1934-10-17 Elocution17th October, 1934ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Boys or Girls under 10 “The Pixie Shoes” (H. D. Adam)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAudreyKidmanGeelongVictoria84.001stIvonCarterWest BrunswickVictoria83.002ndDawn StevensBallaratVictoria82.003rdCarleneDillonBallaratVictoria81.00Honourable MentionWavieYoungBallaratVictoria81.00Honourable MentionJuneBarnesFullarton EstateSouth Australia81.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys under 14 years “Together” (Kipling)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJ.WilsonNorth CarltonVictoria86.001stEdmundFlynnBallaratVictoria85.002ndMurrayWilliamsMooroopnaVictoria84.00Equal 3rdPipWilsonNorth CarltonVictoria84.00Equal 3rdMatthewMyersSt. KildaVictoria83.00Honourable MentionLloydWarrenYarravilleVictoria83.00Honourable MentionTemperance Recital – Boys or Girls under 14 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRomaBlackwellNorth BrightonVictoria90.001stGloriaMellodySt. KildaVictoria88.002ndMerleDaynesWest […]
1933-10-21 Elocution21st October, 1933ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumAustralian Recital – Boys or Girls under 13 years – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRomaBlackwellNorth BrightonVictoria84.001stPhyllisSmithYarravilleVictoria83.002ndShirleyFosdickHawthorn EastVictoria82.00Equal 3rdMollySabeyTorrensvilleSouth Australia82.00Equal 3rdPipWilsonPrinces’ HillVictoria81.00Honourable MentionJeanRaeWilliamstownVictoria81.00Honourable MentionAlanWheatonMelbourneVictoria81.00Honourable MentionGwenTaylorBallaratVictoria81.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital – Boys and Girls under 13 years – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingShirleyFosdickHawthorn EastVictoria86.001stPipWilsonPrinces’ HillVictoria84.002ndDorothyGooldPrinces’ HillVictoria83.003rdMurrayWilliamsMooroopnaVictoria82.00Honourable MentionGloriaCastlemanWest BrunswickVictoria82.00Honourable Mention
1933-10-20 Elocution20th October, 1933ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumImpromptu Reading – Boys or Girls under 13 yearsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingIsobelGovanBallaratVictoria85.001stEdmundFlynnBallaratVictoria80.002ndAlineJenkinRaywoodVictoria79.00Equal 3rdMollySobeyTorrensvilleSouth Australia79.00Equal 3rdNormaDangerfieldBrighton BeachVictoria78.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys under 13 years – “The Retort” (Dr. John Walcot)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPipWilsonPrinces’ HillVictoria85.001stIvonCarterWest BrunswickVictoria84.002ndMurrayWilliamsMooroopnaVictoria83.00Equal 3rdMatthewMyersSt. KildaVictoria83.00Equal 3rdJoeWilsonPrinces’ HillVictoria82.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Girls under 13 years “The Little Serving Maid” (Hilaire Belloc)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRomaBlackwellNorth BrightonVictoria85.001stLallieCookeElwoodVictoria84.002ndPhyllisSmithYarravilleVictoria83.00Equal 3rdShirleyFosdickEast HawthornVictoria83.00Equal […]
1933-10-19 Elocution19th October, 1933ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Boys or Girls under 10 “How the Elephant Got His Trunk” (Rudyard Kipling)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJoeWilsonPrinces’ HillVictoria87.001stGloriaMellodySt. KildaVictoria86.002ndBonnieRankinGeelong WestVictoria85.00Equal 3rdIvonCarterWest BrunswickVictoria85.00Equal 3rdDawnStevensBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionMaryWoodCaulfieldVictoria84.00Honourable MentionRaeCookeElwoodVictoria84.00Honourable MentionAlvieJenkinRaywoodVictoria84.00Honourable MentionJuneBarnesFullarton East South Australia84.00Honourable MentionTemperance Recital – Boys or Girls under 13 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMatthewMyersSt. KildaVictoria87.001stDorothyGooldPrinces’ HillVictoria86.002ndJuneBarnesFullarton EastSouth Australia85.003rdGloriaCaslemanWest BrunswickVictoria84.00Honourable MentionIsobelGovanBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable MentionPipWilsonPrinces’ HillVictoria84.00Honourable […]
1932-10-18 Elocution18th October, 1932ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Girls 13 and under 16 “The Reaper” (William Wordsworth)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEsmeGovanBallaratVictoria92.001stJoanMcConnanCaulfield NorthVictoria88.002ndIdaOsborneMiddle BrightonVictoria86.003rdNancyCreightonGardenvaleVictoria85.00Honourable MentionHeld in the ColiseumChampion Recital – Boys or Girls 13 and under 16 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMerleSchulzeNew Mile EndSouth Australia93.001stDorothyCornishCoburgVictoria90.002ndJoanMcConnanCaulfield NorthVictoria88.003rdEsmeGovanBallaratVictoria87.00Honourable MentionJuvenile Theatricals – Not less than 6 characters – 7 to 16 yearsGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacing”The […]
1939-10-14 Elocution14th October, 1939ShareShareShareHeld in the Manchester Unity HallTeams’ Debate – “That Compulsion in National Emergency is Incompatible with Democracy”Group NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingThomas Brennan and Kenneth MackenzieSurrey Hills and BallaratVictoria183.001stPresbyterian Young Men’s Fellowship, No. 2 TeamMelbourneVictoria178.002ndP.Y.M.F., No. 1 TeamMelbourneVictoria176.003rdC.Y.M.S., No. 1 TeamMelbourneVictoria175.00Honourable MentionHeld in the Alfred HallImpromptu Speech – OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingWilliamMcCaskillMelbourneVictoria80.001stThomasBrennanSurrey HillsVictoria79.00Equal 2ndJohnCremeanRichmondVictoria79.00Equal 2nd
1930-10-14 Elocution14th October, 1930ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumImpromptu Reading – Boys or Girls under 13First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingSheilaSandilandsBowdenSouth Australia90.001stMerleSchulzeNew Mile EndSouth Australia88.00Equal 2ndAntoniettaRussoBallaratVictoria88.00Equal 2ndGwenCarterEast BrunswickVictoria80.00Honourable MentionBettySimmonsBallaratVictoria80.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Boys under 13 – “The Three Sunbeams” (Anon.)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCharles J.HesseAscot ValeVictoria85.001stJohn T.DearElwoodVictoria80.002ndJackO’SheaNorth MelbourneVictoria77.003rdPipWilsonNorth CarltonVictoria75.00Honourable MentionRob.AllisonKewVictoria75.00Honourable MentionJack K.WatsonElwoodVictoria75.00Honourable MentionRecitation – Humorous – Boys or Girls under 13 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGwenMcCreddenBendigoVictoria87.001stRob.AllisonKewVictoria86.002ndPearlMurduffBrunswickVictoria85.003rdGwenCarterEast […]
1930-10-13 Elocution13th October, 1930ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – Boys or Girls under 10 – “The Robin and The Flower” (Charles A. Myall)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingOliveThompsonAuburnVictoria90.001stGwenTaylorBallaratVictoria89.002ndMavisOsBornGlenbervieVictoria85.003rdPhyllisSmithYarravilleVictoria84.00Honourable MentionTemperance Recital – Boys or Girls under 13 – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingCharles J.HesseAscot ValeVictoria90.001stAldythAngwinBallaratVictoria88.002ndMargotPerryCaulfieldVictoria87.003rdMerleSchulzeNew Mile EndSouth Australia86.00Honourable MentionDorothyCornishCoburgVictoria86.00Honourable Mention
1929-10-14 Elocution14th October, 1929ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumRecitation – (Boys or Girls under 10) “Elizabeth’s Song” (Charivari)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMavisKrugerNorthcoteVictoria83.001stDorisBridgesNewcastleNew South Wales82.002ndGwenYoungCamberwellVictoria81.00Equal 3rdValma J.ClarkeEast KewVictoria81.00Equal 3rdGwennethHaywardGeelongVictoria80.00Honourable MentionGwendoline E.TaylorBallaratVictoria80.00Honourable MentionTemperance Recital (Boys or Girls under 13) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJoanMcConnanNorth FitzroyVictoria84.001stLorraineO’BrienSouth MelbourneVictoria83.002ndNoraAllenMiddle BrightonVictoria82.003rdAlex.CunninghamNorth WilliamstownVictoria81.00Honourable MentionDorothyCornishCoburgVictoria81.00Honourable MentionBobCookClifton HillVictoria81.00Honourable Mention
1923-10-04 Elocution4th October, 1923ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumTwelve Original Tongue Twisters (Ladies or Gentlemen) OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGwenAptedGeelongVictoria98.001stLucyAhonCamberwellVictoria93.002ndDavidBlacklockAdelaideSouth Australia90.003rdImpromptu Speech (Gentlemen) OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingG. H.BurchettBallaratVictoria88.001stR. B.McLeayAdelaideSouth Australia80.002ndStephenDunksAdelaideSouth Australia75.003rdW. J.McCaskillFootscrayVictoria66.00Honourable MentionChampion Recital (Gentlemen) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLloydTaylorAdelaideSouth Australia90.001stJames F.O’SheaBallaratVictoria88.002ndFrank E.LangRichmondVictoria79.003rdDavidBlacklockAdelaideSouth Australia76.00Honourable MentionMusical Monologues (Gentlemen) OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingErnest C.WarneBendigoVictoria110.001stAllan C.ToddSebastopolVictoria108.002ndFrankPartAdelaideSouth Australia105.003rdLloydTaylorAdelaideSouth Australia101.00Honourable MentionDickens Costume Character Recital (Ladies or Gentlemen) OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJames F.O’SheaBallaratVictoria120.001stHildaOldfieldExeterSouth Australia115.002ndDavidBlacklockAdelaideSouth […]
1923-10-03 Elocution3rd October, 1923ShareShareShareHeld in the AthenaeumOration (Open) “Australian SceneFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJamesO’SheaBallaratVictoria95.001stStephenDunksParksideSouth Australia86.002ndW. J.McCaskillFootscrayVictoria79.003rdAllan ToddSebastopolVictoria70.00Honourable MentionHeld in the ColiseumShakesperian Recital (Ladies) Selection from “Merchant of Venice” Act III, Scene 2First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLucyAhonCamberwellVictoria98.001stIvyThomsonRichmondVictoria95.002ndMonaPepyatWest BrunswickVictoria90.00Equal 3rdDoreenBerrySaint KildaVictoria90.00Equal 3rdHildaOldfieldExeterSouth Australia89.00Honourable MentionShakesperian Recital (Gentlemen) “Richard III” Act 1, Scene 4First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDavidBlacklockAdelaideSouth Australia90.001stFrankPartAdelaideSouth Australia85.002ndJames F.O’SheaBallaratVictoria81.003rdStory Without Words (Ladies) OpenFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLucyAhonCamberwellVictoria100.001stMay B.StottSouth Saint […]
1923-10-02 Elocution2nd October, 1923ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumRecitation (Gentlemen under 21) “Same as You” (E. J. Brady)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDavidBlacklockAdelaideSouth Australia84.001stDudleyMelroseBendigoVictoria81.002ndRecitation (Gentlemen) Open – Dramatic Speech from “Phillip Van Artevelde” (Henry Taylor)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLloydTaylorAdelaideSouth Australia94.001stDavidBlacklockAdelaideSouth Australia90.002ndJames F.O’SheaBallaratVictoria84.003rdChampion Recital (Ladies) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLucyAhonCamberwellVictoria94.001stIreneMitchellPrahranVictoria93.002ndPaulineAbrahamsCaulfieldVictoria92.00Equal 3rdIvyThomsonRichmondVictoria92.00Equal 3rdVeraTallentHawthornVictoria91.00Honourable MentionMimiMattinProspectSouth Australia91.00Honourable MentionGesture Scenes (Humorous)Group NameSuburbStatePointsPlacing”Mr. Pickwick and the Lady of the Yellow Curl Papers” […]
1923-10-01 Elocution1st October, 1923ShareShareShareHeld in the ColiseumAustralian Recital (Gentlemen) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDavidBlacklockAdelaideSouth Australia100.001stFrankPartAdelaideSouth Australia95.002ndJames F.O’SheaBallaratVictoria92.003rdDudleyMelroseBendigoVictoria85.00Honourable MentionRecital – Humorous (Gentlemen) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingStephenDunksAdelaideSouth Australia94.001stAtholLykkeAlbertonSouth Australia93.002ndFrank E.LangRichmondVictoria91.003rdAllan C.ToddSebastopolVictoria90.00Honourable MentionRecital – Humorous (Ladies) Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPaulineAbrahamsCaulfieldVictoria96.001stPhyllisSimpsonUnleySouth Australia90.00Equal 2ndDulceChristianNorthcoteVictoria90.00Equal 2ndLucyAhonCamberwellVictoria88.00Honourable MentionHildaOldfieldExeterSouth Australia88.00Honourable MentionMimiMattinProspectSouth Australia88.00Honourable Mention
1923-09-25 Elocution25th September, 1923ShareShareShareImpromptu Reading (Boys and Girls under 13)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRose I. M.ForsterNorth MelbourneVictoria96.001stMavisTierneyAdelaideSouth Australia95.002ndGwenethWattNorth FitzroyVictoria94.003rdJeanBentGeelong WestVictoriaHonourable MentionNellieKerrSemaphoreSouth AustraliaHonourable MentionMyraNoblettSemaphoreSouth AustraliaHonourable MentionDorothyLeddickBallaratVictoriaHonourable MentionRecitation (Girls under 16) “Thoughts of To-day” (Zora Cross)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEthelUnderdownSt. PetersSouth Australia93.001stElsieBoadleDeanVictoria92.002ndDorothyShellnackCamberwellVictoria90.00Equal 3rdClo.EllisAuburnVictoria90.00Equal 3rdOliveVan BerkelBallaratVictoria88.00Honourable MentionRecitation (Boys under 13) “Waratah and Wattle” (Henry Lawson)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFrankFontMalvernVictoria95.001stAlfredAbrahamsFitzroyVictoria93.002ndJackKearneyBallaratVictoria87.00Equal 3rdJackLynchBallaratVictoria87.00Equal 3rdDialogue – Humorous (Ladies or Gentlemen under […]
2016-08-16 Speech and Drama16th August, 2016ShareShareShare646 Under 16 years Improvisation Based on a Line of Previously Unseen Dialogue ‘pulled out of a hat’First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJosephineCoatesLake GardensVictoria91.001stEllieCarrollBallaratVictoria90.002ndShannynBourkeBallarat CentralVictoria89.503rdClairanCorriganBallarat EastVictoria89.00Honourable MentionLilyO’SHeaAlfredtonVictoria89.00Honourable MentionQuintenHendersonBallarat EastVictoria89.00Honourable MentionNicholas KingWendoureeVictoria88.50Highly CommendedGraceTurnerBallarat CentralVictoria88.50Highly CommendedAngusDrainBallarat EastVictoriaNoneRosaVarga-MillerBallarat EastVictoriaNoneLashiniJayasooriyaAlfretonVictoriaNoneIsabellaWalshBallarat EastVictoriaNoneJaydeMcsparronCardiganVictoriaNoneCaityVercoeBallarat EastVictoriaNoneSiennaNashBlack HillVictoriaNone648 Under 16 years Poem for Two DuetGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAlessandra Findlay & Eliza TrubodyWendoureeVictoria91.001stLily Theodore & Ruby […]
