1924-09-25 Elocution25th September, 1924ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumAdjudicator: Edward ReevesPrepared Scripture Reading (Boys and Girls under 16) Psalm VIIIFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingNormanHeymansonHamptonVictoria83.001stMavisStephensGrangeSouth Australia82.002ndGwenPhillipsCaulfieldVictoria81.003rdDorothyShellnackCamberwellVictoria80.00Honourable MentionKeithGorriePrestonVictoria76.00Honourable MentionOliveVan BerkelBallaratVictoriaBerylCoadBallaratVictoriaJeanPageBallaratVictoriaMayPaulBallaratVictoriaKathleenGarveyBallaratVictoriaBerniceFordBallarat EastVictoriaLottieEwertBallarat EastVictoriaMarionMurrayBallaratVictoriaKathleenElliottBallaratVictoriaJoyceBosherBallaratVictoriaDorothyLeddickBallaratVictoriaAliceHetheringtonBallaratVictoriaMyraWilliamsFootscrayVictoriaEdnaAddisonYarravilleVictoriaJessieFergusonWilliamstownVictoriaFlaviaMaloneyFitzroyVictoriaMyrtleHanlonNorth FitzroyVictoriaEthelDicksonGlen IrisVictoriaMelbaJasonCarltonVictoriaMadgeCrittendenNorth FitzroyVictoriaAlmaMurrayKewVictoriaThelmaPotterEast MalvernVictoriaEthelUnderdownAdelaideSouth AustraliaThoraCoxheadBrighton BeachVictoriaEdithSelwayGawlerSouth AustraliaEllenPurcellEssendonVictoriaIreneHanlonNorth FitzroyVictoriaDorothyCrawfordEast St KildaVictoriaWalterHarrisonNorth MelbourneVictoriaEstelleHarrisNorth MelbourneVictoriaMabelMundellArmadaleVictoriaEdnaRyanNorth FitzroyVictoriaVeraBolgerPrahranVictoriaBerylHodsonThornburyVictoriaColinBinksSt KildaVictoriaJeanBainArmadaleVictoriaLillianFurlongElsternwickVictoriaMavisYeomansNorth FitzroyVictoriaPhyllisPotterEast MalvernVictoriaAliceWellsAuburnVictoriaRecitation Humorous (Boys and Girls under 16) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingWalterHarrisonNorth MelbourneVictoria82.001stEdithSelwayGawlerSouth Australia81.002ndMabelMundellArmadaleVictoria76.003rdDorothyShellnackCamberwellVictoria73.00Honourable MentionIreneHanlonNorth FitzroyVictoria74.00Honourable MentionEdnaAddisonYarravilleVictoriaLottieEwertBallarat […]
1924-09-24 Elocution24th September, 1924ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumAdjudicator: Edward ReevesImpromptu Reading (Boys and Girls under 16)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGwenPhillipsCaulfieldVictoria80.001stDorothyCrawfordEast St KildaVictoria77.002ndNormanHeymansonHamptonVictoria76.003rdEthelDicksonGlen IrisVictoria74.00Honourable MentionFlaviaMaloneyFitzroyVictoriaEdnaAddisonYarravilleVictoriaMavisYeomansNorth FitzroyVictoriaEthelUnderdownAdelaideSouth AustraliaKathleenElliottBallaratVictoriaOliveVan BerkelBallaratVictoriaColinBinksSt KildaVictoriaBerylCoadBallaratVictoriaEllenPurcellEssendonVictoriaIreneHanlonNorth FitzroyVictoriaVeraBolgerPrahranVictoriaFrancieNosedaSurrey HillsVictoriaEstelleHarrisNorth MelbourneVictoriaEdithSelwayGawlerSouth AustraliaDorothyLeddickBallaratVictoriaLillian M.FurlongElsternwickVictoriaBerylHodsonThornburyVictoriaDorothyCrawfordEast St KildaVictoriaMyraWilliamsFootscrayVictoriaJessieFergusonWilliamstownVictoriaJeanBainArmadaleVictoriaKeithGorriePrestonVictoriaMyrtleHanlonNorth FitzroyVictoriaAliceWellsAuburnVictoriaChampion Recital (Boys and Girls under 16) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingWalterHarrisonNorth MelbourneVictoria86.001stEthelUnderdownAdelaideSouth Australia81.002ndDorothyShellnackCamberwellVictoria80.003rdEdithSelwayGawlerSouth Australia78.00Honourable MentionMayPaulBallaratVictoriaDorothyLeddickBallaratVictoriaKathleenElliotBallaratVictoriaOliveVan BerkelBallaratVictoriaEstelleHarrisNorth MelbourneVictoriaIreneHanlonNorth FitzroyVictoriaLottieEwertBallarat EastVictoriaBerylCoadBallaratVictoriaMyraWilliamsFitzroyVictoriaJessieFergusonWilliamstownVictoriaMadgeCrittendenNorth FitzroyVictoriaFlaviaMaloneyFitzroyVictoriaAlmaMurrayKewVictoriaKeithGorriePrestonVictoriaAliceHeatheringtonClunesVictoriaMabelMundellArmadaleVictoriaDorothyCrawfordEast St KildaVictoriaNormanHeymansonHamptonVictoriaFrancieNosedaSurrey HillsVictoriaPhyllisPotterEast MalvernVictoriaColinBinksSt KildaVictoriaMavisStephenGrangeSouth […]
1924-09-23 Elocution23rd September, 1924ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumAdjudicator: Edward ReevesRecitation (Girls under 16) “Oh to be in England” (Robert Browning)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEthelUnderdownAdelaideSouth Australia81.001stEdithSelwayGawlerSouth Australia80.002ndAliceWellsAuburnVictoria79.003rdLillian MFurlongElsternwickVictoria78.00Honourable MentionMyraWilliamsFootscrayVictoria72.00Honourable MentionThoraCoxheadBrighton BeachVictoria69.00Honourable MentionMarionMurrayBallaratVictoriaOliveVan BerkelBallaratVictoriaKathleenGarveyBallaratVictoriaDorothyLeddickBallaratVictoriaBerylHodsonThornburyVictoriaAlmaMurrayKewVictoriaMyrtleHanlonNorth FitzroyVictoriaLottieEwertBallarat EastVictoriaEthelDicksonGlen IrisVictoriaDorothyCrawfordEast St KildaVictoriaFlaviaMaloneyFitzroyVictoriaElseBoadleDeanVictoriaMavisYeomansNorth FitzroyVictoriaPhyllisPotterEast MalvernVictoriaEstelleHarrisNorth MelbourneVictoriaEdnaRyanNorth FitzroyVictoriaEsmeNolanShepparton EastVictoriaHettieTollidayBallaratVictoriaEllenPurcellEssendonVictoriaVeraBolgerPrahranVictoriaJeanPageBallaratVictoriaAudreyAndersonNorth FitzroyVictoriaFrancieNosedaSurrey HillsVictoriaBerylWinningBeverleySouth AustraliaMavisStephenGrangeSouth AustraliaAliceHeatheringtonClunesVictoriaKathleenElliottBallaratVictoriaMelbaJasonCarltonVictoriaMayPaulBallaratVictoriaEdnaAddisonYarravilleVictoriaJessieFergusonWilliamstownVictoriaJeanBainArmadaleVictoriaLillian M.FurlongElsternwickVictoriaThelmaPotterEast MalvernVictoriaIreneHanlonNorth FitzroyVictoriaMabelMundellArmadaleVictoriaBerylCoadArmadaleVictoriaBerniceFordBallarat EastVictoriaJoyceBosherBallaratVictoriaGwenPhillipsCaulfieldVictoriaMadgeCrittendenNorth FitzroyVictoriaDorothyShellnackCamberwellVictoriaRecitation (Boys under 16) “Song of Arthur’s Knights” (Idylls […]
1924-09-22 Elocution22nd September, 1924ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumAdjudicator: Edward ReevesDialogue Humorous (Ladies or Gentlemen under 18) Own SelectionGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEllen Purcell & Allan MathesonPrahranVictoria79.001stDorothy Shellnack & Pauline McFarlaneCamberwellVictoria78.002ndEstelle Harris & Ida GlasserNorth MelbourneVictoria76.003rdEthel Dickson & Gwen PhillipsGlen IrisVictoria75.00Honourable MentionAlma Murray & Frances NosedaKewVictoriaMelba Jason & Vera BolgerCarltonVictoriaRuth Loft & L. Kirkwood-JonesNewportVictoriaJessie Ferguson & Edna AddisonWilliamstownVictoriaThora Coxhead & […]
1929-10-26 Elocution26th October, 1929ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumTeams’ Debate: “Should State Electorates Be Divided On A Population Basis?”Group NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingT. A. Hartrey and E.PearsonBallaratVictoria210.001stJ. F. Meere and F. McManusMelbourneVictoria209.002ndW. J. Jungwirth and R. H. HastingsSouth CamberwellVictoria208.003rdC. Y. M. S. (S. O’Brien and J. McKenna)South YarraVictoria204.00Honourable MentionPrepared Speech: “What I Hope To Do When I Am A Man”First […]
1939-10-19 Elocution19th October, 1939ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallImpromptu Reading – Boys or Girls 13 and under 16First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingUneeEasthaughSurrey HillsVictoria87.001stGlenisGullanBallaratVictoria85.002ndLallieCookeElwoodVictoria84.003rdSelection Reading from Leading Articles in the Ballarat “Courier” during Sept 1939 – Boys or Girls 14 years and underFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGlenisGullanBallaratVictoria88.001stLallieCookeElwoodVictoria86.002ndUneeEasthaughSurrey HillsVictoria85.003rdMarjorieAllenBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Boys or Girls 13 and under 16 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBettyWatsonKangarillaSouth Australia88.001stAvisWaldenPrahranVictoria85.002ndUneeEasthaughSurrey […]
1929-10-25 Elocution25th October, 1929ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumJunior Debate: “That Compulsory Voting is Justifiable” (Open to those under 21 years of ageFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAndrew J.PearceBallarat EastVictoria128.001stReg.RitchieBallarat Victoria120.002ndWinston H.BruchettBallaratVictoria118.003rdOration (Open) – “Recent Achievement and Tragedy in Australian Aviation”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJohn L.McKennaSouth MelbourneVictoria88.001stJ. W.McDowellCaulfieldVictoria84.002ndD. McInnesMelbourneVictoria83.00Equal 3rdP.McCrackenMelbourneVictoria83.00Equal 3rdThos. W.BrennanSurrey HillsVictoria78.00Honourable MentionImpromptu Speech – Open – “The Effect of Science and Invention […]
1929-10-24 Elocution24th October, 1929ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Open (Ladies) – Selection from “Parsifal” (T. W. Rolleston)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingIreneMitchellPrahranVictoria87.001stGwenStricklandKelmscottSouth Australia85.002ndEdithFennellNorth FitzroyVictoria84.00Equal 3rdLeilaFrancisGeelongVictoria84.00Equal 3rdJeanBarklambElsternwickVictoria83.00Honourable MentionAdelineStrainCaulfieldVictoria83.00Honourable MentionRecital (Humorous) – Ladies or Gentleman – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaurice M.MarksArmadaleVictoria92.001stIreneMitchellPrahranVictoria90.002ndColin V.BinksEast St KildaVictoria86.00Equal 3rdFrancieNosedaSurrey HillsVictoria86.00Equal 3rdHerbert E.OniansWest FootscrayVictoria85.00Honourable MentionEdnaAddisonElsternwickVictoria85.00Honourable MentionMusical Monologues – Ladies or GentlemanFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingNorman E.BlacklerAlbert ParkVictoria132.001stRea D.LawsonPrincess HillVictoria131.002ndHerbert E.OniansWest […]
1926-10-25 Elocution25th October, 1926ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumShakespearian Recital – Gentlemen – “As You Like It”, Act 2, Part of Scene 7First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFrankPartTorrensvilleSouth Australia91.001stStephenDunksAdelaideSouth Australia87.002ndFrank E.LaneSouth HawthornVictoria86.003rdKeithHallGeelongVictoria85.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Ladies or Gentlemen – “The Passions” (Collins)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingVeraTregowethAdelaideSouth Australia95.001stDorothySykesElwoodVictoria90.002ndFrankPartTorrensvilleSouth Australia89.003rdMimiMattinProspectSouth Australia87.00Honourable MentionIreneMitchellPrahranVictoria87.00Honourable MentionOne-Act Plays (For Those Who Have Not Won a First Prize)Group NameSuburbStatePointsPlacing”Op o’ Me […]
1939-10-18 Elocution18th October, 1939ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecitation – Boys or Girls 10s and under 13 – Open only to those residing within a 30 mile radius of BallaratFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLavinciaTruoghtonBallaratVictoria87.001stPatriciaMurphyBallaratVictoria86.002ndJennieLeithBallaratVictoria85.00Equal 3rdMargaretDaveyBallaratVictoria85.00Equal 3rdNormaQuayleBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionJoanGuestBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Girls 13 and under 16 – “The Miracle” (Wilfrid Gibson)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBettyWatsonKangarillaSouth Australia88.001stKleaDuganToorak GardensSouth Australia87.002ndCookeLallieElwoodVictoria86.003rdDorothyPerryCoburgVictoria85.00Honourable MentionMargaretHoskingCoburgVictoria85.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys 13 and […]
1929-10-23 Elocution23rd October, 1929ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumPrepared Speech – Ladies – Any Subject – Not necessarily OriginalFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLeilaFrancisGeelongVictoria88.001stMayDuffyBendigoVictoria87.002ndIreneMitchellPrahranVictoria86.003rdFlorenceCheersWest BrunswickVictoria83.00Honourable MentionImpromptu Reading – GentlemanFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaurice M.MarksArmadaleVictoria88.001stBernardLambleSouth MelbourneVictoria87.002ndGeorgeGockeMalvernVictoria86.003rdHerbert E.OniansWest FootscrayVictoria85.00Honourable MentionShakespearian Recital – Gentleman – “Excerpt from Midsummer Night’s Dream”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaurice M.MarksArmadaleVictoria92.001stHarcourt E.LangCamberwellVictoria87.002ndHerbert E.OniansWest FootscrayVictoria82.00Equal 3rdP. J.O’BrienNewportVictoria82.00Equal 3rdBernardLambleSouth MelbourneVictoria81.00Honourable MentionImpromptu Reading – LadiesFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingSylviaArcherFootscrayVictoria89.001stIreneMitchellPrahranVictoria87.002ndFrancieNosedaSurrey HillsVictoria86.003rdRea D.LawsonPrincess HillVictoria85.00Honourable […]
1926-10-23 Elocution23rd October, 1926ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Gentlemen under 21 years – “Battle of Killiecrankie” (Aytoun)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingKeithGorriePrestonVictoria89.001stKeithHallGeelongVictoria88.002ndNormanHeymansonGardenvaleVictoria85.003rdColinBinksSt KildaVictoria84.00Honourable MentionOratorical Display – Gentlemen – Open Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFrank E.LaneSouth HawthornVictoria86.001stReg B.McLeayAdelaideSouth Australia83.002ndFrankPartTorrensvilleSouth Australia82.003rdStephenDunksAdelaideSouth Australia81.00Honourable MentionDialogue (Serious) – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own SelectionGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingKathleen B. Metcalf & Bernard LambleKynetonVictoria93.001stStephen Dunks & Gwen HoneAdelaideSouth Australia88.002ndAlice Best […]
1929-10-22 Elocution22nd October, 1929ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Gentlemen under 21 years – “Timberland” (C. J. Dennis)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingColinBinksEast St KildaVictoria86.001stHarcourt E.LangCamberwellVictoria84.002ndEdgar E.VeitchNorth FitzroyVictoria83.003rdStanley E.JamesWest CoburgVictoria80.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Ladies under 21 years – “The Sign of the Cleft Heart” (T. Garrison)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAliceWellsAuburnVictoria88.001stJeanBarklambElsernwickVictoria84.002ndBeryl E.RobertsTorrensvilleSouth Australia83.00Equal 3rdIrisJonesPrestonVictoria83.00Equal 3rdThoraCoxheadHamptonVictoria82.00Honourable MentionBerylWalkerCoburgVictoria82.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Gentleman who have never won a First […]
1939-10-17 Elocution17th October, 1939ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallImpromptu Reading From Scripture – Boys or Girls 10 and under 13First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaryWatsonCarnegieVictoria87.001stAldaWalkerMalvernVictoria85.002ndMavisEdmundsMarnooVictoria84.003rdNancyWallaceGeelongVictoria83.00Honourable MentionSheilaLilleyBallaratVictoria83.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys 10 and under 13 – “Blue Mountain Pioneers” (Henry Kendall)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBobMurrellBallaratVictoria86.001stJohnOversteadBallaratVictoria84.002ndDickFootscrayFootscrayVictoria83.003rdRecitation – Girls 10 and under 13 – “The Shell” (James Stephens)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMurriumStainesEast BrunswickVictoria87.001stDulcieDavisBallaratVictoria86.002ndWilmaDorflerCoburgVictoria85.003rdEsmeGambettaStawellVictoria84.00Honourable MentionAldaWalkerMalvernVictoria84.00Honourable MentionMavisEdwardsMarnooVictoria84.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Boys or […]
1926-10-22 Elocution22nd October, 1926ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation – Ladies – Open “The Laboratory” (Browning)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDorothySykesElwoodVictoria91.001stElzaMuirSouth CamberwellVictoria90.002ndMimiMattinProspectSouth Australia88.00Equal 3rdRuthConabereFootscrayVictoria88.00Equal 3rdThoraCoxheadHamptonVictoria87.00Honourable MentionRecital with Musical Accompaniment – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingElzaMuirSouth CamberwellVictoria96.001stVeraTregowethAdelaideSouth Australia94.002ndStephenDunksAdelaideSouth Australia93.003rdMonaPepyatWest BrunswickVictoria92.00Honourable MentionPrepared Speech – Ladies – “Should Women Propose?”First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGwenHoneUnleySouth Australia100.001stMonaPepyatWest BrunswickVictoria93.002ndRuthConabereFootscrayVictoria91.003rdPhyllisSimpsonUnleySouth Australia90.00Honourable MentionMusical Monologues – Ladies or Gentlemen – Competitors […]
