1904-10-27 Essays

1904-10-27 Essays27th October, 1904ShareShareShare”Would the Adoption of the Principle of Recipricity Strengthen the Empire?” – OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCharlesDaleyStawellVictoria1stGeorgeEllingsenBuangorVictoriaEqual 2nd”Angol-Saxon”Equal 2ndR. H.LordHobartTasmania3rdW. H.ElisumNewportVictoriaHonourable MentionV. J.MilesSydneyNew South WalesHonourable MentionFarrGisbornTasmaniaHonourable MentionJ.MitchellGlenferrieVictoriaHonourable Mention”The Trend of Socialism” – Open to those who have never won a first prizeFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingF. A. W.GisborneTasmania1stDaniel C.HellingsFitzroyVictoria2ndWilliamDunstanElsternwickVictoria3rd”The Physical and Mental Improvement of the Anglo-Saxon Race”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingErnestHaberfieldWarrnamboolVictoria1stEdwardBarnesMelbourneVictoria2ndLouiseMackWarrnamboolVictoria3rd”The […]

1898-09-07 Essays

1898-09-07 Essays7th September, 1898ShareShareShareEssay – “Prefential trade with the Empire”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingC.DalyBendigoVictoria1stB. ALevinsonSt KildaVictoria2ndG.EllingsenBeaufortVictoria3rdOther competitorsSeven (unnamed)Adjudicator (unknown)Essay – “Technical education”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMiss C. B.MolloyBallaratVictoria1stS.BrahnerBallaratVictoria2ndOther competitorsNine (unnamed)Adjudicator (unknown)Essay – “Thrift”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingW. J.WarrenBendigoVictoria1stMorrisMorris2ndH.NelsonGeelongVictoria3rdOther competitorsThirteen (unnamed)Adjudicator (unknown)Essay -“The economic valve of the liquor industry”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingG.EllingsenBeaufortVictoria1stA. T.KnightBundingVictoria2ndMiss I. J.MitchellBallaratVictoria3rdOther competitorsTen (unnamed)Adjudicator (unknown)Impromptu Essay – “Self-sacrifice”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMiss I. J.MitchellBallaratVictoria1stOther competitorsThirteen (unnamed)Adjudicator (unknown)Criticism […]

1900-10-19 Essays

1900-10-19 Essays19th October, 1900ShareShareShareEssay – “The Empire’s Call to Arms”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingG. K.WollastonBallaratVictoria1stNorman L.RourieKenmareVictoria2ndI.QuartonGawlerSouth Australia3rdEssay – “The Future Australia as a Food Producing Country”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingT. P.ShannonBallaratVictoria1st”nom de plume”CreswickVictoria2ndS.WarrenGoulburn ValleyVictoria3rdEssay – “British Social Reform of the Nineteenth Century”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingL. C. L.PhilpWarrnamboolVictoria1stMiss Elsie V.DaviesMalvernVictoria2ndMiss WinifredGillilandGeelongVictoria3rdEssay – “Female Characters in King Lear”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMiss MaryGrant BruceGippslandVictoria1stMiss Carrie L.CarrGeelongVictoria2ndMiss Alice MabelStocksDrouinVictoria3rdMissGregorySt. […]

1899-09-28 Essays

1899-09-28 Essays28th September, 1899ShareShareShareEssay – “Public life in Australia”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMr T FHendyGeelongVictoria1stMr W BSampsonBallaratVictoria2ndMr A St JohnKelsallMalvernVictoria3rdEssay – “Physical exercise in relation to Health” – Open to juniors under 20 YearsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMr WCarrollBallaratVictoria1stMr W JWarrenLong GullyVictoria2ndMr C MHoskinsBallaratVictoria3rdEssay – “Art in relation to manufactures” – Technical Students OnlyFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMiss I JMitchellBallaratVictoria1stMr J FLynchBallaratVictoria2ndCriticism Gordon’s PoemsFirst […]

1897-09-07 Essays

1897-09-07 Essays7th September, 1897ShareShareShareScripture Subject: “The Influence of the teachings of Christ on the social movement of today”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMr. T.M.EvansCharters Towers1stMr. C.DalyBendigoVictoria2ndMr. W.R.Byers3rdAdjudication by Mr. George PeakeNoneEssays – Original TaleFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMiss. M.MillerBox HillVictoria1stMiss. M.JollyMaryboroughVictoria2ndMiss. M.WhiteWilliamstownVictoria3rdMiss. E.G.WollastonHighly CommendedE.M.PymHighly CommendedG.WilliamsHighly CommendedAdjudication by Mr. D.N. McLeanNoneEssay “The Eastern Question”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMr. G.EllingsenBeaufortVictoria1stMiss. A.A.M.Chalmers2ndMr. M.BairdLearmonthVictoria3rdAdjudication by Messrs. C.L. Smith and […]

1902-10-22 Essays

1902-10-22 Essays22nd October, 1902ShareShareShareEssay – “The Anglo-Japanese Alliance and the Control of the Pacific OceanFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingV. J.MilesSydneyNew South Wales1stBarklyHyettBendigoVictoria2ndEssay – “The Tendency of Nations Towards Great Ideals After Some Stirring Event in HistoryFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingElizabeth M.DerrickBlackwoodVictoria1stEdwardBarnesRushworthVictoria2ndJoanMaynard OrdStawellVictoria3rdScripture – Subject: MosesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCharlesDalyStawellVictoria1stA. G.FortuneBendigoVictoria2ndEustace H.ColtmanBallaratVictoria3rdEssay – “St George”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingReverand RobertPhilpWarrnamboolVictoria1stE. WilsonDobbsToorakVictoria2ndCharlesDalyStawellVictoria3rdG. M.WilsonRainbowVictoriaHonourable MentionW. H.ElsumWilliamstownVictoriaHonourable MentionR. E.BoardmanSouth YarraVictoriaHonourable MentionM. […]

1910-10-27 Essays

1910-10-27 Essays27th October, 1910ShareShareShare”Art: It’s Value as a National Asset”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingP. E.NorwoodCamberwellVictoria1stA. W.AckerlyNorthcoteVictoria2ndE. W.DobbsToorakVictoria3rdAmeliaSmithRailtonTasmaniaHonourable Mention”Woman, a Factor in Moulding the National Character” (Ladies Only)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaryFaheyTyldenVictoria1stRuby W.MartinSydneyNew South Wales2ndEmmaStyant-BrowneLauncestonTasmania3rdFlorenceChellewAvocaVictoriaHonourable MentionMary C.CallanDunedinNew ZealandHonourable Mention”Women’s Franchise and it’s Effect on Politics” (Open to Ladies who have never won a first prize)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDoraBakerPrahranVictoria1stElizabethFaheyTyldenVictoria2ndFlora I.LaceyBairnsdaleVictoria3rdScripture Subject – “The Sermon on […]

1917-12-22 Essays

1917-12-22 Essays22nd December, 1917ShareShareShareEssay -‘Lloyd George’First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingD. G. RoxburghBealibaVictoria1stL. F.O’BrienAbbotsfordVictoria2ndJ. A.WilkieBallaratVictoria3rdR. R.RobinsonNorth AdelaideSouth AustraliaHonourable MentionJ. A.AtkinsonBrunswickVictoriaHonourable MentionM.RobertsonWollongongNew South WalesHonourable MentionAlbertGlassonBallaratVictoriaHonourable MentionE.KoehnckeNorth UnleySouth AustraliaHonourable MentionEssay – ‘Repatriation in Australia’First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingR.IveyBrunswickVictoria1stM. B.IsaacLamploughVictoria2ndL. F.BrienAbbotsfordVictoria3rdArchieMillerClaytonVictoriaHonourable MentionEssay – ‘The Women of Shakespeare’First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingChas.DaleyCaulfieldVictoria1stJasMcInnesElsternwickVictoria2ndMarion E.WatsonHawthornVictoria3rdA.VahlandBendigoVictoriaHonourable MentionProse or Verse – ‘The Empire’s Song of Peace’First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEllieWemyssParksideSouth Australia1stN.ForrestBrisbaneQeensland2ndF.WhiteheadWest BrunswickVictoria3rdMarieGrayBeeacVictoriaHonourable MentionEssay – ‘The Evolution […]

1916-10-30 Essays

1916-10-30 Essays30th October, 1916ShareShareShare1. Essay. “Kitchener, the Man and His Work.”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJ.D.RoxburghBealibaVictoria1stJohn A.AtkinsonBrunswickVictoria2ndJ. H.OsborneBallaratVictoria3rdJ. A.WilkieBallaratVictoriaHonourable Mention2. Essay. “White Australia After The War.”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingChasDaleyCaulfieldVictoria1stRev. W. H.GuardByadukVictoria2ndJ. A.AtkinsonBrunswickVictoriaEqual 3rdM. B.IsaacLamploughVictoriaEqual 3rdE. F.BrienAbbotsfordVictoriaHonourable Mention3. Essay.”The Influence of Climate on Health and National Character.”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAlbertFoxcroftKewVictoria1stChasDaleyCaulfieldVictoria2ndRev. W. H.GurardByadukVictoria3rdJ. H.OsborneBallaratVictoriaHonourable Mention4. Essay. “Australia Felix.”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingChasDaleyCaulfieldVictoria1stW. T.HiattClunesVictoria2ndJ. H.OsborneBallaratVictoria3rdH. R.Pithouse.TasmaniaHonourable Mention5. Essay “Shakespeare’s […]

1918-11-28 Essays

1918-11-28 Essays28th November, 1918ShareShareShareEssay on Gen. Lt. Hon. Louis Botha, Prime Minister of Africa”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAlbertFoxcroftEast KewVictoria1stGeoBrownEssendonVictoria2ndR.IveyBrunswickVictoria3rdRev. W. H.GuardDunollyVictoriaHonourable MentionEssay Development of Machinery and ImplementsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJohn A.AtkinsonCoburgVictoria1stR.IveyBrunswickVictoria2ndEssay “The Problem of the Returned Soldier”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingF.S.AlfordMile EndSouth Australia155.001stE.A.StalkerClifton HillVictoria145.00Equal 2ndE.E.WarrenPakenhamVictoria145.00Equal 2ndEssay “Australian Patriotic Poem”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGrace EthelMartyrMalvernVictoria95.001stMyraMorrisSt. JamesVictoria90.002ndPearlShawHawthornVictoria85.003rdF.WhiteheadBrunswickVictoria80.00Honourable MentionEssay “The Baby as a National Asset”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEric S.VanceKynetonVictoria90.001stThos J.CheshireCanterburyVictoria85.002ndE.E.WarrenPakenham UpperVictoria81.003rdArchieMillerClaytonVictoria80.00Honourable […]

1919-10-28 Essays

1919-10-28 Essays28th October, 1919ShareShareShareEssay – “Lord Roberts”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJohnRoxburghSheppartonVictoria85.001stRev. R.KellyIvanhoeVictoria80.002ndLeighScottKewVictoria76.003rdR.IveyBrunswickVictoria65.00Honourable MentionW. M.WrightParkvilleVictoria65.00Honourable MentionEssay – “Aerial Development and Its Possibilities”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJohn A.AtkinsonCoburgVictoria95.001stR.IveyBrunswickVictoria85.002ndIslaMilneSt. KildaVictoria75.003rdGladys F.MintyWindsorVictoria70.00Honourable MentionEssay – “Australian Literature in The Twentieth Century”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingA. G.MillettNorth FitzroyVictoria80.001stR.IveyBrunswickVictoria70.002ndDoris E.BlebyAdelaideSouth Australia65.00Equal 3rdMyraMorrisSt. JamesVictoria65.00Equal 3rdOriginal TaleFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMyraMorrisSt. JamesVictoria1stMiss T.MurchieHawthornVictoria2ndFlorence T.LakeWayvilleSouth Australia3rdErnestWhykesBallaratVictoriaHonourable MentionEdnaMottMoonee PondsVictoriaHonourable MentionMrs L. B.MillHawthornVictoriaHonourable MentionOriginal PoemFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGrace E.MartyrMaldonVictoria90.001stW. T.JohnsRushworthVictoria88.00Equal 2ndPearlMacPhersonHawthornSouth […]

1931-11-03 Essays

1931-11-03 Essays3rd November, 1931ShareShareShare”Australian Literary Achievements In The 20th Century”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingNoraKellyNorth AdelaideSouth Australia87.001stMrs. F. L.SandersClareSouth Australia82.002ndPhyllisMoranElsternwickVictoria81.00Equal 3rdVioletCantwellBallaratVictoria81.00Equal 3rd”The Machine Age And Its Effect On Human Life”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHelenaBondMedindieSouth Australia93.001stPhyllisMoranElsternwickVictoria92.002ndGeorge T.WebbBallaratVictoria90.003rdRobert A.MorrisonBendigoVictoria88.00Honourable MentionHerbert G.HenryMalvern EastVictoria87.00Honourable Mention”The Problem Of Hospital Finance In Australia”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJ.C.LawtonGeelongVictoria90.001stVioletCantwellBendigoVictoria88.002ndRobert A.MorrisonBendigoVictoria86.003rdThomas J.HingstonBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionScripture Subject: “Saul The Jew And Paul The Christian”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLucyPrattBallaratVictoria98.001stDaisyWalmsleyYarravilleVictoria96.002ndEthel S.BenoitBallaratVictoria95.00Equal 3rdJohn […]

1925-10-01 Essays

1925-10-01 Essays1st October, 1925ShareShareShareEssay: “The Value of the Study of Shakespeare”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingW. H.RaynerBallaratVictoria97.001stLeighScottKewVictoria95.002ndC. S.SharpSt ArnaudVictoria90.003rdCharlesDaleyCaulfieldVictoria80.00Honourable MentionEileen A.BradleyParksideSouth Australia79.00Honourable MentionPhyllis R.MintyWindsorVictoria75.00Honourable MentionEssay: “Australian Painters and Sculptors at Home and Abroad”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPhyllis R.MintyWindsorVictoria90.001stHenry J.SennettEast KewVictoria88.002ndEssay: “The Evil of Tipping Wage Earners”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDorothyLambBendigoVictoria82.001stMrs M.VaughanEast KewVictoria78.002ndWinnieHuntHorshamVictoria73.003rdNormanWilliamsMorelandVictoria70.00Honourable MentionEssay: “W. F. Massey”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingW. H.RaynerBallaratVictoria95.001stBertramWhitcombeBirregurraVictoria92.002ndEssay: “The Value of Free Kindergarten Training to […]