1931-10-22 Elocution22nd October, 1931ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Ladies (Open) “The Great Lover” (Rupert Brooke)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRitaFlemingCaulfieldVictoria93.001stAlmaGovanBallaratVictoria92.002ndMayDuffyBendigoVictoria90.003rdGwenStricklandKelmscotSouth Australia87.00Honourable MentionHeld in the ColiseumRecital – Humorous – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingElvieAllenBrightonVictoria93.001stValwynne J.AndersonKing’s ParkSouth Australia91.002ndEliseBidjaranoEast St. KildaVictoria90.003rdElleenFrancisCoburgVictoria89.00Honourable MentionHumorous Character Sketch – In Costume – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingValwynneAndersonKing’s ParkSouth Australia100.001stH.E.OniansWest FootscrayVictoria96.002ndRitaFlemingCaulfieldVictoria94.003rdGwenStricklandKelmscotSouth Australia92.00Honourable MentionClaireSchulzNew […]
1943-10-22 Elocution22nd October, 1943ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred Hall5 Impromptu Reading – Ladies or GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDollyBrandenburgBallaratVictoria92.001stAntoinetteNewellElwoodVictoria91.002ndFrancisHollandBrunswickVictoria90.003rdMayMontgomeryIvanhoeVictoria89.00Honourable Mention1 Recitation – Open – Ladies or Gentlemen “Spring Thoughts” (Sir Rennell Rodd)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAntoinetteNewellElwoodVictoria93.001stGlenisGullanBallaratVictoria92.00Equal 2ndDollyBrandenburgBallaratVictoria92.00Equal 2ndPeggyDorflerHawthornVictoria91.003rdJoanStantonRutherglenVictoria89.00Honourable MentionMayMontgomeryMelbourneVictoria89.00Honourable MentionHelenaJacobiBallaratVictoria89.00Honourable MentionValdaNauntonWest PrestonVictoria89.00Honourable MentionGladysNauntonWest PrestonVictoria89.00Honourable Mention6 Radio Announcers’ Contest – OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAntoinetteNewellElwoodVictoria94.001stBelleDaveyBallaratVictoria92.002ndMayMontgomeryIvanhoeVictoria91.003rdThelmaEvansBallaratVictoria81.00Honourable MentionElocutionary Championship AggregateFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAntoinetteNewellElwoodVictoria39.501stPeggyDorflerHawthornVictoria15.002ndFrancieNosedaSurrey HillsVictoria12.00Equal 3rdJoanStantonRutherglenVictoria12.00Equal 3rd
1931-10-21 Elocution21st October, 1931ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumImpromptu Reading – GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingValwynne J.AndersonKing’s ParkSouth Australia92.001stLloydLindsayBallaratVictoria87.002ndStanley B.LeeBallarat EastVictoria83.003rdDavidBenjaminPrinces HillVictoria81.00Honourable MentionShakespearian Recital – Gentlemen – Selection from “Macbeth”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingValwynne J.AndersonKing’s ParkSouth Australia86.001stH.E.OniansWest FootscrayVictoria85.002ndNormanSwainBrightonVictoria84.003rdLloydLindsayBallaratVictoria83.00Honourable MentionJohnCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria83.00Honourable MentionHeld in the ColiseumRecital with Musical Accompaniment – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMayDuffyBendigoVictoria91.001stAudreyDaviesGlen IrisVictoria88.002ndClaireSchulzeNew Mile EndSouth Australia87.003rdEdgarVeitchNorth FitzroyVictoria86.00Honourable MentionThe Best Entertainer […]
1943-10-21 Elocution21st October, 1943ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred Hall34 Reading: Impromptu – Boys and Girls – 18 Years and UnderFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGlenisGullanBallaratVictoria91.001stBettyPearlmanSt. KildaVictoria89.002ndMariebethDennithorneBentleighVictoria88.003rdShirleyDennithorneBentleighVictoria87.00Honourable Mention2 Recitation – Ladies or Gentlemen who have never won a First Prize at South Street or Patriotic Competitions 1942 “All” and “An Airman’s Sonnet”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBettyPearlmanSt. KildaVictoria93.001stGlenisGullanBallaratVictoria90.002ndFrancisHollandBrunswickVictoria88.003rdValdaNauntonWest PrestonVictoria87.00Honourable MentionWilmaDorflerHawthornVictoria87.00Honourable Mention4 Shakesperian Recital – Ladies […]
1931-10-20 Elocution20th October, 1931ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Ladies under 21 years – “The Little Waves of Brefi’ny”, “The Things of the Spirit”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAilsaGoodgeMiddle BrightonVictoria96.001stBrendaThomasEast MalvernVictoria85.002ndClaireSchulzeNew Mile EndSouth Australia84.003rdKathleenMoodieNorth MelbourneVictoria83.00Honourable MentionJeanBarklambElsternwickVictoria83.00Honourable MentionMarieWalshBendigoVictoria83.00Honourable MentionHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Gentlemen who have never won a First Prize at South Street Competitions – “Passing of Arthur” (Tennyson)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLloydLindsayBallaratVictoria89.001stDavidBenjaminPrinces […]
1931-10-19 Elocution19th October, 1931ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumOratorical Display – Gentlemen (Open) Own Selection, not necessarily original.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingValwynneAndersonKing’s ParkSouth Australia90.001stPatrickO’BrienNewportVictoria83.002ndDavidBenjaminPrinces HillVictoria82.003rdChristianHesseMoonee PondsVictoria81.00Honourable MentionHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Ladies who have never won a First Prize at South Street Competitions – Selection from “Virginia” (Macauley)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingReaLawsonPrinces HillVictoria91.001stElvieAllenNorth BrightonVictoria90.002ndAlisaGoodgeMiddle BrightonVictoria89.003rdEliseBidjaranoEast St. KildaVictoria87.00Honourable MentionKathleenMoodieNorth MelbourneVictoria87.00Honourable Mention
1943-10-20 Elocution20th October, 1943ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred Hall30 Reading: Impromptu – Boys and Girls – 16 Years and UnderFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingNinaReakesBallaratVictoria88.001stMariebethDennithorneBentleighVictoria87.002ndFrancesFordhamWest FootscrayVictoria86.00Equal 3rdBettyPearlmanSt. KildaVictoria86.00Equal 3rd17 Recital – Boys or Girls – 12 Years and Under “Santa Claus” (A. B. Patterson)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJohnPilgrimNorthcoteVictoria93.001stVilmaThomasBallaratVictoria91.002ndJoanChallinorThornburyVictoria89.00Equal 3rdFrankMurphyBallaratVictoria89.00Equal 3rdRossBorchersBallaratVictoria89.00Equal 3rdBarbaraYatesBallaratVictoria88.00Honourable MentionLorolieGilbertBallaratVictoria88.00Honourable MentionSoniaDillonBallaratVictoria88.00Honourable MentionRobertaWalkerNorthcoteVictoria88.00Honourable Mention26 Temperance – Boys and Girls – 14 Years […]
1931-10-17 Elocution17th October, 1931ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumAustralian Recital – Boys or Girls 13 and under 16 – Any SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAntoinette M.NewellBrightonVictoria91.001stEdithOdgersBrunswickVictoria88.002ndViolet G.HunterFootscrayVictoria86.003rdJoyceStricklandKelmscottSouth Australia85.00Honourable MentionHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Boys or Girls 16 and under 18 – “The Failure” (Eleanor Duncan Woods)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingKathleenMoodieNorth MelbourneVictoria88.001stChristianHesseMoonee PondsVictoria87.002ndBrendaThomasEast MalvernVictoria86.003rdJeanBentGeelongVictoria85.00Honourable MentionBonnieRobertsBrightonVictoria85.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Boys or Girls 16 and under […]
1924-10-03 Elocution3rd October, 1924ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumChampion Recital (Gentlemen) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingP. J.DearSt KildaVictoria91.001stFrank E.LangRichmondVictoria86.002ndKeithHallGeelongVictoria80.003rdStephenDunksAdelaideSouth Australia78.00Honourable MentionEricKirkeElwoodVictoria76.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital (Ladies) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRitaFlemingHeidelbergVictoria95.001stMurielMarksAdelaideSouth Australia93.002ndElzaMuirSouth CamberwellVictoria84.003rdVioletGrovesFairfieldVictoria80.00Honourable MentionIreneMitchellPrahranVictoria79.00Honourable MentionMusical Monologues (Gentlemen) (a) Serious (b) Humorous Own SelectionsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFrank E.LangRichmondVictoria169.001stAtholLykkeAlbertonSouth Australia164.002ndStephenDunksAdelaideSouth Australia148.003rdG. A.CodnerKewVictoria140.00Honourable MentionComediettasGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacing” A Question of Propriety” George Edwards & PartyMelbourneVictoria84.001st”England Watches” Winifred Moverley & PartyMelbourneVictoria80.002nd”The […]
1924-10-02 Elocution2nd October, 1924ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation (Gentlemen under 21) “Youssouf” (James Russell Lowell)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJackWattsNorth MelbourneVictoria73.001stAllanMathesonPrahranVictoria68.002ndJackHallGeelongVictoria65.003rdImpromptu Speech Gentlemen (Open) Subject to be drawn on platformFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingStephenDunksAdelaideSouth Australia90.001stEarl GPearsonMoystonVictoria81.002ndCSHeadingBallarat EastVictoria76.003rdRecital Humorous (Ladies) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMurielMarksAdelaideSouth Australia84.001stRitaFlemingHeidelbergVictoria81.002ndIreneMitchellPrahranVictoria80.003rdCloEllisAuburnVictoria74.00Honourable MentionLillianHayesEast St KildaVictoria79.00Honourable MentionChampion Character Recital (Not Dickens) (Gentlemen) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAtholLykkeAlbertonSouth Australia91.001stPJDearSt KildaVictoria82.002ndFrank ELangRichmondVictoria80.003rdStephenDunksAdelaideSouth Australia74.00Honourable MentionGesture Scene (Humorous)Group NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingStephen […]
1924-10-01 Elocution1st October, 1924ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation (Gentlemen who have never won a First Prize) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEricKirkeElwoodVictoria82.001stAllanMathesonPrahranVictoria78.002ndGSSquireSeddonVictoria73.003rdFrancis HWilliamsCohunaVictoria72.00Honourable MentionShakespearian Recital (Gentlemen) Henry V, Act III, Scene 6 (King’s Speech)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingStephenDunksAdelaideSouth Australia81.001stPJDearSt KildaVictoria79.002ndFrank ELangRichmondVictoria78.003rdAtholLykkeAlbertonSouth Australia76.00Honourable MentionShakespearian Recital (Ladies) “Winter’s Tale” Act v, Scene 3First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRitaFlemingHeidelbergVictoria93.001stElzaMuirSouth CamberwellVictoria90.002ndAgnesCaseyRichmondVictoria89.003rdMurielMarksAdelaideSouth Australia86.00Honourable MentionIreneMitchellPrahranVictoria86.00Honourable MentionGesture Scene (Dramatic) Two or more performersGroup […]
1924-09-30 Elocution30th September, 1924ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumAdjudicator: Edward ReevesImpromptu Reading (Gentlemen)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingStephenDunksAdelaideSouth Australia80.001stAtholLykkeAlbertonSouth Australia78.002ndG. A.CordnerKewVictoria76.003rdFrancis H.WilliamsCohunaVictoria75.00Honourable MentionW.JenkinsSebastopolVictoriaFrank E.LangRichmondVictoriaWillFieldingGlenferrieVictoriaAllanMathesonPrahranVictoriaAustralian Recital (Gentlemen) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAtholLykkeAlbertonSouth Australia80.001stPJDearSt KildaVictoria78.002ndGACodnerKewVictoria76.003rdFrank E.LangRichmondVictoriaJackWattsNorth MelbourneVictoriaAllanMathesonPrahranVictoriaFrancis H.WilliamsCohunaVictoriaEricKirkeElwoodVictoriaWillFieldingGlenferrieVictoriaKeithHallGeelongVictoriaStephenDunksAdelaideSouth AustraliaG. F.McIntoshMiddle ParkVictoriaG. S.SquireSeddonVictoriaRecitation Ladies (Open) Selection from “Evangeline” (Longfellow)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAgnesCaseyRichmondVictoria90.001stElzaMuirSouth CamberwellVictoria80.002ndIreneMitchellPrahranVictoria78.003rdMurielMarksAdelaideSouth Australia77.00Honourable MentionIvyThomsonRichmondVictoria76.00Honourable MentionRitaFlemingHeidelbergVictoria76.00Honourable MentionRuthLoftNewportVictoriaLillianSillitoeMorelandVictoriaEnaSandoNorth NorwoodSouth AustraliaRuthConabereFootscrayVictoriaAlmaGovanBallaratVictoriaFlorenceLambBallaratVictoriaDossieHallHenley ParkSouth AustraliaDulceChristianNorthcoteVictoriaVioletGrovesFairfieldVictoriaSylviaArcherFootscrayVictoriaEslaGaneMiddle ParkVictoriaFlorriePolkinghorneAlbertonSouth AustraliaMonaPepyatWest BrunswickVictoriaLilianHayesEast St KildaVictoriaIreneLaytonWindsorVictoriaRecital Humorous (Gentlemen) […]
1924-09-29 Elocution29th September, 1924ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumAdjudicator: Edward ReevesStory Without Words Ladies (Open) Must convey a Complete StoryFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRitaFlemingHeidelbergVictoria82.001stIreneLaytonWindsorVictoria70.002ndMonaPepyatWest BrunswickVictoria68.003rdRuthLoftNewportVictoria67.00Honourable MentionAgnesCaseyRichmondVictoriaMurielMarksAdelaideSouth AustraliaLenaToomeyWilliamstownVictoriaDossieHallHenley ParkVictoriaRecitation Gentlemen (Open) “The Dying Gladiator” (Byron)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFrank ELangRichmondVictoria85.001stStephenDunksAdelaideSouth Australia78.002ndAtholLykkeAlbertonSouth Australia77.003rdJackWattsNorth MelbourneVictoria66.00Honourable MentionAllanMathesonPrahranVictoriaG. A.CodnerKewVictoriaFrancis H.WilliamsCohunaVictoriaKeithHallGeelongVictoriaG. S.SquireSeddonVictoriaP. J.DearSt KildaVictoriaWillFieldingGlenferrieVictoriaJackHallGeelongVictoriaDialogue (Humorous) Ladies or Gentlemen Own SelectionGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGeorge Edwards & Ruby HooperEast MalvernVictoria93.001stStephen Dunks & Gwen […]
1924-09-27 Elocution27th September, 1924ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumAdjudicator: Edward ReevesRecitation (Ladies who have never won a First Prize) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPhyllisMarksAdelaideSouth Australia90.001stRuthConabereFootscrayVictoria86.002ndLillianSillitoeMorelandVictoria84.003rdIreneMitchellPrahranVictoria81.00Honourable MentionLoisDolleyGeelong WestVictoriaSharleyRichardsonMt PleasantVictoriaMadgeWyattNorth CarltonVictoriaFlorenceLambBallaratVictoriaGwenMillsProspectSouth AustraliaSylviaArcherFootscrayVictoriaMyraCurnowBrightonVictoriaElzaMuirSouth CamberwellVictoriaLillianHayesEast St KildaVictoriaIreneLaytonWindsorVictoriaFlorriePolkinghorneAlbertonSouth AustraliaCloEllisAuburnVictoriaLenaToomeyWilliamstownVictoriaEnaSandoNorth NorwoodSouth AustraliaRuthLoftNewportVictoriaHildaJohnsonBallaratVictoriaDossieHallHenley ParkSouth AustraliaGladysTeagueNorth MelbourneVictoriaEslaGaneMiddle ParkVictoriaEmilyTeycheneBrightonVictoriaKathleenWestSmythesdaleVictoriaLorna E.Kirwood-JonesUpper HawthornVictoriaIdaGlasserNorth MelbourneVictoriaRuthSewardGeelongVictoriaVioletGrovesFairfieldVictoriaDulceChristianNorthcoteVictoriaDialogue (Serious) Ladies or Gentlemen Own SelectionGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFrank E Lang & Ivy ThomsonRichmondVictoria88.001stStephen Dunks & Gwen HoneAdelaideSouth […]
1924-09-26 Elocution26th September, 1924ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumAdjudicator: Edward ReevesImpromptu Reading (Ladies)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRitaFlemingHeidelbergVictoria84.001stJeanStewartElsternwickVictoria76.002ndDulceChristianNorthcoteVictoria72.003rdEmilyTeycheneBrightonVictoriaRuthConabereFootscrayVictoriaMonaPepyatWest BrunswickVictoriaLenaToomeyWilliamstownVictoriaSylviaArcherFootscrayVictoriaElzaMuirSouth CamberwellVictoriaAgnesCaseyRichmondVictoriaRuthLoftNewportVictoriaEslaGaneMiddle ParkVictoriaIreneLaytonWindsorVictoriaVioletGrovesFairfieldVictoriaIvyThomsonRichmondVictoriaCatherineHolsonNorth MelbourneVictoriaLillianSillitoeMorelandVictoriaRecitation (Ladies under 21 years) “How the Great Guest Came” (Edward Markham)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMurielMarksAdelaideSouth Australia84.001stSylviaArcherFootscrayVictoria78.002ndAlmaGovanBallaratVictoria77.003rdElzaMuirSouth CamberwellVictoria76.00Honourable MentionKathleenWestSmythesdaleVictoriaSharleyRichardsonMt PleasantVictoriaIdaGlasserNorth MelbourneVictoriaFlorriePolkinhorneAlbertonSouth AustraliaLenaToomeyWilliamstownVictoriaRuthSewardGeelongVictoriaEslaGaneMiddle ParkVictoriaLillianHayesEast St KildaVictoriaEdnaSandoNorth NorwoodSouth AustraliaRuthLoftNewportVictoriaRuthConabereFootscrayVictoriaGladysTeagueNorth MelbourneVictoriaMyraCurnowBrightonVictoriaCloEllisAuburnVictoriaEmilyTeycheneBrightonVictoriaLoisDolleyGeelong WestVictoriaIreneLaytonWindsorVictoriaVioletGrovesFairfieldVictoriaLorna E.Kirwood-JonesUpper HawthornVictoriaAustralian Recital (Ladies) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingElzaMuirSouth CamberwellVictoria85.001stAgnesCaseyRichmondVictoria83.002ndRitaFlemingHeidelbergVictoria79.003rdMurielMarksAdelaideSouth Australia78.00Honourable MentionAlmaGovanBallaratVictoria77.00Honourable MentionFlorriePolkinghorneAlbertonSouth AustraliaEdnaSandoNorth NorwoodSouth AustraliaVioletGrovesFairfieldVictoriaDossieHallHenley […]
