1935-11-02 Essays2nd November, 1935< BackShareShareShareEssay: Biographical: Competitors to select from: Robert Clive, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Bronte Sisters, Charles James FoxFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFlorenceWoodbridgeEast CamberwellVictoria1stJohn F.AllenBallaratVictoria2ndMary L.LaneQuantongVictoriaHonourable MentionEssay: AestheticFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaryLaneQuantongVictoria1stLoris W.NairnProspect ParkSouth Australia2ndThomasDawsonCheltenhamSouth AustraliaHonourable MentionLiterary SketchFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMurrayLeeNewsteadSouth Australia1stHilary GeorgeBallaratVictoria2nd
1934-11-05 Essays5th November, 1934< BackShareShareShareEssay: Biographical: Competitors may select from: Charles Dickens, Disraeli, Mrs. Robert Browning or Captain CookFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaurice McCarthyHawthornVictoria91.001stFlorenceWoodbridgeEast CamberwellVictoria85.002ndJohn F.AllenBallaratVictoria83.00Honourable MentionEssay: Aesthetic: Social Criticism in Modern LiteratureFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRonald B.NeilGlen IrisVictoria86.001stMauriceMcCarthyHawthornVictoria84.002ndBlanche M.NewmanNorth CroydonSouth Australia82.00Honourable MentionScripture Subject: “My Favorite Gospel, and Why” (Open to those under 20 years of age)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLinBrowneKewVictoria92.001stAustralian Literary SketchFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHilaryGeorgeBallaratVictoria90.001stMary […]
1933-12-12 Essays12th December, 1933< BackShareShareShareEssay: “Thirty-two Years of Federation in Australia”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAlexander J.PetrieCoburgVictoria94.001stAlfred J.ClarkeBallaratVictoria91.002ndEdward A.SmithMoonee PondsVictoria90.00Equal 3rdJohn A.AtkinsonCoburgVictoria90.00Equal 3rdMalcolmClarkeMordiallocVictoria89.00Honourable MentionEssay: “John Galsworthy, The Man and His Books”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLinBrowneKewVictoria94.001stMalcolm J.HowieCreswickVictoria91.002ndFlorenceWoodbridgeEast CamberwellVictoria90.003rdVictoriaCarterBalwynVictoria89.00Honourable MentionScripture Subject: “What, in your view, would be the best way to provide for and conduct Bible classes for young people?” First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingV. JeanTaylorCroydonSouth Australia94.001stLuluEadesWellandSouth […]
1932-11-11 Essays11th November, 1932< BackShareShareShareEssay: “The Influence of Novels on Social Reform”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHilaryGeorgeBallaratVictoria92.001stVictoria E.CarterBalwynVictoria90.002ndJ. C.LawtonGeelongVictoria88.00Equal 3rdJohnAtkinsonCoburgVictoria88.00Equal 3rdEssay: “George Bernard Shaw – Present Day Prophet”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLucyPrattBallaratVictoria93.001stIreneKennyMalvernVictoria90.002ndFlorenceOlsenCheltenhamVictoria88.00Equal 3rdJ. C.LawtonGeelongVictoria88.00Equal 3rdEssay: “Disarmament: Its Ideals and Limitations”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJ. C.LawtonGeelongVictoria85.001stHelenaBondMedindieSouth Australia79.002ndAlan W.CookeGeelongVictoria72.003rdRobert A.MorrisonBendigoVictoria71.00Honourable MentionScripture Subject: “The Book of Jonah, Its Message and Value”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLucyPrattBallaratVictoria70.001stLilyDeaneGeelongVictoria68.002ndAlice L.JonesRochesterVictoria67.00Equal 3rdRuthTrenthemYarravilleVictoria67.00Equal 3rdScripture Subject: “What is […]
1930-11-03 Essays3rd November, 1930< BackShareShareShareEssay: “Australia’s Duties and Responsibilities Under The Mandates”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLucyPrattBallaratVictoria95.001stAlexMorrisonBendigoVictoria92.002ndRubyMartinSydneyNew South Wales89.003rdErmyn A.MorrisUnley ParkSouth Australia85.00Honourable MentionThomas J.HingstonBallaratVictoria85.00Honourable MentionEssay: “The Problem of Leisure”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAlex.MorrisonBendigoVictoria98.001stIda M.JutsumPascoe ValeVictoria97.002ndWilliam H.GuardCoburgVictoria95.00Equal 3rdMargaret M.CrossDaylesfordVictoria95.00Equal 3rdJeanCoulsonGeelongVictoria95.00Equal 3rdEssay: “Women Pioneers of Australia”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMrs. F. L.SandersClareSouth Australia93.001stJohn A.AtkinsonCoburgVictoria91.002ndEffie M.KielBuln Buln EastVictoria90.003rdNoraKellyNorth AdelaideSouth Australia80.00Honourable MentionEssay: “Marconi”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLucyPrattBallaratVictoria96.001stMrs. F. L.SandersClareSouth Australia90.002ndNoraKellyNorth AdelaideSouth Australia86.003rdAlex.MorrisonBendigoVictoria82.00Honourable […]
1929-11-04 Essays4th November, 1929< BackShareShareShareEssay: “The Future of Aviation in Australia”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLucy E.PrattBallaratVictoria95.001stMrs. F. L.SandersClareSouth Australia93.002ndCharles H.MundayRegentVictoria92.003rdRobert A.MorrisonBendigoVictoria90.00Honourable MentionLillian B.GarrettKewVictoria90.00Honourable MentionEssay: “Industrial Peace”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGeorgeJamesMaryboroughQeensland95.001stRobertMorrisonBendigoVictoria93.002ndCharlesJutsumPascoe ValeVictoria90.003rdNoraKellyNorth AdelaideSouth Australia88.00Honourable MentionArchieMillerClaytonVictoria88.00Honourable MentionEssay: “Etchings and Etchers of Australia”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRubyMartinSydneyNew South Wales95.001stNoraKellyNorth AdelaideSouth Australia92.002ndMrs. F. L.SandersClareSouth Australia90.003rdLucy E.PrattBallaratVictoria88.00Honourable MentionEssay: “Sir Douglas Mawson”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLucy E.PrattBallaratVictoria100.001stMrs. F. L. SandersClareSouth Australia94.002ndCharles H.MundayRegentVictoria92.003rdJoanWylyBeecroftNew South […]
1928-12-01 Essays1st December, 1928< BackShareShareShareEssay: “Why I Should Buy Australian Manufactured Goods”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRev. W. H.GuardCoburgVictoria98.001stMrs. Phyllis R.MoranElsternwickVictoria90.002ndMary RichardsonCoburgVictoria89.003rdT.DuffieldKingswoodSouth Australia88.00Honourable MentionEssay: “The Effect Of Power Farming On Production”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingA. G.BurnetTraralgonVictoria95.001stR. A.MorrisonBendigoVictoria85.002ndEssay: “Outlawing War By World Arbitration”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingF.HamleyOakleighVictoria96.001stNoraKellyNorth AdelaideSouth Australia93.002ndL.ScottKewVictoria90.003rdR. A.MorrisonBendigoVictoria86.00Honourable MentionEssay: “The Bicentenary of Captain Cook”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJ. F. SennettEast KewVictoria90.00Honourable MentionJ. A.AtkinsonCoburgVictoria96.001stR. A.MorrisonBendigoVictoria94.002ndMrs. F. L.SandersClareSouth Australia91.003rdEssay: […]
1927-10-29 Essays29th October, 1927< BackShareShareShareEssay: “The League of Nations and Its Influence in the Prevention of War”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingL.ScottKewVictoria91.001stMrs. F. L.SandersClareSouth Australia88.002ndHamiltonLambGeelongVictoria84.003rdH.MundayCoburgVictoria80.00Honourable MentionPhyllis R.MintyWindsorVictoria75.00Honourable MentionArchieMillerClaytonVictoria73.00Honourable MentionEssay: “The Effect of the Motor Car on the Industrial, Recreational and Religious Life”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingElsie I.HitchcockBuninyongVictoria96.001stJ. A.AtkinsonCoburgVictoria90.002ndEssay: “The Educational Value of Travel”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMargaret M.CrossDaylesfordVictoria90.001stNorma C.BullSurrey HillsVictoria82.002ndCharles H.MundayCoburgVictoria80.003rdJ. A.AtkinsonCoburgVictoria75.00Honourable MentionEssay: “The Right […]
1926-10-30 Essays30th October, 1926< BackShareShareShareEssay: “The Victorian Government’s Electricity Commission Scheme in Relation to Provincial Cities and Country Districts”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPhyllis R.MintyWindsorVictoria82.001stHamiltonLambGeelongVictoria79.002ndBruce H.McConnellMelbourneVictoria70.003rdJohn H.HorneQueenscliffVictoriaHonourable MentionEssay: “Labor Unions and their relation to Industrial unrest”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingH. LambGeelongVictoria85.001stW. H.GuardElsternwickVictoria80.002ndC.JutsumPascoe ValeVictoria78.003rdC. A.BrowneNorth MelbourneVictoria75.00Honourable MentionEssay: “Broadcasting: Its value to the community and its possibilities”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLillias B.GarrettKewVictoria96.001stJ. A.AtkinsonCoburgVictoria91.002ndBeatriceBoardmanPrahranVictoria88.003rdC. H.MundayCoburgVictoria85.00Honourable MentionEssay: “Sir Bertram […]
1924-10-25 Essays25th October, 1924< BackShareShareShareEssay: “The Comparative Value of Primary and Secondary Industries to a Nation”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDavid VaughanEast KewVictoria95.001stCardiaAtkinsonCoburgVictoria90.002ndMartinRobertsonWollongongNew South Wales75.003rdEssay: “Ramsay Macdonald”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBertramWhitcombeBirregurraVictoria80.001stLeighScottKewVictoria73.002ndEssay: “The Value of Australian Literature in the Development of National Ideals”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPhyllisHentyWindsorVictoria88.001stLeighScottKewVictoria86.002ndDavidVaughanEast KewVictoria85.003rdJohnHowardSouth YarraVictoria75.00Honourable MentionAustralian Story (limit 700 words)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPhilipAbsonKewVictoria95.001stBeatriceParsonsArmadaleVictoria90.002ndPansySmithCaulfieldVictoria80.003rdThomasDuffieldAdelaideSouth Australia78.00Honourable MentionElvineLethbridgeMeltonVictoria75.00Honourable MentionMrs. I. M.TibbsBelleriveTasmania72.00Honourable MentionOriginal PoemFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMrs. F. L.SandersClareSouth Australia90.001stEna […]
1923-10-31 Essays31st October, 1923< BackShareShareShareEssay – “Exploration and Settlement of Victoria”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJ. A.AtkinsonCoburgVictoria95.001stBertramWhitcombeMillpollVictoria94.002ndHerbert H.AllenRomseyVictoria90.003rdEssay – “Have Revolutions Benefitted a Nation or the Human Race Generally?”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHamiltonLambBallaratVictoria95.001stAlbertFoxcroftBrightonVictoria91.002ndEssay – “The Protection of Australia’s Birds and Animals” (Open to those who have never won a First Prize at the South Street Competitions)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRonald I.DouglasMelbourneVictoria95.001stCyrill H. H.JerrardGayndahQeensland92.002ndCardia L.AtkinsonCoburgVictoria90.003rdEssay – […]
1922-10-28 Essays28th October, 1922< BackShareShareShareEssay: “Is the Supremacy of the White Race Declining?”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAlbertFoxcroftBrightonVictoria91.001stJ. A.AtkinsonCoburgVictoria88.002ndRev. J. H. C.LawtonMelbourneVictoria87.00Equal 3rdA. T.GarrettBrisbaneQeensland87.00Equal 3rdEssay: “Empire Builders of the Nineteenth Century”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJ. A.AtkinsonCoburgVictoria96.001stBruce B.MorrisSurrey HillsVictoria93.002ndMinnie K.FunstonBrisbaneQeensland89.003rdLeighScottKewVictoria86.00Honourable MentionEssay: “Sport as an Element in the Making of a Nation” (Open to those who have never won a first prize at the […]
1921-10-29 Essays29th October, 1921< BackShareShareShareEssay: “Anzac and What it Implies”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJohn B.HowardBenallaVictoria225.001stCaroline L.DanielMordiallocVictoria207.002ndCharlotteRoxburghSydneyNew South Wales200.003rdCoreenNormanAdelaideSouth Australia205.00Honourable MentionAlbert H.LoweGeelongVictoria186.00Honourable MentionD. H.PeterGeelongVictoria185.00Honourable MentionEssay: “City Centralisation and Its Remedies”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingA. A.DunnAdelaideSouth Australia1stW. H.GuardCampbell’s CreekVictoria2ndMrs. H. J.InglisGnotukVictoria3rdC. E.WyettThebartonSouth AustraliaHonourable MentionMrs. H. McElveryBelgraveVictoriaHonourable MentionL. G.GrayBrightonVictoriaHonourable MentionAmyMatchettWarrugulVictoriaHonourable MentionEssay: “The Virtues and Value of Country Life” (Open to those who have never […]
1920-10-30 Essays30th October, 1920< BackShareShareShare”Alfred Deakin, His Life and Work”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingH. RushburyRichmondVictoria75.001stAlbertFoxcroftHamptonVictoria70.002ndJohn A.AtkinsonCoburgVictoria66.003rdGeorgeBrownEssendonVictoria60.00Honourable MentionAdaLee-BrownSydneyNew South Wales60.00Honourable Mention”Art As Applied To Education”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingG. F.MintyWindsorVictoria100.001stB.CampbellGeelongVictoria65.002ndDorothyDwyerGeelongVictoria50.003rd”The Need of Production and the Sin of Extravagance”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingT. HarrisBallVictoria88.001stT. J.CheshireCanterburyVictoria85.002ndT. E.DavisElsternwickVictoria83.003rdC. L.DanielMordiallocVictoria81.00Honourable MentionJ. B.HowardRichmondVictoria81.00Honourable MentionOriginal Tale – Must deal with Australian Sentiment or SubjectFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingK. M. P.StoneAdelaideSouth Australia1stBeatriceThorntonCanterburyVictoria2ndB.CampbellGeelongVictoria3rdEllieRussellHornsbyNew South WalesHonourable MentionEllenWestStawellVictoriaHonourable […]
1903-10-22 Essays22nd October, 1903< BackShareShareShareOriginal TaleFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMissVahlandBendigoVictoria1stMary E.RaynorCaulfieldVictoria2ndDorothyPenfoldBendigoVictoria3rdA.WoolleySaint KildaVictoriaHonourable MentionClara S.HamplDimboolaVictoriaHonourable MentionHarrietStephensSydneyNew South WalesHonourable MentionScripture Subject – “The Relations Between Science and Faith”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRichardLawsonWarrnamboolVictoria90.001stGeorgeEllingsenBuangorVictoria86.00Equal 2ndF. J.Le CouteurWarrnamboolVictoria86.00Equal 2ndChas.DalyStawellVictoria78.00Honourable MentionEssay – “The Tendency of National Commercial Policies”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingChas.DalyStawellVictoria94.001stGeorgeEllingsenBuangorVictoria91.002ndRaymond HarryLordHobartTasmania90.003rdH.ElkingtonSydneyNew South Wales88.00Honourable MentionEssay – “Two Years of Federation”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingD. J.McNeilAscotVictoria1stC. R. DudleyWaukaringaSouth Australia2ndA. B.HarrisonBendigoVictoria3rdEssay – “Woman – […]
