictoria86.00Honourable Mention
