1904-10-08 Elocution8th October, 1904ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatreRecitation “Our Folks” – For youths under 21 years of ageFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPhilJonesBallaratVictoria76.001stG. GordonSwannAdelaideSouth Australia74.002ndT.HanlonNever NeverNew South Wales70.003rdHumorous Dialogue – Under 16 years (Boys or Girls)Group NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFrances Hanrahan & Olive BrooksBallaratVictoria64.00Equal 1stLila Whidburn & C. HanlonBallaratVictoria64.00Equal 1stFlorence V. McKee & Maude HawkerBallaratVictoria56.00Equal 3rdVictoria Kerr & Bertie BuntingBallaratVictoria56.00Equal 3rdLilian B. […]
1904-10-07 Elocution7th October, 1904ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatreRecitation “The Grey Swan” – Under 16 years (Girls)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFrancesHanrahanBallaratVictoria79.001stOliveBrooksBallaratVictoria77.002ndLexieRitchieBallaratVictoria76.00Equal 3rdLilyHillBallaratVictoria76.00Equal 3rdLilian B.PritchardNorth MelbourneVictoria74.00Honourable MentionGracieFoxGeelongVictoria74.00Honourable MentionWinnieWellingBallaratVictoria74.00Honourable MentionDialogue “A Breezy Morning” – Ladies or GentlemenGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMiss Eileen O’Meara & Mr J. H. HopkinsRichmondVictoria80.001stMiss Mabel Best & Mr H. H. ParkesAdelaideSouth Australia65.002nd
1905-10-09 Elocution and Readings9th October, 1905ShareShareShareHeld at Her Majesty’s TheatreRecital – (Open) – From Shakespeare (Ladies or Gentlemen)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJamesAndersonBallaratVictoria84.001stVioletClarkNorwoodSouth Australia82.002ndEileenO’MearaGeelongVictoria81.003rdEthelGoddardMelbourneVictoria80.00Honourable MentionOther Competitors:BlancheBarrBalaclavaVictoriaDavidSteeleCreswickVictoriaNellieKingBallaratVictoriaLilyLawnBallaratVictoriaTillyHolstBallaratVictoriaC. J.De GarisMilduraVictoriaCharles M. D.SparrowFreemantleWestern AustraliaNellieStrongNewportVictoriaMabelBestAdelaideSouth AustraliaHildaWhidburnBallaratVictoriaMaudeRahillyBallaratVictoriaLilianHarrisonBallaratVictoria
1905-10-07 Elocution and Readings7th October, 1905ShareShareShareHeld at Her Majesty’s TheatreOratorical Display – “Lord Erkine in favor or Mr Hardy” (Open to those who have never won a first prize in an oratorical display)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingC. J.De GarisMilduraVictoria80.001stJackHanniganBallaratVictoria78.002ndW. D.WhealBallaratVictoria77.003rdLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria76.00Honourable MentionOther Competitors:H. W. C.DaveyBallaratVictoriaChas. L.GreenMaryboroughVictoriaW.RidgwayCardiganVictoriaJ. LaceClarkeRivertonSouth AustraliaAngusMcGregorBallaratVictoriaDialogue – “Twenty Minutes under an Umbrella” (Ladies and Gentlemen)Group NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHilda Whidburn […]
1905-10-06 Elocution and Readings6th October, 1905ShareShareShareHeld at Her Majesty’s TheatreOratorical Display – “On the Corn Laws” (John Bright)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJamesAndersonBallaratVictoria96.001stJ. J.KirbyBallaratVictoria90.002ndPhilJonesStawellVictoria85.003rdCharles M. D.SparrowFremantleWestern Australia83.00Honourable MentionOther Competitors:AngusMcGregorBallaratVictoriaFrederickD’AmaralCastertonVictoriaC. J.De GarisMilduraVictoriaDialogue – Humorous (Open to Ladies or Gentlemen)Group NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCharles M. D. Sparrow and Ethel GoddardFremantle and MelbourneWestern Australia88.001stClaude Hall and Ethel GoddardMelbourneVictoria86.002ndTilly Holst and Miss HooperBallaratVictoria80.003rdLily Lawn and Mena […]
1905-10-05 Elocution and Readings5th October, 1905ShareShareShareHeld at Her Majesty’s TheatreRecital – “The Burial of Moses” (Girls under 16 years of age)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGladysRedmondNorth CarltonVictoria87.001stPopBatterburyEast BrunswickVictoria85.002ndLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria82.003rdBrendaWilsonAdelaideSouth Australia81.00Honourable MentionOther Competitors:SylviaCooperMoonee PondsVictoriaFlorenceMcKeeBallaratVictoriaFlorrieKinningburghMaryboroughVictoriaWinnieMoverleyHamiltonVictoriaT.KnipeBallarat EastVictoriaElsieCoxGeelongVictoriaInezJonesThebartonSouth AustraliaEileenArmstrongBallaratVictoriaHazelFergieBallaratVictoriaZoeStaceyHobartTasmaniaBellaReidBallaratVictoriaCarrieSchoefflerBalmainNew South WalesLizzieRamsaySouth MelbourneVictoriaDaisyDixonBallaratVictoriaRubyRobertsonLearmonthVictoriaEllieSullivanMaryboroughVictoriaJessieBalfeLauncestonTasmaniaMillicentWhiteTrawallaVictoriaOlgaStarcyHobartTasmaniaLilySetterEgertonVictoriaNellieMadderBallarat EastVictoriaLilianPrichardNorth MelbourneVictoriaMinnieWellingtonMount PleasantVictoriaKatieGoddardBallaratVictoriaPearlShillingtonWendoureeVictoriaMyrtleHeinzBallaratVictoriaIvyGoudyBallaratVictoriaRecital – “The Brothers” (Open to Gentlemen who have never won a first prize)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCharles M. D.SparrowFremantleWestern Australia88.001stC. J.De GarisMilduraVictoria83.002ndMontagueWilliamsBallaratVictoria80.003rdCharles […]
1904-10-06 Elocution6th October, 1904ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatreOratorical Display “Mr. Grattan in Reply to Mr. Corry”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMr H. P.McLennanBallaratVictoria82.001stMr AlexanderBlackMelbourneVictoria81.002ndMr JamesAndersonBallaratVictoria79.003rdMr Henry H.ParkesAdelaideSouth Australia75.00Honourable MentionRecitation “The Old Sergeant” – Gentlemen who have never won a First PrizeFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMr H. J.WattsBallaratVictoria73.001stMr Henry H.ParkesAdelaideSouth Australia71.002ndMr W. J.ManningAdelaideSouth Australia69.003rdOriginal Story – To be told before the AudienceFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMr […]
1905-10-04 Elocution and Readings4th October, 1905ShareShareShareHeld at Her Majesty’s TheatreRecital – “The Healing of the Daughter of Jairus”.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBrendaWilsonAdelaideSouth Australia83.001stLauraLeslieAdelaideSouth Australia81.002ndMaryHanlonBallarat EastVictoria80.003rdIvyStuckeyRoyal ParkVictoria79.00Honourable MentionOther Competitors:TempeyLukeyBallaratVictoriaDorothyIzardMilduraVictoriaAliceBouchierBallarat EastVictoriaLilianHarrisonBallaratVictoriaGertrudeJonesBallaratVictoriaLilian B.PrichardNorth MelbourneVictoriaFlorrieKinningburghMaryborough`VictoriaElsieCalistroCreswickVictoriaCarrieSchoefflerBalmainNew South WalesJessyBalfeLauncestonTasmaniaMinaScottBallaratVictoriaBarbaraTaylorBallarat EastVictoriaEllieSullivanMaryboroughVictoriaMabelStevensBallaratVictoriaFlorrielakeBallaratVictoriaGertrudeLewisAdelaideSouth AustraliaRecital – “Horatius” (Gentlemen under 21).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMontagueWilliamsBallaratVictoria82.001stLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria81.002ndJackHanniganBallaratVictoria80.003rdC. J.De GarisMilduraVictoria79.00Honourable MentionOther Competitors:W. E.FullerHobartTasmaniaNelsonWellingtonMount PleasantVictoriaW.RidgewayCardiganVictoriaH. W. C.DaveyBallaratVictoriaRecital – “Address to an Egyptian Mummy”.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLauraLeslieAdelaideSouth Australia87.001stHildaWhidburnBallaratVictoria85.00Equal 2ndMaryHanlonBallarat […]
1905-10-03 Elocution and Readings3rd October, 1905ShareShareShareHeld at Her Majesty’s TheatreOration (Open).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingG. H.BrownhillGeelongVictoria83.001stT. L.RyanRivertonSouth Australia77.002ndD.MurphyBallaratVictoria75.003rdH. P.McLennanBallaratVictoria74.00Honourable MentionOther Competitors:J. L.ClarkeRivertonVictoriaOration – “Lord Nelson”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingC. H. J.WilliamsGeelongVictoria84.001stG. H.BrownhillGeelongVictoria83.002ndW. D.WhealBallaratVictoria75.003rdJ. L.ClarkeRivertonSouth Australia70.00Honourable MentionOther Competitors:AngusMcGregorBallarat EastVictoriaRecital – Humorous (Ladies)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGertrudeLewisAdelaideSouth Australia90.001stEileenO’MearaGeelongVictoria87.002ndNellieStrongNewportVictoria86.00Equal 3rdEthelGoddardSouth YarraVictoria86.00Equal 3rdOther Competitors:RubyHooperMaryboroughVictoriaGraceGrinbergHawksburnVictoriaNellieKingBallaratVictoriaMaudRahillyBallaratVictoriaLauraLeslieAdelaideSouth AustraliaFrancesHanrahanBallaratVictoriaSopheeSaundersAdelaideSouth AustraliaMabelStevensBallaratVictoriaMabelBestAdelaideSouth AustraliaTillyHolstBallaratVictoriaIdaBlackmanSulkyVictoriaNellHawkinsBallarat EastVictoriaVictoriaKerrBallaratVictoriaBlancheBarrBalaclavaVictoriaNellieBorellaMount RowanVictoriaRecital – Humorous (Gentlemen).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCharles M. D.SparrowFremantleWestern Australia90.001stJamesAndersonBallaratVictoria88.002ndC. H. J.WilliamsGeelongVictoria85.003rdC. […]
1904-10-05 Elocution5th October, 1904ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatreOratorical Display – Open to those who have never won a first prize for an Oratorical DisplayFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMr J. J.KirbyBallaratVictoria74.001stMr H. P.McLennanBallaratVictoria72.002ndMr P. L.ShakespeareAdelaideSouth Australia70.00Equal 3rdMr J. P.DelahuntyBuninyongVictoria70.00Equal 3rdMr A.McGregorBallaratVictoria69.00Honourable MentionMr AllanRobertsBallaratVictoria69.00Honourable MentionMr S.HockingBallaratVictoria69.00Honourable MentionRecital – Under 21 years (Ladies)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMiss LilyLawnBallaratVictoria82.001stMiss EvaRogersonBallaratVictoria80.002ndMiss GertrudeLewisAdelaideSouth Australia78.003rdMiss OliveBrooksBallaratVictoria77.00Honourable MentionMiss GracieFoxGeelongVictoria77.00Honourable […]
1905-10-02 Elocution and Readings2nd October, 1905ShareShareShareHeld at Her Majesty’s TheatreRecital – “The Old Clock on the Stairs” (Ladies under 21).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria86.001stLilyLawnBallaratVictoria84.002ndIdaBlackmanSulkyVictoria83.003rdNellieStrongNewportVictoria82.00Honourable MentionBrendaWilsonAdelaideSouth Australia82.00Honourable MentionOther Competitors:A. M.BurkleyDaylesfordVictoriaLilianPrichardNorth MelbourneVictoriaNellieHawkinsBallaratVictoriaEllieSullivanMaryboroughVictoriaFrancesHanrahanBallaratVictoriaEmilyGrahamAdelaideSouth AustraliaWinnieMoverleyHamiltonVictoriaLilianHarrisonBallaratVictoriaIvyStuckeyRoyal ParkVictoriaEvaRogersonBallaratVictoriaBlanchBarrBalaclavaVictoriaLukieTempieBallaratVictoriaMaryHanlonBallarat EastVictoriaHildaWhidburnBallaratVictoriaJessieBalfeLauncestonTasmaniaVictoriaKerrBallaratVictoriaCarrieSchoefflerNew South WalesElsieCalistroCreswickVictoriaEuniceMcGregorBallaratVictoriaIreneInglisMilduraVictoriaFlorrieKinninburghMaryboroughVictoriaFlorrieMcKeeBallarat EastVictoriaRubyHooperMaryboroughVictoriaM.ButlerWaubraVictoriaMenaWebberBallaratVictoriaChampion Character Recital (Gentlemen).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJamesAndersonBallaratVictoria85.001stCharles MDSparrowFremantleWestern Australia83.002ndH. P.McLennanBallaratVictoria70.003rdWRidgewayCardiganVictoria69.00Honourable MentionOther Competitors:C. J.DeGarisMilduraVictoriaR. A.ColensoMelbourneVictoriaErnestGrainManlyNew South WalesFrederickD’AmaralCastertonVictoriaGeo. O.ColeBallaratVictoriaW. A.DonaldsonMilduraVictoriaNorman V.PearceSouth YarraVictoria
1905-09-30 Elocution and Readings30th September, 1905ShareShareShareHeld at Her Majesty’s TheatrePrepared Reading. “He and She” (Ladies).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAnnieRoachBallaratVictoria84.001stMinaScottBallaratVictoria83.002ndNellieStrongNewportVictoria82.003rdGraceGrinbergHawksburnVictoria81.00Honourable MentionTempieLukeyBallaratVictoria81.00Honourable MentionOther Competitors:J. E.CowieMilduraVictoriaEvaRogersonBallaratVictoriaIdaBlackmanSulkyVictoriaGertrudeLewisAdelaideSouth AustraliaLilyLawnBallaratVictoriaEthelGoddardSouth YarraVictoriaLilian B.PrichardNorth MelbourneVictoriaHildaWhidburnBallaratVictoriaMabelBestAdelaideSouth AustraliaBarbaraTaylorBallarat EastVictoriaLauraLeslieAdelaideSouth AustraliaQueenieBaleBallaratVictoriaIvyStuckeyRoyal ParkVictoriaVictoriaKerrBallaratVictoriaRubyHooperMaryboroughVictoriaBlancheBarrBalaclavaVictoriaFrancesHanrahanBallaratVictoriaBrendaWilsonAdelaideSouth AustraliaNellieMadderBallarat EastVictoriaMaudRahillyBallaratVictoriaNellieKingBallaratVictoriaPrepared Reading – “The Pilgrim Fathers” (Boys and Girls under 13).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDorothyLyonsBallarat EastVictoria82.001stEllieSullivanMaryboroughVictoria80.002ndGladysRedmondCarltonVictoria79.003rdGertieHealeyBallarat EastVictoria78.00Honourable MentionOther Competitors:PearlShillingtonWendoureeVictoriaDrusaSchmidtBallaratVictoriaJackBlaikieBallaratVictoriaRayWarnerWendoureeVictoriaBeatriceBushineBallaratVictoriaRubyRobertsonLearmonthVictoriaZoeStaceyHobartTasmaniaRosedaleNathanCoburgVictoriaLouisaLewisBlack HillVictoriaDoris W.BesemeresBallaratVictoriaEssieReynoldsRichmondVictoriaElsieBellRichmondVictoriaEdgarDaveyBallarat EastVictoriaNellieVeitchBallaratVictoriaWinnieMessengerBallaratVictoriaOlgaStaceyHobartTasmaniaGeorginaDavenportAdelaideSouth Australia”Gertrude”BallaratVictoriaGladysJenkinsBallaratVictoriaNellieLanyonBallaratVictoriaLindaCooperBallaratVictoriaLemen J.TrekardoBallaratVictoriaHildaNielParkvilleVictoriaElsieCoxGeelongVictoriaIvyRogersParkvilleVictoriaReading from Scripture – Genesis xxxvii. […]
1905-09-29 Elocution and Readings29th September, 1905ShareShareShareAdjudicator: Lawrence Campbell, of the Polytechnic School of Elocution, St. James and Steinway Halls LondonHeld at Her Majesty’s TheatrePrepared Reading “Aetna” (Gentlemen).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJamesAndersonBallaratVictoria85.001stLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria84.002ndHPMcLennanBallaratVictoria82.003rdCharles LGreenMaryboroughVictoria81.00Honourable MentionOther Competitors:W. J.VoglerPrinces’ HillVictoriaJamesHudsonSt. ArnaudVictoriaC. J.De GarisMilduraVictoriaNelsonWellingtonMount PleasantVictoriaA. S.HendersonMilduraVictoriaA. G.WhidburnBallaratVictoriaFrankWilkinsonAdelaideSouth AustraliaPercyReesBallaratVictoriaErnestGrainManlyNew South WalesE. H.WhidburnBallaratVictoriaCharles W. S.ParamorCastertonVictoriaH. W. C.DaveyBallaratVictoriaW.RidgewayCardiganVictoriaJ. J.KirbyBallaratVictoriaJackHanniganBallaratVictoriaImpromptu Reading (Ladies and Gentlemen).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJamesAndersonBallaratVictoria88.001stNelsonWellingtonBallaratVictoria86.00Equal 2ndJWKirbyBallaratVictoria86.00Equal 2ndRubyBoswarrickBrunswickVictoria85.00Equal […]
1914-10-01 Elocution1st October, 1914ShareShareShareHeld in the AtheneumPrepared Reading, Scripture (Boys and Girls under 16). St. Mark 10; verses 17 to 27First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingIslaVaughanNorth MelbourneVictoria90.001stM.KnightAscot ValeVictoria88.002ndP.HarveyParkvilleVictoria87.003rdR.HudsonNorth CarltonVictoria86.00Honourable MentionRecitation (Girls under 16 years) “My Country”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingVicDuboisWindsorVictoria89.001stO.BlandNorth FitzroyVictoria86.002ndM.KnightAscot ValeVictoria85.003rdVallieBuchananBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital (open to Boys and Girls under 16 years) – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingVicDuboisWindsorVictoria91.001stDoreenCraddockBallaratVictoria88.002ndR.HudsonNorth CarltonVictoria87.003rdNellieArmstrongBrunswickVictoria87.00Honourable MentionHeld in the ColiseumChampion Character […]
1914-09-30 Elocution30th September, 1914ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumChampion Recital (Boys and Girls under 12) “Christmas Bells” (Longfellow)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingA.HudsonNorth CarltonVictoria84.001stEllieGallowayKensingtonVictoria82.002ndJackFoxAdelaideSouth Australia80.003rdMaudieBatchBallaratVictoria80.00Honourable MentionRecitation (Boys under 16 years) “The Fall of D’Assas”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEricJamesSouth MelbourneVictoria88.001stB.HudsonNorth CarltonVictoria85.002ndA.HudsonNorth CarltonVictoria81.003rdH. M.McIntoshBallarat EastVictoria80.00Honourable MentionRecitation, Temperance (open to members of any temperance organisation, under 16 years)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingR.HudsonNorth CarltonVictoria94.001stVicDuboisWindsorVictoria89.002ndLonaHarrisAdelaideSouth Australia88.003rdP.HarveyParkvilleVictoria86.00Honourable MentionOlive MayBarnardRichmondVictoria86.00Honourable MentionRoyCooperSt. KildaVictoria86.00Honourable MentionHeld in […]
