1914-11-17 Literary Awards17th November, 1914ShareShareShareEssay: “Which System – Proportional or Majority – ensures more fully to the individual the highest of citizenship and to the nation good Government”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingChas.WithamQueenstownTasmania1stJ. P.HannahGardenvaleVictoria2ndT. H.TempletonYeaVictoria3rdChas.DaleyCaulfieldVictoriaHonourable MentionEssay: “The Heroism of Australian Explorers” (Open to those who have not won a first prize in Nos. 1 and Nos. 2 Essays)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBertha […]
1913-10-28 Literary Awards28th October, 1913ShareShareShareEssay – “Victoria as a Field for Immigration as Compared with Other Parts of the Empire”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGilbert R. CrowtherBallaratVictoria94.001stChas.DaleySaleVictoria90.002ndRev. W. H.GuardKorrumburraVictoria86.003rdG. A.CodnerKewVictoria84.00Honourable MentionJohn D. G.RoxburghMiners RestVictoria84.00Honourable MentionEssay – “The Scientific Value of Antarctic Exploration”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJ. A.AtkinsonMorelandVictoria176.001stChas. DaleySaleVictoria170.002ndA. G.AkeroydNorthcoteVictoria160.003rdEssay – “Woman’s Courage in Adversity” (Ladies Only)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingS. M.ScottMoonee PondsVictoria77.001stF.ChellewAvocaVictoria72.002ndW. G.HalpinTraawoolVictoria65.003rdMrs.McKenzieWanganuiNew Zealand63.00Honourable MentionE.FaheyQuambatookVictoria63.00Honourable […]
1912-10-23 Literary Awards23rd October, 1912ShareShareShare”The Panama Canal: Its Influence on Australasia”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingChas. DaleySaleVictoria1stJ. A.AtkinsonMorelandVictoria2ndMrs. M. J.HowardSouth YarraVictoria3rdE. A.StakerClifton HillVictoriaHonourable Mention”Irrigation as an Aid to National Prosperity”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRev. W. H. GuardKorumburraVictoria1stR. E.BoardmanSaint KildaVictoria2ndR. J.McCormackMiddle ParkVictoria3rdMrs. D. J.DaviesCorrinalNew South WalesHonourable Mention”Woman in Art and Science”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLilianBarrettPerthWestern Australia1stMaryFaheyTyldenVictoriaEqual 2ndRubyMartinEnmoreNew South WalesEqual 2ndM. K.FunstonBrisbaneQeenslandHonourable MentionAliceEddyWoodendVictoriaHonourable Mention”The Bush Nursing Scheme”First […]
1901-09-26 Literary Awards26th September, 1901ShareShareShareNo. 8 – Criticism – “Matthew Arnold as Poet and Critic”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMiss Charlotte B. A.MolloySoldiers HillVictoria1stRugby2ndMiss E. JessieDavisonGeelongVictoriaHonourable MentionNorman L.BeurleSaleVictoriaHonourable MentionMiss Ada L.GregoryHonourable MentionRev. J. J. BrownMortlakeVictoriaHonourable MentionOriginal PoemFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaria IdaSuthmierSouth CarltonVictoriaEqual 1stNorman L.BeurleSaleVictoriaEqual 1stMiss J.SwanBallaratVictoriaEqual 2ndMissParkerBullarookVictoriaEqual 2ndMr. J. S.ReidWarrnamboolVictoriaEqual 3rdWilliamWilkinWarrnamboolVictoriaEqual 3rdEthelCastillaHawthornVictoriaHonourable MentionMr. T. B.EdwardsBendigoVictoriaHonourable MentionFred P.MorrisBendigoVictoriaHonourable MentionMiss G. N.RobertsonCastlemaineVictoriaHonourable MentionH. […]
1907-10-30 Literary Awards30th October, 1907ShareShareShareEssay – “Preferential Trade within the Empire”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingC. L.ButchersCoburgVictoria1stEd. L.BaileyLauncestonTasmania2ndChasDaleyStawellVictoria3rdEssay – “Australia’s Future as an Exporter”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingC. L.ButchersCoburgVictoria1stRubyMartinWoolbrookNew South Wales2ndMaxKottPerthWestern Australia3rdMartinRobertsonWollongongNew South WalesHonourable MentionEssay – Scripture Subject, “The problem of pain, as stated in the Book of Job”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingP. E.NorwoodAlbert ParkVictoria1stMissPickeringStanmoreNew South Wales2ndMiss LynnHamiltonBallaratVictoria3rdCharlesDaleyStawellVictoriaHonourable MentionEssay: “The Influence of Lady Writers on […]
1896-07-28 Literary Awards28th July, 1896ShareShareShareCriticism – “Life and Works of Robert Burns”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMr CDalyBendigoVictoria1stMsr WSloanYarrawongaVictoria2ndMr W RByersEqual 3rdC FSimsFitzroyVictoriaEqual 3rdEssay – “Rome under the Antonines”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMr WSimpson1stMr H MTobinLoretto Convent2ndEssay – “The Improvement in the Condition of a Woman’s life during the reign of Queen Victoria” – Ladies Under 30 YearsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMiss MaggieMcMillanCollingwoodVictoria1stMiss RuthRichardsPortlandVictoria2ndMiss EGrachPrahranVictoriaEqual […]
1895-07-25 Literary Awards25th July, 1895ShareShareShareLiteracy Awards “Unity”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMr. ChasHamilton1stMr. H.H.Oxbrow2ndMr. W.ShillingtonEqual 3rdMiss. M.A.LatterEqual 3rdAdjudicated by Mr. Chas L. SmithNoneLiteracy Awards “England’s Work in Egypt”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMr. W.Sampson1stMr. H.M.Patten2ndMiss. A.H.Clinton3rdAdjudicated by Hon. P.T. KaleNoneLiteracy Awards “The New Woman in Literature and Life” ladies uner 30 yearsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMiss. M.E.Cowley1stMiss. J.ValeEqual 2ndMiss. M.MillerEqual 2ndAdjudicated by Bishop Thornton and Rev […]
1906-11-02 Literary Awards2nd November, 1906ShareShareShareLiterary Awards – Original TaleFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingM.Grant BruceTraralgonVictoria1stTillyGersonSouth YarraVictoria2ndIsabelTibbsHobartVictoria3rdMrsWalterMunster, GawlerSouth AustraliaHonourable MentionEssay 0n English – “Can we converse the purity of the English tongue from the inroads of slang and business terminology”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingNo First AwardedNoneRubyMartinSydneyNew South Wales2ndArthurBakerAdelaideSouth Australia3rdEssay on Socialism – “An imaginative sketch depicting the state of a Community from which […]
1905-10-20 Literary Awards20th October, 1905ShareShareShareEssay. “Culture”.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingWilliamIllingworthNorthcoteVictoria1stHAAdamsLintonVictoria2ndMiss MGrant BruceTraralgonVictoria3rdEllieWeymissParksideSouth AustraliaHonourable MentionTrevanCarewSheppartonVictoriaHonourable MentionCharlesDalyStawellVictoriaHonourable MentionNellieRivettClifton HillVictoriaHonourable MentionEssieGriffithsWarrnamboolVictoriaHonourable MentionEssay. “Closer Settlement”.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRHuntlyBathurstNew South Wales1stMPDalyBendigoVictoria2ndMPGullettHamiltonVictoria3rdMatthewBairdLearmonthVictoriaHonourable MentionEssay. “Technical Education”.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingStanleyBuchananBallaratVictoria1stAGWilsonCastlemaineVictoria2ndEssay. “Woman’s Franchise”.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMissFunstonBowraNew South Wales1stMiss Emily GPickeringStanmoreNew South Wales2ndMissHambletonHawthornVictoria3rdScripture Subject.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEthel RJacksonBallaratVictoria1stDr JBuftonDunollyTasmania2ndNellieKingBallarat EastVictoria3rdCharacter Sketch. “Roosevelt”.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPercyNorwoodAlbert ParkVictoria1stWHElsumBox HillVictoria2ndMiss MGrant BruceTraralgonVictoria3rdOriginal Poem.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMiss ElsieBolithoBendigoVictoria1stJAAllenMelbourneVictoria2ndMiss MGrant BruceTraralgonVictoria3rdJohnCollinsAdelaideSouth AustraliaHonourable MentionWilliamStonesColacVictoriaHonourable MentionWHElsumBox HillVictoriaHonourable […]
1909-10-26 Literary Awards26th October, 1909ShareShareShareEssay – “Why is the British Fleet Concentrated in the North Sea instead of the Mediterranean?”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCharlesDaleyGeelongVictoria1stT .M.HoganGlen HuntlyVictoria2ndJohn A.AtkinsonParkvilleVictoria3rdIonaMilneBalaclavaVictoriaHonourable MentionE. E.WarrenSouth GembrookVictoriaHonourable MentionW.J.TaylorBallaratVictoriaHonourable MentionEssay – “Is Christianity modifying the Selfishness of Powerful Nations?”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaryFaheyTyldenVictoria1stFrank R.McGregorBallaratVictoria2ndArthurBakerAdelaideSouth Australia3rdEd. W.StephensFlinders IslandTasmaniaHonourable MentionNellieEvansGoulburnNew South WalesHonourable MentionJ. F.FreemanEglintonNew South WalesHonourable MentionEssay -” Occupations For Women […]
1911-10-30 Literary Awards30th October, 1911ShareShareShareEssay – Should the State Control the Educational System in all its BranchesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRuby WMartinSydneyNew South Wales1stMaryFaheyTyldenVictoria2ndSydneyWeirBoulderWestern Australia3rdE LBaileyLauncestonTasmaniaHonourable MentionEssay – The Benefits of Voluntary Co-operation of the People in Production, Manufacture and DistributionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingA PFoottBundabergQeensland1stStanleyPoyserBallaratVictoria2ndMiss CDelaneyBallaratVictoria3rdRoy SClarkBrunswickVictoriaHonourable MentionEssay – Woman, Her Entrance to the ProfessionsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaryFaheyTyldenVictoria1stMinnitFunstonBrisbaneQeensland2ndMaryCallanDunedinNew Zealand3rdEmilyParsonsClunesVictoriaHonourable MentionEssay – The […]
1915-10-25 Literary Awards25th October, 1915ShareShareShareEssay: “Afforestation: Its National Value”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacing”No Name”1stRev.GuardByadukVictoria2ndJ.AtkinsonCoburgVictoria3rdMrs.SteinwartPortlandVictoriaHonourable MentionEssay: “Responsibility of the Ideal Citizen”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacing”A.M.D.G.”1stMrs. L. M.PykeBullaVictoria2ndW. P.ListnerLauncestonTasmania3rdF. V.PrattSurrey HillsVictoriaHonourable MentionC. S.SharpSwanseaTasmaniaHonourable MentionEssay: “The Totalisator”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRev.GuardByadukVictoria1stE. H.BeaneyAdelaideSouth Australia2ndR.TruranFitzroyVictoria3rdT.EmmettTasmaniaHonourable MentionEssay: “Agricultural High Schools”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJ. H.OsborneBallaratVictoria1stW. G.BarlowElsternwickVictoria2ndR.TruranFitzroyVictoria3rdF.O’FlynnBoolargonVictoriaHonourable MentionEssay: “Field-Marshall Roberts”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJ. A.WilkieBallaratVictoria1stM.FaheyNorth GeelongVictoria2ndF.O’FlynnBoolargonVictoria3rdEssay: “Methodism in Australia”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJ. A. AtkinsonCoburgVictoria1stInaCurrieAvocaVictoria2ndEdithTaylorCamberwellVictoria3rdW.WathenLauncestonTasmaniaHonourable MentionEssay: “Christianity and the War”First […]
