1906-11-02 Literary Awards

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 Awards

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 Awards

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 Awards

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 […]

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 […]

1915-10-25 Literary Awards

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 […]

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 […]