1909-10-06 Elocution6th October, 1909ShareShareShareHeld in The ColiseumRecitation – ladies – “Volumnia’s Speech to Coriolanus” from the “Tragedy of Coriolanus” First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLouieDunnNorth FitzroyVictoria130.001stIvyLeslieAdelaideSouth Australia119.002ndIdaBlackmanBallaratVictoria112.00Equal 3rdEmmieBurfordGlenelgSouth Australia112.00Equal 3rdRecitation – Gentlemen under 21 years – “The Dandy Fifth” (Gassaway)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLeslieMcDonaldAdelaideSouth Australia129.001stNormanKayeLewishamNew South Wales116.002ndNelsonWellingtonBallaratVictoria115.00Equal 3rdLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria115.00Equal 3rdRecitation – Gentlemen open – “Coming Home” (Berlyn)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLeslieMcDonaldAdelaideSouth Australia141.001stVictor L.TrotmanAlbert ParkVictoria134.002ndR.R.HaverfieldWarragulVictoria130.003rdBertWhidburnBallaratVictoria120.00Honourable MentionF.G.GreenCollingwoodVictoria120.00Honourable MentionLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria120.00Honourable […]
1908-10-06 Elocution6th October, 1908ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation. (Girls under 16 years). “Legend of St Gregory” (JB O’Hara).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMayPowellBallarat NorthVictoria82.001stJeanRobertsonSt Peter’sSouth Australia80.002ndDrusaSchmidtBallaratVictoria78.00Equal 3rdDorisBesemeresLittle BendigoVictoria78.00Equal 3rdGladysWilliamsCreswickVictoria77.00Honourable MentionMayRobertsCreswickVictoria77.00Honourable MentionEvelineDouglasNewcastleNew South Wales77.00Honourable MentionElsieBellAbbotsfordVictoria77.00Honourable MentionRecital. Open (ladies or gentlemen). From Shakespeare.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBerylAlfordAdelaideSouth Australia80.001stGertrudeLewisWendoureVictoria75.002ndCJDeGarisMilduraVictoria72.003rdBeatrice MBosistoGawlerSouth Australia70.00Honourable MentionOratorical Display. (Open to those who have never won a first prize in any Oratorical […]
1909-10-05 Elocution5th October, 1909ShareShareShareHeld in The AthenaeumOratorical Display – Open (Gentlemen who have never won a first prize in Oratorical Display) – “Canning’s Eulogy on the Marquis of Wellington” First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMatthewBairdLearmonthVictoria104.001stHector E.McMurtrieFitzroyVictoria103.002ndH.DaveyBallaratVictoria100.00Equal 3rdRobert O.BairdLearmonthVictoria100.00Equal 3rdRecitation (Open to Gentlemen who have never won a first prize) – “The Uncle”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLeslieMcDonaldAdelaideSouth Australia145.001stF.G.GreenCollingwoodVictoria130.002ndW.R.WhittinghamRichmondVictoria114.00Equal 3rdW.ReidBallaratVictoria114.00Equal 3rdHeld in The ColiseumRecital […]
1908-10-05 Elocution5th October, 1908ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumChampion Recital. (Boys and Girls under 13). Own Selection.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEvelineDouglasNewcastleNew South Wales80.001stIslaVaughanNorth MelbourneVictoria75.002ndBessieHarbridgeBallaratVictoria70.003rdVeraCoffeyNorwoodSouth Australia69.00Honourable MentionThelmaSmithHamiltonNew South Wales69.00Honourable MentionRecitation. Humorous. (Open to Boys and Girls under 16).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingKathleenPlumkettGlenelgSouth Australia78.001stAlbertBuddleBallaratVictoria75.002ndEvelineDouglasNewcastleNew South Wales73.003rdRebeJamesBrunswickVictoria72.00Honourable MentionBerthaEdgertonMordiallocVictoria72.00Honourable MentionThomasAngeloCollingwoodVictoria71.00Honourable Mention
1909-10-04 Elocution4th October, 1909ShareShareShareHeld in The AthenaeumRecital, open – Ladies or GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLeslieMcDonaldAdelaideSouth Australia140.001stGertrudeLewisAdelaideSouth Australia138.002ndVictor L.TrotmanAlbert ParkVictoria132.00Equal 3rdLetitiaNosedaToorakVictoria132.00Equal 3rdLouieDunnNorth FitzroyVictoria125.00Honourable MentionHildaWhidburnBallaratVictoria125.00Honourable MentionBenMoy LingCarltonVictoria125.00Honourable Mention
1908-10-03 Elocution3rd October, 1908ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumPrepared Reading. Scripture. (Boys and Girls under 16). Competitors to read any chapter the Adjudicator may select from the “Book of Eccliastics”.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingNellieLanyonBallaratVictoria75.001stGertrudeHoldenBallaratVictoria73.002ndRebeJamesBrunswickVictoria72.003rdDorisBesemeresLittle BendigoVictoria70.00Honourable MentionAnnieDilenaCreswickVictoria70.00Honourable MentionReading. (Under 13 years). “The Daisy” from Anderson’s Fairy Tales.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAnnieDilenaCreswickVictoria77.001stGladysWilliamsCreswickVictoria75.002ndSylviaLoudenScarsdaleVictoria73.00Equal 3rdAzaleaCollinsBallarat EastVictoria73.00Equal 3rdMayRobertsCreswickVictoria72.00Honourable MentionDorothySkewesBendigoVictoria72.00Honourable MentionRecitation. (Girls under 13 years). “Fairies on the Lawn” […]
1908-10-02 Elocution2nd October, 1908ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation. (Ladies) Open to ladies who have never won a first prize. “The Heights of Lintagath” (E Phinney).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBerylAlfordAdelaideSouth Australia85.001stMyrtleHeinzGeelongVictoria82.00Equal 2ndRoseJarvisAdelaideSouth Australia82.00Equal 2ndJeanRobertsonSt Peter’sSouth Australia78.003rdElsieBellAbbotsfordVictoria76.00Honourable MentionLucyWhiteBallaratVictoria76.00Honourable MentionAustralian Recital (must deal with Australian sentiment or subject).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingElsaDaviesBurnleyVictoria80.00Equal 1stBerylAlfordAdelaideSouth Australia80.00Equal 1stBeatrice MBosistoGawlerSouth Australia77.00Equal 3rdLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria77.00Equal 3rdGertrudeLewisAdelaideSouth Australia75.00Honourable MentionRecitation. (Gentlemen). Open. “Alexander’s Feast” […]
1908-10-01 Elocution1st October, 1908ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation. Temperance. (Open to Members of any temperance organisation under 16 years of age).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGladysWilliamsCreswickVictoria75.001stJeanRobertsonSt Peter’sSouth Australia73.002ndKathleenPlunkettGlenelgSouth Australia72.00Equal 3rdRebeJamesBrunswickVictoria72.00Equal 3rdDorisBesemeresLittle BendigoVictoria70.00Honourable MentionVeraCoffeyNorwoodSouth Australia68.00Honourable MentionEvelineDouglasNewcastleNew South Wales68.00Honourable MentionAlbertBuddleBallaratVictoria70.00Honourable MentionRecitation. (Ladies under 21 years).”Brier Rose” (Boyseer).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBeatrice MBosistoGawlerSouth Australia85.001stBerylAlfordAdelaideSouth Australia81.002ndRubyKutcherAdelaideSouth Australia80.003rdLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria78.00Honourable MentionMyrtleHeinzGeelongVictoria78.00Honourable MentionDaisyStephenBallaratVictoria78.00Honourable MentionRecitation. (Boys under 16 years). “Trifles” (Trowbridge).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRobertStephenBallaratVictoria76.001stAlbertBuddleBallaratVictoria75.002ndThomasDilenaCreswickVictoria73.003rdJamesHeffordCreswickVictoria72.00Honourable […]
1909-10-02 Elocution2nd October, 1909ShareShareShareHeld in The AthenaeumPrepared Reading from Scripture – Isaiah Chapter 40 – Boys and Girls under 16 yearsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCliftonBinksClifton HillVictoria132.001stGladysRedmondNorth CarltonVictoria123.002ndRebeJamesBrunswickVictoria120.00Equal 3rdDorisBesmeresNerrinaVictoria120.00Equal 3rdNitaDashingtonAdelaideSouth Australia110.00Honourable MentionAlbertBuddleBallaratVictoria110.00Honourable MentionGladysWilliamsCreswickVictoria110.00Honourable MentionSylviaCooperMoonee PondsVictoria110.00Honourable MentionGertieHoldenBallaratVictoria110.00Honourable MentionPrepared Reading – under 13 years – “All About the Weather”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCliftonBinksClifton HillVictoria145.001stFrankForanAddingtonVictoria128.00Equal 2ndSylviaCooperMoonee PondsVictoria128.00Equal 2ndNitaDashingtonAdelaideSouth Australia128.00Equal 2ndGladysWilliamsCreswickVictoria122.003rdMaryBourkeBallaratVictoria117.00Honourable MentionHeld in The ColiseumRecitation “Temperance” […]
1908-09-30 Elocution30th September, 1908ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumPrepared Reading. (Gentlemen). “Incentives to Exertion” (Sir R Peel).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingC JDeGarisMilduraVictoria85.001stLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria78.002ndHDaveyBallaratVictoria74.003rdPrepared Reading. (Ladies). “Selection from Enoch Arden” (Tennyson).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBeatrice MBosistoGawlerSouth Australia82.001stRoseJarvisAdelaideSouth Australia80.002ndLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria79.00Equal 3rdIdaBlackmanSulkyVictoria79.00Equal 3rdGertrudeLewisAdelaideSouth Australia78.00Honourable MentionRubyKutcherAdelaideSouth Australia78.00Honourable MentionHeld in the ColiseumRecitation. (Ladies). Open. “The Building of St Sophia” (Condensed) (S Baring-Gould).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria82.001stGertrudeLewisAdelaideSouth Australia81.002ndBerylAlfordAdelaideSouth Australia78.00Equal 3rdBeatrice MBosistoGawlerSouth Australia78.00Equal 3rdIdaBlackmanSulkyVictoria76.00Honourable MentionRubyKutcherAdelaideSouth […]
1908-09-29 Elocution29th September, 1908ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumImpromptu ReadingFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingC JDeGarisMilduraVictoria85.001stIdaBlackmanSulkyVictoria80.002ndLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria79.003rdRoseJarvisAdelaideSouth Australia78.00Honourable MentionJeanRobertsonSt Peter’sSouth Australia78.00Honourable MentionRecitation. (Gentlemen under 21 years). “The Handy Man” (Harold Begbie).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria79.001stEdgarDaveyBallaratVictoria76.002ndHDaveyBallaratVictoria74.003rdRecitation. (Gentlemen). Open to gentlemen who have never won a first prize. “Corporal Dick” (Sir A Conan Doyle).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria80.001stWilliamDaveySebastopolVictoria76.002ndOratorical Display. Open (Gentlemen). Own Selection.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria79.001stWDWhealBallaratVictoria76.002ndHarryBambrickBallarat EastVictoria75.003rdCJDeGarisMilduraVictoria74.00Honourable MentionMatthewBairdLearmonthVictoria74.00Honourable MentionDialogue. (Ladies and Gentlemen […]
1909-10-01 Elocution1st October, 1909ShareShareShareHeld in The AthenaeumRecitation – Boys under 13 years – “Ring Out Wild Bells” (Tennyson)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCliftonBinksClifton HillVictoria140.001stRalphNewmanAdelaideSouth Australia131.002ndRoyMorrisSouth MelbourneVictoria126.003rdFrankForanAddingtonVictoria120.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Girls under 13 years – “Indignant Nellie”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingIslaVaughanNorth MelbourneVictoria142.00Equal 1stThelmaSmithNewcastleNew South Wales142.00Equal 1stSylviaCooperMoonee PondsVictoria136.002ndGladysWilliamsCreswickVictoria129.00Equal 3rdFannyAndersonRose ParkSouth Australia129.00Equal 3rdHeld in The ColiseumRecitation Humorous – boys and girls under 16 years of age […]
1909-09-30 Elocution30th September, 1909ShareShareShareHeld in The AthenaeumRecitation – Girls under 16 years – “Guild’s Signal” (Brete Harte)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRebeJamesBrunswickVictoria154.001stGertieHoldenBallaratVictoria120.002ndGladysWilliamsCreswickVictoria115.003rdGladysRedmondNorth CarltonVictoria104.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys under 16 years – “Labor, the Magician” (Newman Hall)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCliftonBinksClifton HillVictoria132.001stBobStephenBallaratVictoria103.002ndRalphNewmanAdelaideSouth Australia102.003rdAlbertBuddleBallaratVictoria95.00Honourable MentionHeld in The ColiseumOratorical Display – Open (Gentlemen) – Own selectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLewisReynoldsWendoureeVictoria132.001stBertWhidburnBallaratVictoria125.002ndR.R.HaverfieldWarragulVictoria121.003rdVictor L.TrotmanAlbert ParkVictoria115.00Honourable MentionDialogue – (Ladies and Gentlemen under 18 […]
1909-09-29 Elocution29th September, 1909ShareShareShareHeld in The AthenaeumRecitation (Open to Ladies who have never won a First Prize) “Surrey in Captivity” (Mary Howitt)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingIlmaBarnesNewportVictoria127.001stMinnieBestNorwoodSouth Australia109.002ndRebeBloomAdelaideSouth Australia104.00Equal 3rdRubyKutcherAdelaideSouth Australia104.00Equal 3rdCassieCooneyNorth MelbourneVictoria103.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Ladies under 21 years – “Lady Clare” (Tennyson)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLouieDunnNorth FitzroyVictoria122.001stBertha MayGovanSydneyNew South Wales113.002ndLucyWhiteBallaratVictoria110.003rdGladysRedmondNorth CarltonVictoria107.00Honourable MentionJamesRebeBrunswickVictoria107.00Honourable MentionElsiePengillyNorth FitzroyVictoria107.00Honourable MentionHeld in The ColiseumDialogue – Open Ladies […]
1909-09-28 Elocution28th September, 1909ShareShareShareHeld in The AthenaeumPrepared Reading – Ladies – “D’ Artagnan’s Ride SpeechFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLouieDunnNorth FitzroyVictoria109.001stBertha MayGovanSydneyNew South Wales108.002ndHildaWhidburnBallaratVictoria106.003rdIvyLeslieAdelaideSouth Australia105.00Honourable MentionPrepared Reading – Gentlemen – “The Characters of Milton and Dante”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingVictor L.TrotmanAlbert ParkVictoria139.001stH.DaveyBallaratVictoria138.002ndImpromptu Reading – Ladies and GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHildaWhidburnBallaratVictoria104.001stNelsonWellingtonBallaratVictoria102.002ndVictor L.TrotmanAlbert ParkVictoria101.003rdR.R.HaverfieldWarragulVictoria100.00Honourable MentionHeld in The ColiseumRecital Humorous – LadiesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGertrudeLewisAdelaideSouth Australia129.001stIvyLeslieAdelaideSouth Australia123.002ndElsiePengillyNorth FitzroyVictoria122.00Equal 3rdLetitiaNosedaToorakVictoria122.00Equal […]
