1910-10-04 Elocution and Readings4th October, 1910ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Gentlemen Under 21 Years “Henry V to the Army before Harfleur”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaxMetzlerHawthornVictoria130.001stEdgarDaveyBallaratVictoria110.002ndMontagueWilliamsBallaratVictoria107.003rdOratorical Display – Open to Gentlemen who have never won a first prize in an Oratorical DisplayFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingH. R.GelstonAdelaideSouth Australia134.001stH.DaveyBallaratVictoria132.002ndFrank S.JohnstonAdelaideSouth Australia127.003rdMontagueWilliamsBallaratVictoria108.004thOratorical Display – Open – GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingH. R.GelstonAdelaideSouth Australia132.001stFrank S.JohnstonAdelaideSouth Australia113.002ndR. R.HaverfieldWarragulVictoria112.00Equal 3rdMaxMetzlerHawthornVictoria112.00Equal […]
1910-10-03 Elocution and Readings3rd October, 1910ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Ladies under 21 Years “A Wife’s Duty to Her Husband” (Shakespeare)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLouieDunnNorth FitzroyVictoria134.001stLilianPrichardMelbourneVictoria131.002ndLilaWhidburnBallaratVictoria128.003rdOliveProctorAngas ParkSouth Australia114.00Honourable MentionMarciaGrunekleeAdelaideSouth Australia114.00Honourable MentionSylviaCooperMoonee PondsVictoria114.00Honourable MentionRebeJamesBrunswickVictoria114.00Honourable MentionMyrtleJonesAdelaideSouth Australia109.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Open to Ladies who have never won a first prize “An Incident of the French Campaign” (Browning)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingNessieLewisBendigoVictoria134.001stIvyGoudyBallaratVictoria132.00Equal 2ndGertieHoldenBallaratVictoria132.00Equal 2ndOliveProctorAngus ParkSouth […]
1908-10-07 Elocution7th October, 1908ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecital. (Ladies or Gentlemen) Open with musical accompaniment.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingIdaBlackmanSulkyVictoria75.001stRoseJarvisAdelaideSouth Australia73.002ndMyrtleHeinzGeelongVictoria72.00Equal 3rdBeatriceBosistoGawlerSouth Australia72.00Equal 3rdBerylAlfordAdelaideSouth Australia70.00Honourable MentionChampion Character Recital (Ladies).First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBerylAlfordAdelaideSouth Australia88.001stGertrudeLewisAdelaideSouth Australia86.002ndElsaDaviesMelbourneVictoria72.003rdStellaRichardsClunesVictoria71.00Honourable Mention
1909-10-07 Elocution7th October, 1909ShareShareShareHeld in The AthenaeumAustralian Recital – Must deal with Australian Sentiment or subjectFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingVictor L.TrotmanAlbert ParkVictoria136.001stGertrudeEllisAdelaideVictoria129.002ndElsiePengellyNorth FitzroyVictoria121.003rdHildaWhidburnBallaratVictoria119.00Honourable MentionR.R.HaverfieldWarragulVictoria119.00Honourable MentionMarciaGrunekleaAdelaideSouth Australia119.00Honourable MentionChampion Character Recital – LadiesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRubyKutcherAdelaideSouth Australia145.001stMarciaGrunekleeAdelaideSouth Australia143.002ndLetitiaNosedaToorakVictoria136.003rdAdaHuttonAdelaideSouth Australia130.00Honourable MentionWinnieDixPaynehamSouth Australia130.00Honourable MentionGertrudeLewisAdelaideSouth Australia130.00Honourable Mention
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 […]
