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 […]
1900-09-29 Elocution and Readings29th September, 1900ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatreRecitation – Gentlemen – “Regulus before the Roman Senate”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPhillipJonesBallaratVictoria1stJ. R.McLissockBallaratVictoria2ndDavidBairdLearmonthVictoria3rdRecitation – Ladies – “Cowper’s Grave”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEvelynMerrinWindsorVictoria1stNellieKingBallaratVictoria2ndF. T.HamiltonHawkesburnVictoria3rdOpen Recitation – GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJ. P.O’GradyBallaratVictoria1stHarryCohenBallaratVictoria2ndClaudeHallBallaratVictoria3rd
1914-10-08 Elocution8th October, 1914ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumShakespearean Recital (Ladies) – Selection from “As You Like It” (Characters represented: Cecila, Rosalind and Duke Fredrick)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLouieDunnEast MelbourneVictoria98.001stGwenAptedGeelongVictoria95.002ndMareaLopezGarden ValeVictoria88.003rdWinnieMoverleyBrunswickVictoria86.00Honourable MentionRecital – Open (Ladies or Gentlemen)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLouieDunnEast MelbourneVictoria100.001stGordonSwannAdelaideSouth Australia90.002ndGwenAptedGeelongVictoria89.003rdH. E.McMurtrieFitzroyVictoria88.00Honourable MentionGwendolynHoueAdelaideSouth Australia88.00Honourable MentionShakespearean Recital (Gentlemen) – Selection from “Macbeth”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingH. E.McMurtieEast FitzroyVictoria92.001stA. M.LeachAdelaideSouth Australia89.002ndNormanZionsSydneyNew South Wales88.003rdW. G.SouthwellFitzroyVictoria81.00Honourable Mention
1914-10-02 Elocution2nd October, 1914ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumPrepared Reading (Ladies) “The Gardens of Pleasure”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLouieDunnEast MelbourneVictoria96.001stGetrudeBillingNorwoodSouth Australia92.002ndK.SullivanAdelaideSouth Australia90.00Equal 3rdM.DorratSt. KildaVictoria90.00Equal 3rdEdithThomasMalvernVictoria89.00Honourable MentionPrepared Reading (Boys or Girls under 16) “A Parable of Nature”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingR.HudsonNorth CarltonVictoria86.001stO.BlandNorth FitzroyVictoria85.002ndVidaColhurstAraratVictoria83.00Equal 3rdDorothyWilliamsWayvilleSouth Australia83.00Equal 3rdD.WallenGeelongVictoria81.00Honourable MentionRecitation (Ladies who have never won a first prize) “The Token of the Rose” – Flavel Scott Mines.First […]
1900-09-28 Elocution and Readings28th September, 1900ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatrePrepared Reading – Gentlemen – “The Death and Burial of General Wauchope”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingClaudeHallBallaratVictoria1stThomas P.ShannonBallaratVictoria2ndG. E.WollastonBallaratVictoria3rdDialogue – Ladies and Gentlemen – Sheridan Knowles’s “Havelock”Group NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingClaude Hall and Queenie BurrowesMelbourne and BallaratVictoria1stJ. R. Tebay and Amy KoppersBallaratVictoria2ndHarrie Cohen and Aggie RahillyBallaratVictoria3rdComedietta (not less than three characters)Group NameSuburbStatePointsPlacing”Barbara” J. […]
1900-09-27 Elocution and Readings27th September, 1900ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatreSenatorial Display – (Open to those that have never won a First Prize in this section at previous competitions) “Burke on the Colonies”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingThos. P.ShannonBallaratVictoria1stJ. R.TehayBallaratVictoria2ndW. H.DunnBallaratVictoria3rd
1900-09-26 Elocution and Readings26th September, 1900ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatreRecitation – Girls Under 15 Years – “Resignation”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaryHanlonBallaratVictoria1stHildaWhidburnBallaratVictoria2ndNinaWeberBallaratVictoria3rdPrepared Reading – Boys and Girls Under 15 Years – “A Ship at Sea”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAliceWalshSouth MelbourneVictoria1stHildaWhidburnBallaratVictoria2ndMaryWattersBallarat EastVictoria3rdHumorous Recitation – GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJ. H.HopkinsRichmondVictoria1stNormanCarterSouth MelbourneVictoria2ndAlfredGillBallaratVictoria3rdHumorous Recitation – LadiesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEthelGoddardSouth YarraVictoria1stFlorrie V.McKeeBallaratVictoria2ndEvelynMerrinWindsorVictoria3rd
1900-09-25 Elocution and Readings25th September, 1900ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatreRecitation – Ladies – “The Poor Fisherfolk”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEthelGoddardSouth YarraVictoria1stA. M. V.HassellBallaratVictoria2ndQueenieBurrowsBallaratVictoria3rdRecitation – Gentlemen – “The Retreat of the French Army from Moscow”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPhillipJonesBallaratVictoria1stJ. H.HopkinsRichmondVictoria2ndW. H.DunnBallaratVictoria3rdOpen Recitation – LadiesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingQueenieBurrowsBallaratVictoria1stEvelynMerrinWindsorVictoria2ndEthelGoddardSouth YarraVictoria3rd
1914-10-07 Elocution7th October, 1914ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Open (Ladies) “The Passions” – CollinsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGwenAptedGeelongVictoria93.001stLouieDunnEast MelbourneVictoria91.002ndK.SullivanParksideVictoria85.003rdEdithThomasMalvernVictoria84.00Honourable MentionAustralian Rectial (Ladies or Gentlemen). Must deal with Australian sentiment or subject.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingH. E.McMurtrieFitzroyVictoria97.001stNormanZionsSydneyNew South Wales95.002ndLouieDunnEast MelbourneVictoria92.00Equal 3rdSylviaCooperSt. KildaVictoria92.00Equal 3rdP.McKenzieBallarat EastVictoria89.00Honourable MentionLawrence Campbell’s Musical MonologuesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingP.McKenzieBallarat EastVictoria94.001stGwenAptedGeelongVictoria93.002ndLouieDunnEast MelbourneVictoria92.003rdM.DorratSt. KildaVictoria91.00Honourable Mention
1900-09-24 Elocution and Readings24th September, 1900ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatrePrepared Reading – Ladies – “The Death of Poor Joe”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingA. M. V.HassellBallaratVictoria1stEileenO’MearaPort MelbourneVictoria2ndMaryGrayPort MelbourneVictoria3rdRecitation – Gentlemen – “Mark Antony’s Oration”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingNorman G.CarterSouth MelbourneVictoria1stClaudeHallMelbourneVictoria2ndP.JonesBallaratVictoriaEqual 3rdH.CohenBallaratVictoriaEqual 3rdPatriotic Recitation – Ladies and Gentlemen – Own ChoiceFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingW. H.DunnBallaratVictoria1stEvelynMerrinWindsorVictoria2ndJ. P.O’GradyBallaratVictoriaEqual 3rdJ. R.TehayBallaratVictoriaEqual 3rd
1914-10-03 Elocution3rd October, 1914ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitiation (Ladies under 21) “The Song of the Market Place”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingK.SullivanParksideVictoria91.001stSylviaCooperSt. KildaVictoria86.002ndGwenAptedGeelongVictoria85.003rdIslaVaughanNorth MelbourneVictoria82.00Honourable MentionDialogue, Humurous (Open to Ladies or Gentlemen)Group NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingH. E. McMurtrie and Lilian WaltonFitzroyVictoria97.001stA. J. Reardon and Edith ThomasSt. KildaVictoria93.002ndLouie Dunn and Rodway GainfordEast MelbourneVictoria90.003rdLottie Glenfield and Norman ZionsPaddingtonNew South Wales85.00Honourable MentionHeld in the AthenaeumOration – “Canberra […]
1900-09-22 Elocution and Readings22nd September, 1900ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatreRecitation – Girls Under 12 Years- “The Dead Doll”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFlorence V.McKeeBallaratVictoria1stOliveBrooksBallaratVictoria2ndJ.RitchieMount PleasantVictoria3rdMadgeHarrison (Aged 3)BallaratVictoriaSpecial MentionRecitation – Boys Under 12 Years – “The Loss of the Birkenhead”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingW. H. C.DaveyBallaratVictoria1stMontagueWilliamsBallaratVictoria2ndBertBuntingBallaratVictoria3rdRecitation – Boys Under 15 Years – “Our Gallant Volunteers”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBertBuntingBallaratVictoria1stW.NheildBallaratVictoria2ndMontagueWilliamsBallaratVictoria3rd
1900-09-21 Elocution and Readings21st September, 1900ShareShareShareHeld in Her Majesty’s TheatreRecitation – Under 21 Years of Age – “To a Skylark”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEileenO’MearaPort MelbourneVictoria1stNellieKingBallaratVictoria2ndQueenieBurrowsBallaratVictoria3rdSenatorial Display – “The Character of Napoleon Bonaparte”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingT. ClaudeHallMelbourneVictoria1stH.CohenBallaratVictoria2ndT. P.ShannonBallaratVictoriaEqual 3rdW. H.DunneBallaratVictoriaEqual 3rdJ. H.HopkinsRichmondVictoriaEqual 3rdDialogue – Gentlemen – Selection from “The Wife”Group NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingO’Grady and PascoeBallaratVictoria1stBolger and CohenBallaratVictoria2ndTebay and AndersonBallaratVictoria3rd
