1947-10-15 Elocution15th October, 1947ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallImpromptu Reading from Scripture – Boys or Girls 10 and Under 13First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJudithTollidayBallaratVictoria87.001stBillieSleightSouth MelbourneVictoria86.002ndMurrayGillenBallaratVictoria85.003rdDerekEslerGeelongVictoria84.00Honourable MentionHelenMorrisonBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionJimBlackBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionImpromptu Reading – Boys or Girls 13 and Under 16First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEffieAllenSemaphore ParkSouth Australia88.001stRonaldBlackneyGeelongVictoria87.002ndJudithFletcherBallaratVictoria86.00Equal 3rdJohnOxbrowBallaratVictoria86.00Equal 3rdPatPowerClunesVictoria85.00Honourable MentionBarbaraYatesBallaratVictoria85.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys or Girls 13 and Under 16 “The Land of My Birth” (Eliza Cook)First […]
1938-10-11 Elocution11th October, 1938ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecitation. Ladies. Open – Portion of “The Trial Scene – St Joan” (Bernard Shaw)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPatsyFriswellBendigoVictoria90.001stFrancieNosedaSurrey HillsVictoria87.002ndShirleyDunnMurrumbeenaVictoria85.003rdMaryPageBalaclavaVictoria84.00Honourable MentionRonaPresgraveHenley BeachSouth Australia84.00Honourable MentionRecitation. Gentlemen. Open. “The Trumpet Call” (abridged) (Alfred Noyes)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLloydLindsayBallaratVictoria91.001stSableGrivellAdelaideSouth Australia90.00Equal 2ndKeith M.HaddenCoburgVictoria90.00Equal 2ndWilliamWhittinghamHawthornVictoria89.00Honourable MentionTomEusticePascoe Vale SouthVictoria89.00Honourable MentionRobAllisonCanterburyVictoria88.00Honourable MentionLyrical Recital. Ladies. Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFrancieNosedaSurrey HillsVictoria90.001stRonaPresgraveHenley BeachSouth Australia89.002ndCatherineMorganFlemingtonVictoria88.003rdDorothyDowlenFairfieldVictoria87.00Honourable MentionHumorous Recital. […]
1938-10-10 Elocution10th October, 1938ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallImpromptu Reading – Boys or Girls 16 and under 18First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDoreenFarnsworthYarravilleVictoria84.001stIsobelGovanBallaratVictoria82.002ndPipWilsonPrinces HillVictoria81.003rdRecitation. Boys or Girls 16 and under 18. “The Making of a Nation” (Agnes Storrie)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingShirleyFosdickHawthornVictoria86.001stDoreenFarnsworthYarravilleVictoria85.002ndJoanCraigBallaratVictoria83.003rdJuneBrownEssendonVictoria82.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital. Boys or Girls 16 and under 18 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJuneBrownEssendonVictoria93.001stDoreenFarnsworthYarravilleVictoria91.002ndVeraConnellBentleighVictoria90.003rdAdrianAndersonBallaratVictoria88.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Ladies who have never won a […]
1947-10-14 Elocution14th October, 1947ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecitation – Boys or Girls and Under 13 “The Blue Tit” (Godfrey Fox Bradby)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMollyThwaitesAdelaideSouth Australia88.001stMaryCarlileBallaratVictoria87.002ndBobJonesBallaratVictoria86.00Equal 3rdLoisBarkasThornburyVictoria86.00Equal 3rdGwenythSmithMentoneVictoria86.00Equal 3rdBarryRumpfBalwynVictoria85.00Honourable MentionJimBlackBallaratVictoria85.00Honourable MentionLilaShadboltNorth MelbourneVictoria85.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Boys or Girls 10 and Under 13 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMurrayGillenBallaratVictoria90.001stMollyThwaitesAdelaideSouth Australia89.00Equal 2ndGwenythSmithMentoneVictoria89.00Equal 2ndBeverleyHibbertFootscrayVictoria87.00Honourable MentionPatriciaElliottBallaratVictoria86.00Honourable MentionLoisBarkasThornburyVictoria86.00Honourable MentionBillieSpleightSouth MelbourneVictoria86.00Honourable MentionVerse Speaking ChoirGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMacarthur Street […]
1947-10-13 Elocution13th October, 1947ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecitation – Boys or Girls Under 10 – “Two Rabbits” (Anon)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMarjorieSmithMentoneVictoria87.001stJillMarshallKewVictoria86.002ndBarbaraBoundyEssendonVictoria84.003rdCoralHickeyBallaratVictoria83.00Honourable MentionMargaretWilkinsThornburyVictoria83.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys or Girls Under 10 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMarjorieSmithMentoneVictoria89.001stBarbaraBoundyEssendonVictoria88.002ndKathrynSmithThornburyVictoria87.003rdJillMarshallKewVictoria85.00Honourable MentionMarionMarshallBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionHumorous Recital – Boys or Girls and Under 13 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLoisBarkasThornburyVictoria88.001stGwenythSmithMentoneVictoria86.002ndBeverleyHibbertFootscrayVictoria85.003rdMurrayGillenBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable Mention
1941-10-18 Elocution18th October, 1941ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallOratorical Display – Gentlemen – Open – Own Selection, not necessarily originalFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria85.001stBernardD’ArcyBallaratVictoria84.002ndDonaldLittledyeFullartonSouth Australia81.00Equal 3rdSableGrivellAdelaideSouth Australia81.00Equal 3rdChampion Recital – Ladies or Gentlemen – Selection from “Good Friday” – Scene between Pilate and Longinus (Masefield)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria90.001stShirleyDunnMurrumbeenaVictoria86.002ndReaLawsonHawthornVictoria85.003rdJuneBrownEssendonVictoria84.00Honourable MentionJeanRyanWaggaNew South Wales84.00Honourable MentionCharacter Recital – In Costume – Not Humorous […]
1941-10-17 Elocution17th October, 1941ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallImpromptu Reading – Ladies or GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingReaLawsonHawthornVictoria80.001stAldythAngwinBallaratVictoria79.002ndMichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria78.003rdMaryCorbyBallaratVictoria77.00Honourable MentionDonaldLittledyeFullartonSouth Australia77.00Honourable MentionAustralian Recital – Ladies or Gentlemen – Any Selection by an Australian AuthorFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria87.001stReaLawsonHawthornVictoria86.002ndJuneBrownEssendonVictoria85.003rdShirleyDunnMurrumbeenaVictoria84.00Honourable MentionSableGrivellAdelaideSouth Australia84.00Honourable MentionHumorous Recital – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJuneBrownEssendonVictoria86.001stVeraConnellCoburgVictoria85.002ndRomaBlackwellBrightonVictoria84.003rdDoreenFarnsworthYarravilleVictoria83.00Honourable MentionAntoinetteNewellSt KildaVictoria83.00Honourable MentionDuologue – Humorous – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own […]
1941-10-16 Elocution16th October, 1941ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecitation – Gentlemen – Open – “To America” (A. A. Milne)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria82.001stDonaldLittledyeFullartonSouth Australia80.002ndSableGrivellAdelaideSouth Australia79.003rdKeithArthurCoburgVictoria73.00Honourable MentionShakespearian Recital – Ladies “Macbeth” Act V, Scene 1 (Abridged)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingReaLawsonHawthornVictoria86.001stRomaBlackwellBrightonVictoria85.002ndShirleyDunnMurrumbeenaVictoria84.00Equal 3rdAntoinetteNewellSt KildaVictoria84.00Equal 3rdMavisDuncanEssendonVictoria83.00Honourable MentionJuneBrownEssendonVictoria83.00Honourable MentionShakespearian Recital – Gentlemen “Kear Lear” Act III, Scene IIFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMichaelCrehanNorth MelbourneVictoria85.001stSableGrivellAdelaideSouth Australia83.002ndDonaldLittledyeFullartonSouth Australia82.003rdBernardD’ArcyBallaratVictoria76.00Honourable MentionLyrical Recital – Ladies […]
1941-10-15 Elocution15th October, 1941ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallImpromptu Reading – Boys or Girls 13 and under 16First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMaryHewittBallaratVictoria78.001stMaryWatsonCamberwellVictoria77.002ndValerieToddBendigoVictoria76.003rdAdaWalkerMalvernVictoria75.00Honourable MentionImpromptu Reading – Boys or Girls 16 and under 18First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAlanWakelingBallaratVictoria76.001stDoreenBraytonGeelongVictoria75.002ndNoreenArdaghBallaratVictoria74.003rdRosalindLachfieldWoodvilleSouth Australia73.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Boys or Girls 13 and under 16 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJoyceOliverSt LeonardsSouth Australia86.001stBettyPearlmanSt KildaVictoria84.002ndHoskingMargaretCoburgVictoria83.003rdLornaDunstanBallaratVictoria80.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Boys or Girls 16 and […]
1941-10-14 Elocution14th October, 1941ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecitation – Boys or Girls 10 and under 13 – “No Foe Shall Gather Our Harvest” (Mary Gilmore)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJackPilgrimNorthcoteVictoria90.001stFrankWalkerNorthcoteVictoria88.002ndRitaTempletonYarravilleVictoria87.003rdHeatherSymonBendigoVictoria86.00Honourable MentionNancyeBainesThornburyVictoria86.00Honourable MentionBarbaraKempPenningtonSouth Australia86.00Honourable MentionDouglasOxbrowBallaratVictoria86.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Boys or Girls 10 and under 13 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBarbaraKempPenningtonSouth Australia90.001stGwendolineLawsonClifton HillVictoria88.002ndFrankWalkerNorthcoteVictoria87.003rdHeatherSymonsBendigoVictoria86.00Honourable MentionJackPilgrimNorthcoteVictoria86.00Honourable MentionLloydEvansBallaratVictoria86.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys or Girls 13 anbd […]
1941-10-13 Elocution13th October, 1941ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallRecitation – Boys or Girls under 10 – “The Big Bad Dog” (Marion St. John Webb)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMargaretPoynterNorth UnleySouth Australia80.001stSoniaDillonBallaratVictoria79.002ndLucyCraigBallaratVictoria78.003rdLilianWilsonBallaratVictoria77.00Honourable MentionEffieAllenSemaphore ParkSouth Australia77.00Honourable MentionLornaJuddNorthcoteVictoria77.00Honourable MentionImpromptu Reading From Scripture – Boys or Girls 10 and under 13First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDouglasOxbrowBallaratVictoria82.001stNormaDaviesEaglehawkVictoria80.002ndBarbaraKempPenningtonSouth Australia76.003rdFrancesFordhamFootscrayVictoria75.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys or Girls under 10First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingSoniaDillonBallaratVictoria80.001stMargaretPoynterNorth UnleySouth Australia79.002ndDougMcGillBallaratVictoria78.00Equal 3rdEffieAllenSemaphore […]
1963-09-21 Plays and Speech21st September, 1963ShareShareShareHeld in Civic Hall8a Impromptu Speech – Boys 18 years and underFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingWilliamJoyceMiddle ParkVictoria84.001stLeoClearySt ArnuadVictoria80.002ndPeterStokieInverleighVictoria78.003rdRogerLongWareekVictoriaNoneDavidGrindalWentworthNew South WalesNone22 One-Act Play – Not less than three performersGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCity of Heidelberg Repertory GroupHeidelbergVictoria881stColac PlayersColacVictoria822ndCaulfield PlayersCaulfieldVictoria743rdThe Louie Dunn PrizeFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDorothyHigginsBallaratVictoria1stBarbaraGethingDandenongVictoria2ndReesIrvinNonePamelaRobertNoneJeanetteComrieNoneMarionGoodierNoneIanJenkinsonNone23 Play – Not less than four performersGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCity of Heidelberg Repertory GroupHeidelbergVictoria84.001stNew TheatreMelbourneVictoria80.002nd
1963-09-20 Plays and Speech20th September, 1963ShareShareShareHeld in Civic Hall17 Ballad Recital – By an Australasian Author – Ladies or GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBarbaraGethingStrathmoreVictoria84.001stDorothyHigginsBallaratVictoria83.002ndMarionGoodierCarnegieVictoria82.003rdJeanetteComrieBallaratVictoria81.00Honourable MentionGreerFauxHorshamVictoriaNoneReesIrvinHorshamVictoriaNoneMerrylSandilandsMaidstoneVictoriaNoneHelenKnightHorshamVictoriaNonePamelaRobertDandenongVictoriaNoneIanJenkinsonHorshamVictoriaNone19 Selection from Adam Lindsay Gordon – Ladies or GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDorothyHigginsBallaratVictoria84.001stJeanetteComrieBallaratVictoria83.002ndFayeStricklandBallaratVictoria82.003rdPamelaRobertDandenongVictoria81.00Honourable MentionReesIrvinHorshamVictoriaNoneElsieDoranYarravilleVictoriaNoneGreerFauxHorshamVictoriaNoneBarbaraGethingStrathmoreVictoriaNoneIanJenkinsonHorshamVictoriaNone15 Character Recital (in costume) – Ladies or Gentlemen – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPamelaRobertDandenongVictoria82.001stJeanetteComrieBallaratVictoria81.002ndMarionGoodierCarnegieVictoria80.003rdMerrylSandilandsMaidstoneVictoria79.00Honourable MentionGreerFauxHorshamVictoriaNoneReesIrvinHorshamVictoriaNoneBarbaraGethingStrathmoreVictoriaNoneHelenKnightHorshamVictoriaNoneIanJenkinsonHorshamVictoriaNoneElsieDoranYarravilleVictoriaNoneDorothyHigginsBallaratVictoriaNone21 Champion Recital – Ladies or GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBarbaraGethingStrathmoreVictoria84.001stDorothyHigginsBallaratVictoria83.002ndPamelaRobertDandenongVictoria82.003rdIanJenkinsonHorshamVictoria81.00Honourable MentionJeanetteComrieBallaratVictoria81.00Honourable MentionHelenKnightHorshamVictoriaNoneMarionGoodierCarnegieVictoriaNoneReesIrvinHorshamVictoriaNoneGreerFauxHorshamVictoriaNone
1963-09-19 Plays and Speech19th September, 1963ShareShareShareHeld in Civic Hall14 Shakespearean Recital – Ladies or GentlemenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDororthyHigginsBallaratVictoria83.001stCaroleLockToorakVictoria79.002ndReesIrvinHorshamVictoria78.003rdElsieDoranYarravilleVictoria76.00Honourable MentionBarbaraGethingStrathmoreVictoria76.00Honourable MentionHelenKnightHorshamVictoriaNonePamelaRobertDandenongVictoriaNoneMarionGoodierCarnegieVictoriaNoneIanJenkinsonHorshamVictoriaNoneJeanetteComrieBallaratVictoriaNone13 Lyrical Recital – Ladies and Gentlemen – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCaroleLockToorakVictoria80.001stPamelaRobertDandenongVictoria78.002ndReesIrvinHorshamVictoria77.00Equal 3rdGreerFauxHorshamVictoria77.00Equal 3rdBarbaraGethingStrathmoreVictoria76.00Honourable MentionJeanetteComrieBallaratVictoria76.00Honourable MentionElsieDoranYarravilleVictoria76.00Honourable MentionFayeStricklandBallaratVictoriaNoneIanJenkinsonHorshamVictoriaNoneDorothyHigginsBallaratVictoriaNoneMarrylSandilandsMaidstoneVictoriaNoneMarionGoodierCarnegieVictoriaNoneHelenKnightHorshamVictoriaNone12 Recitation – Ladies of Gentlemen who have never won a First Prize at South Street CompetitionsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingIanJenkinsonHorshamVictoria82.001stReesIrvinHorshamVictoria80.002ndGreerFauxHorshamVictoria79.003rdCatoleLockToorakVictoriaNoneFayeStricklandBallaratVictoriaNoneMerrylSandilandsMaidstoneVictoriaNone16 Recital with Musical Background – […]
1963-09-18 Plays and Speech18th September, 1963ShareShareShareHeld in Civic Hall8 Impromptu Speech – Boys or Girls 16 and Under 18 YearsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCaroleLockToorakVictoria85.001stBernardSheaAraratVictoria78.002ndPeteHynesColacVictoria76.003rd9 Oratorical Display – Boys or Girls 16 and Under 18 Years – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingChristopherLarkinsColacVictoria82.001stMerrylSandilandsMaidstoneVictoria81.002ndCaroleLockToorakVictoria80.003rdGailWaghorneYarravilleVictoria77.00Honourable MentionPeterSinnottCamperdownVictoriaNonePeterHynesColacVictoriaNoneBernardSheaAraratVictoriaNoneMichaelFryBeech ForestVictoriaNone10 Narrative from an Australasian Author – Boys or Girls 16 and Under 18 YearsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGailWaghorneYarravilleVictoria82.001stMerrylSandilandsMaidstoneVictoria81.002ndCaroleLockToorakVictoria80.003rdFayeStricklandBallaratVictoria79.00Honourable MentionIanJenkinsonHorshamVictoriaNoneRobynCadwalladerMordiallocVictoriaNone11 Champion […]
