1927-10-12 Elocution12th October, 1927ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumTemperance Recital – Boys or Girls Under 13 YearsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingNancy MBushellUnleySouth Australia95.001stAvisButteryAdelaideSouth Australia92.002ndCarmaElsumBallarat EastVictoria90.003rdNancyCairnsCanterburyVictoria88.00Honourable MentionHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Humorous – Boys or Girls Under 13 YearsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMerleSchulzeTorrensvilleSouth Australia96.001stDotRankinMiddle BrightonVictoria94.002ndDorothyCornishCoburgVictoria92.003rdEdithOdgersWest BrunswickVictoria91.00Honourable MentionNancyCreightonNorth BrightonVictoria91.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys or Girls 16 and Under 18 – “The King of Denmark’s Ride” (Hon […]
1925-10-17 Elocution17th October, 1925ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumImpromptu Reading – Under 16 YearsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDorothyLeddickBallaratVictoria75.001stRuthGitshamSouthwarkSouth Australia68.002ndRoseForsterNorth MelbourneVictoria67.003rdGwenPhillipsCaulfieldVictoria66.00Honourable MentionEdnaSeggiePrahranVictoria65.00Honourable MentionBonnieCravenYarravilleVictoria65.00Honourable MentionPhyllisMoranEast St KildaVictoria65.00Honourable Mention
1925-10-16 Elocution16th October, 1925ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumPrepared Scripture Reading – Boys or Girls Under 16 Years – Isaiah 55First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMyraNoblettLargs BaySouth Australia73.00Equal 1stMavisYeomansClifton HillVictoria73.00Equal 1stHarcourt ELangGlen IrisVictoria72.00Equal 3rdElvaWoodChelseaVictoria72.00Equal 3rdEdnaSeggiePrahranVictoria71.00Honourable MentionDorothyLeddickBallaratVictoria71.00Honourable MentionMavisStephenGrangeSouth Australia71.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Boys or Girls Under 13 Years – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLornaKingBallaratVictoria80.001stLeonardWilmotBallarat EastVictoria79.002ndMerleSchulzeTorrensvilleSouth Australia78.00Equal 3rdJeanFraserGeelongVictoria78.00Equal 3rdDotRankinMiddle BrightonVictoria78.00Equal 3rdJeanBentGeelong WestVictoria77.00Honourable MentionAudreyJohnstonNorthcoteVictoria77.00Honourable Mention
1925-10-15 Elocution15th October, 1925ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumAustralian Recital – Boys or Girls Under 13 Years – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDotRankinMiddle BrightonVictoria68.001stCliveHallGeelongVictoria67.00Equal 2ndLeonardWilmotBallarat EastVictoria67.00Equal 2ndJeanBentGeelong WestVictoria66.00Honourable MentionAmySandersAlbert ParkVictoria66.00Honourable MentionRolandConabereFootscrayVictoria66.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Girls Under 16 Years “A Greyport Legend” (Bret Harte)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMyraNoblettLargs BaySouth Australia75.001stMavisYeomansClifton HillVictoria70.00Equal 2ndBonnieCravenYarravilleVictoria70.00Equal 2ndFlaviaMaloneyNorth CarltonVictoria68.00Honourable MentionMetaMcCafferyCampbelltownSouth Australia67.00Honourable MentionRoseForsterNorth MelbourneVictoria66.00Honourable MentionIrisJonesSt KildaVictoria66.00Honourable MentionHumorous Recital -Boys or […]
1925-10-14 Elocution14th October, 1925ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumImpromptu Reading – Boys or Girls Under 13 YearsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJeanBentGeelong WestVictoria68.00Equal 1stMinnieWatsonGardenvaleVictoria68.00Equal 1stMollyMcNultyBallaratVictoria66.003rdAudreyJohnstonNorthcoteVictoria64.00Honourable MentionGerard J.FearonNorthcoteVictoria60.00Special MentionRecitation – Boys Under 13 Years “Going Down Hill on a Bicycle” (Henry Charles Beeching)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRolandConabereFootscrayVictoria69.001stStanleyKirkwoodNewcastleNew South Wales68.002ndLeonardWilmotBallarat EastVictoria67.503rdJosephRichardSouth YarraVictoria67.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Humorous – Boys or Girls Under 13 Years – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMerleSchulzeTorrensvilleSouth […]
1925-10-13 Elocution13th October, 1925ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation -Boys and Girls Under 10 Years “The Endless Story” (Anon.)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAudreyJohnstonNorthcoteVictoria69.001stJeanWoodwardBallaratVictoria68.002ndMargaretPhilipBallaratVictoria67.003rdStanelyKirkwoodNewcastleNew South Wales66.00Honourable MentionDotRankinMiddle BrightonVictoria66.00Honourable MentionEsmaGovanBallaratVictoria66.00Honourable MentionEdmundHobanElsternwickVictoria63.00Special MentionRecitation – Girls Under 13 Years – Extract from “The Barrel Organ” (Alfred Noyes)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaryUnderdownSt PetersSouth Australia72.00Equal 1stNaomiHuttonAdelaideSouth Australia72.00Equal 1stMerlForsterNorth MelbourneVictoria71.00Equal 3rdDorothyAylenNorth KensingtonSouth Australia71.00Equal 3rdFrancesBunyardNorth FitzroyVictoria70.00Honourable MentionDialogue – Serious – Ladies […]
1946-10-19 Elocution19th October, 1946ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecitation. Ladies or Gentlemen who have never won a First Prize at South Street Competitions.First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAlanWakelingBallaratVictoria93.001stMollyWoodsFootscrayVictoria92.002ndPhyllisBlackmoreBallaratVictoria91.003rdAlexKenworthyWest FootscrayVictoria90.00Honourable MentionBerylPyeThornburyVictoria90.00Honourable MentionRecital by Australian-Born Author – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingChristianHesseMoonee PondsVictoria93.001stJoanStantonRutherglenVictoria92.002ndFrankWalkerNorthcoteVictoria91.003rdBettyPearlmanElwoodVictoria90.00Honourable MentionSableGrivellMyrtle BankSouth Australia90.00Honourable MentionRecital with Musical Background – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBettyPearlmanElwoodVictoria95.001stThelmaEvansBallaratVictoria94.002ndSableGrivellMyrtle BankSouth Australia93.003rdChristianHesseMoonee […]
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 […]
