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1910-10-27 Essays

27th October, 1910

"Art: It's Value as a National Asset"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
P. E.	Norwood	Camberwell	Victoria		1st
A. W.	Ackerly	Northcote	Victoria		2nd
E. W.	Dobbs	Toorak	Victoria		3rd
Amelia	Smith	Railton	Tasmania		Honourable Mention

"Woman, a Factor in Moulding the National Character" (Ladies Only)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Mary	Fahey	Tylden	Victoria		1st
Ruby W.	Martin	Sydney	New South Wales		2nd
Emma	Styant-Browne	Launceston	Tasmania		3rd
Florence	Chellew	Avoca	Victoria		Honourable Mention
Mary C.	Callan	Dunedin	New Zealand		Honourable Mention

"Women's Franchise and it's Effect on Politics" (Open to Ladies who have never won a first prize)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Dora	Baker	Prahran	Victoria		1st
Elizabeth	Fahey	Tylden	Victoria		2nd
Flora I.	Lacey	Bairnsdale	Victoria		3rd

Scripture Subject - "The Sermon on the Mount: it's Present Day Application" (Pressmen and Clergymen not eligible to compete in this subject)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
W. J.	Sleeman	Brunswick	Victoria		1st
Frank	McGregor	Ballarat East	Victoria		2nd
M. Isabel	Hutchins	South Yarra	Victoria		3rd

Criticism - "Mark Twain"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Iona	Milne	Balaclava	Victoria		1st
E. T.	Emmett	Hobart	Tasmania		2nd
P. E.	Norwood	Camberwell	Victoria		3rd
John A.	Atkinson	West Parkville	Victoria		Honourable Mention
John F.	Sennett	Albert Park	Victoria		Honourable Mention

"Agricultural High Schools as a Means of making the Farming Industry a Pleasant, Intellectual and Profitable Occupation" (Open to Gentlemen Under 21)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Max	Kott	Perth	Western Australia		1st
Jack C.	Miller	Alfredton	Victoria		2nd
F.	McCallum	Fitzroy	Victoria		3rd
Frank	McGregor	Ballarat East	Victoria		Honourable Mention

"The Public Debts of the Australian States, their Origin and Incidence"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
W.	Smithies	Lindisfarne	Tasmania		1st
Thos. L.	Fulton	St. Kilda	Victoria		2nd
Herbert	Manfield	Goodwood	South Australia		3rd

"Has either the Discovery of Australia or the Capture of Canada proved the more important to the Empire; and if so, in what respects?"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
P. E.	Norwood	Camberwell	Victoria		1st
John D. G.	Roxburgh	Miners Rest	Victoria		2nd
Mrs. E. E.	Warren	S. Gembrook	Victoria		3rd
Henry	O'Hagan	Yarrawonga	Victoria		Honourable Mention

Original Tale (Limit 4,000 words)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Emily S.	White	Launceston	Tasmania		1st
Edith	Gurr	Geelong	Victoria		2nd
F. T.	Macartney	North Fitzroy	Victoria		3rd
Amy I.	Ridgeway	Kew	Victoria		Honourable Mention
Lionel	Sparrow	Linton	Victoria		Honourable Mention
Lyle	Hucknell	Armadale	Victoria		Honourable Mention
Amy M.	Imes	South Melbourne	Victoria		Honourable Mention

Original Poem

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
P. N.	Robertson	Canterbury	Victoria		1st
Mrs. E.	Eddy	Bendigo	Victoria		2nd
F. T.	Macartney	North Fitzroy	Victoria		3rd
Mrs. J. A.	Johnson	Hobart	Tasmania		Honourable Mention
Nellie A.	Evans	Goulburn	New South Wales		Honourable Mention

Short Story (Open to those under 21 years of age)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Alice	McAliney	Elmore	Victoria		1st
Lyle	Huckell	Armadale	Victoria		2nd
Eva D.	Champney	Albert Park	Victoria		3rd