1952-09-26 Vocal26th September, 1952ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred Hall46 Suttons “Star for Opera” Quest – FinalistsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMarieSmithFootscrayVictoriaNoneLolaWrightMorelandVictoriaNoneNanceGrantEast CoburgVictoriaNoneJulianMoyleGlen IrisVictoriaNoneThelmaWebberBox HillVictoriaNoneRussellSmithYarravilleVictoriaNoneMauriceMathersRegentVictoriaNoneVioletHarperAdelaideSouth AustraliaNoneGregoryDempseyAbbotsfordVictoriaNonePeterCampbellIvanhoeVictoriaNoneRonaldVeallAscot ValeVictoriaNone46 Suttons “Star for Opera” Quest – FinalFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingVioletHarperAdelaideSouth Australia180.001stRussellSmithYarravilleVictoria179.002ndPeterCampbellIvanhoeVictoria177.003rdThelmaWebberBox HillVictoria176.00Honourable Mention
1952-09-25 Vocal25th September, 1952ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred Hall27 Mezzo Soprano Solo “Secrecy” (Wolf)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMargaretElkinsWindsorVictoria93.001stWilmaMartinPrestonVictoria92.002ndJeanMarksNewportVictoria91.003rdJoanJohnstonSurrey HillsVictoria90.00Honourable Mention46 Suttons “Star for Opera” Quest – Semi-FinalistsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingChristenePalmerGeelongVictoriaNoneMarieSmithFitzroyVictoriaNoneRonaldAndrewsPrestonVictoriaNoneJoyKrickHamptonVictoriaNoneLolaWrightMorelandVictoriaNoneHelenSharmanHawthornVictoriaNoneDorothyWatsonGeelongVictoriaNoneJoanAirdRingwoodVictoriaNoneDianaMunnEast St KildaVictoriaNoneNanceGrantEast GeelongVictoriaNoneJulianMoyleGeln IrisVictoriaNoneThelmaWebberBox HillVictoriaNoneRussellSmithYarravilleVictoriaNoneMauriceMathersRegentVictoriaNoneVioletHarperAdelaideSouth AustraliaNoneGregoryDempseyAbbotsfordVictoriaNonePeterCampbellIvanhoeVictoriaNoneMaryCashBalwynVictoriaNoneGordonWilcockIvanhoeVictoriaNoneRonaldVeallAscot ValeVictoriaNone
1952-09-24 Vocal24th September, 1952ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred Hall34 Sacred Solo – Ladies – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingShirleyRansomMelbourneVictoria92.001stDorothyO’DonahooOrmondVictoria90.002ndHelenSharmanHawthornVictoria89.003rdWilmaMartinPrestonVictoria88.00Honourable MentionJoanAirdRingwoodVictoria88.00Honourable MentionJoyKrickHamptonVictoria87.00Honourable Mention31 Bass Solo “In Questa Tomba” (Beethoven)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRussellSmithYarravilleVictoria94.001stPeterCampbellIvanhoeVictoria91.002ndDouglasPhillipsBalwynVictoria89.00Equal 3rdAlanRobertsElwoodVictoria89.00Equal 3rd38 Vocal Solo – Own Selection – Any ageFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingNeilCunninghamMiddle BrightonVictoria91.001stVeltaZakisBallaratVictoria88.002ndEricBroederBeaufortVictoria86.003rdEricTysonBallaratVictoria84.00Honourable Mention36 Vocal Duet – Any voices – Own selectionGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLoris Mee and Arthur MeeBallaratVictoria93.001stDorothy O’Donahoo and Ian […]
1952-09-23 Vocal23rd September, 1952ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred Hall32 – Solo – Ladies who have never won a First Prize at South Street CompetitionsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMarjorieBohnEssendonVictoria93.001stViloetHarperAdelaideSouth Australia92.002ndEileenFoleyBallaratVictoria91.003rdBeverlyOatesBallaratVictoria90.00Honourable MentionJoanAirdRingwoodVictoria90.00Honourable Mention30 Baritone Solo “Honey O” (M. Head)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingLesRobertsonBallaratVictoria92.001stWilliamNewmanGeelongVictoria91.002ndMauriceMathersRegentVictoria89.003rdEricWeedingSt KildaVictoria88.00Honourable Mention39 Solo from Gilbert and Sullivan OperasFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingShirleyRansomMelbourneVictoria93.001stWilliamNewmanGeelongVictoria92.00Equal 2ndJoanAirdRingwoodVictoria92.00Equal 2ndBeverlyOatesBallaratVictoria91.00Honourable MentionJulianMoyleGlen IrisVictoria91.00Honourable Mention
1952-09-22 Vocal22nd September, 1952ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred Hall24 Solo – Ladies or Gentlemen 18 and Under 21 YearsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingElaineTyrerEssendonVictoria91.001stWilmaMartinPrestonVictoria90.002ndRuthWheatcroftCoburgVictoria88.003rdJoyMathesonWarracknabealVictoria87.00Honourable MentionHeatherCoadBallaratVictoria87.00Honourable Mention33 Solo – Gentlemen who have never won a First Prize at South Street CompetitionsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingColinBrownBallaratVictoria88.001stLeslieTreloarBallaratVictoria87.002ndFredDayBallaratVictoria86.003rdIanPendergastMt EgertonVictoria84.00Honourable Mention28 Contralto Solo “A Slumber Song of the Madonna” (M. Head)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingDorothyO’DonahooOrmondVictoria92.001stCecileTindalSurrey HillsVictoria91.002ndJoanLeveckeMalvernVictoria89.003rdRitaParishMt GambierSouth Australia85.00Honourable Mention
1951-10-01 Vocal1st October, 1951ShareShareShareHeld at the Alfred Hall40 Song by Australian-Born Composer – Ladies – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingElizabethWestNth MelbourneVictoria92.001stMarjorieBohnEssendonVictoria91.002ndDorothyCayfordPrestonVictoria90.003rdJeanMilneGlenhuntlyVictoria89.50Honourable Mention41 Song by Australian – Born Composer- Gentlemen – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingIanGilesAdelaideSouth Australia93.001stLeslieCoxAuburnVictoria92.002ndGordonWilcockIvanhoeVictoria91.00Equal 3rdGregDempseyAbbotsfordVictoria91.00Equal 3rd
1945-10-03 Vocal3rd October, 1945ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallSolo ladies who have never won a First Prize at South Street CompetitionsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingNoellaCornishSebastopolVictoria96.001stJoanAirdGeelongVictoria95.002ndJeanThomsonNorthcoteVictoria94.003rdValeriePhelanBrisbaneQueensland92.00Honourable MentionJoanHuxleyHurstvilleNew South Wales92.00Honourable MentionEileenFoleyBallaratVictoria92.00Honourable MentionMayRobertsonGeelongVictoria92.00Honourable MentionRachelNealeBrisbaneQueensland92.00Honourable MentionTenor Solo – “Serenade” (Schubert)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMichaelAzarBrisbaneQueensland87.001stFrederickUchtmanMilduraVictoria85.002ndRichardBradshawMalvernVictoria84.003rdVocal Duet – Ladies – Own SelectionGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAlice Halifax and Hazel BodleyKooyong and Mont AlbertVictoria91.001stValerie Bassett and R. BassettColacVictoria89.00Equal 2ndJean Adamson and Berenice […]
1951-09-29 Vocal29th September, 1951ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred Hall37 The “Courier”-3BA Popular Ballad Contest – FinalistsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJenniferEddyIvanhoeVictoriaNoneJohnMcCurdyDandenongVictoriaNoneLeslieCoxAunburnVictoriaNoneGwenScottBallaratVictoriaNoneLynetteHamiltonSurrey HillsVictoriaNoneEllaBannerCanterburyVictoriaNoneJohnWeavingCanterburyVictoriaNoneJoyKrickHamptonVictoriaNoneKevinMillerAdelaideSouth AustraliaNoneJoyceSimmonsAbbotsfordVictoriaNoneGloriaMcDonallMiddle ParkVictoriaNoneNoelSparkNorthcoteVictoriaNoneDorotheaWhitmanLockleysSouth AustraliaNoneRussellSmithYarravilleVictoriaNoneRobertLemkeBallaratVictoriaNoneGracePollockPrahranVictoriaNone37 The “Courier”-3BA Popular Ballad Contest – FinalFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingGwendolineScottBallaratVictoria184.001stNoelSparkNorthcoteVictoria183.002ndJoyceSimmonsAbbotsfordVictoria181.503rdLeslieCoxAuburnVictoria181.00Honourable MentionJohnWeavingCanterburyVictoria181.00Honourable MentionGracePollockPrahranVictoria181.00Honourable Mention
1951-09-28 Vocal28th September, 1951ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred Hall46 Suttons “Star for Opera” Quest Semi-FinalsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingBettyScotlandGlenhuntlyVictoriaNoneBerylLeakeThornburyVictoriaNoneJenniferEddyIvanhoeVictoriaNoneWilliamNewmanGeelongVictoriaNoneRobertLemkeBallaratVictoriaNonePeggyAllenHawthornVictoriaNoneJohnWeavingCanterburyVictoriaNoneRussellSmithYarravilleVictoriaNoneJoanAirdGeelongVictoriaNoneKevinMillerAdelaideVictoriaNone46 Suttons “Star for Opera” Quest FinalsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJoanAirdGeelongVictoria174.001stKevinMillerAdelaideSouth Australia173.002ndJenniferEddyIvanhoeVictoria171.003rdRobertLemkeBallaratVictoria170.50Honourable Mention
1941-10-11 Vocal11th October, 1941ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallChampion Vocal Solos (Ladies)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEileenStadlerBrighton-Le-SandsNew South Wales188.001stPeggyKnibbCamberwellVictoria187.002ndBerylKekwickProspectSouth Australia185.003rdEnidCrockerBallaratVictoria182.00Honourable MentionGrand Champion Choral ContestGroup NameSuburbStatePointsPlacingMitcham Choral SocietyMitchamVictoria271.001stMelbourne Harmonic SocietyMelbourneVictoria270.002ndMetropolitan ChoralistsMelbourneVictoria266.003rd
1941-10-10 Vocal10th October, 1941ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallNational Song (Ladies or Gentlemen)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEileenStadlerBrighton-Le-SandsNew South Wales95.001stCharlesLomasCaulfieldVictoria93.002ndFrankMithenEast KewVictoria92.003rdMavisWilliamsBeulahVictoria91.00Honourable MentionLeslieRobertsonBallaratVictoria91.00Honourable MentionChampion Vocal Solos (Gentlemen)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFrankMithenEast KewVictoria184.001stRaymondMeadowsSandringhamVictoria181.002ndAllanArnotLauncestonTasmania177.00Equal 3rdLeslieRobertsonBallaratVictoria177.00Equal 3rdStanleySweatmanMoonee PondsVictoria176.00Honourable MentionReginaldCrouchProspectSouth Australia176.00Honourable Mention”Sun” Aria from Grand Opera – Semi-FinalFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingAmeliaScarceAbbotsfordVictoriaRobertSimmonsDeepdeneVictoriaEileenStadlerBrighton-Le-SandsVictoriaPeggyKnibbCamberwellVictoriaEsmaLindBrisbaneQeenslandKathleenSeabrookBalwynVictoriaMaudeClaytonAdelaideSouth AustraliaFrankLasslettEdgecliffeNew South Wales
1941-10-09 Vocal9th October, 1941ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallBass Solo – “Sea Winds” (Julius Harrison)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingReginaldCrouchProspectSouth Australia92.001stEricWelshTaturaVictoria91.002ndGeorgeDanielFootscrayVictoria89.003rdRaymondMeadowsSandringhamVictoria88.00Honourable MentionSong by Australian Composer (Gentlemen) – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingJohnMarkBallaratVictoria93.001stEricWelshTaturaVictoria92.002ndVicEdwardsEast St KildaVictoria91.00Equal 3rdLeslieRobertsonBallaratVictoria91.00Equal 3rdFrederickLadnerCoburgVictoria90.00Honourable MentionReginaldCrouchProspectSouth Australia90.00Honourable MentionTenor Solo – “Your Name” (Eric Coates)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingFrederickWilliamsNorth WilliamstownVictoria90.001stFrankMithenEast KeaVictoria89.002ndStanleySweatmanMoonee PondsVictoria87.003rdPercHollioakeMount ClearVictoria86.00Honourable MentionSong by Australian Composer (Ladies) – Own SelectionFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingIsobelOrmeKewVictoria93.001stEuniceThomasSalisburySouth Australia92.002ndPeggyKnibbCamberwellVictoria92.003rdEileenStadlerBrighton-Le-SandsNew South Wales91.00Honourable […]
1941-10-08 Vocal8th October, 1941ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallSacred Solo (Ladies) – “Before the Crucifix” (La Forge) Any keyFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEileenStadlerBrighton-Le-SandsNew South Wales95.001stPeggyKnibbCamberwellVictoria91.002ndMavisWilliamsBeulahVictoria90.003rdHazelPorterCarnegieVictoria90.00Honourable MentionSolo – Ladies or Gentlemen – Any selection from Schubert, Schumann or BrahmsFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingPeggyKnibbCamberwellVictoria94.001stEileenStadlerBrighton-Le-SandsNew South Wales93.002ndMavisKrugerNorthcoteVictoria91.003rdLeslieRobertsonBallaratVictoria90.00Honourable Mention
1941-10-07 Vocal7th October, 1941ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallMarjorie Lawrence Special Prize – Open to any voiceFirst NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingEsmeLindBrisbaneQeensland176.001stMavisWilliamsBeulahVictoria175.002ndDelcieElliottBallaratVictoria174.003rdJuneRitchieBrightonVictoria173.00Honourable Mention
1941-10-06 Vocal6th October, 1941ShareShareShareHeld in the Alfred HallSacred Solo (Gentlemen) – “Open the Gates of the Temple” (Mrs J. F. Knapp)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingHenryHitchcockGrenvilleVictoria92.001stFrankMithenEast KewVictoria91.002ndCharlesLomasCaulfieldVictoria90.003rdVicEdwardsEast St KildaVictoria89.00Honourable MentionAllanArnotLauncestonTasmania89.00Honourable MentionLeslieRobertsonBallaratVictoria89.00Honourable MentionKevinAllenJeparitVictoria89.00Honourable MentionContralto Solo – “The Carpet” (Wilfred Sanderson)First NameSurnameSuburbStatePointsPlacingRomaHoffmannAdelaideSouth Australia90.001stBreilaBriceBendigoVictoria89.002ndHazelLindnerWarracknabealVictoria88.003rdBessieLockettBallaratVictoria87.00Honourable MentionLoisPetersCanterburyVictoria87.00Honourable Mention
